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Romney vs. Obama and U.S. Energy Policy
Abdelal, Rawi; Tuthill, KaitlynCase HBS-713050-EEconomicsIn 2012, the energy sector in the United States was demanding major reform. Prices of oil and gas had continued to cripple the middle and lower class as the U.S. economy slowly recovered. At the same time, the U.S. lagged behind developed economies in production of renewable energy. The acceptance of climate change remained a partisan issue. The development of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) promised an abundance of accessible, cheap, domesticall...Starting at €8.20
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La escasez de agua y la inversión inmobiliaria en la Ciudad de México
Macomber, John D.; Garcia-Cuellar, Regina; James, Griffin H.Case HBS-211S07FinancePara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Una característica comercial de la empresa evalúa los riesgos de agua incluyendo la capacidad del gobierno a un recurso, la exposición de funcionamiento de la empresa y la mitigación, y si hay que desplazarse a causa del riesgo de agua. Un gestor de fondos de bienes raíces evalúa las perspectivas de inversión en la Ciudad de México en el contexto de una importante crisis de...Starting at €8.20
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Farmacias Similares: Private and Public Health Care for the Base of the Pyramid in Mexico
Chu, Michael; Garcia-Cuellar, ReginaCase HBS-307092-EThis case should be printed in color. Farmacias Similares, serving Mexico's low-income sector, grew to $600 million sales and 3,400 drugstores while deep reforms to help the poor swept the public health system. Adjacent to each store, for $2 per visit, medical clinics provided access to doctors for 2.3 million people a month. Narrates the growth of the chain, examines the reasons for its success, and projects a pro forma of the company's financia...Starting at €8.20
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Salud Digna: Successfully Competing with For-Profit Organizations
Grossman, Allen S.; Garcia-Cuellar, ReginaCase HBS-311051-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Hugo Moreno, CEO of Salud Digna, was considering his growth options for the next three years. Would becoming a for-profit with access to greater capital be the best strategy or would this cause the organization to lose its social mission? Salud Digna provided diagnostic medical tests to the poor, had experienced rapid growth and was financially self-sufficient. Moreno was de...Starting at €8.20
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Mexico City Water Shortage
Macomber, John D.; Garcia-Cuellar, Regina; James, Griffin H.; Nellemann, FrederikCase HBS-212044-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In this case, a property company, a water privatizer, and municipal engineers explore the causes of and solutions to a severe water shortage in Mexico City, a great global capital. The protagonist is a real estate investor doing due diligence on the magnitude of the crisis, the impact on the firm's operations, and the likelihood of resolution. Due diligence includes intervie...Starting at €8.20
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Salud Digna para todos
Grossman, Allen S.; Garcia-Cuellar, ReginaCase HBS-311S15Para maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. Hugo Moreno, director general de Salud Digna, estaba considerando sus opciones de crecimiento para los próximos tres años. Would convirtiendo en un ánimo de lucro con el acceso al capital mayor sea la mejor estrategia o le esta causa la organización a perder su misión social? Salud Digna proporciona pruebas de diagnóstico médico a los pobres, habían experimentado un rápido ...Starting at €8.20
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The Sino-Russian Rapprochement: Energy Relations in a New Era
Abdelal, Rawi; Skalamera, Morena; Tarontsi, SogomonCase HBS-715016-EEconomicsThe United States could enhance or threaten China's energy security but China was unsure of the U.S. intentions. China and the United States were both friends and potential foes. In the meantime, Russia's own ambivalent relationship with the United States and its Western allies worsened. In this context, China and Russia grew closer. Bilateral ties in the energy trade quickly improved: Russian oil exports expanded, while disagreements on the term...Starting at €8.20
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Integrating Beam Suntory (B)
Fubini, David G.; Abdelal, Rawi; Lane, DavidCase HBS-421004-ELeadership and People ManagementSupplements (A) case: The spring 2014 acquisition of U.S. alcoholic spirits maker Beam Inc. by Japan's Suntory Holdings vaulted Suntory from 15th to third-largest international spirits company in the world. Yet Suntory had borrowed nearly the entire $16 bStarting at €5.74
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Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election
Abdelal, Rawi; Di Tella, Rafael; Goldstein, GalitCase HBS-719012-EEconomicsFollowing a contentious presidential race, Donald Trump's 2016 election destabilized America's status quo. Academics, journalists, politicians and the public at large examined why Trump had won. Many Americans, inside and outside the government, asserted that a state-led Russian disinformation campaign had influenced the election's outcome. The leaders of major social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook, also conceded that state actor...Starting at €8.20
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The United States and Russia: Gas Rivals in Europe
Abdelal, Rawi; Goldstein, Galit; Apostolicas, PaulCase HBS-720006-EStrategyThough the shale revolution transformed the U.S. into the largest producer of petroleum products, it was unclear how much success American exporters would find selling liquefied natural gas on the European energy market. Gazprom, the state-controlled Russian energy company, provided Europe with the majority of its natural gas. Many voices discussed European energy needs in terms of security or politics, but buyers and sellers of natural gas in th...Starting at €8.20