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How to Bounce Back from Adversity (Spanish version)
Margolis, Joshua D.; Stoltz, Paul G.Article HBS-R1001ELeadership and People Managementhow to manage corporate transformation, what we understand about personal resilience, whether the United States can reclaim its leadership role in innovation and invention, and how executives in strategy and marketing are reconceiving the work they do.Starting at €8.20
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Crescent Standard Investment Bank Limited — Governance Failure
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B08M068-EStrategyThe Crescent Standard Investment Bank Limited (CSIBL) was the largest investment bank quoted on all the stock exchanges in Pakistan, so when it declared a huge loss of Rs2.1 billion (US$35.5 million) for the year December 31, 2005, the market was taken by surprise. There had been some rumours that all was not well and that the investment banking regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP), had sent a team to investigate the a...Starting at €8.20
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Pak Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO) - Management of Circular Debt
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B11M047-EFinance, StrategyThis case describes how significant debt was built up in Pakistan among the private- and public-sector energy and power-generation companies, which were some of the country’s largest organizations. An unexpected slowdown in recovery of payments created debt that affected corporate business operations and the Pakistani economy as a whole. The case discusses the energy and power sectors, along with the reasons for the circular debt. The Pakistani g...Starting at €8.20
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Cyprus (A)
Werker, Eric; Berardi, Sebastian; Elia, Stelios; Muakkassa, Omar; Zumberge, JamesCase HBS-714010-EEconomicsCyprus is a small Mediterranean island located at the cross-roads of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Since its 1974 split, Cyprus has grown real GDP more than fivefold-in large part because of its development as an "international business" center. The country developed a large network of double-taxation-treaties (including some of the most robust agreements with Russia and other ex-Soviet Republics) that allowed it to serve as a tax-efficien...Starting at €8.20
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Cyprus (B)
Werker, Eric; Berardi, Sebastian; Elia, Stelios; Muakkassa, Omar; Zumberge, JamesCase HBS-714011-EEconomicsStarting at €5.74
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Cyprus (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Werker, Eric; Berardi, Sebastian; Elia, Stelios; Muakkassa, Omar; Zumberge, JamesTeaching Note HBS-714012-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 714010 and 714011.Starting at €0.00
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Sonia Millar: Negotiating for the C-Suite
Margolis, Joshua D.; Donnellon, AnneCase HBS-920555This case addresses the nuances of gender dynamics and career progression at the top of the organization, where even women who have strong leadership expertise, experience, and alliances with powerful male colleagues still get stuck. Told from the point of view of Sonia Millar, the case explicitly presents two significant challenges:Starting at €8.20
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Pak Elektron Limited: Converting Systems to ERP
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B12E002-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyPak Elektron Limited was a prominent manufacturer of consumer home appliances, large distribution and power transformers, and switch gears for power companies in Pakistan. From 2007, the company had started the process of changing the information systems of the company. These systems had become outdated as Microsoft withdrew its support of Visual FoxPro, the platform on which all systems had been developed. The company decided that a Tier 1 ERP (...Starting at €8.20
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Modern Agricultural Farm: Budgeting for Control
Muntazar Bashir AhmedCase IVEY-9B13B025-EAccounting and Control, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn May 2011, the managing partner of the Modern Agricultural Farm in rural Pakistan was reviewing the set of performance reports for the previous month sent by the farm accountant. These reports had been designed by a management analysis and research consultant to convert the farm system to that used by the head office of the Alamgir Group of businesses, of which the farm was a part. There were two concerns: how to handle the fluctuations in the ...Starting at €8.20
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Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel's Cellular Market (B)
Margolis, Joshua D.; Migdal, Amram; Herman, KerryCase HBS-417018-EEconomicsThe case complements "Moshe Kahlon: Telecommunications Reform and Competition in Israel's Cellular Market (A)," HBS case number 417-017, which addresses reforms to regulations in Israel's telecommunications industry initiated and implemented under the leadership of Minister of Communications Moshe Kahlon in 2009-2010. The case highlights the challenges faced by a politician attempting to institute regulatory and legislative reforms in the face of...Starting at €5.74