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The Fall of Enron
Healy, Paul M.; Palepu, Krishna G.Case HBS-109039-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case traces the rise of Enron, covering the company's business innovations, personnel management, and risk management processes. It then examines the company's dramatic fall including the extension of its trading model into questionable new businessesStarting at €8.20
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Subprime Crisis and Fair-Value Accounting, Teaching Note
Healy, Paul M.; Palepu, Krishna G.; Serafeim, GeorgeTeaching Note HBS-112027-EFinanceTeaching Note for 109-031.Starting at €0.00
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Subprime Crisis and Fair-Value Accounting
Healy, Paul M.; Palepu, Krishna G.; Serafeim, GeorgeCase HBS-109031-EFinanceThis case examines the challenges in implementing fair value accounting for mortgage instruments, the role of accounting in the sub-prime crisis, and proposals for revising accounting standards given the crisis.Starting at €8.20
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How the Quest for Efficiency Corroded the Market (Spanish version)
Healy, Paul M.; Palepu, Krishna G.Article HBS-R0307FAccounting and ControlJust a few years ago, the U.S. stock market was the envy of the world. Thanks to new technology, friendly regulation, and the innovativeness of the financial services industries, it was open to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Americans poured into the market by the millions, and the more they invested, the more liquid, accessible, and attractive the markets became. The world is much less jealous today. Belatedly, investors have come to recognize that ...Starting at €8.20
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The Fall of Enron (Spanish version)
Healy, Paul M.; Palepu, Krishna G.Case HBS-110S03Leadership and People ManagementThe case traces the rise of Enron, covering the company's business innovations, personnel management, and risk management processes. It then examines the company's dramatic fall including the extension of its trading model into questionable new businesses, the financial reporting problems, and governance breakdowns inside and outside the firm. The case offers students an opportunity to explore why Enron failed and to understand the systemic probl...Starting at €8.20
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Vita: Cosmetics in the Nordics
Narayandas, Das; Palepu, Krishna G.; Herman, KerryCase HBS-516013-EVita is a Norwegian cosmetics retailer owned by FSN Capital, a Scandinavian private equity company. The company has a strong market position in Norway. The case focuses on two strategic issues: how to develop an e-commerce strategy to supplement the company's traditional retail strategy, and how best to grow the company in Sweden. While both of these are potentially important future growth drivers, they also entail large investments in new capabi...Starting at €8.20
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Pinduoduo
Zhu, Feng; Palepu, Krishna G.; Yining Cao, Bonnie; Lau, DawnCase HBS-620040-EService and Operations ManagementFounded in 2015 by serial entrepreneur, Colin Huang, Pinduoduo Inc. (PDD) had become China's fastest-growing e-commerce platform in history. PDD pioneered a new approach to online shopping that allowed shoppers to share products, invite friends to form shopping teams, and purchase together at discounted prices. The company's rapid development helped it debut on the Nasdaq in July 2018, only three years after its inception. The fast growth was par...Starting at €8.20
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Floward
Palepu, Krishna G.; Arora, NamrataCase HBS-124010-EStrategyIn 2022, Abdulaziz B. Al Loughani, CEO and co-founder of Floward, an online flower and gifting company established in Kuwait in 2017, contemplated the firm's growth trajectory. Floward, an e-commerce enterprise that offered fresh-cut flowers sourced directly from global growers and had control over the entire delivery chain, had expanded its footprint to 32 cities across nine MENA countries and had ventured into the UK. Witnessing a remarkable CA...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Transformation at Tata Steel
Palepu, Krishna G.; Narayandas, Das; Kak, RadhikaCase HBS-323053-EStrategyT.V. Narendran, CEO of Tata Steel, India's oldest steel manufacturing firm, had taken concrete business and cultural transformation steps to future-ready the firm since taking over in 2013. He had deleveraged and instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, entered new segments and adjacent businesses, and launched digital transformation, agility, safety, and sustainability programs. At the heart of his transformation program lay the ...Starting at €8.20
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Tetra Pak Argentina (Spanish Version)
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-709S09StrategySe ocupa de las manos a la gestión de una situación difícil frente a la filial de una corporación multinacional (Tetra Pak) en un país en desarrollo (Argentina). La situación surge de una avería importante económica, social e institucional que pone en peligro la existencia de la filial. Argentina dejó de pagar su deuda soberana y devaluó el peso en más de un 200%, pero se diferenció el tratamiento de la tasa de FX para ser aplicado a diversas ope...Starting at €8.20