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Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (A)
Healy, Paul M.; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-114029-EAccounting and ControlIn spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets. China's recent entry into the aluminum market was affecting both supply and demand. Furthermore, downstream and upstream product was coming on-line from other parts of the world, including Russia. As a result, Alcoa had lost its historical market dominance and stock premium. Belda was convinced that fo...Starting at €8.20
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Alcoa's Bid for Alcan (B)
Healy, Paul M.; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-114030-EAccounting and ControlIn spring 2007, Alcoa CEO Alain Belda was concerned about the company's market position in light of increased competition from developing markets. China's recent entry into the aluminum market was affecting both supply and demand. Furthermore, downstream and upstream product was coming on-line from other parts of the world, including Russia. As a result, Alcoa had lost its historical market dominance and stock premium. Belda was convinced that fo...Starting at €5.74
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Preparing for a Pandemic (Spanish version)
Staples, Jeffrey; Dowell, Scott F.; Bresee, Joseph S.; Nohria, Nitin; Bennis, Warren G.; Fischhoff, Baruch; MacGowan, William; Brilliant, Larry; Susser, Peter; Cooper, Sherry; Dobson, Wendy; Golden, Brian R.Article HBS-F0605AThis month, all of Harvard Business Review's Forethought contributions address avian influenza, its potential to become a pandemic, and the red flags this possibility raises for businesses. Jeffrey Staples warns that the H5N1 strain of the avian flu represents a new class of global threat and urges companies to plan accordingly. Scott F. Dowell and Joseph S. Bresee show how mutations of the virus could boost its ability to spread from person to p...Starting at €8.20
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Mittal's Pursuit of Arcelor (A)
Healy, Paul M.; Rossano, PenelopeCase HBS-114056-EAccounting and ControlLakshmi Mittal, CEO of Mittal Steel, a UK-based company with Indian roots, took advantage of a weakened Arcelor that had successfully won a bidding war for Canadian steel company Dofasco, with an unsolicited bid to buy the company. Mittal's plans for acquiring Arcelor were initially thwarted by concerted opposition from Arcelor's board and several European governments. To Mittal's further surprise, on May 26, Arcelor orchestrated a merger with th...Starting at €8.20