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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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LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry
Groysberg, Boris; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-419009-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the spring of 2018, Kinya Seto, president and CEO of LIXIL Group Corporation, a major housing and building products and services company, called a meeting at the company's head office in central Tokyo to discuss how to implement the new three-year strategic plan. LIXIL had been established in 2011 through a merger of five of Japan's major companies across a broad spectrum of building materials and other housing-related businesses. The company ...Starting at €8.20
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Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Eccles, Robert G.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Iansiti, Marco; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-610053-EService and Operations ManagementRicoh, the Japanese copier manufacturer, is committed to reducing its environmental impact to one-eighth of its 2000 levels by 2050. It has already introduced three stages of environmental awareness to its operations, and its recycled copier business broke even in 2006. The company developed environmental accounting methods and produces annual environmental and sustainability reports, but Ricoh is concerned that investors may not take these effor...Starting at €8.20
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Sony
Thomke, Stefan; Osanai, Atsushi; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-618045-EKnowledge and CommunicationSony used to be synonymous with "innovation" and "cool products". The case reveals how the company lost its edge and describes the leadership initiatives to restore its former glory. In 2012, Kazuo (Kaz) Hirai becomes CEO and successfully transforms Sony, including a relentless focus on differentiation through "wow" products instead of chasing scale. How should he organize and manage the company's response to digital opportunities, such as virtua...Starting at €8.20
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Godiva Japan: Think Local, Scale Global
Deshpande, Rohit; Cekin, Esel; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-517056-EMarketingThis case tracks Jerome Chouchan's strategies and execution for a successful turn around of Godiva Japan's operations which was experiencing a decline in sales when he became the managing director of the company in 2010. Through various initiatives and innovations, Godiva Japan had targeted a variety of demographic segments in different sales points, acquired new customers and created a moment of luxurious consumption for all ages. Accordingly, w...Starting at €8.20
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Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (A)
Trumbull, Gunnar; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-709017-EEconomicsDespite a tradition of high household savings, Japan has supported a dynamic and technically sophisticated consumer lending sector. The high profitability of the sector has periodically attracted interest from domestic banks as well as international investors. Most recently, in 1998 and 2000 respectively, GE Capital and Citi Financial both acquired Japanese consumer lending companies. In 2006, when the Japanese Supreme Court rules that one of the...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
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Planificación de actividades en Alianza Digital, La
Menéndez-Pidal; Navascues I.; Suárez, José LuisCase F-694FinanceEl director del proyecto de construcción de las instalaciones de una moderna empresa multimedia se daba cuenta de la complejidad de su trabajo, que no sólo tenía que responder a múltiples requisitos técnicos, empresariales y políticios, sino que requería una cuidadosa planificación de su propio trabajo.Starting at €8.20