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Rick's Dilemma
Segel, Arthur I; Wu, Charles F; Eppler, Ben; Yog, SidCase HBS-215006-EFinanceIn 2014, Rick is serving as a trustee for a large family trust whose principle asset is a plot of prime real estate in the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The land is currently subject to a ground lease which pays $4.6 million annually, with resets every 20 years at 4.5% of the appraised value of the land. The next reset is in 2022, and in the meantime Rick must make a decision on whether it might be better for the trust's beneficiaries to sell the...Starting at €8.20
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Starling Trust Sciences: Measuring Trust in Organizations
Dey, Aiyesha; Heese, Jonas; Weber, JamesCase HBS-120006-EEntrepreneurshipStephen Scott needed to decide whether to keep his behavioral analytics startup in the people analytics sector or shift his company into the RegTech sector. Starling had develop technology that enabled its customers to anticipate and shape the behavior of their employees by examining company data on employees, including email traffic. Starling had struggled to grow in the people analytics sector while RegTech was an emerging sector that might pro...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (B)
Heese, Jonas; Pacelli, Joseph; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-124018-EAccounting and ControlThe case is set in spring 2021, immediately after Plug Power made financial restatements dating back to 2018. The case describes the restatements, which revealed that Plug was reclassifying expense items to boost gross profits.Starting at €5.74
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Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (C)
Heese, Jonas; Pacelli, Joseph; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-124019-EAccounting and ControlSet in June 2023, the C case explores Plug Power's recovery from its financial restatements, how it benefited from government subsidies, and new strategic alliances.Starting at €5.74
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The Rise and Fall of FTX
Dey, Aiyesha; Heese, Jonas; Pacelli, Joseph; Hancock, MaxCase HBS-124014-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn November 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried's multi-billion-dollar crypto exchange, FTX, collapsed, wiping out investors and throwing the crypto industry into disarray. As FTX's founder and CEO, Bankman-Fried developed a reputation for his unerring business sense and high-profile charitable giving. To many, it came as a shock when in the wake of FTX's collapse, the attorney responsible for restructuring the company professed he had never seen "such an ut...Starting at €8.20
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Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living
Wu, Charles F; Beyer, JosephCase HBS-215003-EFinanceTom Alperin's National Development has purchased a building site in affluent Wellesley, MA, and is in the process of deciding whether to build apartments, a combination of independent living and assisted living units for seniors, or perhaps even higher acuity facilities. The case describes several issues for the continuum of senior care alternatives for residents and developers. What motivates seniors to leave their homesteads for much smaller sp...Starting at €8.20
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To Buy or What to Buy: Your First Home
Wu, Charles F; Hirsch, Steven; Liem, Beatrice; Ryan, Kevin; Snyder, DerrickCase HBS-215080-EPeter and Kate Rose are a young couple looking to buy their first home in the Boston area. They have narrowed down a target list to three homes, but are also considering whether it makes sense to buy a home in the first place. They must make decisions regarding which home to buy, a price, a broker, a mortgage package, and how to source a down payment. Both quantitative and qualitative factors are considered in their decision making.Starting at €8.20
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Ball: EVA Driving the World's Leading Can Manufacturer (A)
Heese, Jonas; Pinckney, SusanCase HBS-124002-EAccounting and ControlBall used Economic Value Added analysis to determine if it should open a new metal can manufacturing facility, which mandated closing two recently acquired factories, or recapitalize and update the two legacy factories.Starting at €8.20
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Ball: EVA Driving the World's Leading Can Manufacturer (B)
Heese, Jonas; Pinckney, SusanCase HBS-124003-EAccounting and ControlBall used Economic Value Added analysis to determine if it should open a new metal can manufacturing facility, which mandated closing two recently acquired factories, or recapitalize and update the two legacy factories.Starting at €5.74
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El dilema de Rick
Segel, Arthur I; Wu, Charles F; Eppler, Ben; Yog, SidCase HBS-215S09FinanceEn 2014, Rick es que actúa como un depositario de una gran confianza de la familia cuyo principal activo es una parcela de bienes raíces de primera en el Upper East Side de Manhattan. La tierra es actualmente objeto de un contrato de arrendamiento de tierra que paga $ 4.6 millones de dólares anuales, con restablece cada 20 años en el 4,5% del valor de tasación de la tierra. El siguiente restablecimiento es en el año 2022, y mientras tanto Rick de...Starting at €8.20