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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible
Marks M; Hoyt DCase SGSB-GS84-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €8.20
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Waypoint: Reinventing Single Family Home Rental - Teaching note
Foster G; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-E467TN-EEntrepreneurshipIn early 2009, following the collapse of the housing market, Doug Brien and Colin Wiel began buying single family homes (SFH) to renovate and rent. SFH rental had previously been a mom-and-pop business due to scaling difficulties—buying and managing large properties such as apartment complexes was well suited to institutional investors, but no one had solved the problem of buying and managing large numbers of relatively inexpensive SFHs. Brien a...Starting at €0.00
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Nota sobre regímenes tributarios internacionales
Desai, Mihir A.; Luchs, Kathleen; Veblen, Mark F.Case HBS-207S13FinanceProporciona un marco para entender los diferentes tipos de regímenes fiscales internacionales. Examina la forma alternativa de regímenes fiscales sobre los impuestos al ingreso de divisas de sus ciudadanos (incluidos los ciudadanos corporativos); cómo los regímenes fiscales definen ingreso exterior e interior; y cómo se utilizan los créditos y deducciones de impuestos extranjeros en los regímenes fiscales en todo el mundo para mitigar la doble im...Starting at €8.20
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Inversiones corporativas: Stanley Works y el señuelo de los paraísos fiscales
Desai, Mihir A.; Veblen, Mark F.; Hines, James R., Jr.Case HBS-207S14FinanceEn respuesta al anuncio de Stanley trabajo que se está moviendo a las Bermudas - y el salto en el valor de mercado asociados - un competidor importante trabajo es determinar cómo el mercado está valorando las consecuencias de moverse en un paraíso fiscal y si su empresa debe invertir para un paraíso fiscal. En particular, el director financiero de la competencia tiene que atribuir los movimientos de precios de acciones de Stanley en varias dimens...Starting at €8.20
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Waypoint: Reinventing Single Family Home Rental
Foster G; Hoyt DCase SGSB-E467-EEntrepreneurshipIn early 2009, following the collapse of the housing market, Doug Brien and Colin Wiel began buying single family homes (SFH) to renovate and rent. SFH rental had previously been a mom-and-pop business due to scaling difficulties—buying and managing large properties such as apartment complexes was well suited to institutional investors, but no one had solved the problem of buying and managing large numbers of relatively inexpensive SFHs. Brien a...Starting at €8.20
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Quirky: A Business Based on Making Invention Accessible - Teaching note
Marks M; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-GS84TN-EService and Operations ManagementBen Kaufman founded Quirky in 2009 to enable anyone with a product idea to access an online network of people to help evaluate and improve the idea, and potentially bring it to market. By the end of 2012, Quirky was shipping 74 products, and had many more in development. Its products were sold in 35,000 stores worldwide. Each week, the company took three products into the research and development process, out of more than 1,000 submitted onlin...Starting at €0.00
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SOPA: The Media Industry Fights Online Copyright Infringement - Teaching note
Callader S; Hoyt DTeaching Note SGSB-P82TN-EEconomicsIn 2011, The Walt Disney Company and other content owners aggressively lobbied Congress to pass the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The intent was to prevent unauthorized copying and transmission of copyrighted materials. This had been largely eliminated on U.S.-based websites, but some copyright owners claimed it was prevalent overseas. SOPA (and its companion legislation “Protect IP Act,” or PIPA), would allow the government or private compan...Starting at €0.00
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Currencies and International Stock Returns (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; Luchs, Kathleen; Meyer, Elizabeth A.; Veblen, Mark F.Case HBS-207S16FinanceWhat do international stocks contribute to the portfolio of a U.S. investor? How do currencies interact with stock price movements in determining the benefits of international diversification? This case helps students compare the risks and returns of foreign stock markets with each other and with the U.S. market and to examine the risks and returns of international diversification. Students must calculate returns, adjust for currencies, derive co...Starting at €8.20
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Uber: 21st Century Technology Confronts 20th Century Regulation
Callader S; Hoyt DCase SGSB-P81-EEconomicsUber, which began operations in 2010, provided a service that allowed customers to call for a limousine using their mobile device. A car would arrive within minutes, and the fee for the trip (including gratuity) would be charged to the customer’s credit card. The service was more expensive than a taxi, but cheaper and more responsive than a conventional limousine service. Uber did not own limousines, but contracted with existing, licensed, lim...Starting at €8.20
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Uber: 21st Century Technology Confronts 20th Century Regulation (Spanish Version)
Callader S; Hoyt DCase SGSB-P81SPEconomicsUber, que comenzó a operar en 2010, proporcionó un servicio que permitía a los clientes solicitar una limusina utilizando su dispositivo móvil. Un automóvil llegaría en cuestión de minutos, y la tarifa del viaje (incluida la propina) se cargaría a la tarjeta de crédito del cliente. El servicio era más caro que un taxi, pero más barato y más receptivo que un servicio de limusina convencional. Uber no era dueño de limusinas, pero tenía contratos co...Starting at €8.20