HBSP (USA)
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Evaluating an Investment in Expansion (Spanish version)
Stafford, Erik; Heilprin, Joel L.; DeVolder, JeffreyCase HBS-411S17FinanceWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. A manufacturer of private-label personal care products must decide whether to fund an unprecedented expansion of manufacturing capacity. The decision prompts fundamental financial analysis of the potential project, including development of cash flow projections and net present value calculations. Students wi...Starting at €8.20
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Protecting the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, Epilogue
Howitt, Arnold; Leonard, Herman B.; Tannenwald, DavidCase HBS-HKS455-EStrategyOn one side, a loose network of protesters made arrangements for dramatizing their opposition to the WTO and international trade practices. At the same time, public safety officials from local, state, and federal agencies developed security plans for the public areas near the locus of the ministerial meetings. Their aim was to ensure that the talks proceeded smoothly while preserving the activists' rights to peaceful protest. Throughout the plann...Starting at €8.20
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Ready in Advance: The City of Tuscaloosa's Response to the 4/27/11 Tornado
Leonard, Herman B.; Tannenwald, DavidCase HBS-KS1157-EIn a matter of minutes on the afternoon of April 27, 2011, a massive and powerful tornado leveled 1/8 of the area of Tuscaloosa, AL, a city of approximately 90,000 people and home to the University of Alabama. Doctrine called for the County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) to take the lead in organizing the response to the disaster - but one of the first buildings destroyed during the event housed the County EMA offices, leaving the agency compl...Starting at €8.20
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Grantham, Mayo, and Van Otterloo, 2012: Estimating the Equity Risk Premium
Hanson, Samuel G.; Stafford, Erik; Viceira, Luis M.Case HBS-213051-EFinanceStarting 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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Oregon's Experiment with Coordinated Care Organizations
Tannenwald, David; Howitt, ArnoldCase HBS-KS1133-EEconomicsWhen Dr. John Kitzhaber became Oregon's Governor in January 2011, the state faced a reported $2 billion deficit in the state's Medicaid budget. Consequently, Kitzhaber, working in partnership with his top health policy advisors and an array of stakeholders, undertook a multi-year effort to transform the state's Medicaid delivery system. At the time, that system consisted of separate managed care organizations for different kinds of providers; but...Starting at €8.20
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Operation Rollback Water: The National Guard's Response to the 2009 North Dakota Floods (A)
Howitt, Arnold; Tannenwald, DavidCase HBS-KS1135-EEconomicsIn spring 2009, North Dakota experienced some of the worst flooding in state history. This case describes how the state's National Guard responded by mobilizing thousands of its troops and working in concert with personnel and equipment from six other states as well as an array of federal, state, and local stakeholders. Specifically, after providing background on the North Dakota National Guard and the state's susceptibility to flooding, the case...Starting at €8.20
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Operation Rollback Water: The National Guard's Response to the 2009 North Dakota Floods (Epilogue to B)
Howitt, Arnold; Tannenwald, DavidCase HBS-KS1137-EEconomicsIn spring 2009, North Dakota experienced some of the worst flooding in state history. This case describes how the state's National Guard responded by mobilizing thousands of its troops and working in concert with personnel and equipment from six other states as well as an array of federal, state, and local stakeholders. Specifically, after providing background on the North Dakota National Guard and the state's susceptibility to flooding, the case...Starting at €8.20
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Valuation of AirThread Connections, Teaching Note
Stafford, Erik; Heilprin, Joel L.Teaching Note HBS-4264-EFinanceTeaching note for case #4263.Starting at €0.00
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Valuation of AirThread Connections (Spanish version)
Stafford, Erik; Heilprin, Joel L.Case HBS-413S06FinanceThis case can be used as a capstone valuation exercise for first-year MBA students in an introductory finance course. A senior associate in the business development group at American Cable Communications, one of the largest cable companies in the U.S., must prepare a preliminary valuation for acquiring AirThread Connections, a regional cellular provider. The acquisition would give American Cable access to wireless technology and the wireless spec...Starting at €8.20