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Hermitage's Russian Quandary (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Werker, Eric; Fisman, RaymondTeaching Note HBS-712043-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 711-054 and 711-055.Starting at €0.00
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Hermitage's Russian Quandary (A)
Werker, Eric; Fisman, Raymond; Weber, LaurenCase HBS-711054-EEconomicsThis case was co-authored with Columbia Business School. In June 2007, the offices of Russian hedge fund Hermitage Capital were raided by Moscow police; in the months that followed, Hermitage founder Bill Browder found himself banned from Russia and fending off efforts to expropriate the fund's Russian assets. This case describes the challenges faced by Hermitage in responding to these threats, and more broadly discusses the perils of doing busin...Starting at €8.20
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Marks and Spencer: Plan A
Bell, David E.; Sanghavi, Nitin; Winig, LauraCase HBS-509029-EMarketingMarks & Spencer initiated a comprehensive approach to sustainability (reduction of waste, carbon emissions, fair trade) called Plan A. Does it offer a competitive advantage?Starting at €8.20
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Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Ely, Robin J.; Winig, LauraCase HBS-612S15On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately-held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft-line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its Board of Directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies. Amazon had been courting Zappos since 2005, hoping a merger would enable Amazon to expand and strengthen its market share in soft-line retail categories. While Amazon's interest in...Starting at €8.20
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Drilling Safety at BP: The Deepwater Horizon Accident
Kaufman, Stephen P.; Winig, LauraCase HBS-611017-EService and Operations ManagementFollowing the 2010 Gulf of Mexico explosion and oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon, public attention focused on BP's safety record, practices, and management culture as the primary causes of the disaster. Drawing on public sources, this case traces the circumstances surrounding the accident, including not only the role of BP but also those of the two principal subcontractors hired to actually do the drilling and capping of the oil well (Tr...Starting at €8.20
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Hermitage's Russian Quandary (B)
Werker, Eric; Fisman, Raymond; Weber, LaurenCase HBS-711055-EEconomicsThis supplement was co-authored with Columbia Business School. Supplements the (A) case.Starting at €5.74