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Cost of Capital (Brief Case) (Spanish version)
Luehrman, Timothy A.; Heilprin, Joel L.Case HBS-410S15FinanceWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. The senior vice president of project finance for a global oil and gas company must determine the weighted average cost of capital for the company as a whole and each of its divisions as part of the annual capital budgeting process. The case uses comparable companies to estimate asset betas for each operating...Starting at €8.20
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Dubai Duty Free
Lal, Rajiv; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-511034-EMarketingTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In mid-February 2009, Dubai Duty Free Managing Director Colm McLoughlin received the January sales report. He left the report lying on his desk unopened and went to walk around the shops as he did every morning. When he returned, he sat down at his desk, looked at the cover of the report, then called his wife, Breeda, to confirm that they were hosting a dinner party that wee...Starting at €8.20
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Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A)
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-408023-ELeadership and People ManagementJosef Felder, CEO of Zurich Airport, faces several crises as he tries to transform the Airport from a slow-moving, conflict-ridden, government-owned entity into a privatized, world-class airport.Starting at €8.20
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Leadership, Culture, and Transition at lululemon, Teaching Note
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, David; Page, RuthTeaching Note HBS-410123-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 410705.Starting at €0.00
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Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, DavidTeaching Note HBS-411015-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 408023 and 408058.Starting at €0.00
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Bernd Beetz: Creating the New Coty
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-808133-EEntrepreneurshipConsiders the creation of one of the world's largest beauty and fragrance companies by Bernd Beetz, appointed chief executive of Coty Inc. in 2001. The case opens with the creation of a new Russian subsidiary in the wake of the global financial crisis, and examines how a virtually new company was created over the previous years. In 1990 the German consumer goods company Benkiser began acquiring fragrance and cosmetics brands with the intent of de...Starting at €8.20
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MINTing Innovation at NewYork-Presbyterian (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Kiron, DavidTeaching Note HBS-811010-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 810004.Starting at €0.00
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Gene Patents (A)
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Kiron, David; Andrews, PhillipCase HBS-811089-EEntrepreneurshipIn March 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Sweet overturned 30 years of legal precedent and ruled that unaltered human genes could not be patented. This case reviews patent law and how it relates to our increasing knowledge of the Human Genome. The case issues deal with the potential implications of Judge Sweet's decision for biotechnology entrepreneurs and investors.Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-109S04Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe principal players in WorldCom's accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan, the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments, external auditor Arthur Andersen, and the board of directors. The case provides sufficient detail to allow for a full discussion of the pressures that lead executives and managers to "cook the books," the boundary between earnings smoothing or management and fraudulent reporting, the role for internal control sy...Starting at €8.20
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The Sequel Project (Spanish version)
Luehrman, Timothy A.; Teichner, William A.Case HBS-202S01FinanceA group of investors is considering buying the sequel rights for a portfolio of feature films. They need to determine how much to offer to pay and how to structure a contract with one or more major U.S. film studios. The case contains cash flow estimates for all major films released in the United States during 1989. These data are used to generate estimates of the value of sequel rights prior to the first film's release. Designed to introduce stu...Starting at €8.20