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General Motors: Supplier Selection for Innovation
Tingting Yan; Hubert Pun; Melissa Srock; James Preslar; Kate Plegue; Jilianna MeldrumCase IVEY-9B17D006-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn February 2017, a purchasing manager for General Motors Company (GM) needed to come up with a sourcing proposal to source e-boost modules, which were required to support the enhanced 2020 Chevrolet Bolt Electric Vehicle and the new 2020 Chevrolet Bolt AStarting at €8.20
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Prudential Financial and Asset-Liability Management
Seasholes, Mark; Sunderam, Adi; Viceira, Luis M.; Chien, Emily A.Case HBS-216076-EFinanceHow should a retirement fund that must make fixed payments to retirees invest its portfolio? This case introduces students to a variety of concepts in fixed income investing, focusing how on the need to make fixed payments changes portfolio management strategy. Students consider the advantages and disadvantages of asset-liability matching as an investment strategy and learn how to implement such a strategy in practice.Starting at €8.20
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Chris Lee’s Investment Plan
Hubert Pun; Lana RaoCase IVEY-9B15E007-ECorporate GovernanceIn December 2012, a young worker in Toronto wants to invest $50,000 savings. He needs to decide the equity portfolio that will result in the lowest risk at the best possible return on his investment. In particular, he is looking to invest in Wal-Mart, IBM, Apple, Chevron and Amazon, all large U.S. corporations that have weathered the recent economic crisis and show growth potential for the future. He remembers learning about using efficient front...Starting at €8.20
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Leader Bank, N.A.
Scharfstein, David S.; Sunderam, Adi; Chagani, HafizCase HBS-214076-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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The Financial Crisis: Hank Paulson in 2008
Sunderam, Adi; Greenwood, Robin; Hanson, Samuel G.; Scharfstein, David S.Case HBS-219037-EEconomicsOn the afternoon of Monday October 13, 2008, Hank Paulson Jr., the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, walked into the large conference room across the hall from his office in the Treasury Department. Joining him were Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy Geithner, Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporate Sheila Bair, and the Chief Executive Officers of nine of the lar...Starting at €8.20
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NorthCentral Bank: Navigating the Challenges of Fintechs, Neobanks, and Cryptocurrencies
Hubert Pun; Felipe Restrepo; Dollar LuoCase IVEY-W33866-EFinance, Information TechnologiesJonathan Gray, the head of Digital Assets at NorthCentral Bank, was tasked with deciding how the bank should approach the growing demand for cryptocurrency (crypto) investment products and services. As the fintech industry continued to grow rapidly and younger digital consumers expressed a desire for crypto-friendly products, the bank had to decide how to proceed. Gray considered three options: maintaining the status quo and not offering crypto p...Starting at €8.20
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General Motors: “Electrification” Capacity Constraints
Tingting Yan; Hubert Pun; Melissa Srock; James Preslar; Kate Plegue; Jillanna MeldrumCase IVEY-9B20D007-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn mid-2018, a supply constraint analyst at General Motors (GM) was working on two electric vehicles: the Chevrolet Bolt EV for the US market and a similar Buick model to be marketed in China. GM had chosen to work with only one supplier for the vehicles’Starting at €8.20
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Lucas Wang: Stop-Loss Strategy
Hubert Pun; Hongmei SunCase IVEY-9B16E023-ECorporate GovernanceOn February 29, 2016, an investor, who was a business school graduate, purchased one share of Tesla Motors, Inc. stock for $191.93. In doing so, the investor wondered what trading strategy should be followed over the next six months to maximize returns while minimizing risk. In choosing a strategy, he wanted to make good use of the knowledge gained from his financial analytics classes. To that end, he did not know if he should choose a buy and ho...Starting at €8.20
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Lending Club: Time to Join
Scharfstein, David S.; Sunderam, Adi; Ference, John; Roane, PhilipCase HBS-214046-EFinanceStarting at €8.20
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Restructuring JAL
Baker, Malcolm P.; Sunderam, Adi; Sato, Nobuo; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-214055-EFinanceHideo Seto, the recently appointed chairman of the investment committee of the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation, must decide whether to push JAL group, Japan's largest airline, into bankruptcy or to act as a sponsor in an out-of-court restructStarting at €8.20