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Bringing the Cloud to Earth (Spanish version)
Iansiti, Marco; Herman, KerryCase HBS-612S01Information TechnologiesAdam Famularo, general manager, Cloud Computing business, CA Technologies, and David Dobson, WVP and group executive, Customer Solutions Group, were preparing for a presentation on communicating and positioning CA Technologies' new strategy for cloud computing. Analysts had voiced concern over several 2010 acquisitions, and highlighted CA Technologies' need to clearly state its strategy and objectives and identify a compelling way to position and...Starting at €8.20
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Robert K. Steel at Wachovia (A)
Mukunda, Gautam; Hsieh, Nien-he; Lane, DavidCase HBS-418055-ELeadership and People ManagementIn September 2008, Robert Steel presided over the sale of Wachovia, a top U.S. bank, less than three months after becoming its CEO. Wachovia's exposure to risky home loans led depositors and creditors to flee the bank on Friday, September 26, after the FDIC seized and sold a smaller bank with similar exposure, whose collapse nonetheless made it the biggest bank failure in U.S. history. Faced with Wachovia's impending bankruptcy, the FDIC interven...Starting at €8.20
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GE and the Industrial Internet
Lakhani, Karim R.; Iansiti, Marco; Herman, KerryCase HBS-614032-EService and Operations ManagementCEO Jeff Immelt considers whether GE is moving fast enough on its new Industrial Internet initiative. The undertaking includes building out an Industrial Internet, connecting machines and devices, collecting their data and operations, and providing services to clients based on analytics of this data and information. The case considers the implications of such an initiative across all 6 of GE's business units, and how best and how quickly to execu...Starting at €8.20
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The Boston Beer Company: New CEO
Wing, Christina R.; Iansiti, MarcoCase HBS-619021-EService and Operations ManagementStarting at €8.20
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DayTwo: Going to Market with Gut Microbiome
Israeli, Ayelet; Lane, DavidCase HBS-519010-EMarketingDayTwo is a young Israeli startup that applies research on the gut microbiome and machine learning algorithms to deliver personalized nutritional recommendations to its users in order to minimize blood sugar spikes after meals. After a first year of trial rollout in Israel, CEO Lihi Segal and her team are devising a global go-to-market plan for the firm. The team is considering several target markets, ranging from people with diabetes to professi...Starting at €8.20
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Alibaba se vuelve una empresa pública (B)
Palepu, Krishna G.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Wang, Charles C.Y.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-116S12Accounting and ControlActualización sobre evolución de la acción de Alibaba Group y eventos relacionados en el año siguiente su reunión de septiembre 2014 IPO.Starting at €5.74
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Tombstones (Spanish version)
Luehrman, Timothy A.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-214S02FinanceThis case consists primarily of excerpts from term sheets and prospectuses for six securities offerings made by US companies during 2009-2010, just after the financial crisis and recession of 2008-09. There are three issues of senior unsecured notes, one floating rate note, one equity offering, and one convertible note. The issuers are Microsoft, Coca Cola Enterprises, Norfolk Southern, IBM, Ford Motor, and Cephalon.Starting at €8.20
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La punta del iceberg: JP Morgan Chase y Bear Stearns (B2)
Rose, Clayton; Bergstresser, Daniel B.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-216S05FinanceBear Stearns & Co quemados a través de casi todas sus $ 18 mil millones en reservas de efectivo durante la semana del 10 de marzo de 2008, y una disposición sin precedentes de apoyo a la liquidez de la Reserva Federal viernes 13 de marzo fue insuficiente para revertir el deterioro de la condición del oso. Presidente de la Reserva Federal, Benjamin Bernanke, el secretario del Tesoro, Henry Paulson, y el presidente de la Fed de Nueva York, Timothy ...Starting at €8.20
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El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan
Coates, John; Rose, Clayton; Lane, DavidCase HBS-313021-EOn October 16, 2011, El Paso agreed to sell itself to Kinder Morgan for just over $21 billion. Shareholders filed suit, arguing that the process was tainted by conflict and that a higher price could be obtained. Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine agreed with the plaintiffs on the conflicts, and in his opinion expressed serious concerns with how El Paso advisor Goldman Sachs and El Paso CEO Douglas Foshee conducted themselves in the process. The case ...Starting at €8.20
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Barclays Capital and the Sale of Del Monte Foods
Coates, John; Rose, Clayton; Lane, DavidCase HBS-313036-EThis case explores the reputational and legal issues that arise as Barclays Capital attempted to manage client conflicts by following established industry practice in the face of changing legal norms. In February 2011, Judge Travis Laster granted a preliminary injunction that delayed for 20 days a shareholder vote on the sale of Del Monte Foods Co. (Del Monte) to a consortium of three private equity firms. In his opinion, Laster was critical of D...Starting at €8.20