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Nike and International Labor Practices (Spanish version)
Spar, Debora L.; Burns, JenniferCase HBS-712S17EconomicsNike and International Labor Practices' is set in the mid-1990s, when Nike, one of the world's most successful footwear companies, is hit by a spate of alarmingly bad publicity. After years of high-profile media attention as the company that can "just do it," Nike is suddenly being portrayed as a firm that relies on low-cost, exploited labor in its overseas plants. Nike officials vigorously deny the charges, claiming that Nike has no control ove...Starting at €8.20
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Extend Fertility: Conceiving the Market for Egg Preservation (A)
Spar, Debora L.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-719019-EStrategyThe case follows entrepreneur Christy Jones as she tries to imagine, and then build, a firm that will enable young women to preserve their eggs -- and thus extend their fertility. In April 2003, entrepreneur and MBA student Christy Jones was planning a new venture to help women preserve their fertility. Her company, Extend Fertility, would commercialize a technique known as egg freezing, in which a woman's eggs were extracted and stored at low te...Starting at €8.20
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Martingale Asset Management LP in 2008, 130/30 Funds, and a Low-Volatility Strategy (Spanish version)
Viceira, Luis M.; Tung, Helen H.Case HBS-218S15FinanceIn early July of 2008, William (Bill) Jacques, Chief Investment Officer at Martingale Asset Management, a quantitative value-oriented investment manager in Boston, Massachusetts, was busy preparing for an upcoming meeting with the group that made new product decisions within the firm. The objective of the meeting was to review the backtesting and real-time investment results of a new minimum-variance strategy within the framework of a 130/30 fund...Starting at €8.20
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The Long and Short of Apollo Group and the University of Phoenix (A)
Viceira, Luis M.; Heilprin, Joel L.; Holmes, Andrew S.; Zajac, Damian M.Case HBS-212045-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. A hedge fund is deciding whether to liquidate its position in Apollo Group, a for-profit education firm, in light of significant political and macro-economic uncertainty facing the industry. As part of the investment analysis a complete discounted cash flow analysis must be performed.Starting at €8.20
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S&P Indices and the Indexing Business in 2012
Viceira, Luis M.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-213049-EFinanceIn June 2012, Standard & Poor's Indices is finalizing a deal with the CME Group, the largest global exchange for futures and options and majority owner of Dow Jones Indexes, to combine their respective indices business into a new joint venture called S&P Dow Jones Indices. This case discusses the index provider business model through the lenses of this transaction: sources of revenue and profitability, business valuation, uses of indexes in the m...Starting at €8.20
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Prudential Financial and Asset-Liability Management
Seasholes, Mark; Sunderam, Adi; Viceira, Luis M.; Chien, Emily A.Case HBS-216076-EFinanceHow should a retirement fund that must make fixed payments to retirees invest its portfolio? This case introduces students to a variety of concepts in fixed income investing, focusing how on the need to make fixed payments changes portfolio management strategy. Students consider the advantages and disadvantages of asset-liability matching as an investment strategy and learn how to implement such a strategy in practice.Starting at €8.20
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U.S. Retirement Savings Market and the Pension Protection Act of 2006
Viceira, Luis M.Case HBS-207130-EFinanceProvides an overview of the evolution of the private retirement savings market in the U.S. since 1990; the management and administration of defined-contribution (DC) plans; the existing evidence about the investment and savings decisions of participants in DC plans; and the Pension Protection Act of 2006.Starting at €8.20
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Zillow Offers: Winning Online Real Estate 2.0, Teaching Note
Di Maggio, Marco; Viceira, Luis M.; Kelley, JuliaTeaching Note HBS-221071-EFinanceTeaching note for case 220021.Starting at €0.00
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Emerging Market Cost of Capital (Spanish version)
Viceira, Luis M.; Heilprin, Joel L.Case HBS-917S22FinanceNII Holdings, Inc. is a U.S. firm with headquarters in Reston, Virginia, and wireless telephony operations under the Nextel brand in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Peru. During 2012, as the firm struggled with a weak competitive position and a transition to a new 3G platform, its operating results suffered, and a number of analysts were concerned about the firm's liquidity. Against this backdrop, NII decides to refocus its operations on Me...Starting at €8.20
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Network Associates : Asegurando Internet
Burns, Jennifer; Spar, Debora L.Case HBS-703S08EconomicsSigue la trayectoria de una empresa a través de un terreno inexplorado de la regulación gubernamental y la Internet. En marzo de 1998, Network Associates anunció que comenzaría a vender el software de cifrado de gran alcance de su filial holandesa. Tal medida se veía al gobierno de EE.UU. como una violación de las normas de exportación, pero la empresa confía en que había operado dentro de los límites de la ley. De hecho, Network Associates parec...Starting at €8.20