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Didi Chuxing: Branding Safety and Security in an Emerging Hi-Tech Industry
Francine Schlosser; Marcia Carvalho de Azevedo; Anna Bento CostaCase IVEY-9B20A050-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2019, the president of China’s ride share company Didi Chuxing Technology Co. (Didi) faced various challenges associated with marketing and communications in a high-risk disruptive technology. As one of few female global corporate leaders, she was a roStarting at €8.20
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For the Love of Laundry: Comparing Organizational Forms to Scale a Social Enterprise
Kent Walker; Ian Stecher; Francine Schlosser; Megain O'Neil-RenaudCase IVEY-9B18M008-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe London, Ontario, social enterprise For the Love of Laundry was founded in 2014 with the intention of selling homemade, eco-friendly soaps and using the profits to fund free laundry events in the community. In 2017, the founder's goal was to increase the scale of the business and its social impact. She needed to decide how to structure the organization to increase its scale while maintaining control of its strategic direction. The founder comp...Starting at €8.20
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The Monopolistic Power of the NCAA
Carl Anderson; Francine SchlosserCase IVEY-9B14M017-EStrategyThis case examines the relationship between the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and its member institutions, with a primary focus on how power evolves and is administered at an organizational level. Through a close look at the history of the NCAA, the case highlights the unique tale of the organization’s rise to power and its ability to regulate all collegiate athletics within the United States. In light of the increasing commerci...Starting at €8.20
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Boston Properties (A)
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-211018-EFinanceInvestment manager Eliza Baena confronts an apparent convertible bond arbitrage opportunity when she notices a narrowing spread between two Boston Properties (BXP) bonds, one a convertible bond and the other a straight bond, in the wake of the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy. Baena must decide if there is an opportunity, how to structure a trade to exploit it, and how much of her fund's capital to allocate. Case exposition includes descriptions of basic f...Starting at €8.20
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Boston Properties (B)
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-211041-EFinanceThe B case briefly recounts the action that investment manager Eliza Baena takes in the matter of the Boston Properties (BXP) bonds described in the A case. She must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (B): US Treasuries in December 2008
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211050-EFinanceThe B case briefly recounts the action that investment manager James Franey takes in the matter of two U.S. Treasury bonds with identical maturity dates but widely different yields. He must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (C): TED Spread and Swap Spread in November 2008
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211051-EFinanceInvestment manager Albert Mills confronts an apparent arbitrage opportunity during the global financial crisis of 2008 when he notices an unusually low-- and briefly negative-- thirty-year U.S. dollar fixed-floating swap spread. Mills must decide if there is an opportunity, how to structure a trade to exploit it, and how much of his fund's capital to allocate. Case exposition includes descriptions of fixed-floating swaps, important interest rates...Starting at €5.74
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (D): TED Spread and Swap Spread in May 2009
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211052-EFinanceThe D case briefly recounts the action that investment manager Albert Mills takes in the matter of an unusually low U.S. dollar fixed-floating swap spread. He must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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Sifton Properties: From Solar to Sewage
Francine Schlosser; Derek Butcher; Nicole AndersonCase IVEY-9B17M068-EStrategyIn 2012, an MBA intern at Sifton Properties Ltd. had to decide on a recommendation to top management about the installation of a renewable energy installation for the company's new community development project in London, Ontario. The intern had to consider numerous internal and external factors in his decision-making process. Three emerging technologies were specifically relevant for renewable energy systems: aquifer thermal energy storage, sewe...Starting at €8.20
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Leaders Wanted: Chinese Athletic Vancouver Association
Seung Hwan (Mark) Lee; Francine Schlosser; Philip Law; Clement ChuCase IVEY-9B08C008-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter 10 years of rapid growth, the Chinese Athletic Vancouver Association (CAVA) was threatened with a leadership vacuum. To deal with the recent loss of their president, the vice-president had to devise a plan that would sustain CAVA's benefit to the Vancouver Chinese community, by locating and developing leaders who could carry this organization forward. As the vice-president was expected to assume the president's role at the end of 2005, he n...Starting at €8.20