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Harrah's Entertainment
Gompers, Paul A.; Mugford, Kristin; Kim, J. DanielCase HBS-213054-EFinanceThis case examines the issues of establishing a capital structure for the leveraged buyout of Harrah's Casino.Starting at €8.20
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School Specialty, Inc.
Gilson, Stuart C.; Mugford, KristinCase HBS-214084-EFinanceSet in 2013, School Specialty was a financially troubled supplier of educational products to primary and secondary schools in the United States. The company planned to file Chapter 11 in order to address its excessive debt load, but needed to arrange debtor-in-possession financing to provide liquidity while in bankruptcy. The company has received a financing proposal from its existing term loan lender that includes some aggressive and unusual fea...Starting at €8.20
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Artea (D): Discrimination through Algorithmic Bias in Targeting
Ascarza, Eva; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-521043-EMarketingThis collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1) Targeting Policies; and 2) Algorithmic bias in marketing-implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and targeting. Parts (B), (C), (D) Introduce algorithmic bias. The exercises are designed such that the issues of algorithmic bias and discrimination would emerge inductively, "surprising" the students in the act of recommending a strategy that,...Starting at €5.74
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Amazon Shopper Panel: Paying Customers for Their Data
Ascarza, Eva; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-521058-EMarketingThis case introduces a new Amazon program that has consumers upload their receipts from transactions outside of Amazon, in exchange for money. Through the discussion, the case aims to explore issues in customers' privacy in the digital age, the value of customers' own data, and the change in regulations aimed to protect consumers that move companies from using third party data to first party data. In addition, the case offers an opportunity to di...Starting at €8.20
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The TARP Bailouts: Saving the Banking and Automotive Industries
Mugford, KristinCase HBS-218107-EFinanceComparison of the U.S. Government response, using the $700 billion TARP fund, to downturns in the banking and auto industries during the global financial crisis.Starting at €8.20
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Sears: The Demise of an American Icon
Mugford, Kristin; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-219106-EFinanceIn 2019, ESL Investments' offer to purchase Sears Holdings out of bankruptcy, was accepted, despite opposition. Was this the best outcome? In 2019, ESL Investments' $5.2 billion offer to purchase Sears Holdings out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, was accepted, despite opposition from the company's unsecured creditors and other parties. ESL, which was led by Eddie Lampert, had acquired a stake in Sears following its 2005 merger with. Kmart. Lampert was ...Starting at €8.20
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Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation
Gilson, Stuart C.; Mugford, Kristin; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-218004-EFinanceIn 2016, a trial began to determine the future of Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation's $3 billion chapter 11 reorganization plan. The plan called for first and second lien secured creditors to receive new claims representing approximately 98% of the reorganized company's enterprise value, leaving unsecured creditors, owed $1.4 billion, to recover less than two cents on the dollar. The plan had the support of the secured creditors, but unsecured credito...Starting at €8.20
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Artea: Designing Targeting Strategies
Ascarza, Eva; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-521021-EMarketingThis collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing-implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and targeting. Parts (B),(C),(D) Introduce algorithmStarting at €8.20
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Artea (B): Including Customer-level Demographic Data
Ascarza, Eva; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-521022-EMarketingThis collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing-implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and targeting. Parts (B),(C),(D) Introduce algorithmStarting at €5.74
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Artea (C): Potential Discrimination through Algorithmic Targeting
Ascarza, Eva; Israeli, AyeletCase HBS-521037-EMarketingThis collection of exercises aims to teach students about 1)Targeting Policies; and 2)Algorithmic bias in marketing-implications, causes, and possible solutions. Part (A) focuses on A/B testing analysis and targeting. Parts (B),(C),(D) Introduce algorithmStarting at €5.74