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Flying Light: British Airways Flight 268 (B)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0295-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDespite the incident at takeoff, the British Airways pilots, after discussion with the airline engineers at Heathrow Airport in London, decided to continue the flight uninterrupted. Although the plane landed safely in England, the decision to continue flying set off a hailstorm of criticism and sparked tension between the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and the CAA, the British equivalent. This case discusses the fallout from the incident, a...Starting at €5.74
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Flying Light: British Airways Flight 268 (A)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0294-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityOn February 19, 2005, British Airways flight 268, a 747, took off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) headed for London’s Heathrow Airport. It would be an 11-hour, 5,000-plus-mile flight. Shortly after takeoff, only 296 feet in the air, one of the jet’s four engines exploded. The pilots had to determine what course of action to take: return immediately to LAX or continue the flight. This case outlines the various options and the potentia...Starting at €8.20
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Wisdom of (Expert) Crowds
Duboff, Robert S.Article HBS-F0709G-EStrategyThe Delphi technique involves recruiting panels of experts from a variety of fields and asking them to iteratively evaluate predictions about the future of, say, an emerging innovation until they reach consensus. Shaping the strongest predictions into several possible scenarios prepares managers to act quickly when one begins to unfold.Starting at €8.20
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Suncor in the Oil Sands Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L.Case HBS-708023-EStrategyDescribes the economics, technology, and politics of the oil sands industry, focusing on one of the industry's leading firms. Oil sands deposits in Alberta represent a potentially vast reserve of hydrocarbons, but the extraction, refining, and transportation challenges are formidable, and the environmental consequences of large-scare oil sands development potentially severe. Encourages students to examine Suncor's strategic positioning and cost s...Starting at €8.20
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Climate Business/Business Climate
Porter, Michael E.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Schwartz, Peter; Esty, Daniel C.; Slater, Alyson; Bortz, Christina; Hoffman, Andrew J.; Schendler, Auden; Bakhshi, Vicki; Krajeski, Alexis; Roosevelt, Theodore; Llewellyn, John; Correa, Maria Emilia; Way, Mark; Rendlen, BrittaArticle HBS-F0710A-EClimate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change. Michael E. Porter and Forest L. Reinhardt argue that the effects of climate change on companies' operations are now so tangible and certain that the issue is best addressed with the tools of the strat...Starting at €8.20
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Climate Business/Business Climate (Spanish version)
Porter, Michael E.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Schwartz, Peter; Esty, Daniel C.; Slater, Alyson; Bortz, Christina; Hoffman, Andrew J.; Schendler, Auden; Bakhshi, Vicki; Krajeski, Alexis; Roosevelt, Theodore; Llewellyn, John; Correa, Maria Emilia; Way, Mark; Rendlen, BrittaArticle HBS-F0710ABusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityClimate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the risks and opportunities of climate change. Michael E. Porter and Forest L. Reinhardt argue that the effects of climate change on companies' operations are now so tangible and certain that the issue is best addressed with the tools of the strat...Starting at €8.20
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Medco Energi Internasional, Teaching Note
Villalonga, Belen; Amit, Raphael; Hartman, ChrisTeaching Note HBS-208076-EFinanceTeaching Note to (207-021) and (207-702).Starting at €0.00
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Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: Deciding about "Megadeals"
Mikes, AnetteCase HBS-109071-EFinanceThis case introduces risk management in the context of corporate lending, one of the bread-and-butter functions of commercial banks. It evokes the cultural tension between the risk function and the business line, which in this organization reverberated long after the decisive votes were cast at the group credit committee. The case further motivates debate on calculative cultures, and the role of model-based risk assessments in decision-making, an...Starting at €8.20
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Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital (Brief Case)
Luehrman, Timothy A.; Heilprin, Joel L.Case HBS-4129-EFinanceWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. The senior vice president of project finance for a global oil and gas company must determine the weighted average cost of capital for the company as a whole and each of its divisions as part of the annual capital budgeting process. The case uses comparable companies to estimate asset betas for each operating...Starting at €8.20
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Cost of Capital (Brief Case) (Spanish version)
Luehrman, Timothy A.; Heilprin, Joel L.Case HBS-410S15FinanceWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. The senior vice president of project finance for a global oil and gas company must determine the weighted average cost of capital for the company as a whole and each of its divisions as part of the annual capital budgeting process. The case uses comparable companies to estimate asset betas for each operating...Starting at €8.20