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Chocolates El Rey
Deshpande, Rohit; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Cuellar, Regina GarciaCase HBS-508052-EMarketingIn late November 2006, Jorge Redmond, CEO of Chocolates El Rey, called a meeting with senior management to discuss the company's growth strategy. A relatively small firm with sales of around $14 million, El Rey produced top quality chocolate made with single origin Venezuelan cocoa beans. The firm sold its chocolates in four different segments--food services, industry, retail and beverages--and exported 17% of its production, mostly to the United...Starting at €8.20
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Banco Ciudad (B): Transformation at Work
Musacchio, Aldo; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Scott, CintraCase HBS-712030-EEconomicsReturning to Banco Ciudad two years after executive chairman Federico Sturzenegger s decision to "think outside of the box" to turn the institution around, this case tracks profitability and other metrics of success for the state-owned bank. The case ends with Sturzenegger asking: where can he take the bank next?Starting at €5.74
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Chocolates El Rey (Spanish Version)
Deshpande, Rohit; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Cuellar, Regina GarciaCase HBS-512S09MarketingA finales de noviembre de 2006, Jorge Redmond, presidente de Chocolates El Rey, convocó a una reunión con la alta dirección para discutir la estrategia de crecimiento de la compañía. Una parte relativamente pequeña firma con ventas de alrededor de $ 14 millones, El Rey produce el chocolate de alta calidad hecha con granos de cacao venezolano de origen único. La firma vendió sus chocolates en cuatro segmentos diferentes - servicios de alimentación...Starting at €8.20
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Petrobras in Ecuador (A)
Musacchio, Aldo; Goldberg, Lena G.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-309107-EOn October 18, 2007, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa announced his intention to migrate Petrobras' existing participation contracts to exploit oil reserves in Ecuador's Blocks 18 and 31 to servicing agreements under which Petrobras would be paid a production fee and reimbursed for investment costs but all recovered oil would belong to the government. Correa also announced a dramatic increase in corporate taxes and changes to other contracts to ...Starting at €8.20
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Petrobras in Ecuador (C): Lula and Political Risk at Home
Musacchio, Aldo; Goldberg, Lena G.Case HBS-310029-EEconomicsStarting at €5.74
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Petrobras in Ecuador (A), (B) and (C), Teaching Note
Musacchio, Aldo; Goldberg, Lena G.Teaching Note HBS-311043-ETeaching Note for 309107.Starting at €0.00
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El barbero de Buenos Aires: La renegociación de la deuda argentina. El recorte más corto del mundo
Maurer, Noel; Musacchio, AldoCase HBS-708S24EconomicsCuenta la historia de la estrategia agresiva de Argentina para renegociar su deuda pública desde 2003 hasta 2005. La mayoría de los acreedores aceptó la oferta para intercambiar su deuda para el nuevo valor de títulos de 35 centavos de dólar, sin reconocimiento de todos los intereses vencidos. Muchos reductos, sin embargo, permanecen fuera del trato. Algunos expertos creen que la postura de Argentina tendrá consecuencias negativas para el sector ...Starting at €8.20
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Banco Ciudad (A): Who is the Owner
Musacchio, Aldo; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Scott, CintraCase HBS-712029-EEconomicsThe state-run Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (Banco Ciudad) was losing money in 2007. Early in 2008, Federico Sturzenegger, a renowned academic in Argentina, was appointed executive chairman by the city government and charged with turning the bank around. But just four months later, Sturzenegger was already facing the 45th day of a labor conflict sparked by union representatives on account of having fired six employees. The showdown raised se...Starting at €8.20
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Colombia: Strong Fundamentals, Global Risk
Musacchio, Aldo; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Schlefer, Jonathan; Camacho, CarolinaCase HBS-710012-EEconomicsBy mid-2009 Colombian President Alvaro Uribe had ended decades of virtual civil war and strengthened the business climate, but he faced tough economic challenges. Though he had instituted prominent market reforms and brought inflation down sharply, Colombia seemed stuck in a middle ground, industrially behind Brazil or Chile but ahead of poorer Latin American countries. Traditional exports--coal, coffee, oil--still comprised more than half the to...Starting at €8.20
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Concha y Toro
Deshpande, Rohit; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Reficco, EzequielCase HBS-509018-EMarketingChile's largest wine producer faces a price versus value positioning problem. Its highest quality wines are not priced competitively at retail because "Made in Chile" connotes great value and low price.Starting at €8.20