Search results
-
Recupera, S.A.
Pancorvo, JorgeCase PAD-P-C-343Service and Operations ManagementDardo López-Dolz, propietario del negocio y persona emprendedora, afronta varias decisiones para conseguir que su empresa siga creciendo. Sin embargo, la naturaleza del servicio parte de una anomalía de las transacciones de compraventa: un deudor que no cumple sus obligaciones según lo convenido. La demanda tiene un comportamiento irregular, con expedientes de cobranza que varían según cada caso, y con exigencias operativas distintas por cad...Starting at €8.20
-
Evaluating an Investment in Expansion (Spanish version)
Stafford, Erik; Heilprin, Joel L.; DeVolder, JeffreyCase HBS-411S17FinanceWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. A manufacturer of private-label personal care products must decide whether to fund an unprecedented expansion of manufacturing capacity. The decision prompts fundamental financial analysis of the potential project, including development of cash flow projections and net present value calculations. Students wi...Starting at €8.20
-
Ethical Leader's Decision Tree (Spanish version)
Bagley, Constance E.Article HBS-F0302CIf you spring for optional pollution-control devices at your overseas plant, have you violated your duty to maximize shareholder value? Here's a framework that can help clarify this and other ethical dilemmas.Starting at €8.20
-
Cost of Capital at Ameritrade (Spanish version)
Mitchell, Mark; Stafford, ErikCase HBS-203S18FinanceAmeritrade Holding Corp. is planning large marketing and technology investments to improve the company's competitive position in deep-discount brokerage by taking advantage of emerging economies of scale. In order to evaluate whether the strategy would generate sufficient future cash flows to merit the investment, Joe Ricketts, chairman and CEO of Ameritrade, needs an estimate of the project's cost of capital. There is considerable disagreement a...Starting at €8.20
-
Strategic Capital Management, LLC (A) (Spanish version)
Stafford, Erik; Mitchell, Mark; Pulvino, ToddCase HBS-217S01FinanceStrategic Capital Management, LLC, is a hedge fund that is planning to make financial investments in Creative Computers and Ubid. Creative Computers recently sold approximately 20% of its Internet auction subsidiary, Ubid, to the public at $15 per share. Ubid's stock price closed the first day of trading at $48, giving Ubid a $439 million market capitalization. Paradoxically, the parent's stock price did not keep pace with that of its subsidiary....Starting at €8.20
-
Harvard Management Company (2010) (Spanish version)
Perold, Andre F.; Stafford, ErikCase HBS-218S12FinanceIn February 2010, Jane Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, was reflecting on the list of issues facing Harvard University's endowment in preparation for the upcoming board meeting. The recent financial crisis had vividly highlighted several key issues including the adequacy of short-term liquidity, the effectiveness of portfolio risk management, and the balance of internal and external managers.Starting at €8.20
-
Cultivating Compliance for Strategic Strength: Mastering the Legal Aspects of Business
Bagley, Constance E.Book Chapter HBS-8153BC-ECompliance with the law is just the baseline for winning legally in business. This chapter shows how managers can practice what the author calls "strategic compliance management," which goes beyond mere compliance with the law to embrace organizational integrity and to seek out and exploit business opportunities provided by regulation and deregulation. This chapter is excerpted from "Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Create Value, Marshal R...Starting at €8.20
-
Using Contracts to Define and Strengthen Relationships: Mastering the Legal Aspects of Business
Bagley, Constance E.Book Chapter HBS-8155BC-EThis chapter identifies the web of relationships inherent in any business, and explains how managers can structure contracts to define and strengthen relationships by increasing predictability, allocating risk and reward, creating and retaining options, and aligning incentives. This chapter is excerpted from "Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk."Starting at €8.20
-
Capturing the Value of Intellectual Capital: Mastering the Legal Aspects of Business
Bagley, Constance E.Book Chapter HBS-8157BC-EThe ability to use intellectual property laws to capture the value of the firm's inventions, proprietary information, and other intangible assets is a key strategic advantage. This chapter shows managers how to use patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks both offensively and defensively. This chapter is excerpted from "Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk."Starting at €8.20
-
Gucci Group: Freedom within the Framework
Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis; Corsi, Elena; Dessain, VincentCase HBS-109079-EAccounting and ControlGucci Group's CEO had to decide if his decentralized management style was the most effective philosophy in an economic downturn. The sharing of customer information across units and its use in the creative process are key initiatives analyzed in the case. CEO Robert Polet joined the high-end fashion Gucci Group in 2004, after 26 years at one of the largest consumer goods companies. Since his arrival, the Group had grown both in revenues and profi...Starting at €8.20