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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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Gera Developments: Leadership at a Crossroads, Teaching Plan
Wing, Christina R.; Masko, JohnTeaching Note HBS-621109-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeaching plan for case 621018.Starting at €0.00
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Uber: Competing Globally
MacKay, Alexander J.; Migdal, Amram; Masko, JohnCase HBS-720404-EStrategyThis case describes Uber's global market entry strategy and responses by regulators and local competitors. It details Uber's entry into New York City (United States), Bogot (Colombia), Delhi (India), Shanghai (China), Accra (Ghana), and London (United Kingdom). In each instance, the case includes information about Uber's strategy in that market, existing regulations on taxis and transportation in each market, the reactions of competitors and re...Starting at €8.20
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Michael Rubin and Fanatics (A)
Higgins, Robert F.; Masko, JohnCase HBS-819077-EEntrepreneurshipIn 2016, Michael Rubin's Fanatics was the U.S.' largest sports e-commerce company, and operator of the official online store for all the major American sports leagues. That year, Fanatics began to dabble in manufacturing licensed sports merchandise, securing limited permissions from leagues to manufacture apparel in response to 'micro-moments,' sudden surges of interest in a team or player that were too abrupt for the league's usual licensees to ...Starting at €8.20
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Michael Rubin and Fanatics (B)
Higgins, Robert F.; Masko, JohnCase HBS-819082-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €5.74
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Michael Rubin and Fanatics (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Higgins, Robert F.; Masko, JohnTeaching Note HBS-819134-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for cases 819077 and 819082.Starting at €0.00
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JUUL and the Vaping Revolution
Toffel, Michael W.; Masko, John; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-619006-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn the summer of 2018, San Francisco-based electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) maker JUUL Labs, was experiencing exponential growth. Sales of its JUUL e-cigarette had increased by 783% over the preceding year, projected revenues for 2018 topped $940 million, and the company had captured over 72% of the U.S. e-cigarette market. The company's success had thrust it into the spotlight, and JUUL Labs found itself at the center of considerable controver...Starting at €8.20
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Huawei and the U.S.-China Trade War
Ofek, Elie; Masko, JohnCase HBS-520017-EEconomicsIn 2019, Chinese smartphone maker and telecommunications empire Huawei was preparing to launch its new flagship smartphone series, the Mate 30. After years of explosive growth, the previous 18 months had been a challenge for the company. In early 2018, Huawei's planned smartphone launch in the U.S. had failed due to pressure from regulators who cited concerns about the company facilitating Chinese spying. Over the following months, a trade war be...Starting at €8.20
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Nehemiah Mfg. Co.: Providing a Second Chance
Chu, Michael; Trelstad, Brian; Masko, JohnCase HBS-320008-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2009, Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer, two veterans of the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry, founded Nehemiah Manufacturing to build FMCG brands while providing jobs to Cincinnati, Ohio's beleaguered urban core. Two years later, the pair made thStarting at €8.20
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Restructuring JAL, Teaching Note
Baker, Malcolm P.; Sunderam, AdiTeaching Note HBS-215041-EFinanceTeaching note for 214055.Starting at €0.00