HBSP (USA)
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International Rivers Network y el Proyecto de Represa en Bujagali (A)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-209S20En el verano de 2002, la Red Internacional de Ríos (IRN), una ONG medioambiental ubicada en Berkeley, California, se dedica a lo que parecía ser las últimas horas de una campaña de tres años para detener un proyecto de la presa y la energía hidroeléctrica $ 582 millones a las cataratas de Bujagali en Uganda. La pieza final del rompecabezas de financiación estaba a punto de ser puesto en marcha como el Banco Mundial se estableció para aprobar una ...Starting at €8.20
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Oddo Securities - ESG Integration
Serafeim, George; Healy, Paul M.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-111085-EThe case describes the process of integrating environmental, social, and governance issues into valuation models and research analyst recommendations.Starting at €8.20
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High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital (A)
Rose, Clayton; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-312007-ELate in 2010, Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan and his team closed in on the decision of whether or not to issue contingent capital, which Swiss regulators would require by 2019. There were a number of substantial issues facing Dougan and his team, including whether contingent capital would provide sufficient loss absorption when called upon, would there be sufficient demand for this new instrument, would it be cost effective capital, and what were...Starting at €8.20
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High Wire Act: Credit Suisse and Contingent Capital (B)
Rose, Clayton; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-312008-EThe B case describes the process and terms of the very successful offerings of contingent capital in February 2011, as well as The Basel Committee's preliminary decision not to allow contingent capital to count as Tier 1 equity.Starting at €5.74
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Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. - The Belle of the Ball
Rose, Clayton; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-313017-EIn November of 2011 Transatlantic Holdings, Inc., a global property and casualty reinsurance company, announced it had agreed to sell itself to Alleghany Corporation, ending "the most frenzied takeover battle" of 2011, which involved competitors, Warren Buffett's National Indemnity, and private equity investors. The agreement with Alleghany came after Transatlantic's failed effort at a merger of equals, and a several other unsuccessful bids for t...Starting at €8.20
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Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather
Gandhi, Vikram; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-318001-EFinanceIt is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a U.K.-based venture capital firm, has an opportunity to invest in a privately-held U.K. company that manufactured engineered composition leather extracted from waste leather using an environmentally-friendly process. The end product looked, smelled and felt like natural leather. Scalable marketplace adoption of E-Leather's products looked promising, but was just that-promising. And t...Starting at €8.20
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Tequila Mobile SA
Halaburda, Hanna; Surma, Jerzy; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-712453-EStrategyWojciech Woziwodzki, co-founder, president, and CEO of Tequila Mobile SA, a mobile games developer, publisher, and service provider, had to make some important strategic decisions. Tequila Mobile SA had already decided to shift to a new "free2play" revenue model but needed to decide whether to focus on building its business in markets where penetration of smartphone devices was high and the economy was developed or in markets where the use of mob...Starting at €8.20
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Post-Crisis Compensation at Credit Suisse (C)
Rose, Clayton; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-311007-EThe (C) case describes the results of Credit Suisse's PIP I program, the value of PAF, shareholders' vote on the new compensation plan supported by management, and the impact of the company's approach to the U.K. banker tax.Starting at €5.74
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Preem (A)
Becker, Bo; Lobb, Annelena; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-213008-EFinanceHigh yield bond fund Proventus Capital Partners (PCP) has invested in underwater bonds issued by Preem, a large oil refinery. As maturity approaches, in the midst of a financial crisis, Preem appears unlikely to be able to refinance. Meanwhile, Preem has a complicated multi-currency capital structure with senior, secured bank loans and junior bonds. PCP has to decide whether to push for bankruptcy in a European court, or for out of court renegoti...Starting at €8.20
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Henry Schein: Doing Well by Doing Good
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Sesia, Aldo; Eisenstat, Russell A.; Sadun, RaffaellaCase HBS-714450-EStrategyHenry Schein Inc., a distributor of supplies to dentist, physician, and veterinary practices, had sales approaching $9 billion and employed nearly 16,000 people. The company had experienced impressive growth under the leadership of Stanley Bergman and his executive team, many of whom had been with Schein for decades. Besides organic growth, the company relied heavily on acquiring small family-owned businesses to grow, both inside the U.S., and ab...Starting at €8.20