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Introduction: Data Are Business Assets--The Time is Now to Put Them to Work in Your Organization
Redman, Thomas C.Book Chapter HBS-7680BC-EInformation TechnologiesData and information have many properties that, collectively, present unparalleled opportunities and daunting challenges. Unfortunately, in today's organizations, data and information remain essentially unmanaged assets. Organizations must develop deep understanding of their eclectic properties, where they come from, how they move around, and the myriad ways in which they help create - and destroy - value. This chapter is excerpted from "Data Dr...Starting at €8.20
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Bringing Data and Information to the Marketplace: Facilitators
Redman, Thomas C.Book Chapter HBS-7708BC-EInformation TechnologiesFacilitators help others use data and information more effectively, and some even enable businesses to conceptualize their processes and organizations in entirely new ways. Escalating demands for content are driving escalating demands for facilitation. In addition to describing the many benefits facilitators can provide, this chapter also looks at data mining in detail. Deriving advantage from data mining is fraught with difficulty, but the risk ...Starting at €8.20
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IBET Pension Fund (Spanish Version)
Segel, Arthur ICase HBS-807S21FinanceMarisa Caris supervisa las inversiones inmobiliarias para el Fondo de Pensiones IBET. Se debe valorar cada una de las ocho propiedades existentes y determinar una estrategia para el futuro. Un reescrito versión de un caso anterior.Starting at €8.20
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Rice in Japan
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Trumbull, Gunnar; Jinjo, Naoko; Yamazaki, MayukaCase HBS-717032-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Europe: An Ever Closer Union
Trumbull, Gunnar; Schlefer, Jonathan; Choi, DianeCase HBS-713085-EEconomicsIn 2010, the European Union faces the challenges of the global financial crisis. With 27 member states, each facing different challenges, can new EU institutions respond effectively? Will its new currency, the euro, survive?Starting at €8.20
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Can Mexico Make Democracy Work
Trumbull, Gunnar; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-714049-EEconomicsEnrique Pe a Nieto, the presidential candidate of the old Mexican ruling party elected in 2012, passed the most fundamental reforms in at least two decades. They included allowing private competition in the energy sector, including with the state-owned oil company, Pemex; strengthening competition in the telecoms industry; promoting private-bank and public development-bank lending. Also, political reforms allowed re-election (formerly prohibited...Starting at €8.20
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The German Export Engine
Trumbull, Gunnar; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-715045-EEconomicsThis case traces the economic history of modern Germany, from its beginnings in the 19th century to its strong performance during the financial crisis and its emergence as a de facto economic and political leader of Europe.Starting at €8.20
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Note on Taxation
Poorvu, William J.; Segel, Arthur I; Miller, Glenn S.; Krummer, Michael D.; Wu, Charles F; Sit, Po; Gerstel, Joseph M.Case HBS-379192-EFinanceEvery real-estate transaction is affected by the tax consequences that result from its form and substance. Structuring a transaction without a thorough understanding of its tax considerations is likely to reduce the transaction's potential value. The failure to utilize the available tax benefits eliminates one of the major reasons for making a real-estate investment.Starting at €8.20
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Pinckney Street
Poorvu, William J.; Segel, Arthur I; Vogel, John H., Jr.; Strope, Lisa; Dylus, ErichCase HBS-813182-EFinanceAlthough inexperienced in real estate, Edward Alexander hopes in June 2013 that youthful enthusiasm and an $240,000 in savings and inheritance will help him enter the real estate business. His experience chronicles the process of finding, evaluating, and acquiring a four-unit brownstone in need of renovation in the Beacon Hill area of Boston. The case also identifies the various players in the process. A rewritten version of an earlier caseStarting at €8.20
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Angus Cartwright IV
Hatten, Kenneth J.; Poorvu, William J.; Stevenson, Howard H.; Segel, Arthur I; Vogel, John H., Jr.Case HBS-813185-EFinanceJudy and John DeRight, looking to diversify their investment portfolios, have retained Angus Cartwright, Jr. to identify prospective real estate acquisitions. Mr. Cartwright has four potential properties that he feels merit an in-depth financial analysis. The case provides an opportunity to examine the various components of real estate return--cash flow, tax benefits, and futures--and measure the profitability of a proposed investment through the...Starting at €8.20