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Chronology of the Asian Financial Crisis
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Kim, ReneeCase HBS-708001-EFinanceIn July 1997, Thailand became the first Asian "tiger" economy to abandon its fixed exchange rate system in response to speculative attacks on its currency. Investors started to flee Asia, and the crisis rapidly spread to other countries. Central banks spent billions of dollars to try and defend their currencies, only to seek emergency bailouts from the International Monetary Fund. This case presents a chronology of events that unraveled during th...Starting at €8.20
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Kansai Holding: Solicitud de préstamo a su filial Nara Beer (D)
López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1555Corporate Governance, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementSe trata de una historia novelada que pretende describir conflictos propios del gobierno de las empresas. Está ubicada en Japón, distinto y distante, pero con idénticos conflictos: entre los intereses de las empresas y el de sus ejecutivos, entre el de los accionistas mayoritarios y el de los minoritarios y, por último, entre los intereses públicos (reguladores, legisladores y gobiernos) y los privados (empresas e individuos). El ambiente en el q...Starting at €5.74
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Kansai Holding: Solicitud de préstamo a su filial Nara Beer (A)
López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1552Corporate Governance, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementSe trata de una historia novelada que pretende describir conflictos propios del gobierno de las empresas. Está ubicada en Japón, distinto y distante, pero con idénticos conflictos: entre los intereses de las empresas y el de sus ejecutivos, entre el de los accionistas mayoritarios y el de los minoritarios y, por último, entre los intereses públicos (reguladores, legisladores y gobiernos) y los privados (empresas e individuos). El ambiente en el q...Starting at €8.20
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Compass Maritime Services, LLC: Valuing Ships, Teaching Note
Esty, Benjamin C.; Sheen, AlbertTeaching Note HBS-211015-EFinanceTeaching Note for 211014.Starting at €0.00
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Hayman Capital Management
Greenwood, Robin; Messina, Julie; Dourdeville, JaredCase HBS-212091-EFinanceIn late December 2011, Hayman Capital founder and portfolio manager Kyle Bass was reviewing Japanese government budget projections for 2012. The projections appeared contrary to Hayman Capital's views on Japan, where the fund had built a bearish position. Japan had the world's highest debt burden, whether expressed as a percentage of GDP or government revenue. Guided by recent global events, Bass forecast that Japan would soon experience increase...Starting at €8.20
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Livedoor, Teaching Note
Greenwood, RobinTeaching Note HBS-209025-EFinanceTeaching Note for 206138.Starting at €0.00
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HOYA Corporation (A)
Kester, W. Carl; Egawa, MasakoCase HBS-209065-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. In 2007, HOYA of Japan must decide whether to change its friendly exchange offer for Pentax into a hostile cash tender offer. A surprising sequence of events had caused a friendly merger agreement to fall apart, resulting in a boardroom coup at Pentax and the intervention of the Sparx Group, an indigenous activist Japanese hedge fund. The case raises issues about corporate v...Starting at €8.20
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Sony and the Activist Threat
Fernandes, NunoCase F-970-EFinanceThis case is about an activist shareholder attacking Sony. On May 14 2013, Third Point, the activist shareholder, delivered a letter to Kazuo Hirai, president and CEO of Sony Corporation (Sony). The letter revealed that Third Point had purchased a 6.9% stake in Sony and proposed that Sony spin off up to 20% of its Entertainment Division to reduce its debt and strengthen its ailing Electronics Division. Activist fund Third Point had a history of ...Starting at €8.20
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Myojo Foods, Co. LTD1
Pinto do Santos, José MiguelCase AESE-F-A-683(I)-EFinanceThis case presents the tender offer made by Steel Partners to buy the stock of Myojo Foods, a Japanese noodle maker. It may be used to present the dynamics of prices after tender offers and the impact that the emergence of a white knight has on the market. It may also be used to discuss different cultural views on corporate ownership and culturally based reactions to hostile bids.Starting at €8.20
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Kansai Holding: Solicitud de préstamo a su filial Nara Beer (C)
López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1554Corporate Governance, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementSe trata de una historia novelada que pretende describir conflictos propios del gobierno de las empresas. Está ubicada en Japón, distinto y distante, pero con idénticos conflictos: entre los intereses de las empresas y el de sus ejecutivos, entre el de los accionistas mayoritarios y el de los minoritarios y, por último, entre los intereses públicos (reguladores, legisladores y gobiernos) y los privados (empresas e individuos). El ambiente en el q...Starting at €5.74