HBSP (USA)
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Nestle's Creating Shared Value Strategy
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Herman, Kerry; McAra, SarahCase HBS-716422-EStrategyThis case considers Nestl 's creating shared value (CSV) strategy, which focused on the three categories of nutrition, water, and rural development. In the packaged food and beverage industry, pressure had mounted since the 1990s to improve supply chain sustainability and provide healthier, more natural foods, leading to consolidation and causing sales to decline in the 2010s. With 150 years' experience in the industry, Nestl had transformed i...Starting at €8.20
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Globalizing the Cost of Capital and Capital Budgeting at AES (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; Schillinger, DougCase HBS-206S14FinanceThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). With electricity generating businesses around the world, AES Corp. is seeking a methodology for calculating the cost of capital for its various businesses and potential projects. In the past, AES used the same cost of capital for all of its capital budgeting, but the company's international expansion h...Starting at €8.20
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Creciendo en China: El financiamiento de Babycare Ltd.
Desai, Mihir A.; Veblen, Mark F.Case HBS-207S07FinanceEl director financiero de este infante compañía de productos nutricionales debe elegir entre los que compiten ofertas de financiación. La interacción de las restricciones técnicas de negociación y los capitalistas de riesgo legal y las costumbres chinas desafiar el CFO para navegar una negociación complicada y elaborar un modelo de negocio único dado estas limitaciones. El caso ofrece un ejercicio de valoración y se destacan algunas de las pregun...Starting at €8.20
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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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La política en materia de tipos de cambio de la Autoridad Monetaria de Singapur
Desai, Mihir A.; Veblen, Mark F.Case HBS-209S24FinanceLa Autoridad Monetaria de Singapur (MAS) es responsable de la política monetaria del país, y sus decisiones tienen la intención de apoyar la estrategia general del país para el crecimiento económico sostenible con estabilidad de precios. MAS ha tenido mucho éxito en la gestión de los tipos de cambio utilizando un sistema de flotación administrada, lo que permite más flexibilidad que un tipo de cambio fijo, pero una menor volatilidad que los tipos...Starting at €8.20
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Foreign Exchange Markets and Transactions (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; Wang, Yanjun; Pham, Christina B.; Luchs, KathleenCase HBS-209S25FinanceProvides information on the foreign exchange market and exchange rate movements. Describes the different types of foreign exchange transactions, including spot transactions, forwards, swaps, futures, and options. Includes worked examples to help students understand the different instruments and an appendix with additional exercises. A rewritten version of an earlier note.Starting at €8.20
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The Incentive Bubble
Desai, Mihir A.Article HBS-R1203M-ELeadership and People ManagementThe past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea--that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock instruments for managers, high-powered incentive contracts for investors, and the rise of alternative assets have dramatically altered the nature and level of incentives and rewards in our society, on both sides of the capital market. These cha...Starting at €8.20
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A Better Way to Tax U.S. Businesses
Desai, Mihir A.Article HBS-R1207N-EEconomicsThe U.S. corporate tax code is broken. High rates and perverse incentives drive capital away from the corporate sector and toward other uses and countries. This is bad news for U.S. workers, because corporations aren't making investments that would increase productivity and real wages. And while one might think higher rates lead to higher revenues, the U.S. actually collects less in taxes (as a percentage of GDP) than most other developed nations...Starting at €8.20
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Dow: Breakthroughs to World Challenges
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-715403-EStrategyDow had adopted the "Breakthroughs to World Challenges" (BWC) program as part of its ten-year 2015 Sustainability Goals. BWC was an internal award recognizing products that effectively addressed one of five world challenges: energy and climate change, sustainable water supply, decent affordable housing, personal health, and food supply. By late summer 2014, two products had been designated as BWCs and two others were set to be announced in the fa...Starting at €8.20
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Discovery Limited
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-715423-EStrategyDiscovery Ltd. is a South-African based insurance company. Started in the early 1990s, Discovery used behavioral economics and data collection to innovate in the health care insurance industry. Its founder Adrian Gore believed that the company's products needed to not only make money but have a positive impact on society. Using its Vitality Wellness program as its strategic lynchpin, Discovery expanded into other insurance areas and financial ser...Starting at €8.20