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GM's Capital Allocation Framework
Foley, C. Fritz; Boland, F. Katelynn; Lemm, MichaelCase HBS-218026-EFinanceIn March of 2015, General Motors announced the details of a newly-established capital allocation framework. This framework provided a target for return on invested capital, guidelines for capital structure choices, and policies related to payouts. Senior managers face questions about how these policies should be implemented and what impact they might have.Starting at €8.20
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Project Moab at Hulu
Foley, C. Fritz; Weber, JamesCase HBS-218050-EFinanceIn 2015, Elaine Paul, CFO of Hulu, and the rest of the senior leadership team, must decide if they should offer a new, advertisement-free subscription service. At the time Hulu distributed a wide variety of content including in season current programming and earned significant revenues from advertising revenues. This choice had strategic implications and required formulating a view on how the video on demand industry would evolve. It also had val...Starting at €8.20
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The Transformation of Microsoft, Teaching Note
Foley, C. Fritz; Boland, F. KatelynnTeaching Note HBS-218140-EFinanceTeaching Note for HBS No. 218048.Starting at €0.00
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Inner Mongolia Yili Group: China's Pioneering Dairy Brand
McFarlan, F. Warren; Abrami, Regina; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy YuenCase HBS-308052-ESetting up the goal to become one of the top 20 enterprises in the world dairy industry by 2010, the Inner Mongolia Yili Group had ambitious plans. As one of China's biggest national dairy companies, its main challenge was competing as a local company against joint venture rivals who benefited from perks granted to "foreign" companies. To set itself apart, Yili focused on research and development and innovative ways to improve the industry. Provi...Starting at €8.20
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Wanxiang Group: A Chinese Company's Global Strategy
McFarlan, F. Warren; Abrami, Regina; Kirby, William C.; Manty, Tracy Yuen; Wong, Keith Chi-hoCase HBS-308058-EWith an almost forty-year history as a business in China, the Wanxiang Group has navigated through the significantly different political and economic changes in China to succeed as a global leader in the auto parts industry, and to develop into a broad business conglomerate. Beginning in 1994, when it first began its operations in the United States, Wanxiang started to expand its role as a parts supplier into a discerning acquirer of distressed c...Starting at €8.20
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Transforming Alkermes into a Global Biopharmaceutical Company
Foley, C. Fritz; Haas, NicholasCase HBS-215079-EFinanceIn the summer of 2011, Jim Frates, CFO of Alkermes faced choices about how to finance the acquisition of Dublin, Ireland-based Elan Drug Technologies (EDT) - a deal that was expected to close in the fall. The case describes the history of Alkermes, provides information about the planned merger, and details the funding options. The case gives students the opportunity to analyze the role CFOs play in biopharmaceutical firms, to evaluate the attract...Starting at €8.20
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China Construction America (A): The Road Ahead
Abrami, Regina; Zhang, WeiqiCase HBS-911408-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. How did a Chinese state-owned construction company strike one deal after another in South Carolina despite political backlash and in New York where well-established competitors dominate? The case examines the U.S. market entry strategy of the CSCEC, China's leading state-owned construction company. It does so by way of the CEO of its U.S. subsidiary and his challenge to sust...Starting at €8.20
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Designing Performance Metrics at GoDaddy
Foley, C. Fritz; Lemm, MichaelCase HBS-217004-EFinanceScott Wagner has recently joined GoDaddy, a leading provider of cloud-based software and services that helped individuals and small businesses establish a web presence, in the dual role of chief operating officer and chief financial officer. One of his first tasks is to design a set of performance metrics that can be used to run the business. This case gives students the opportunity to develop a framework for thinking about GoDaddy's business and...Starting at €8.20
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Financial Services at Falabella (A)
Foley, C. Fritz; Hurtado, Agustin M.Case HBS-217016-EFinanceIn 2010, the board and senior management team of Falabella, a leading retailer with operations throughout Latin America, faced choices about what to do with its financial services division. More than 4.5 million customers had CMR credit cards that could be used in Falabella stores, and Banco Falabella competed with other banks by offering personal banking services. The case covers many of the key questions the leaders of the firm faced, including...Starting at €8.20
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Boston Public Schools' Long Term Financial Plan
Foley, C. Fritz; Wu, Victor; Boland, F. KatelynnCase HBS-218031-EFinanceIn the fall of 2016, the senior leadership team of Boston Public Schools prepared a report indicating that costs were expected to grow faster than revenues for many years to come. They faced questions about whether the projections would be believed and about how to present, prioritize, and implement potential reforms that would help balance the budget.Starting at €8.20