HBSP (USA)
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Battle Over a Bank: Defining the Limits of Federal Power Under a New Constitution
Moss, David A.; Campasano, MarcCase HBS-716052-EEconomicsIn late February, 1791, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton submitted a report to President Washington defending his recent proposal for a national bank, which he hoped would bolster the American economy and assist the federal government in managing its finances. Congress had approved the plan, but some of the President's advisers warned that the federal government lacked the authority to establish a bank because the Constitution did not grant ...Starting at €8.20
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Organization and Strategy at Millennium (A)
Wulf, Julie M.; Waggoner, ScottCase HBS-710415-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case examines Millennium's strategic and organizational responses to the rapid evolution of the biopharmaceutical industry. In the early 2000s, as Millennium's competitive advantage in early-stage research slipped away and its losses mounted, founder and CEO Mark Levin moved the firm downstream away from research and towards drug development and commercialization, while narrowing horizontal breadth from over a dozen therapeutic classes to ju...Starting at €8.20
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Organization and Strategy at Millennium (B)
Wulf, Julie M.; Waggoner, ScottCase HBS-710418-EStrategyThis case examines Millennium's strategic and organizational responses to the rapid evolution of the biopharmaceutical industry. In the early 2000s, as Millennium's competitive advantage in early-stage research slipped away and its losses mounted, founder CEO Mark Levin moved the firm downstream away from research and towards drug development and commercialization, while narrowing horizontal breadth from over a dozen therapeutic classes to just t...Starting at €5.74
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Citibank: Weathering the Commercial Real Estate Crisis of the Early 1990s
Wulf, Julie M.; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-712446-EStrategyAs the commercial real estate market began to crash in early 1990, heavily exposed banks like Citibank and Chase Manhattan were left largely undercapitalized. John Reed, Citibank Chairman and CEO, was caught off guard by the sudden market plunge. While Reed struggled to maintain the capital reserve of us his bank further weaknesses within Citi began to emerge. In addition, to missing the coming of the real estate crisis Citi had had poorly manage...Starting at €8.20
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Citibank: Weathering the Commercial Real Estate Crisis of the Early 1990s, Teaching Note
Wulf, Julie M.Teaching Note HBS-712474-EStrategyTeaching Note for 712446.Starting at €0.00
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James Madison, the 'Federal Negative,' and the Making of the U.S. Constitution
Moss, David A.; Campasano, MarcCase HBS-716053-EEconomicsOn June 8th, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, delegates from across the United States began discussing a curious proposal to expand federal power over the states. James Madison of Virginia had suggested that the new constitution include a "federal negative," which would give Congress the authority to veto any law passed by a state legislature. He viewed this as a critical safeguard against unchecked power at the state level...Starting at €8.20
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Organization and Strategy at Millennium (A) & (B), Teaching note
Wulf, Julie M.Teaching Note HBS-711468-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 710-415 and 710-418.Starting at €0.00
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Regulating Radio in the Age of Broadcasting
Moss, David A.; Campasano, Marc; Donovan, ColinCase HBS-716043-EEconomicsWhen the Titanic tragically sank on April 15, 1912, potentially life-saving help was delayed as a result of failures in radio communication. In part as a result, Congress moved swiftly to regulate radio, passing the Radio Act of 1912 four months later. Although at this stage radio was still used principally for point-to-point, Morse code communications, the radio scene changed drastically in the early 1920s with the rise of broadcasting, as new p...Starting at €8.20
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A Nation Divided: The United States and the Challenge of Secession
Moss, David A.; Campasano, MarcCase HBS-716048-EEconomicsAmericans elected Abraham Lincoln as the nation's first Republican president in November of 1860. Northern political leaders had formed the Republican Party only a few years before, in large measure to combat the spread of slavery. Southerners had long been wary of Northern hostility toward their "peculiar institution," and Lincoln's 1860 victory proved to be the last straw in this sectional rivalry that had deeply influenced American culture and...Starting at €8.20