HBSP (USA)
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Signode Industries, Inc. (A) (Spanish Version)
Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr.; May, David; Swartz, GordonCase HBS-502S10Marketingdivisión de envasado Signode Industries fabrica flejes de acero y plástico. En 1981, la compañía experimentó la mayor compra apalancada en la historia corporativa EE.UU.. El caso se centra en la necesidad de la división de envasado para mantener una alta rentabilidad en un mercado a la baja de flejes de acero. Desde 1974, ha ido perdiendo Signode 1% por año del mercado de flejes de acero. Desde entonces, ha habido también una erosión significativ...Starting at €8.20
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The MonoSpace Launch in Germany (Spanish version)
Narayandas, Das; Swartz, GordonCase HBS-503S07MarketingFocuses on the launch of a new elevator product in Germany. In 1996, global construction slumps and low differentiation among competitive offerings has led to significant price competition and margin erosion in the elevator industry. In these circumstances, KONE, one of the global players in this industry, has developed the Monospace elevator product that uses revolutionary technologies. This new product is expected to have a significant impact o...Starting at €8.20
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Fortis Industries, Inc. (B) (Spanish Version)
Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr.; Swartz, GordonCase HBS-514S01MarketingDescribe si la empresa adopta la política de precios-flex discutido en el caso (A). aumento de precios en los flejes de metal materias primas se rescinde por la industria del acero.Starting at €5.74
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Fortis Industries, Inc. (A)
Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr.; May, David; Swartz, GordonCase HBS-511079-EMarketingFortis Industries' packaging division manufactures steel and plastic strapping. In 2007, the company underwent a leveraged buyout. The case focuses on the packaging division's need to maintain high profitability in a declining market for steel strapping. Since 1998, Fortis has been losing 1% per year of the steel strapping market. Since then, there has also been significant erosion of prices. The division president is faced with 1) decreasing pri...Starting at €8.20
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Fortis Industries, Inc. (B)
Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr.; Swartz, GordonCase HBS-511080-EMarketingDescribes whether the company adopts the price-flex policy discussed in the (A) case. Price increase in steel strapping raw materials is rescinded by steel industry.Starting at €5.74
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Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar
Heese, Jonas; Price, Paula A.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Lane, DavidCase HBS-116007-EAccounting and ControlIn spring 2015, Dollar General's CEO Rick Dreiling was looking ahead to retiring at year's end but worried about ensuring continued growth for the company he had built since 2008 into a market leader in the U.S. discount retail world. Dollar General operaStarting at €8.20
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Accounting for the iPhone Upgrade Program (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Heese, Jonas; Palepu, Krishna G.; Sherman, H. DavidTeaching Note HBS-117041-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for cases 117020 and 117039.Starting at €0.00
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Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE
Healy, Paul M.; Heese, JonasCase HBS-118013-EAccounting and ControlIn early 2016, RWE, a utility that operates nuclear power plants in Germany, came under scrutiny from regulators and the media over the adequacy of its provisions for costs of decommissioning and dismantling (D&D) its nuclear power plants. Accounting standards required utilities to record the present value of projected D&D costs as a liability. However, there were many uncertainties associated with these estimates given the actual cash outlays wo...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Turbulence at Boeing
Heese, Jonas; Srinivasan, Suraj; Lane, David; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-118020-EAccounting and ControlUnlike its rival Airbus, Boeing used a practice called program accounting to record its commercial aircraft expenses since the 1980s. Program accounting allowed Boeing to expense estimated average costs instead of the actual production costs of an aircrafStarting at €8.20
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Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE, Teaching Note
Heese, JonasTeaching Note HBS-118043-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for case 118013.Starting at €0.00