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Banorte M vil: Data-Driven Mobile Growth
Israeli, Ayelet; Larangeira, Carla; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-520068-EMarketingIn mid-2019, Carlos Hank, was deliberating over the results for Banorte M vil - the mobile application for Banorte, Mexico's most profitable and second-largest financial institution. Hank, who had been appointed as Banorte s Chairman of the Board in January 2015, had overseen Banorte's transformation (and multi-million-dollar investment) from a product and client volume-focused bank into a customer-centric, technology and data-driven organizati...Starting at €8.20
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Banorte and the Capital Call Facility: Infrastructure Finance in Mexico
Macomber, John D.; Larangeira, Carla; Miguel, FernandaCase HBS-219049-EFinanceAs a result of Mexico's pension industry deregulation, pension funds were able to invest in energy and infrastructure projects through a variety of financial instruments, particularly through Capital Development Certificates (CKDs), an asset class that served as a vehicle for investing in unlisted companies. By the end of 2017, pension funds had invested more than $16 billion in infrastructure, with CKDs as the primary investment vehicle for this...Starting at €8.20
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A Sharper Look at Zero Tolerance: Reports of Sexual Assault Rock the United States Air Force Academy (Sequel)
Born, Dana; Datla, AnjaniCase HBS-KS1232-EEconomicsSupplement to case KS1231. This case traces the sexual assault scandal that rocked the United States Air Force Academy in 2003. Over a period of several months, dozens of current and former female students came forward to the media and government representatives about being sexually assaulted by their male peers on campus. Several victims also implicated the Academy's leadership for not doing enough to address the problem. When the scandal broke...Starting at €8.20
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Cracking the Monolith: California's Child Welfare Services Disrupts Technology Procurement (A)
Datla, Anjani; Eaves, DavidCase HBS-KS1235-EEconomicsIn October 2015, two senior California officials: Marybel Batjer, Secretary for Government Operations, and Michael Wilkening, Undersecretary for the Health and Human Services Agency seized on an idea that had the potential to turn the state's long dysfunctional technology procurement process on its head. After years of planning, California was about to request bids for a new child welfare management system to replace a twenty-year-old technology...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards 2017-2025 Teaching Plan
Datla, Anjani; Nichols, AlbertTeaching Note HBS-HKS768-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS727Starting at €0.00
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Airlines and Antitrust: Scrutinizing the American Airlines-US Airways Merger Sequel
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose; Datla, AnjaniCase HBS-KS1141-EEconomicsThis sequel accompanies case number 2044.0. In August 2013, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) shocked many in the airline industry by filing a lawsuit to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways on the grounds that the merger would reduce competition. The two airlines had announced their intention to merge in February, making way for the creation of the largest airline in the world. The new airline would carry ...Starting at €8.20
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GENTERA: Facing the Digital Age
Chu, Michael; Larangeira, CarlaCase HBS-319092-EStrategyAfter long dominating Mexican microfinance, Compartamos Banco faces the emergence of fintech, just as for the first time its loan portfolio and clients have declined. Enrique Maj s, CEO of GENTERA, the bank s parent company, is keenly aware of the profound changes since the Compartamos IPO in April 2007, when it was valued at $1.5 billion and became the first bank wholly dedicated to microfinance to be quoted in a major stock exchange. Since th...Starting at €8.20
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United States and Thailand: Diplomatic Wrangles in the War on Human Trafficking Teaching Note
Donahue, John; Datla, AnjaniTeaching Note HBS-HKS783-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS755Starting at €0.00
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Reclaiming the American Dream: Thomas Perez and the Department of Labor
Datla, Anjani; Donahue, JohnCase HBS-KS1121-EEconomicsIn July 2013 Tom Perez became the United States' 26th Secretary of Labor. Perez took the helm of the Department of Labor at a critical juncture. In recent years, the US economy was marred by historically high rates of unemployment, fueled by the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Although the economy had begun a slow recovery in 2010, there were only lackluster gains in private sector jobs. By 2013, more than 11 million Americans...Starting at €8.20
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Setting the Standard in Free Trade: The Making of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Datla, Anjani; Lawrence, RobertCase HBS-KS1142-EEconomicsIn July 2013, more than 150 negotiators from the European Union and the United States converged in Washington, D.C. to begin crafting what could become the world's largest free trade agreement-the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Billed as a transformational trade accord, the TTIP would go beyond tariffs to cut non-tariff barriers, expand trade in services, streamline regulatory standards, and incorporate trade elements to s...Starting at €8.20