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Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A) (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Cohen, Wesley M.; Ingram, Kynon; Kothalkar, Tushar; Kuzemchenko, Maxim; Malik, Santosh; Meyn, Cynthia; Friar, Greta; Pokrywa, Stephanie HealyCase HBS-615S16Service and Operations ManagementIn 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings deterStarting at €8.20
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Hill Country Snack Foods Co. (Spanish version)
Kester, W. Carl; Stephenson, CraigCase HBS-913S04FinanceHill Country Snack Foods, located in Austin, Texas, manufactures, markets, and distributes snack foods and frozen treats. The CEO is passionate about maximizing shareholder value and believes in keeping tight control over costs and operating the business as efficiently as possible. The company invests in additional capacity and new products only when attractive, low-risk opportunities are identified and can be funded internally. The firm's cultur...Starting at €8.20
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Intrapreneurship within FLG, Inc. (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-918S11EntrepreneurshipThis case follows Jenica Fletcher as she rebuilds her company's guitar strings division from the ground up. Convinced that she could turn the division around if given complete independence from corporate headquarters, Fletcher relocated the group, rebranded it as Malenti Strings, repositioned the guitar strings as high-performance products, and transformed Malenti into a fast-growing, profitable business. The case traces Fletcher's key steps in...Starting at €8.20
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El proyecto de la mina de carbón An Tai Bao
Kester, W. Carl; Melnick, Richard P.Case HBS-206S08FinanceUn Tai Bao es la mayor mina de carbón a cielo abierto más grande del mundo y se encuentra en la provincia china de Shanxi. Después de ocho años de planificación y negociación, Occidental Petroleum, el socio extranjero en el trato, está a punto de firmar un acuerdo de financiación y la propiedad de $ 475 millones de dólares que implica $ 20 millones de su propio patrimonio y recurso limitado. El acuerdo contiene una serie de características inusua...Starting at €8.20
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SureCut Shears, Inc. (Spanish version)
Kester, W. CarlCase HBS-208S29FinanceA bank loan officer must determine whether to waive convenants and extend terms on a line of credit granted to SureCut Shears. At issue is whether the inability of SureCut to pay down its line of credit is due to a temporary cyclical downturn or other long-term financial problems.Starting at €8.20
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Estrategias de inversión en opciones del Fondo Keller
Kester, W. CarlCase HBS-210S14FinanceLa decisión de un fondo de inversión de tipo cerrado a la negociación de opciones estudio proporciona una oportunidad para estudiar el perfil de beneficio y los precios de múltiples estrategias de inversión opción (por ejemplo, comprar una llamada, comprar una opción de venta, escribir una llamada, comprar llamadas stock-escritura, etc.) . Este caso está diseñado para proporcionar a los estudiantes una introducción a la valoración de opciones....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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Gaz de France (Spanish version)
Kester, W. Carl; Allen, William B.Case HBS-219S04FinanceThe treasurer of Gaz de France is an aggressive, proactive manager of his company's liability structure, running one of the largest swap books of any non-financial corporation in the world. Currency futures, interbank forwards, and currency options are also frequently used to control the company's multi-currency liability structure. This case prompts students to explore the reasons and ramifications of such aggressive liability management, with p...Starting at €8.20
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The All-Star Sports Catalog Division (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Roberto, Michael A.Case HBS-303S29StrategyDescribes a senior management team's strategic decision-making process. The division president faces three options for redesigning the process to address several key concerns. The president has extensive quantitative and qualitative data about the process to guide him as he and the senior team attempt to make improvements.Starting at €8.20
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Executive Decision Making at General Motors (Spanish version)
Garvin, David A.; Levesque, Lynne C.Case HBS-313S03StrategyDescribes the evolution of General Motors' strategy, organizational structure, and management processes from its founding to the present day. Focuses on the role of GM's management committee--the senior-decision-making body at the company, now called the Automotive Strategy Board (ASB)--and how it operates under Rick Wagoner, its current CEO. In October 2004, Wagoner and the ASB are wrestling with recent changes in GM's planning and budgeting pro...Starting at €8.20