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General Electric's Revolutionary (Spanish version)
Bower, Joseph L.; Dial, JayCase HBS-308S36StrategyDescribes the work of Jack Welch as CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 1992, focusing particularly on his transformation of the company's portfolio through extensive dispositions and acquisitions and the company's culture through a mandated process called "work out." To a considerable extent, the case tells the story in Welch's own words drawing on earlier cases on Welch prepared by Richard Hammermesh and Frank Aguilar, as well as a 1991 interv...Starting at €8.20
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Framework for Risk Management
Froot, Kenneth A.; Scharfstein, David S.; Stein, Jeremy C.Article HBS-94604-EStrategyIn recent years, managers have become aware of how their companies can be buffeted by risks beyond their control. To insulate themselves from such risks, many companies are turning to the derivatives markets, taking advantage of instruments like forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Although heavily involved in risk management, most companies do not have clear goals underlying their hedging programs. Without such goals, using derivatives can be ...Starting at €8.20
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Cummins, Inc.: Building a Home Community for a Global Company
Bower, Joseph L.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-313024-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2010, Tom Linebarger, president and COO of Cummins, Inc., the Columbus, Indiana-based manufacturer of diesel engines, has to decide where to locate the company's new manufacturing line for high horsepower engines. He has three choices to decide from: Seymour, Indiana; Daventry, England; and Pune, India. The Community Education Coalition (CEC) in Columbus has had success in improving the city's schools to make the area more competitive in attra...Starting at €8.20
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The Affordable Care Act (C): Legislative Strategy in the Senate
Bower, Joseph L.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-315034-EIn 2009, the Senate begins drafting its health care bills. Jurisdiction in the Senate is shared between two committees, but the more important is the Senate Finance Committee.Starting at €5.74
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The Affordable Care Act (I): The Supreme Court
Bower, Joseph L.; Norris, MichaelCase HBS-315040-EIn the spring of 2012, the Supreme Court hears arguments and releases its decision on the constitutionality of the ACA.Starting at €8.20
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UAL, 2004: Pulling Out of Bankruptcy, Teaching Note
Bergstresser, Daniel B.; Froot, Kenneth A.; Smart, Darren R.Teaching Note HBS-209128-EFinanceTeaching Note for [205090].Starting at €0.00
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Innovating into Active ETFs: Factor Funds Capital Management LLC
Froot, Kenneth A.; Cohen, Lauren H.; Waggoner, ScottCase HBS-211031-EFinanceKishore Karunakaran, President and COO of FFCM, faces a variety of challenges in launching an innovative investment management business in the rapidly evolving ETF space.Starting at €8.20
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BlackRock Solutions
Froot, Kenneth A.; Waggoner, ScottCase HBS-211082-EFinanceThe BlackRock Solutions case examines the different functions and economics of a global asset manager's value chain, with particular emphasis on the "money management" and the "investment systems platform" businesses. Students analyze why BlackRock decided to unbundle its Aladdin investment platform and if the firm should consider expanding the platform in the future. Students also explore the resulting "dual-mission" challenges of servicing both...Starting at €8.20
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Intel Corp.--1992 (Spanish version)
Froot, Kenneth A.Case HBS-203S04Financecomplementarity externalities and costs of finance, appropriability of returns on investments, the role of finance in high-tech and rapidly innovating sectors, the strategic uses of cash, analysis of capital structure and cash disbursement policies, the use of financial policy as a competitive weapon, and timing in the sale and purchase of equity-linked instruments.Starting at €8.20
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La crisis del peso mexicano en 1994 – 1995
Froot, Kenneth A.; McBrady, MatthewCase HBS-205S06FinanceExplora la crisis del peso de 1994-95 y por qué ocurrió. Los estudiantes deben examinar las políticas de México, las reacciones del mercado de capitales, y las consecuencias de la devaluación para los futuros flujos de capital y el crecimiento.Starting at €8.20