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SAP 2014: Reaching for the Cloud
Lakhani, Karim R.; Iansiti, Marco; Fisher, NoahCase HBS-614052-EService and Operations ManagementIn May 2014, Bill McDermott will become the sole CEO of SAP AG, the world leader in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) field. The case occurs in January 2014 at SAP's investors meeting, at a time when the company's stock is near record high. A 2010 strategy committed the company to a transition to cloud computing. The main driver behind this transition was the development of SAP HANA, an in-memory computing technology that combined database, ...Starting at €8.20
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Lyric Dinner Theater (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Sharpe, James M.; Fisher, NoahTeaching Note HBS-813088-EEntrepreneurshipThis teaching note is associated with HBS cases 813-043 and 813-044.Starting at €0.00
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Angus Cartwright IV
Hatten, Kenneth J.; Poorvu, William J.; Stevenson, Howard H.; Segel, Arthur I; Vogel, John H., Jr.Case HBS-813185-EFinanceJudy and John DeRight, looking to diversify their investment portfolios, have retained Angus Cartwright, Jr. to identify prospective real estate acquisitions. Mr. Cartwright has four potential properties that he feels merit an in-depth financial analysis. The case provides an opportunity to examine the various components of real estate return--cash flow, tax benefits, and futures--and measure the profitability of a proposed investment through the...Starting at €8.20
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Cobertura del riesgo cambiario en EADS
Kester, W. Carl; Dessain, Vincent; Misztal, KarolCase HBS-218S03FinanceEn 2008, EADS, el grupo aeroespacial europeo que posee Airbus, se enfrentan a la decisión de la mejor manera de cubrir un desajuste importante y creciente entre sus ingresos en dólares y en euros sus costes de fabricación. En concreto, la empresa necesitaba para decidir si continuaría cobertura principalmente con contratos a plazo, pero en cantidades mucho más altas y a tasas cada vez más desfavorables, o para romper con la práctica anterior y co...Starting at €8.20
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McArthur/Glen Realty Corp. (Spanish Version)
Poorvu, William J.; Vogel, John H., Jr.Case HBS-308S12FinanceJonathan Potter está considerando una inversión en el recién formado McArthur / Glen de Inversión Inmobiliaria. El caso da algunos antecedentes sobre fondos de inversión inmobiliaria y su historia. También se analizan los centros de tiendas de venta directa del fabricante, el tipo de bienes inmuebles que McArthur / Glen Realty posee y desarrolla. La industria REIT está experimentando un crecimiento explosivo, y es importante para evaluar su funci...Starting at €8.20
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Reinventing Brainlab
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Dessain, Vincent; Misztal, KarolCase HBS-313069-EStrategyThe management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment.Starting at €8.20
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StriveTogether: Reinventing the Local Education Ecosystem
Grossman, Allen S.; Lombard, Ann; Fisher, NoahCase HBS-314031-EStriveTogether aimed to improve education outcomes by coordinating the actions of diverse community stakeholders-nonprofit service providers, school districts, government, parents, businesses and others. StriveTogether had an intense focus on collective impact-"the commitment of a group of important actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem"-and the use of data to drive decision. In the case, managing ...Starting at €8.20
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Ilva Steel Taranto: Providing and Polluting (A)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Dessain, Vincent; Pesce, Ottavia; Misztal, KarolCase HBS-314045-ENearly 27,000 people depended on Ilva Steel Taranto, the largest steel-making plant in Europe, for their livelihoods, but the plant's pollution fouled the environment and increased the incidence of tumors, respiratory illnesses and deaths. In July 2012, faced with a court-ordered partial shut-down and a possibly unaffordable remediation plan, the company's newly appointed head must decide what to do next.Starting at €8.20
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HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (A)
Gompers, Paul A.; Misztal, Karol; Van Gool, JorisCase HBS-214018-EFinanceThis case concerns the negotiations of a deal by HgCapital, a UK-based private equity firm, to buy Visma, ASA, a Norwegian software company. Visma has received an offer from Sage Group, a strategic acquirer. HgCapital must determine if it wants to bid and how to outbid a potential strategic acquirer. The case concerns bidding and negotiations strategies as well as deal structuring issues. In particular, the cross border nature of the investment, ...Starting at €8.20