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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
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Risk Management at Wellfleet Bank: All That Glitters Is Not Gold
Mikes, AnetteCase HBS-110011-EAccounting and ControlThis case motivates a debate on the role of staff functions, such as risk management: what does it mean for them to be independent, and at the same time, to partner the business lines? The case describes the risk assessment process in the corporate banking arm of Wellfleet Bank (cca. 2006-2009) around an illustrative business proposal in the corporate lending business, and illustrates the decision challenges faced by the case protagonists (two se...Starting at €8.20
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Petrolera Zuata, Petrozuata C.A. (Spanish version)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Millett, Mathew MateoCase HBS-104S12FinancePetrozuata is a proposed $2.5 billion oil-field development project in Venezuela. The case is set in 1997 as the project sponsors, Conoco and PDVSA (Venezuela's national oil company), are planning to meet with various development agencies and rating agencies regarding the proposed financial structure. The sponsors hope to raise a portion of the $1.5 billion debt in the capital markets, which will require an investment-grade rating. The key questi...Starting at €8.20
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Mapping Your Fraud Risks
Bishop, Toby J.F.; Hydoski, Frank E.Article HBS-R0910F-ERisk managers should plot their organizations' fraud threats on a heat map. They'll want to look carefully at the upper-left quadrant, where unlikely - but potentially devastating - risks lurk. Of all the management tasks that were bungled in the period leading up to the global recession of 2008--2009, none was bungled more egregiously than the management of risk. This HBR Spotlight attempts to untangle the reasons that major systemic failures o...Starting at €8.20
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The Escalation Trap: How to Manage the Escalating Momentum of One-upsmanship-Escape the Competitive Cycle
D'Aveni, Richard A.Book Chapter HBS-5691BC-EStrategyHave you and your rivals become locked into a game of one-upmanship-each trying to outdo the other by offering the customer more benefits at the same or a lower price? Customers get more and more for their money. You lose out. If so, you've fallen into what Richard A. D'Aveni calls the escalation commodity trap. In this chapter, D'Aveni diagnoses the characteristics and causes of the escalation trap and offers strategies to help companies climb b...Starting at €8.20
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The Three Commodity Traps: From Diamonds to Glass--Is Your Company at Risk
D'Aveni, Richard A.Book Chapter HBS-5688BC-EStrategyCompanies around the world are increasingly falling prey to commoditization. As India and China exert their incredible economic potential, and technology continues to make major forward leaps, many companies' once-unique products or services become indistinguishable from others in the market. These companies find that they can hold their prices and lose market share, or they can hold market share only by lowering their prices. In either case, the...Starting at €8.20
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The Deterioration Trap: How to Use Market Power to Beat the Low-End Competitors
D'Aveni, Richard A.Book Chapter HBS-5697BC-EStrategyThe deterioration commodity trap occurs when a low-end competitor creates a dominant position that expands the market share at the low end. Like a black hole, the low-end competitor literally swallows up positions around it. Is your company in danger of falling victim to a low-end competitor? In this chapter, Richard A. D'Aveni offers a probing set of questions and characteristics that will help you determine if your company is at risk. He shows ...Starting at €8.20
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Beating the Odds When You Launch a New Venture
Gilbert, Clark G.; Eyring, Matthew J.Article HBS-R1005G-EEntrepreneurshipDespite the popular image of entrepreneurs as risk-loving cowboys, the reality is that great entrepreneurs don't take risks-they manage them. The authors counsel managers to recognize that not all risks are created equal: When you're launching a new venture, first consider deal-killer risks that, if left unexamined, could kill the whole business. Next tackle the risks that could sabotage the project if it took a path you're not currently anticipa...Starting at €8.20
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Aruna Roy and the Birth of a People's Movement in India
Garcia-Rios, Patricia; Krishnamurthy, Pratibha; Winston, KennethCase HBS-HKS128-EThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. In 2005, the Parliament of India enacted the Right to Information Act, a law giving citizens of India access to central, state, and local government records. Under the law's provisions, citizens have the ability to request info...Starting at €8.20
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Beating the Odds When You Launch a New Venture (Spanish version)
Gilbert, Clark G.; Eyring, Matthew J.Article HBS-R1005GEntrepreneurshipYou should be trying to prove that your assumptions are wrong, not simply to confirm your own biases.Starting at €8.20