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Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm (Spanish Version)
Comin, DiegoCase HBS-712S01Knowledge and CommunicationEl 16 de septiembre de 2008, el presidente Rodríguez Zapatero reconoció la gravedad de la situación macroeconómica de España y señaló claramente que el culpable delante del Congreso español: "Que nadie duda; ya existe un amplio consenso sobre el origen de la crisis: [Se ] es en el de sus hipotecas de alto riesgo de Estados Unidos y ". Durante los últimos ocho años, España ha pasado por una fenomenal expansión que ha tenido muchos ingredientes imp...Starting at €8.20
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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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Drivers of Productivity and Global Competitiveness
Comin, DiegoTeaching Note HBS-712037-EEconomicsProductivity and competitiveness have become hot topics among managers and policy-makers. Their interest surely resides in the fact that productivity and competitiveness not only determine the present living standards but also contribute importantly to the determination of a country's living standards in the future. This module provides a new framework to understand the drivers of productivity and competitiveness for companies and countries.Starting at €0.00
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Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm
Comin, DiegoCase HBS-709021-EOn September 16, 2008, President Rodriguez Zapatero recognized the severity of Spain's macroeconomic situation and clearly pointed to the culprit in front of the Spanish Congress: "Let nobody doubt it; there is already a wide consensus about the origin of the crisis: [It is] in the U.S. and its subprime mortgages." During the last eight years, Spain had gone through a phenomenal expansion that has had many important ingredients: immigration, hous...Starting at €8.20
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The Great Moderation, Dead or Alive
Comin, DiegoCase HBS-709023-EThe Great Moderation is a significant decline in the volatility of fluctuations in most macroeconomic variables that the United States and other developed and developing economies have experienced at least since the mid 1980s. This case describes the basic facts, presents contending explanations and explores the consequences of the Great Moderation for the likely amplitude of future business cycles.Starting at €8.20
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Spain: Can the House Resist the Storm, Teaching Note
Comin, DiegoTeaching Note HBS-710026-ETeaching Note for [709021].Starting at €0.00