HBSP (USA)
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Goldfinger: Charles W. Engelhard Jr. and Apartheid-era South Africa, Teaching Plan
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Giacomin, ValeriaTeaching Note HBS-318081-ETeaching plan for case 313148.Starting at €0.00
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The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity, Teaching Note
Esty, Benjamin C.; Gross, Daniel P.; Pickle, Lauren G.Teaching Note HBS-717481-EStrategyTeaching note for case 717430.Starting at €0.00
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Tempur Sealy International (A)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Pickle, Lauren G.Case HBS-718422-EStrategyThis case explores the long-term relationship between Tempur Sealy (TPX, a mattress manufacturer) and Mattress Firm (MFRM, a bedding retailer and TPX's largest customer). For almost 20 years, the firms enjoyed a mutually beneficial and commercially prosperous relationship. Yet in August 2016, Steinhoff (a large, South African retailer) made an offer to acquire MFRM. Whether this acquisition will affect the symbiotic relationship that had existed ...Starting at €8.20
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Tempur Sealy International (C)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Pickle, Lauren G.Case HBS-718424-EStrategyAnalyzes the commercial relationship between Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm following the events discussed in the B case.Starting at €5.74
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The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity
Esty, Benjamin C.; Gross, Daniel P.; Pickle, Lauren G.Case HBS-717430-EStrategyIn September 2014, Tom Montgomery (SVP of strategic initiatives at the De Beers Group) and his team launched a pilot program in the United States to explore the $1 billion diamond market for pre-owned (recycled) diamonds. According to Montgomery, the motivation for the pilot program was to improve the consumer reselling experience and to enhance "diamond equity". Somewhat paradoxically, consumers typically received very low prices when they tried...Starting at €8.20
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Goldfinger: Charles W. Engelhard Jr. and Apartheid-era South Africa
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Benton, Elliot R.Case HBS-313148-EThis case considers the strategies of Charles W. Engelhard, an American mining magnate who made large investments in apartheid-era South Africa. Engelhard was widely believed to have been the model for the James Bond villan Auric Goldfinger. During the 1950s and 1960s Engelhard, who was well-connected with the leadership of the Democratic Party in the United States including President Lyndon B. Johnson, was one of the largest American investors i...Starting at €8.20
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Debating the Expropriation of Mexican Oil (Spanish Version)
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Wadhwani, R. DanielCase HBS-810S03EconomicsEn 1938, el gobierno mexicano expropió los activos de las compañías petroleras extranjeras. Explora los argumentos legales y morales a favor y en contra de la expropiación.Starting at €8.20
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Tempur Sealy International (B)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Pickle, Lauren G.Case HBS-718423-EStrategyAnalyzes the commercial relationship between Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm following the events discussed in the A case.Starting at €5.74
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Marc Rich and Global Commodity Trading
Jones, Geoffrey G.; Storli, EspenCase HBS-813020-EEntrepreneurshipExamines the career of Marc Rich, the world's leading commodity trader before his criminal indictment in the United States in 1983. The case surveys the historical growth of commodity trading, especially in metals, from the late nineteenth century, and its evolving forms as governments intervened in markets after 1945. Rich joined Philipp Brothers, then the largest commodity trader, in 1954. He formed his own firm two decades later. He was instru...Starting at €8.20