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Gulf Oil Corp.--Takeover (Spanish version)
Rock, Kevin F.Case HBS-210S20FinanceGulf Oil was pressured into liquidation while under attack by Boone Pickens of Mesa Petroleum Co. Gulf management was unsure whether to sell out or take the firm private. A suitor, Standard Oil of California, tries to decide how much, if anything, to bid for the privilege of owning Gulf.Starting at €8.20
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Gaz de France (Spanish version)
Kester, W. Carl; Allen, William B.Case HBS-219S04FinanceThe treasurer of Gaz de France is an aggressive, proactive manager of his company's liability structure, running one of the largest swap books of any non-financial corporation in the world. Currency futures, interbank forwards, and currency options are also frequently used to control the company's multi-currency liability structure. This case prompts students to explore the reasons and ramifications of such aggressive liability management, with p...Starting at €8.20
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Pennzoil Co. (Spanish version)
Teisberg, Elizabeth OlmstedCase HBS-320S07StrategyFocuses on Pennzoil's motor oil business. Designed to address the business strategy issues of how a firm chooses its scope to create competitive advantage in its core business. "Scope" can be broadly defined to include vertical scope (forward and backward integration), horizontal scope (multiple related products), and geographic scope (multiple market locations).Starting at €8.20
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Environmental Risk Management at Chevron Corp. (Spanish version)
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Mandelli, Monica; Burns, JenniferCase HBS-708S37EconomicsChevron Corp., headquartered in San Francisco, manages a worldwide, vertically integrated value chain from the oil well to the gasoline station. Mishandling of oil at any stage of production can damage the natural environment, human health, corporate profitability, or all three. But at the same time Chevron needs to be prudent about the amount of money it spends on measures to manage these risks, and environmental programs within the firm can con...Starting at €8.20
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The Unfinished Agenda (Spanish version)
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Evans, RebeccaCase HBS-709S12EconomicsPresident Vincente Fox takes over in Mexico on December 1, 2000--a political revolution ending 71 years of PRI rule. In the past five years, Mexico has solved a number of macroeconomic problems and had a good run of economic growth. But a host of microeconomic problems have been largely ignored for years--poverty, income distribution, education, labor reform, energy and the environment, crime, and drugs. The Fox administration is trying to lay ou...Starting at €8.20
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Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A) (Spanish version)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Schreiber, Craig F.Case HBS-202S14FinanceA Wall Street analyst has just learned that FPL (the holding company for Florida's largest electric utility) may cut its dividend in several days despite a 47-year streak of consecutive dividend increases. In response to the deregulation of the electric utility industry, FPL has substantially revised its competitive strategy over the past several years. The analyst must decide whether a change in dividend policy will be a part of FPL's financial ...Starting at €8.20
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Mobil USM&R (A1) (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.Case HBS-103S01Accounting and ControlFirst of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. Split from the original (A) case to give students an opportunity to suggest objectives and measures for the division's initial BSC, without seeing the actual choices made by Mobil's managers. Describes how the CEO of the marketing and refining division of a major oil company is in the midst of implementing a profit turn...Starting at €8.20
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Light Fantastic (Spanish version)
Salzhauer, AmyArticle HBS-F0410FService and Operations ManagementSolid-state is the first new lighting technology in 100 years. Soon it may drastically reduce your costs.Starting at €8.20
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Coal Cleans Up Its Act (Spanish version)
Salzhauer, AmyArticle HBS-F0506LService and Operations ManagementCoal is looking better as an energy source, says Amy Salzhauer of Ignition Ventures.Starting at €8.20
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Launching Prius (Spanish version)
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Yao, Dennis; Egawa, MasakoCase HBS-712S03StrategyIn 1995, Hiroshi Okuda, president of Toyota Motor Corp., considers whether to push for a more aggressive launch of the Toyota Prius--an automobile that incorporates Toyota's new and technically advanced hybrid power train. This launch decision allows discussion of the importance of the Prius in Toyota's overall product strategy and explores issues ranging from market structure to competitive advantage and competitive dynamics.Starting at €8.20