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Capital One Financial Corp. (Spanish version)
Anand, Bharat N.; Rukstad, Michael G.; Paige, Christopher H.Case HBS-702S01StrategyDesigned to explore the structure, implementation, and sustainability of an information-based strategy (IBS) undertaken by Capital One during the 1990s. Particular issues of interest are the impact of mass customization on industry structure, the ability to transfer IBS skills to new sectors, and the impact of the Internet on industry structure and competitor strategies.Starting at €8.20
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Nota sobre regímenes tributarios internacionales
Desai, Mihir A.; Luchs, Kathleen; Veblen, Mark F.Case HBS-207S13FinanceProporciona un marco para entender los diferentes tipos de regímenes fiscales internacionales. Examina la forma alternativa de regímenes fiscales sobre los impuestos al ingreso de divisas de sus ciudadanos (incluidos los ciudadanos corporativos); cómo los regímenes fiscales definen ingreso exterior e interior; y cómo se utilizan los créditos y deducciones de impuestos extranjeros en los regímenes fiscales en todo el mundo para mitigar la doble im...Starting at €8.20
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A Better Way to Tax U.S. Businesses
Desai, Mihir A.Article HBS-R1207N-EEconomicsThe U.S. corporate tax code is broken. High rates and perverse incentives drive capital away from the corporate sector and toward other uses and countries. This is bad news for U.S. workers, because corporations aren't making investments that would increase productivity and real wages. And while one might think higher rates lead to higher revenues, the U.S. actually collects less in taxes (as a percentage of GDP) than most other developed nations...Starting at €8.20
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When Does Leadership Matter: A Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership
Wasserman, Noam; Anand, Bharat N.; Nohria, NitinBook Chapter HBS-6122BC-ELeadership and People ManagementTo what extent does leadership influence organizational performance? In this chapter, Noam Wasserman, Bharat Anand, and Nitin Nohria try to provide a balanced answer to this question. Replicating the variance partitioning method used by Stanley Lieberson and James O'Connor in their 1972 study on leadership and organizational performance, they analyze the performance of more than 500 publicly held U.S. companies (across 42 industries) over a 20-ye...Starting at €8.20
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The Random House Response to the Kindle
Anand, Bharat N.; Olson, Peter W.Case HBS-710444-EStrategyIn early 2010, e-readers like Amazon's Kindle, and Apple's impending iPad, threatened to disrupt the book publishing industry. The case provides an overview of the industry, describes the broader trends regarding e-readers, and asks: how should major publishers like Random House respond to these trends?Starting at €8.20
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Strategies of Related Diversification (Spanish version)
Anand, Bharat N.Case HBS-715S23StrategyWhich businesses should a firm expand into? This question of corporate scope is central to corporate strategy. Flawed scope decisions can have severe consequences, and the trauma experienced by many companies as a result of mistaken decisions to expand scope is often large. What leads to such mistakes? Where do managers go wrong? And, what might be a sensible logic by which to approach the question of scope expansion? Examines these questions and...Starting at €8.20
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Inversiones corporativas: Stanley Works y el señuelo de los paraísos fiscales
Desai, Mihir A.; Veblen, Mark F.; Hines, James R., Jr.Case HBS-207S14FinanceEn respuesta al anuncio de Stanley trabajo que se está moviendo a las Bermudas - y el salto en el valor de mercado asociados - un competidor importante trabajo es determinar cómo el mercado está valorando las consecuencias de moverse en un paraíso fiscal y si su empresa debe invertir para un paraíso fiscal. En particular, el director financiero de la competencia tiene que atribuir los movimientos de precios de acciones de Stanley en varias dimens...Starting at €8.20
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Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; De Royere, AlexandraCase HBS-209S06FinanceWhat price should Dow Chemical bid for PBB, a petrochemical complex that is being privatized by the Argentine government? To answer this question, students are forced to consider the role of country risk, the underlying currency exposure of the business, and how to value an investment opportunity that has several stages. Given that it is a privatization, students are also forced to consider the political dynamics involved, the incentives of local...Starting at €8.20
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Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (A) (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; Meyer, Elizabeth A.Case HBS-215S06FinanceThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). By the end of 2013, Apple had $137 billion dollars in cash and marketable securities. This case explores how companies can generate such large amounts of cash and how and if they should distribute it to shareholders, especially in the face of shareholder pressure. In the process, students are asked to ...Starting at €8.20
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Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (B) (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; Meyer, Elizabeth A.Case HBS-215S07FinanceThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). This case is meant to accompany Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (A) and details the results of Apple's Q2 2013 earnings call.Starting at €5.74