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Chile's Water System (A): The Privatization Debate: Teaching Note
Lee, HenryTeaching Note HBS-HKS603-EEconomicsTeaching Note for HKS412.Starting at €0.00
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Empresas La Polar, S.A. (A)
Edward Waltzer; Matko KoljaticCase IVEY-9B16C032-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyOn June 9, 2011, Empresas La Polar S.A., a Chilean retailer, informed the Chile’s securities commission that it had detected irregularities in its accounting for credit card receivables. A fraudulent credit card scheme masterminded by key executives and missed by directors and auditors was going to result in an estimated write-off in excess of US$300 million. On June 17th, the company advised the commission that the write-off would, in fact, be d...Starting at €8.20
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The Essex Shipwreck: Leadership in the Middle of Nowhere
Stephen Mathew; Charles Ebbers; Lucas MonzaniCase IVEY-9B20C049-ELeadership and People ManagementOn August 12, 1819, a crew set sail for the Pacific Ocean on a three-year voyage on the Essex whaling ship. On November 20, 1820, a giant sperm whale emerged from the ocean and critically damaged the Essex’s starboard hull. The crew consisted of the captaStarting at €8.20
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When One Business Model Isn't Enough
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Tarzijan, JorgeArticle HBS-R1201M-EStrategyTrying to operate two business models at once often causes strategic failure. Yet LAN Airlines, a Chilean carrier, runs three models successfully. Casadesus-Masanell, of Harvard Business School, and Tarzijan, of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, explore how LAN has integrated a full-service international passenger model with a premium air-cargo business model while separately operating a no-frills passenger model for domestic flights....Starting at €8.20
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Lumni Inc.: Improving Society In A Sustainable Way
Luis Felipe Martí Borbolla; José Alfredo Walls Gómez; June CotteCase IVEY-9B18M011-EStrategyIn June 2017, a journalist was preparing a major news story about Lumni Inc. (Lumni), a company that he wanted to profile in the next issue of his Mexico City–based magazine. Lumni's mission was essentially a social one: to improve the conditions, access, and quality of higher education for young students, especially in Latin America. However, although its mission was originally non-profit, Lumni was not considered a non-governmental organization...Starting at €8.20
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Innovating at Arauco: Chile's Largest Forestry Company
Carlos Osorio; Pratima BansalCase IVEY-9B16M139-EStrategyOn February 27, 2010, Chile was razed by a three-minute earthquake of 8.8 magnitude on the Richter scale. More than 500 people died and nearly 400,000 homes were destroyed. The overall cost was estimated at US$20 billion. Over 70 per cent of the people who had died in the earthquake were from the coastal town of Constitución. Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (Arauco), a Chilean-based forestry and timber company, was Constitución’s largest employer....Starting at €8.20
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Latam Airlines and COVID-19: Seeking Bankruptcy Protection in the United States, Teaching Note
Alfaro, LauraTeaching Note HBS-321080-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 321027.Starting at €0.00
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Latam Airlines and COVID-19: Seeking Bankruptcy Protection in the United States
Alfaro, Laura; Larrain, Mauricio; Vilches, Carlos; Jeong, SarahCase HBS-321027-EEconomicsOn May 26, 2020, Latam Airlines became the largest airline in the world to be driven to bankruptcy by COVID-19. With a complex debt structure and international investor composition, the company decided to file for bankruptcy protection in the United States, which offered a more flexible reorganization procedure than the local bankruptcy process. After the filing announcement, the company reached an all-time-low stock market valuation. Some expert...Starting at €8.20
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Uber and Cornershop: An Acquisition in the Multi-sided Platform Space
Jorge TarzijanCase IVEY-9B21M036-EStrategyIn mid-2020, Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) acquired Latin American-based mobile application Cornershop, which delivered online grocery purchases to the consumer’s home. The operation involved technology firms based on multisided platforms. Uber, which focused on the intermediation of passenger transport, had expanded to businesses such Uber Eats for the delivery of restaurant meals, while Cornershop’s focus was the purchase and delivery of super...Starting at €8.20
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WholeMeaning Inc. - Making your Strategic Bet
CROUTHAMEL, MICHELLE; DIAZ-MOLINA, IVAN; Sorich, DavidCase ESE-ES-C-ES-20-363-EStrategyThe case describes a technology start-up and its difficulties to define a product and a successful business model. It describes the struggle the founders went through in trying to harness the unlimited applications of NLP into a specific product.Starting at €8.20