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Pret A Manger
Frei, Frances X.; Goldberg, RIck; van Sice, StephanieCase HBS-612033-EService and Operations ManagementPret A Manger, a London-based chain of sandwich shops, was known for its fast, genuine service and pre-packaged sandwiches prepared on-site daily. Instructed by its board to grow at 15 percent per year, Pret considered opening "twin" shops in locations too small to contain kitchens; these shops would receive sandwich deliveries throughout the day from a nearby "parent" shop. Would Pret's employees and customers accept twin shops or view them as c...Starting at €8.20
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Currency Hedging Review (Spanish version)
Tufano, Peter; Poetzscher, CameronCase HBS-203S14FinanceThe chief financial officer of a rapidly growing U.S.-based software firm that sells its process-control software to industrial users around the globe must review the goals, strategies, and policies of the firm's currency hedging program. This review is prompted by changes in the firm's business, notably its acquisition of a United Kingdom subsidiary, other growing overseas expenses, and its recent initial public offering.Starting at €8.20
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Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Ely, Robin J.; Winig, LauraCase HBS-612S15On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately-held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft-line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its Board of Directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies. Amazon had been courting Zappos since 2005, hoping a merger would enable Amazon to expand and strengthen its market share in soft-line retail categories. While Amazon's interest in...Starting at €8.20
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Diageo plc (Spanish version)
Chacko, George; Tufano, Peter; Musher, JoshuaCase HBS-204S06FinanceA major U.K.-based multinational is reevaluating its leverage policy as it restructures its business. The treasury team models the tradeoffs between the benefits and costs of debt financing, using Monte Carlo simulation to estimate the savings from the interest tax shields and expected financial distress costs under several sets of leverage policies. The group treasurer (CFO) must decide whether and how the simulation results should be incorporat...Starting at €8.20