HBSP (USA)
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Framework for Risk Management
Froot, Kenneth A.; Scharfstein, David S.; Stein, Jeremy C.Article HBS-94604-EStrategyIn recent years, managers have become aware of how their companies can be buffeted by risks beyond their control. To insulate themselves from such risks, many companies are turning to the derivatives markets, taking advantage of instruments like forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Although heavily involved in risk management, most companies do not have clear goals underlying their hedging programs. Without such goals, using derivatives can be ...Starting at €8.20
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Oaktree and the Restructuring of CIT Group (B)
Ivashina, Victoria; Scharfstein, David S.Case HBS-214036-EFinanceThis supplement presents the actual terms of the rescue financing provided by a group of private investors to CIT. It is intended to be distributed at the end of the discussion of "Oaktree and the Restructuring of CIT Group (A)" (HBS No. 214-035) and can be used as background to reflect on the students' proposal of financing terms for the $3 billion rescue financing of CIT.Starting at €5.74
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Automating Morality: Ethics for Intelligent Machines
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Quinn, TomCase HBS-324007-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAs autonomy became a more significant part of modern life - most notably in autonomous vehicles (AVs), such as Teslas - ethical debates about whether and how to impart ethics to machines heated up. Utilitarians pointed out that autonomous vehicles crashed much less often than human-driven cars, making their adoption a net positive in terms of lives saved; deontologists worried about the implications of programming a car to swerve to kill its pass...Starting at €8.20
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Este caso apesta: Beavis, Butt-head y el contenido de la TV (A)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Useem, JerryCase HBS-309S42A partir de 1992, "Beavis y Butt-head", una serie animada de MTV sobre dos inadaptados adolescentes no civilizados, se convirtieron tanto una sensación muy popular fuera de control y el símbolo de un debate nacional acerca de la programación violenta e inapropiada en la televisión. Especialmente después de la feria fue culpado por inspirar a un niño de cinco años para establecer un incendio que mató a su hermana menor, la controversia planteada d...Starting at €8.20
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Lin TV Corp
Scharfstein, David S.; Stafford, Erik; Heilprin, Joel L.Case HBS-213065-EFinanceThis case considers the valuation of Lin TV, a publicly-traded company with 30 TV stations. The case highlights how a change in operating strategy can enhance the firm's value, and considers the effect of consolidation within the industry on firm value.Starting at €8.20
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Oaktree and the Restructuring of CIT Group (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Ivashina, Victoria; Scharfstein, David S.Teaching Note HBS-214058-EFinanceTeaching Note for 214035 and 214036.Starting at €0.00
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Leader Bank, N.A.
Scharfstein, David S.; Sunderam, Adi; Chagani, HafizCase HBS-214076-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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The Financial Crisis: Hank Paulson in 2008
Sunderam, Adi; Greenwood, Robin; Hanson, Samuel G.; Scharfstein, David S.Case HBS-219037-EEconomicsOn the afternoon of Monday October 13, 2008, Hank Paulson Jr., the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, walked into the large conference room across the hall from his office in the Treasury Department. Joining him were Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy Geithner, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporate Sheila Bair, and the Chief Executive Officers of nine of the lar...Starting at €8.20
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La Estrategia Petrolífera “Ecologista” De Conoco (A)
Salter, Malcolm S.; Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Hall, Susan E.A.Case HBS-302S08Conoco se enfrenta a retos en la formulación de una estrategia ambiental proactiva para su desarrollo aceite propuesto en la región de la selva virgen tropical de Ecuador. El caso se describe el proceso innovador en el que Conoco colaboró con una amplia gama de grupos de constituyentes menudo en conflicto para definir y aplicar sus políticas, junto con los éxitos y los fracasos de Conoco en llegar a un consenso electoral.Starting at €8.20
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How to Make Finance Work
Greenwood, Robin; Scharfstein, David S.Article HBS-R1203H-EFinanceOnce a sleepy old boys' club, the U.S. financial sector is now a dynamic and growing business that attracts the best and the brightest. It is tempting to declare the industry a roaring success. But its purpose is to serve the needs of U.S. households and firms, and by this standard its performance has been mixed. The sector's growth has been beneficial for U.S. corporations, which enjoy ready access to the deepest capital markets in the world. Ve...Starting at €8.20