HBSP (USA)
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AXA Private Equity: The Diana Investment
Roberts, Michael J.; Sahlman, William A.Case HBS-812042-EEntrepreneurshipThe case focuses on an investment made by AXA Private Equity, a French manufacturer of food ingredients. The investment is made at the height of the financial markets, and financed with significant debt. Soon thereafter, the financial crisis impacted the company's financial performance, the valuation of all companies, and the balance sheet of banks. When the company breaches a covenant this set off a series of negotiations over the restructuring ...Starting at €8.20
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Del Norte Paper Company (A) (Spanish Version)
Barrett, M. Edgar; Sahlman, William A.Case HBS-713S09Accounting and ControlSe ocupa de un problema de los precios de transferencia en una compleja situación internacional. Una amplia gama de temas están presentes en el caso, o son necesarios para un análisis caso a fondo. Tales problemas incluyen: costos relevantes; la adecuación de centros de beneficio; la idoneidad de la descentralización; transferencias de fondos internacionales; y la medición de la ganancia integrado.Starting at €8.20
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Corruption in Germany
Abdelal, Rawi; Di Tella, Rafael; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-709006-EWhy do managers become corrupt? Does corruption ever pay? When do friendly relations cross into bribery? How can CEOs manage and prevent outbreaks of corruption? These and other questions are raised by three short case studies of corruption in Germany: at the global engineering firm Siemens, the automaker VW, and the chemical giant BASF. While German law not only permitted overseas bribery but even made it tax deductible until 1999, it was not we...Starting at €8.20
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Energy Security in Europe (A): Nord Stream
Abdelal, Rawi; Tarontsi, SogomonCase HBS-711026-EEconomicsRussian and German energy firms initiated the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline project with strong political support from their home governments but encountered resistance from other states. Although the pipeline would connect Russia with Germany directly, the project was not simply a bilateral matter. First, a need to secure construction permits in multiple jurisdictions around the Baltic Sea involved other countries. And second, Germany's membe...Starting at €8.20
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Fiscal Responses to COVID-19
Abdelal, Rawi; Di Tella, Rafael; Pons, Vincent; Goldstein, GalitCase HBS-721011-EEconomicsFor the first half of 2020, the COVID-19 crisis seemed on the verge of spiraling out of control. The business world struggled to figure out what COVID meant for macroeconomics. Extended restrictions limiting human interaction meant an end to normal economStarting at €8.20