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Heather Evans (Spanish version)
Stevenson, Howard H.; Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-306S09EntrepreneurshipFocuses on the efforts of Heather Evans, a second-year MBA student, and her attempts to start her own dress business. Examines the business plan and the process of acquiring control over the financial and human resources necessary to implement the plan.Starting at €8.20
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Beta Management Co. (Spanish version)
Edleson, Michael E.Case HBS-220S04FinanceA manager of a small investment company has been successfully using index funds for limited market timing. Growth has allowed her to move into picking stocks. She is considering two small and highly variable listed stocks, but is concerned about the risk that these investments might add to her "portfolio." Provides a lead-in to the CAPM. Students learn about total risk, non-diversifiable or portfolio risk, and (CAPM) beta, and calculate variabili...Starting at €8.20
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CFM International, Inc. (Spanish version)
Enright, Michael J.Case HBS-720S10StrategyIn April 1987 the management team of CFM International, Inc. (CFMI) was considering developing a new jet engine for the Airbus A340. The withdrawal of a competitor's engine had created an unforeseen opportunity for CFMI to re-enter a competition it had apparently lost several months earlier. Complicating the decision was the fact that CFMI was a corporation jointly and equally owned by General Electric (U.S.) and the Societe Nationale d'Etude et ...Starting at €8.20
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David Fletcher (Spanish version)
Hill, Linda A.; Conrad, Melinda B.Case HBS-418S25Leadership and People ManagementDavid Fletcher, manager of the Emerging Growth Fund at a New York investment management firm, decides to assemble a team of analysts to which he can delegate part of his workload. The case explores the challenges of being a producing manager and Fletcher's efforts to select and manage a team of professionals.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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Continuous Casting Investments at USX Corp. (Spanish version)
Christensen, Clayton M.Case HBS-605S01StrategyFocuses on the difficulty established companies face when confronted with disruptive technological innovations. The power that their prior asset investments, their cost structures, and their customers have in constraining their investment and innovation decisions are clearly illustrated. Rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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Valuing Capital Investment Projects (Spanish version)
Kester, W. CarlCase HBS-213S09FinanceA collection of problems that introduces students to the application of discounted cash flow analysis in the evaluation of capital budgeting problems.Starting at €8.20
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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
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Whirlpool Europe (Spanish version)
Ruback, Richard S.; Balachandran, Sudhakar; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-204S13FinanceThis case presents a capital budgeting problem. Whirlpool Europe is evaluating an investment in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that would reorganize the information flow throughout the company. Students derive the cash flows from working capital, sales, and other improvements along with the cost of the investment.Starting at €8.20
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The Sequel Project (Spanish version)
Luehrman, Timothy A.; Teichner, William A.Case HBS-202S01FinanceA group of investors is considering buying the sequel rights for a portfolio of feature films. They need to determine how much to offer to pay and how to structure a contract with one or more major U.S. film studios. The case contains cash flow estimates for all major films released in the United States during 1989. These data are used to generate estimates of the value of sequel rights prior to the first film's release. Designed to introduce stu...Starting at €8.20