HBSP (USA)
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Matrix Capital Management (C)
Baker, Malcolm P.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-211060-EFinanceBen Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale initiated a position in the middle of 2009.Starting at €5.74
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Behavioural Insights Team (B)
Luca, Michael; Rooney, PatrickCase HBS-915025-EMarketingExamines the founding of the United States of America during the second half of the eighteenth century. Focuses on: 1) the reasons why the American colonists rebelled against Britain (1763-1774); 2) the problems the new nation confronted during the War of Independence and under the Articles of Confederation (1775-1788); 3) the main issues taken up at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia (1787); and 4) the enormous challenges facing Alexa...Starting at €5.74
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Launching Yelp Reservations (B)
Luca, Michael; Mohan, Kevin P.; Rooney, PatrickCase HBS-916004-EStarting at €5.74
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Behavioural Insights Team (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Luca, Michael; Rooney, PatrickTeaching Note HBS-916050-EMarketingTeaching note for cases 915024 and 915025. The Behavioural Insights Team case introduces students to the concept of choice architecture and the value of experimental methods (sometimes called A/B testing) within organizational contexts. The exercise provides an opportunity for students to apply these principles to solve a managerial problem - increasing tax compliance rates among delinquent taxpayers. Students are asked to rewrite the letter tha...Starting at €0.00
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Airbnb (A) (Spanish version)
Edelman, Benjamin; Luca, MichaelCase HBS-914S09Information TechnologiesAfter widely-publicized complaints of destructive guests and unreliable hosts, online apartment rental site Airbnb explores mechanisms to facilitate trust between guests and hosts. Flexible online reputation systems can collect and share information with ease, but Airbnb must decide which information guests and hosts should have to provide and how much flexibility each should have in selecting whom to do business with. A full-featured system coul...Starting at €8.20
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Behavioral Finance at JP Morgan (Spanish version)
Baker, Malcolm P.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-209S12FinanceFollowing a successful model in Europe, JP Morgan has introduced a set of five U.S. retail mutual funds with an investment philosophy and marketing strategy grounded in behavioral finance. The asset management group believes that understanding investor biases like overconfidence, anchoring, and loss aversion is key to generating returns on the investment side and educating clients on the advisory side.Starting at €8.20
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Matrix Capital Management (A)
Baker, Malcolm P.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-211017-EFinanceBen Balbale, a partner at hedge fund Matrix Capital, must decide whether to exit their investment in Rovi Corporation, a company with a diverse portfolio of patents used primarily for digital interactive guides. Rovi's shares are up over 50% from the time Balbale initiated a position in the middle of 2009.Starting at €8.20
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Longbow Capital Partners
Baker, Malcolm P.; Hanson, Samuel G.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-215026-EFinanceLongbow Capital Partners is a value-oriented long/short hedge fund focused on stocks in the energy sector. In January 2011, Longbow invested in NiSource, a Fortune 500 company that owns a diverse portfolio of regulated energy businesses. In late 2014, Longbow was deciding whether or not to maintain its position in NiSource. To make this decision, students must perform a discounted dividend analysis to determine the fundamental value of NiSource's...Starting at €8.20
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Restructuring JAL, Teaching Note
Baker, Malcolm P.; Sunderam, AdiTeaching Note HBS-215041-EFinanceTeaching note for 214055.Starting at €0.00
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Creating the French Behavioral Insights Team
Luca, Michael; Kristal, Ariella; Billaud, EmilieCase HBS-919015-EStrategyThis case explores how neuroscientist Mariam Chammat helped set up the first behavioral insights team at the center of the French government, and encouraged French administrations to innovate and create policy initiatives based on psychological theories of influence and persuasion. Students are asked to assess 35 projects ripe for behavioral intervention and pick the winning proposals.Starting at €8.20