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1-888-Junk-Van
Derrick Neufeld; Liliana Lopez JimenezCase IVEY-9B11E025-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThe case describes the selection of an information technology (IT) product to support the operations of 1-888-Junk-Van, a small waste-collection business. Marcus Kingo, the business owner, has five alternatives from which to choose: a database upgrade, contracting out development of a new software application, using Google Docs, using an online tool framed as Platform as a Service (PaaS), or implementing a small-business enterprise resource-plann...Starting at €8.20
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1-888-Junk-Van (Spanish version)
Derrick Neufeld; Liliana Lopez JimenezCase IVEY-9B11ES025Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThe case describes the selection of an information technology (IT) product to support the operations of 1-888-Junk-Van, a small waste-collection business. Marcus Kingo, the business owner, has five alternatives from which to choose: a database upgrade, contracting out development of a new software application, using Google Docs, using an online tool framed as Platform as a Service (PaaS), or implementing a small-business enterprise resource-plann...Starting at €8.20
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Diana Uribe: Fighting the Viral Spread of Fake News
Liliana Lopez JimenezCase IVEY-9B18M123-EStrategyOn August 31, 2016, a well-respected and highly influential cultural broadcaster and entrepreneur in Colombia was the subject of a fake news attack. A message started spreading over the WhatsApp messaging service wrongfully attributing to her a vociferous statement opposing the Colombian peace-making process. On September 2, 2016, she produced a disconfirming video, in which she made it clear that the statement was not written by her; that it did...Starting at €8.20
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Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (B), Teaching Note
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Kuipers, JacobTeaching Note HBS-712013-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 712-012.Starting at €0.00
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1996 Welfare Reform in the United States
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Flanagan, Katrina; Su, AlastairCase HBS-715030-EEconomicsOn August 22, 1996, U.S. President Bill Clinton signed into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA)-a dramatic reform of the American system of economic assistance for the poor that, as its title suggested, attempted to encourage labor force participation rather than reliance on federal support. Clinton's decision to support a proposal that substantially cut spending on economic assistance was controversia...Starting at €8.20
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California's Budget Crises, Tax Reform, and Domestic and International Tax Competition
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Kuipers, JacobCase HBS-710038-EEconomicsHow do (and how should) governments design fiscal policies to compete in a globalized economy while meeting internal policy priorities including redistribution? In 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger repeatedly declared fiscal emergencies as California's state budget deficit reached all-time highs. The Governor and legislative leaders established the Commission on the Twenty-first Century Economy to recommend tax reforms that would improve the s...Starting at €8.20
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Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Scherf, RobertCase HBS-719002-EEconomicsSome technology transitions are exceedingly difficult for incumbent firms to execute. The bankruptcy filing by the Eastman Kodak Company highlighted the difficulty companies faced when their core business transitioned from an analog to a digital world. Kodak's business was built on the sale of a complex manufactured product - color photographic film that was exceedingly difficult to manufacture - with correspondingly high barriers to entry. Over ...Starting at €8.20
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National Economic Accounting
Weinzierl, Matthew C.; Scherf, RobertCase HBS-719028-EEconomicsBy 2013, Google, while not a traditional manufacturer of automobiles, had invested millions of dollars in its self-driving cars which had logged over 500,000 miles of testing. The Google management team faced several questions. Should Google continue to invest in the technology behind self-driving cars? How could Google's core software-based and search business benefit from self-driving car technology? As large auto manufacturers began to invest ...Starting at €8.20
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Diana Uribe: Fighting the Viral Spread of Fake News (Spanish Version)
Liliana Lopez JimenezCase IVEY-9B18MS123StrategyOn August 31, 2016, a well-respected and highly influential cultural broadcaster and entrepreneur in Colombia was the subject of a fake news attack. A message started spreading over the WhatsApp messaging service wrongfully attributing to her a vociferous statement opposing the Colombian peace-making process. On September 2, 2016, she produced a disconfirming video, in which she made it clear that the statement was not written by her; that it did...Starting at €8.20
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California's Budget Crises, Tax Reform, and Domestic and International Tax Competition, Teaching Note
Weinzierl, Matthew C.Teaching Note HBS-712039-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 710-038.Starting at €0.00