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Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (A)
Healy, Paul M.; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-114029-EAccounting and ControlIn spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets. China's recent entry into the aluminum market was affecting both supply and demand. Furthermore, downstream and upstream product was coming on-line from other parts of the world, including Russia. As a result, Alcoa had lost its historical market dominance and stock premium. Belda was convinced that fo...Starting at €8.20
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Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (B)
Healy, Paul M.; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-114030-EAccounting and ControlIn spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets. China's recent entry into the aluminum market was affecting both supply and demand. Furthermore, downstream and upstream product was coming on-line from other parts of the world, including Russia. As a result, Alcoa had lost its historical market dominance and stock premium. Belda was convinced that fo...Starting at €5.74
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A Green Forest Grows in Brooklyn: Joint Venturing with the Chinese
Wu, Charles FCase HBS-218010-EFinanceMaryAnne Gilmartin, President and CEO of Forest City Ratner ("Forest City") was planning for yet another protracted discussion over the merits of a green roof for part of her $5 billion dollar new development in Brooklyn. While the low seven-figure cost overrun was to be "value-engineered" and in the scheme of things, this budgeted item was not going to impact the financial success of the project, it had become a heated source of contention. Was ...Starting at €8.20
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Rick's Dilemma
Segel, Arthur I; Wu, Charles F; Eppler, Ben; Yog, SidCase HBS-215006-EFinanceIn 2014, Rick is serving as a trustee for a large family trust whose principle asset is a plot of prime real estate in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The land is currently subject to a ground lease which pays $4.6 million annually, with resets every 20 years at 4.5% of the appraised value of the land. The next reset is in 2022, and in the meantime Rick must make a decision on whether it might be better for the trust's beneficiaries to sell the...Starting at €8.20
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Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living, Teaching Note
Wu, Charles F; Eppler, BenTeaching Note HBS-215029-EFinanceTeaching note for case 215003.Starting at €0.00
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SOHO China: Transformation in Progress
Wu, Charles FCase HBS-217023-EFinanceIn 2016 against the backdrop of a challenging Chinese macroeconomic environment, SOHO China, the largest owner and developer of Class-A real estate in Beijing and Shanghai, was struggling to convince analysts of the merits of their new "build-to-hold" strategy. Founded as a merchant builder, the company went public in 2007 raising a record USD 1.9 billion, but the firm, led by Zhang Xin, refocused in 2012 towards a "build-to-hold" strategy in an ...Starting at €8.20
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Exeter Group, Inc., Teaching Note
Eccles, Robert G.; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-412024-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 409001.Starting at €0.00
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Mistry Architects (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
Eccles, Robert G.; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-412025-ETeaching Note for 609044, 609064, and 609086.Starting at €0.00
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Addleshaw Goddard LLP, Teaching Note
Eccles, Robert G.; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-412026-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 409056.Starting at €0.00
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One Firm One Future at Davis Langdon (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
Eccles, Robert G.; McFee, Erin; Rossano, PenelopeTeaching Note HBS-412031-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 411-006, 411-007, and 411-008.Starting at €0.00