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Price Discrimination (Spanish version)
Dhebar, AnirudhCase HBS-116S03StrategyThis note, which is introductory in nature, provides a classification scheme for some of the more common examples of price discrimination. For each case that is discussed, the note characterizes the appropriate market segments, the alternative product "versions," and the differences in the firm's economics from one version to another.Starting at €8.20
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Revenue Management (Spanish version)
Dhebar, Anirudh; Brandenburger, AdamCase HBS-117S09StrategyBegins with a description of the elements of post-deregulation competition in the commercial airline industry. This should facilitate a discussion of the use of quantitative methods to support a broad range of tactical and strategic airline decisions. The principal thrust of the case is on revenue management. First, there is a description of the principal pricing concepts, followed by two examples of pricing decisions facing American. Next, there...Starting at €8.20
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AQR's Momentum Funds (B)
Bergstresser, Daniel B.; Malloy, Christopher J.; Cohen, Lauren H.; Cohen, Randolph B.Case HBS-211075-EFinanceThis is a (B) case for AQR's Momentum Funds. It follows the first year of performance of the funds after launching, and gives students a critical inflection point for analyzing the nascent stages of a new product launch and the potential path dependence of the product depending on initial returns. It allows students to wrestle with the way forward given these conditions, and how (if at all) it changes their views, pitch, and perspective on the st...Starting at €5.74
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AQR's DELTA Strategy, Teaching Note
Bergstresser, Daniel B.; Cohen, Lauren H.; Malloy, Christopher J.; Cohen, Randolph B.; Gray, TimothyTeaching Note HBS-212084-EFinanceTeaching Note for 212038.Starting at €0.00
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Dice-K: The Hundred (Plus) Million Dollar Man
Cohen, Randolph B.; Barry, Michael; D'Annolfo, F. MarkCase HBS-208043-EStrategyDescribes the efforts made by the Boston Red Sox to sign superstar Japanese pitcher Daisuke (Dice-K) Matsuzaka within the context of the team's attempts to keep pace with longtime rival, the New York Yankees. In late 2006, Dice-K is viewed as the prize of the free agent pitching market. However, negotiations between the Red Sox and Dice-K's camp have broken down with the signing deadline less than 24 hours away (if Dice-K is not signed by the dea...Starting at €8.20
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Devil in the Details: Designing a Social Impact Bond Agreement in Medellin Teaching Plan
Levy, Dan; Varley, PamelaTeaching Note HBS-KS1168-EEconomicsThis teaching plan accompanies Case Number 2043.0. In July 2012, three freshly-minted Harvard Kennedy School graduates bought one-way tickets to Medellin, Co-lombia, to launch a nonprofit startup they called Instiglio. Their idea: to bring Social Impact Bonds, still experimental even in affluent nations, to Colombia and other low to middle income countries. This statistics case-one of two nearly identical HKS cases about Instiglio-provides backgr...Starting at €0.00
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Fixing Our Politics', One Vote at a Time: Public Policy Graduates Aim to Boost Turnout with TurboVote
Varley, Pamela; Donahue, John D.Case HBS-KS1183-EThis case, about creating a startup with a social mission, is designed to help students think through the strategic alignment of public value, legitimacy/support, and operational capacity in a simple context. Together with an in-class video "reveal," the case package follows the thinking of two Masters of Public Policy graduates as they create TurboVote, a nonprofit service designed to increase voter turnout by sending subscribers reminders and h...Starting at €8.20
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Money & Morals: The Minimum Wage and the American South
Varley, Pamela; Robichaud, ChristopherCase HBS-KS1233-EEconomicsIn 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama called on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10. To the surprise of no one, Congressional Republicans blocked the move, as they had a similar proposal the year before. Seeing little hope of federal action, wage activists turned their sights on state and local governments. Riding a tide of popular support, dozens of jurisdictions voted in hikes in their own state and city mini...Starting at €8.20
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Choosing the Road Less Traveled: How Cycling Took Hold in Copenhagen
Varley, Pamela; Mayne, QuintonCase HBS-KS1248-EEconomicsIn the first two decades of the 21st century, Copenhagen has vaulted to international attention for its enthusiastic bicycle culture and infrastructure. While it's tempting to dismiss this accomplishment as inherently easy because it took place in a city and country known for socially liberal politics, this case-by summarizing the history of cycling politics and policy in Copenhagen since the 1970s-shows that the evolution of Copenhagen as a bike...Starting at €8.20
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Negotiating Toward the Paris Accords: WWF & the Role of Forests in the 2015 Climate Agreement
Varley, Pamela; Wilkinson, RobertCase HBS-KS1256-EIn the lead-up to the United Nations' 2015 climate summit in Paris, excitement ran high and so did anxiety. Negotiators hoped for a new international agreement, the first such effort since the disappointing collapse of negotiations six years earlier in Copenhagen. But the text of the agreement was still subject to debate. This case focuses on the efforts of one mid-level participant in the process, Josefina Bra a-Varela, policy director for Fore...Starting at €8.20