HBSP (USA)
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Cresud S.A., Farmer or Real Estate Developer?
Goldberg, Ray A.; Segel, Arthur I; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Terris, AndrewCase HBS-211011-EFinanceAlejandro EIsztain, CEO of Cresud S.A., is faced with the difficult choice of whether to sell, develop or continue to hold the 151,000 hectares of remaining undeveloped farmland at the company's Los Pozos farm in Argentina. Developing the land will further expose Cresud to a variety of risks related to owning and operating farmland, but the potential financial rewards are potentially significant. As competition has increased and farmland values h...Starting at €8.20
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Pioneers in Colombia
Retsinas, Nicolas P.; Strope, LisaCase HBS-212050-EFinanceIn 2011, Equity International made a $75 million equity investment in Bogota-based real estate company, Terranum Development and became the first institutional real estate investor in Colombia.Starting at €8.20
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Banco Hipotecario S.A., Teaching Note
Bergstresser, Daniel B.; Segel, Arthur ITeaching Note HBS-209127-EFinanceTeaching Note for [206102].Starting at €0.00
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Nextel Peru: Emerging Market Cost of Capital, Teaching Note
Viceira, Luis M.; Heilprin, Joel L.Teaching Note HBS-916517-EFinanceTeaching note for case 916516.Starting at €0.00
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Patagonia Sur: For-Profit Land Conservation in Chile
Segel, Arthur I; Ibanez, Nicolas; Verjee, JayCase HBS-211103-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Warren Adams founded Patagonia Sur in 2007 as one of the world's first for-profit land conservation businesses. His goal was to purchase over 100,000 acres of land in southern Chile and to run a variety of sustainable businesses to generate annual returns for investors. Patagonia Sur planned to derive various streams of revenue from the land-including eco-tourism, sustainabl...Starting at €8.20
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Financial Services at Falabella (A)
Foley, C. Fritz; Hurtado, Agustin M.Case HBS-217016-EFinanceIn 2010, the board and senior management team of Falabella, a leading retailer with operations throughout Latin America, faced choices about what to do with its financial services division. More than 4.5 million customers had CMR credit cards that could be used in Falabella stores, and Banco Falabella competed with other banks by offering personal banking services. The case covers many of the key questions the leaders of the firm faced, including...Starting at €8.20
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Argentina Power - Don't Cry for Me Argentina
Lietz, Nori Gerardo; McCree, Sayiddah FatimaCase HBS-218041-EFinanceIn 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation ("EFC"), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate Corporation ("ICC"), EFC had to convince ICC's Investment/Credit Committee to provide capital despite the many risks associated with investing in Argentina.Starting at €8.20
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Buenos Aires Embotelladora S.A. (BAESA): A South American Restructuring
Gilson, Stuart C.; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-202009-EFinanceIn 1998, BAESA, PepsiCo's largest bottler and distributor outside North America, experienced severe financial difficulty and had to restructure its debt and business operations to avoid bankruptcy or liquidation. Based in Argentina, with operations throughout South America, the company had for years been a spectacular success story and media darling, until it undertook an ill-fated expansion in Brazil. The company's debt was owed to banks and fin...Starting at €8.20
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New Earth Mining, Inc.
Fruhan, William E.; Wang, WeiCase HBS-913548-EFinanceNew Earth Mining is one of the largest producers of precious metals in the U.S. While the firm operates mines primarily in the U.S. and Canada, it has also made substantial investments in gold exploration projects in Australia and Chile. New Earth has been very successful and has a large amount of cash on the balance sheet, a simple debt structure, and a reasonable leverage ratio with liquidity risk. With a strong financial position, the firm con...Starting at €8.20
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Argentina Power - Don't Cry for Me Argentina, Teaching Note
Lietz, Nori Gerardo; McCree, Sayiddah FatimaTeaching Note HBS-219010-EFinanceTeaching note for case 218041.Starting at €0.00