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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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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Spanish version)
Bradley, Stephen P.; Ghemawat, Pankaj; Foley, SharonCase HBS-706S15StrategyThe case 'Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.' focuses on the evolution of Wal-Mart's remarkably successful discount operations and describes the company's more recent attempts to diversify into other businesses. The company has entered the warehouse club industry with its Sam's Clubs and the grocery business with its Supercenters, a combination supermarket and discount store. Wal-Mart experienced a drop in the value of its stock price in early 1993, which it ...Starting at €8.20
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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company: El split-off de Conoco (A)
Gilson, Stuart C.; Fagan, Perry L.Case HBS-210S21FinanceDespués de tomar el 30% de su filial pública de petróleo y gas de Conoco en la mayor oferta pública inicial doméstica (OPI) en la historia de EE.UU., la gestión de E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. (DuPont) está considerando desprenderse de su participación restante en Conoco. Este objetivo se logrará a través de una transacción relativamente poco común llamada corporativa "escisión", bajo la cual se darán los accionistas de DuPont la opción de in...Starting at €8.20
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La Política de Dividendos de FPL Group, Inc. (B)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Schreiber, Craig F.Case HBS-202S10Financepolítica de dividendos de la FPL y la reacción de los mercados financieros son examinados.Starting at €5.74
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Dimensional Fund Advisors, 2002 (Spanish version)
Cohen, Randolph B.Case HBS-209S03FinanceDimensional Fund Advisors (DFA) is an investment management firm that prides itself on basing its investment strategies on sound academic research. Many of the best-known finance research papers of the past two decades (especially those by Eugene Fama and Kenneth French, who work closely with DFA) have led to DFA investment strategies. DFA began as a small-stock fund, attempting to take advantage of the "size affect" (excess performance of small ...Starting at €8.20
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Reining in Activist Funds (Spanish version)
Woidtke, Tracie; Bierman, Leonard; Tuggle, ChristopherArticle HBS-F0303DAccounting and ControlSome public pension funds aggressively pursue their pro-labor or social-issue agendas by submitting proxy proposals on topics ranging from employment practices to environmental concerns. But research shows that the stock market reacts negatively to corporations that receive such proposals.Starting at €8.20
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Currencies and International Stock Returns (Spanish version)
Desai, Mihir A.; Luchs, Kathleen; Meyer, Elizabeth A.; Veblen, Mark F.Case HBS-207S16FinanceWhat do international stocks contribute to the portfolio of a U.S. investor? How do currencies interact with stock price movements in determining the benefits of international diversification? This case helps students compare the risks and returns of foreign stock markets with each other and with the U.S. market and to examine the risks and returns of international diversification. Students must calculate returns, adjust for currencies, derive co...Starting at €8.20
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Talk About Brand Strategy (Spanish version)
Mizik, Natalie; Jacobson, RobertArticle HBS-F0510JMarketingCommunicating your brand strategy to the financial community can boost share price, say Columbia Business School's Natalie Mizik and University of Washington Business School's Robert Jacobson.Starting at €8.20
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Market Lunacy (Spanish version)
Burrell, LisaArticle HBS-F0611CRigorous research shows a correlation between stock market performance and the phases of the moon.Starting at €8.20
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Beating the Market with Customer Satisfaction (Spanish version)
Hart, Christopher W.Article HBS-F0703HMarketingA growing body of research conclusively shows that higher customer satisfaction leads to higher share prices.Starting at €8.20