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The Lesbian and the Christian (B)
Freeman, R. Edward; Mead, JennyCase DARDEN-E-0298-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityTim Bono decided not to accept the homosexual-themed work, and the customer filed a discrimination complaint against his business. While eventually the complaint was dismissed, both sides were left feeling unhappy and dissatisfied. See also the A case, UVA-E-0297.Starting at €5.74
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Indonesia: Attracting Foreign Investment
Porter, Michael E.; Ketels, Christian H.M.Case HBS-708420-EEconomicsDescribes the economic development of Indonesia from independence after World War II to 2006 and the post-Suharto period. The coverage of the post-Suharto period provides evidence of how political and economic conditions are intertwined after a change in the political regime. Profiles the business environment in 2006, including a documentation of past and present policies that shaped the current situation. A particular focus is Indonesia's stance...Starting at €8.20
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Vegpro Group: Growing in Harmony
Bell, David E.; Milder, Brian; Shelman, Mary L.Case HBS-508001-EMarketingVegpro, a horticulture company, is Kenya's largest exporter of fresh vegetables and flowers to top supermarkets in the U.K. and Europe. In 2007, Vegpro's business is threatened by growing consumer concern about the environmental impact of food production and transport, including "food miles". The case describes the company's growth, which includes the use of owned land and outgrowers for production, the addition of value-added processing to obtai...Starting at €8.20
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Subprime Meltdown: American Housing and Global Financial Turmoil
Rotemberg, Julio J.Case HBS-708042-EFinanceThis case focuses on the financial difficulties faced in the US from August to December 2006 as well as their roots in subprime lending. After briefly discussing how mortgages were structured and traded in the pre-1990 period, it describes subprime mortgage lending, as well as other innovative mortgages issued in the 1990s. It also discusses how these mortgages were packaged into securities, and who ultimately came to own these claims and their a...Starting at €8.20
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U.S. Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Policy Reactions (A)
Alfaro, Laura; Kim, ReneeCase HBS-708036-EFinanceBy March 2008, the U.S. Government and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board had taken various policy measures over the last few months to tackle the subprime mortgage crisis that threatened to drag the economy into a recession. The Bush administration approved a fiscal stimulus package exceeding $150 billion. Interest rates had been repeatedly cut at the fastest pace in decades, to 2.25% as of March 2008. The Fed, in an unprecedented move, helped JPMor...Starting at €8.20
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Vegpro Group: Growing in Harmony, Teaching Note
Bell, David E.; Shelman, MaryTeaching Note HBS-508106-EMarketingTeaching Note for [508-001].Starting at €0.00
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Subsidies and the China Price (Spanish version)
Haley, Usha C.V.; Haley, George T.Article HBS-F0806CService and Operations ManagementNew research suggests that Chinese companies' price advantage comes not from low-cost labor but from massive government subsidies. That finding has major implications for foreign firms that compete with, or source from, those companies.Starting at €8.20
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Consumer Payment Systems - Japan
Edelman, Benjamin; Hagiu, AndreiCase HBS-909007-EStrategyIn 2008, the Japanese consumer payments landscape featured ongoing widespread use of cash, limited use of credit cards and rapid rise of e-money systems based on contactless technology embedded in cards and especially mobile phones. The case details the alliances that created new products, as well as the regulations that sometimes stood in the way. Throughout, the case identifies incentives for both consumers and merchants, including direct costs...Starting at €8.20
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Arcadia Biosciences: Seeds of Change
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-709019-EArcadia Biosciences is an entrepreneurial California agricultural biotech company seeking to earn carbon credits by modifying commodity crops for use in China and India. Eric Rey, Arcadia's CEO, faced a strategic inflection point in early September, 2008. The company had a plan to share carbon credits allocated by the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board to China, for use of Arcadia's rice varieties, since they enabled farme...Starting at €8.20
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Special Economic Zones in India: Public Purpose and Private Property (A)
Alfaro, Laura; Iyer, LakshmiCase HBS-709027-EEconomicsIn 2005, the government of India enacted the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act in order to attract investment, generate export revenues, and create manufacturing jobs. However, several planned projects faced difficulties in acquiring land for setting up the SEZ. In December 2007, the government introduced a new piece of legislation, which proposed to extend the power of eminent domain to allow the government to acquire land for SEZs. Was this the ...Starting at €8.20