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Cresud S.A., Farmer or Real Estate Developer?
Goldberg, Ray A.; Segel, Arthur I; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Terris, AndrewCase HBS-211011-EFinanceAlejandro EIsztain, CEO of Cresud S.A., is faced with the difficult choice of whether to sell, develop or continue to hold the 151,000 hectares of remaining undeveloped farmland at the company's Los Pozos farm in Argentina. Developing the land will further expose Cresud to a variety of risks related to owning and operating farmland, but the potential financial rewards are potentially significant. As competition has increased and farmland values h...Starting at €8.20
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Banco Hipotecario S.A., Teaching Note
Bergstresser, Daniel B.; Segel, Arthur ITeaching Note HBS-209127-EFinanceTeaching Note for [206102].Starting at €0.00
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Prinka Kits S.A. Mejorando la eficiencia productiva
Fraile, Guillermo María; Paolini, FlorenciaCase IAE-IAE-C118-06406-SPFinancePrinka Kits, una pyme instalada en las afueras de Lima, dedicada a la fabricación y comercialización de artículos escolares, está evaluando la conveniencia o no de hacer un cambio en su proceso productivo. El sistema actual, basado en la fabricación por pedido, generaba muchos desarreglos en la planta con sus consecuentes sobrecostos. La nueva iniciativa busca pasar a un modelo de producción uniforme más eficiente y previsible. El objetivo del ca...Starting at €8.20
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Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; De Royere, AlexandraCase HBS-209S06FinanceWhat price should Dow Chemical bid for PBB, a petrochemical complex that is being privatized by the Argentine government? To answer this question, students are forced to consider the role of country risk, the underlying currency exposure of the business, and how to value an investment opportunity that has several stages. Given that it is a privatization, students are also forced to consider the political dynamics involved, the incentives of local...Starting at €8.20
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Financial Services at Falabella (A)
Foley, C. Fritz; Hurtado, Agustin M.Case HBS-217016-EFinanceIn 2010, the board and senior management team of Falabella, a leading retailer with operations throughout Latin America, faced choices about what to do with its financial services division. More than 4.5 million customers had CMR credit cards that could be used in Falabella stores, and Banco Falabella competed with other banks by offering personal banking services. The case covers many of the key questions the leaders of the firm faced, including...Starting at €8.20
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Argentina Power - Don't Cry for Me Argentina
Lietz, Nori Gerardo; McCree, Sayiddah FatimaCase HBS-218041-EFinanceIn 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation ("EFC"), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate Corporation ("ICC"), EFC had to convince ICC's Investment/Credit Committee to provide capital despite the many risks associated with investing in Argentina.Starting at €8.20
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Buenos Aires Embotelladora S.A. (BAESA): A South American Restructuring
Gilson, Stuart C.; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-202009-EFinanceIn 1998, BAESA, PepsiCo's largest bottler and distributor outside North America, experienced severe financial difficulty and had to restructure its debt and business operations to avoid bankruptcy or liquidation. Based in Argentina, with operations throughout South America, the company had for years been a spectacular success story and media darling, until it undertook an ill-fated expansion in Brazil. The company's debt was owed to banks and fin...Starting at €8.20
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Project Evaluation in Emerging Markets: Exxon Mobil, Oil, and Argentina
Estrada, Javier; Giannattasio, Gabriela; Nikolova L.Case F-803-EFinanceEarly in 2006 a brief report arrived at Exxon Mobil's headquarters in Irving, Texas, with the results of geological tests in the south of Argentina. The tests determined that the area explored seemed to be rich in oil and that, subject to a proper cost-benefit analysis, it could be worth investing in the necessary production facilities to extract oil from the ground. You have been asked to evaluate this investment opportunity and report to manage...Starting at €8.20
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Perforando hacia el Sur: Petrobras Evalúa Pecom
Desai, Mihir A.; Reisen de Pinho, RicardoCase HBS-207S10FinanceLa petrolera brasileña, Petrobras, está evaluando la adquisición de una empresa petrolera argentina, el Grupo Pérez Companc (Pecom). La adquisición aumentaría las reservas de petróleo de Petrobras y ampliar sus intereses fuera de Brasil, un paso significativo para la compañía más grande de Brasil. Pecom está a la venta, ya que se ha visto gravemente afectado por la crisis financiera en Argentina. Los estudiantes tienen la oportunidad de evaluar e...Starting at €8.20
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Bajaj Auto Limited: Trouble with Argentine Peso
Ganesh Kumar Nidugala; Rashmi ShuklaCase IVEY-9B19N010-EFinance, StrategyIn December 2015, the new government in Argentina lifted capital controls, leading to a sudden drop in the value of the Argentine peso. This depreciation of the peso had the potential to significantly affect companies that exported goods to Argentina. One such company was Bajaj Auto Limited (Bajaj Auto), an Indian exporter of motorcycles to Argentina. On December 18, 2015, Bajaj Auto’s shares dropped 2.43 per cent and lost over US$212 million in ...Starting at €8.20