Teaching note for product 9B16M184.

Teaching note for product 9B04M062.

PepsiCo is a large international soft drink manufacturer. The company has decided to split its worldwide bottling company from its concentrate business and is pursuing the initial public offering of the Pepsi Bottling Group. The president of PepsiCo Inc will become the chief executive officer of the newly formed bottling division and must create a system of corporate governance, and decide how to structure the new board of directors for the Pepsi .....more

Good Hands Healthcare is a large nursing home provider with more than 400 facilities across the United States. This case series looks at the governance issues facing the board of a firm with declining performance set within the eldercare industry. The (A) case revolves around whether to replace the chief executive officer, who founded and built the firm, due to poor performance. The supplements, Governance Challenges at Good Hands Healthcare (B), .....more

In this supplement to Governance Challenges at Good Hands Healthcare (A), product 9B04M019, the board makes its decision to ask the CEO to resign; however, this decision resulted in two board members also submitting resignations. The board must focus on the selection process for a new chief executive officer and board member replacements.

The board at Good Hands Healthcare has selected its new chief executive office but must decide on a compensation package and present its offer to the candidate. This is a supplement to Governance Challenges at Good Hands Healthcare (A), product 9B04M019.

This is a supplement to Governance Challenges at Good Hands Healthcare (A), product 9B04M019. The new chief executive officer is in place and is implementing changes in corporate strategy. Meanwhile, the board is working on filling the two vacant board positions.

Teaching note products 9B04M019, 9B04M020, 9B04M021 and 9B04M022.

Quack.com was in dire straits. An early entrant in the voice portal market, Quack was quickly running out of money. The company's management team had just returned from a road show for a second round of venture financing, but they had been unsuccessful. To exacerbate this issue, Quack's two major competitors had each received substantial funding. At the current burn rate, Quack could survive on its bridge financing for only three more months. .....more

This supplement to Strategic Direction At Quack.com (A), product 9B02A003 provides a summary of what happened to this company facing many major decisions relating to its voice portal technology and business, and the state of its finances.