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Qantas Airlines: Twitter Nosedive
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M110-EStrategyThe executive of Government and Corporate Affairs at Qantas Airlines faced a communication situation that was spiralling out of control. Qantas had launched a contest through the social media service Twitter, asking participants to use Twitter to describe their “dream luxury inflight experience.” However, the competition dissolved as thousands of people used the opportunity to express negative comments about Qantas. By the second day, nearly 15,0...Starting at €8.20
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Unity Cars: At Risk of Business Failure During COVID-19
Xiping LiCase IVEY-W31078-EAccounting and ControlIn June 2020, the owner and director of UnityCars Pvt. Limited (UnityCars), a car rental company in Melbourne, Australia, was reviewing his fleet of vehicles and the company’s operation over the previous few months. The COVID-19 pandemic and related lockdowns had a negative and severe impact on UnityCars’ revenues. The company had expanded rapidly in previous years, becoming highly leveraged, which made it more vulnerable to negative shocks. A sh...Starting at €8.20
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Australia: Commodities and Competitiveness
Alfaro, Laura; Vietor, Richard H.K.; Russell, William; White, Hilary; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandCase HBS-713015-EEconomicsFor the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms-inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit and growing dependence on China. Between 1996 and 2007, however, Australia had most of these issues under control and grew at impressive rates, becoming one of the richest of developed countries. Yet competitiveness in its non-mining sectors declined. Since the financial crisis, additional chall...Starting at €8.20
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Australia: Commodities, Competitiveness, Climate and China
Vietor, Richard H.K.; Alfaro, LauraCase HBS-720028-EEconomicsFor the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms-inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit, and growing dependence on China. Between 1996 and 2007, however, Australia had most of these issues under control and grew at impressive rates, becoming one of the richest of developed countries. Yet competitiveness in its non-mining sectors declined. Since the financial crisis, additional chal...Starting at €8.20
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Statistical Quality Control for Process Improvement (Spanish version)
Bohn, Roger E.Case HBS-616S10Service and Operations ManagementDescribes systematic methods for process debugging and improvement, based on statistical quality control. Examples are from manufacturing settings, but techniques are also useful for services and sales, and to quantity improvement as well as quality improvement.Starting at €8.20
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Queensland Sugar Limited
Bell, David E.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-508038-EMarketingUntil industry deregulation in 2006, Queensland Sugar ran Australia's single desk marketing system for raw sugar exports. Since deregulation, eight of the ten Queensland sugar millers have elected to continue collective marketing through QSL. However, several millers are threatening to leave the group and market on their own. Their primary objection is to QSL's board structure, which is currently divided equally between millers, growers, and inde...Starting at €8.20
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The Cultural Battle of the Australian Army
Gerard Seijts; Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B13C035-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe Chief of the Australian Army faces a significant public scandal. In recent weeks, allegations have emerged that members of the country’s defence forces, including officers, shared explicit emails and photos that denigrated women. The scandal occurs as the Australian Defence Force is actively encouraging more women to join the ranks of the military. The Chief of the Australian Army needs to devise a strategy to communicate to the victims of th...Starting at €8.20
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New Earth Mining, Inc.
Fruhan, William E.; Wang, WeiCase HBS-913548-EFinanceNew Earth Mining is one of the largest producers of precious metals in the U.S. While the firm operates mines primarily in the U.S. and Canada, it has also made substantial investments in gold exploration projects in Australia and Chile. New Earth has been very successful and has a large amount of cash on the balance sheet, a simple debt structure, and a reasonable leverage ratio with liquidity risk. With a strong financial position, the firm con...Starting at €8.20
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Unidentified Industries: Australia 2014, Teaching Note
Esty, Benjamin C.; Fruhan, William E.Teaching Note HBS-216018-EFinanceHelps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in the firm's financial statements. In this exercise, students are given balance sheet data in percentage form (common-size balance sheets) and other selected financial ratios for a set of 12 unidentified firms from 12 different industries (all 12 companies are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, ASX). Students must use the balance sheet data and the financ...Starting at €0.00
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Unidentified Industries: Australia 2014
Esty, Benjamin C.; Fruhan, William E.Case HBS-216014-EFinanceHelps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in the firm's financial statements. In this exercise, students are given balance sheet data in percentage form (common-size balance sheets) and other selected financial ratios for a set of 12 unidentified firms from 12 different industries (all 12 companies are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, ASX). Students must use the balance sheet data and the financ...Starting at €8.20