HBSP (USA)
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Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil
Rotemberg, Julio J.Case HBS-708042-EFinanceThis case focuses on the financial difficulties faced in the US from August to December 2006 as well as their roots in subprime lending. After briefly discussing how mortgages were structured and traded in the pre-1990 period, it describes subprime mortgage lending, as well as other innovative mortgages issued in the 1990s. It also discusses how these mortgages were packaged into securities, and who ultimately came to own these claims and their a...Starting at €8.20
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Buy Online, Pickup in Store: Vice President of Store Operations Supplement
Moreno, Antonio; Gallino, Santiago; Klopfenstein, AmyCase HBS-621105-EService and Operations ManagementIn April 2019, Sylvia VP of Store Operations Axley Vega must review an analysis of her department's sales data to determine the impact of the company's Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPS) program. BOPS implementation created significant problems for the stStarting at €8.20
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Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?, Teaching Plan
Bussgang, Jeffrey J.; Klopfenstein, AmyTeaching Note HBS-821055-EEntrepreneurshipDisplaying the Right Path?" HBS 820-098. The case explores the tension between two different financing and expansion plans for a startup, and explores issues related to business model pivots and industry transitions. An added layer of tension exists between the CEO, a first-time female founder, and an experienced male media executive, providing a dilemma of whether the CEO should follow her own instincts or defer to the expertise of others and p...Starting at €0.00
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BP's Macondo: Spill and Response, Teaching Note
Rotemberg, Julio J.Teaching Note HBS-712003-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 711-021.Starting at €0.00
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BP's Macondo: Spill and Response
Rotemberg, Julio J.Case HBS-711021-EEconomicsThis case starts by reporting various factors that may have contributed to the massive Macondo oil spill, noting that BP, its partners, and the government all made decisions that helped cause the accident. It then discusses the response to this spill by BP and the government. This helps provide some context for the decision by the Obama administration to request $20 billion for a fund from BP and for BP's willingness to go along with this request...Starting at €8.20
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New York Life and Immediate Annuities
Rotemberg, Julio J.; Gourville, John T.Case HBS-510040-EMarketingBy positioning Immediate Annuities as "guaranteed lifetime income," New York Life has built itself a $1.4 billion per year business by 2009. However, to make Immediate Annuities a mainstream financial product for retirees, New York Life must understand why many retirees are reluctant to buy them and many agents are reluctant to sell them.Starting at €8.20
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Pricing at Netflix
Ofek, Elie; Bertini, Marco; Koenigsberg, Oded; Klopfenstein, AmyCase HBS-521004-EMarketingSince its launch in 1998 as "the Amazon.com of DVDs," Netflix had evolved from a DVD rental company to a video streaming platform and producer of original films and television shows. As the company matured, it regularly increased prices and adjusted its product offerings while continuing to add new subscribers. However, between late 2019 and mid-2020, competition within the streaming industry intensified with the launch of new entrants such as Di...Starting at €8.20
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Facebook's Libra (B): The Privatization of Money
Di Maggio, Marco; Rouen, Ethan; Serafeim, George; Klopfenstein, AmyCase HBS-121055-EAccounting and ControlThis case addresses the events that took place following the conclusion of the case "Facebook's Libra (A): The Privatization of Money?" In October 2019, several months after the conclusion of the A case, multiple members of the Libra Association announcedStarting at €5.74
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Buy Online, Pickup in Store: Evaluating an Omnichannel Intervention in Retail
Moreno, Antonio; Gallino, Santiago; Klopfenstein, AmyCase HBS-621103-EService and Operations ManagementIn October 2018, fashion, wellness, and beauty retailer Sylvarella implemented a Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPS) program in an attempt to counteract a sales decline. While BOPS had the potential to meet customer expectations for a seamless order and fuStarting at €8.20
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Buy Online, Pickup in Store: Vice President of E-Commerce Supplement
Moreno, Antonio; Gallino, Santiago; Klopfenstein, AmyCase HBS-621106-EService and Operations ManagementIn April 2019, Sylvarella VP of E-Commerce Charla Limont must review an analysis of her department's sales data to determine the impact of the company's Buy Online, Pickup in Store (BOPS) program. The program implementation created significant problems foStarting at €8.20