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GM's Capital Allocation Framework
Foley, C. Fritz; Boland, F. Katelynn; Lemm, MichaelCase HBS-218026-EFinanceIn March of 2015, General Motors announced the details of a newly-established capital allocation framework. This framework provided a target for return on invested capital, guidelines for capital structure choices, and policies related to payouts. Senior managers face questions about how these policies should be implemented and what impact they might have.Starting at €8.20
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Project Moab at Hulu
Foley, C. Fritz; Weber, JamesCase HBS-218050-EFinanceIn 2015, Elaine Paul, CFO of Hulu, and the rest of the senior leadership team, must decide if they should offer a new, advertisement-free subscription service. At the time Hulu distributed a wide variety of content including in season current programming and earned significant revenues from advertising revenues. This choice had strategic implications and required formulating a view on how the video on demand industry would evolve. It also had val...Starting at €8.20
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Nashton Partners and its Search Fund Process, Teaching Note
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, Royce; Rosenfeld, AhronTeaching Note HBS-218120-EFinanceTeaching note for case 212006.Starting at €0.00
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Greg Mazur and the Purchase of Great Eastern Premium Pet Foods, Teaching Note
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, Royce; Rosenfeld, AhronTeaching Note HBS-218122-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 211085.Starting at €0.00
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ALAC International, Teaching Note
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, Royce; Rosenfeld, AhronTeaching Note HBS-218131-EFinanceTeaching note for case 211065.Starting at €0.00
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The Transformation of Microsoft, Teaching Note
Foley, C. Fritz; Boland, F. KatelynnTeaching Note HBS-218140-EFinanceTeaching Note for HBS No. 218048.Starting at €0.00
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Triple Point Technology
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceCase HBS-211057-EFinanceThe founding CEO of Triple Point Technology, Peter Armstrong, was considering the sale of the company. The company specialized in providing its clients with software used for transaction processing and risk management in various commodity markets. Triple Point Technology had grown substantially in its 13 years of existence and potentially was a source of a significant amount of wealth for its owners. The sale was prompted by a co-founder who want...Starting at €8.20
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ALAC International
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceCase HBS-211065-EFinanceALAC was a small importer of specialty industrial chemicals. The case explores the different financing alternatives to facilitate the company's explosive growth in working capital. At the end of 2009, the company was awarded the United States distributorship for the specialty chemical di-isononyl phthalate (DINP) from a large Taiwanese producer and had almost tripled its sales in 2010. It expected to double its sales in 2011 and to dramatically i...Starting at €8.20
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Gemini Investors
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceCase HBS-211066-EFinanceGemini Investors was a private equity firm focused on small and lower middle market businesses. Gemini's target investment size was between $4 million and $6 million and a typical portfolio company had revenue of between $8 million and $30 million. In early 2015, Gemini was completing the investment of Gemini's Fund V and it was deciding whether it should raise a fund sized similarly to their prior funds, or alternatively, raising a significantly...Starting at €8.20
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Next Street, LLC
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceCase HBS-211094-EEntrepreneurshipNext Street Financial, LLC was a modern merchant bank that provided high quality advisory services and capital to small- and mid-sized inner city businesses. Next Street was a for-profit business that aimed to increase the growth, profitability and success of its client companies, thereby enhancing economic development, wealth and job creation in the inner city. The advisory component of its mission seemed well underway but raising a fund to dire...Starting at €8.20