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Banco Popular: Impact of the Real Estate Cycle and the Sovereign Crisis in Spain
Hernandez, Eva; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Suárez, José LuisCase F-892-EFinance, StrategyOn Sunday, September 30, 2012, Banco Popular's Board of Directors was summoned to an urgent meeting; the Board faced a difficult decision about the future of the bank. The results of the stress test performed by consultants and external advisors on a large part of the Spanish financial sector had been made public that Friday. According to the stress test, in an adverse macro scenario, Banco Popular would need 3.2 billion in additional capital to...Starting at €8.20
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Abengoa, S.A. ¿se debería ampliar capital a mediados de 2015?
Suárez, José LuisCase F-925Accounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, FinanceA mediados de 2015, Abengoa, S.A. estaba muy endeudada en opinión de analistas externos y de la propia dirección que había puesto en marcha un plan de limitación de nuevas inversiones y de venta de activos que parecía no estar dando buenos resultados. El endeudamiento era producto de un cambio de estrategia en la década anterior, de ser una empresa de servicios de ingeniería pasó a invertir en proyectos de infraestructuras. Abengoa mantuvo la act...Starting at €8.20
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WeWork´s Failed IPO: What Does the Future Hold for Financing Digital Tranformation
Suárez, José LuisCase F-952-EFinanceWeWork was highly successful in capturing funds through successive rounds of capitalization and expanding its businesses. It was one of the leading workspace proprietors in New York and London. The problem centered on the fact that its losses grew at the same pace as its sales and value in capitalization rounds. The high value of the company set the bar very high for its IPO, to the extent that it didn?t have necessary demand from investors.Starting at €8.20
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Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm (Spanish Version)
Comin, DiegoCase HBS-712S01Knowledge and CommunicationEl 16 de septiembre de 2008, el presidente Rodríguez Zapatero reconoció la gravedad de la situación macroeconómica de España y señaló claramente que el culpable delante del Congreso español: "Que nadie duda; ya existe un amplio consenso sobre el origen de la crisis: [Se ] es en el de sus hipotecas de alto riesgo de Estados Unidos y ". Durante los últimos ocho años, España ha pasado por una fenomenal expansión que ha tenido muchos ingredientes imp...Starting at €8.20
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Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm
Comin, DiegoCase HBS-709021-EOn September 16, 2008, President Rodriguez Zapatero recognized the severity of Spain's macroeconomic situation and clearly pointed to the culprit in front of the Spanish Congress: "Let nobody doubt it; there is already a wide consensus about the origin of the crisis: [It is] in the U.S. and its subprime mortgages." During the last eight years, Spain had gone through a phenomenal expansion that has had many important ingredients: immigration, hous...Starting at €8.20
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The Great Moderation, Dead or Alive
Comin, DiegoCase HBS-709023-EThe Great Moderation is a significant decline in the volatility of fluctuations in most macroeconomic variables that the United States and other developed and developing economies have experienced at least since the mid 1980s. This case describes the basic facts, presents contending explanations and explores the consequences of the Great Moderation for the likely amplitude of future business cycles.Starting at €8.20
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Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm, Teaching Note
Comin, DiegoTeaching Note HBS-710026-ETeaching Note for [709021].Starting at €0.00
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China ''Unbalanced''
Comin, Diego; Vietor, Richard H.K.Case HBS-711010-EEconomicsIn 2010, Wen Jiabao looked back at the financial crisis with some satisfaction. Using aggressive fiscal and monetary policy, China had weathered the crisis successfully, growing 8.7% annually in 2010. Most of the unemployed workers had returned to work, often demonstrating for higher wages or better working conditions. Wen, however, was really focused on his new development strategy-shifting away from export-led growth to ease domestic and intern...Starting at €8.20
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Fraunhofer: Innovation in Germany
Comin, Diego; Trumbull, Gunnar; Yang, KerryCase HBS-711022-EEconomicsFraunhofer is one of the largest applied research organizations in the world. With 17,000 employees and a 1.6 billion euros budget, Fraunhofer has 60 institutes in Germany that cover most fields of science. The case examines the consequences that Fraunhofer has for the competitiveness of the German economy. It also explores whether the organization of R&D is affected by the size distribution of firms as well as by institutions in labor and financ...Starting at €8.20
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La expansión de AMMA en el sector de residencias de la tercera edad
Torres, Maximilian B.; Suárez, José Luis; Iriberri M.Case F-759FinanceAMMA es filial de la corporación industrial de la Caja de Ahorros de Navarra. Tiene tres residencias de personas y un importante plan de expansión. La financiación del mismo -además de ser importante per sé- puede afectar a la propia estructura empresarial.Starting at €8.20