HBSP (USA)
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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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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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Boston Properties (A)
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-211018-EFinanceInvestment manager Eliza Baena confronts an apparent convertible bond arbitrage opportunity when she notices a narrowing spread between two Boston Properties (BXP) bonds, one a convertible bond and the other a straight bond, in the wake of the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy. Baena must decide if there is an opportunity, how to structure a trade to exploit it, and how much of her fund's capital to allocate. Case exposition includes descriptions of basic f...Starting at €8.20
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Boston Properties (B)
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-211041-EFinanceThe B case briefly recounts the action that investment manager Eliza Baena takes in the matter of the Boston Properties (BXP) bonds described in the A case. She must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (B): US Treasuries in December 2008
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211050-EFinanceThe B case briefly recounts the action that investment manager James Franey takes in the matter of two U.S. Treasury bonds with identical maturity dates but widely different yields. He must decide what to do next.Starting at €5.74
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What Are You Doing About It? (Spanish version)
Bower, Joseph L.; Leonard, Herman B.; Paine, Lynn S.Article HBS-R1109HStrategyMarket capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing income inequality, migration, weaknesses in the global financial system, environmental degradation, and inadequate government and international institutions are just a few of the forces that threaten to disrupt global market capitalism in the decades ahead. In conversations with business lead...Starting at €8.20
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The Atchison Corporation (A) (Spanish version)
Bower, Joseph L.Case HBS-309S24StrategyA new general manager uses a profit-center-based system to shake up an old line company. He then faces the task of placating a board member upset by the human consequences. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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Fixed Income Arbitrage in a Financial Crisis (C): TED Spread and Swap Spread in November 2008
Taliaferro, Ryan D.; Blyth, StephenCase HBS-211051-EFinanceInvestment manager Albert Mills confronts an apparent arbitrage opportunity during the global financial crisis of 2008 when he notices an unusually low-- and briefly negative-- thirty-year U.S. dollar fixed-floating swap spread. Mills must decide if there is an opportunity, how to structure a trade to exploit it, and how much of his fund's capital to allocate. Case exposition includes descriptions of fixed-floating swaps, important interest rates...Starting at €5.74