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PayPal: An e-mail payment system
Marcé, Carmen; Santomá, JavierCase F-742-EFinancePayPal, an e-mail payment system, was planning to establish itself in Europe. The case presents the alternatives available for PayPal's expansion as a banking product. It also explains how e-mail payment systems, and PayPal in particular, worked.Starting at €8.20
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SF Express: From Delivery to E-Commerce
Zhu, Feng; Lane, DavidCase HBS-616003-EService and Operations ManagementShunfeng Express (SF), China's leading express delivery firm, in May 2014 opened the first 500 of several thousand Heike stores, which allowed consumers to buy and try out SF's own e-commerce offerings, in addition to other services. As an example of China's "online-to-offline" trend in e-commerce, Heike stores allowed SF to leverage its logistics and IT expertise to differentiate itself from its rivals in express delivery. As yet unclear was whe...Starting at €8.20
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OPI de Netscape Corporation: Gestión de riesgo e incertidumbre
Oguledo O.; Santomá, Javier; Subirana Vilanova, BrianCase SI-95Knowledge and CommunicationEste caso analiza los distintos riesgos que corrió Netscape Corporation durante su crecimiento, centrándose en los hechos que tuvieron lugar durante su oferta pública inicial. El caso gira en torno a la decisión de una sociedad de inversiones de comprar acciones. Varios escenarios de ingresos son frustrados por los factores de riesgo que acompañan a la compañía y al sector de Internet en su conjunto.Starting at €8.20
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Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-715411-EStrategyLate in 2013, Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez was considering how and whether to deepen the company's investment in Arogya Parivar, its profitable program that sold Novartis medicines in rural India, while expanding access to medicine and health information to millions of Indian villagers.Starting at €8.20
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Artes Gráficas Romero, S.A.
Álvarez, E.; Tàpies, Josep; Santomá, JavierCase F-592FinanceEl caso presenta los problemas financieros generados por un mal funcionamiento operativo de una empresa de artes gráficas, y más en concreto, por una mala gestión de «stocks». Se refleja la interrelación entre el control de «stocks» y la política financiera de la empresa. Se pretende efectuar un análisis paso a paso de la situación financiera de la empresa a corto plazo, hasta determinar cuáles son las causas de sus problemas y proponer solucion...Starting at €8.20
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Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. Scott; Lane, DavidCase HBS-216039-EFinanceIn April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world's largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving sStarting at €8.20
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Demetrio Bancarel
Gadea J.; Santomá, JavierCase F-744FinanceEl caso plantea la selección e incorporación de un sistema centralizado de tesorería. Introduce casi todos los elementos importantes a considerar en una decisión de este tipo, y discute sus ventajas e inconvenientes.Starting at €8.20
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Amazon Buys Whole Foods
Alvarez, Jose B.; Lane, David; Coughlin, JoniCase HBS-518056-EService and Operations ManagementThe June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket chain Whole Foods precipitated a broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon's bold move into brick and mortar assets offered transformational opportunities. Amazon could gain expertise in perishable product sales and procurement, plus access to 30 million well-off shoppe...Starting at €8.20
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Angel Villa (A)
Jiménez F.; Santomá, JavierCase F-619FinanceSe analizan las ventajas e inconvenientes de la utilización de distintos instrumentos de previsión (seguro de vida, fondo de pensión, plan de jubilación, etc.)Starting at €8.20
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Carulla & Cía, S.A.
Barrero, F.; Gómez G.; Santomá, JavierCase F-654FinanceLa mayor empresa de distribución alimentaria de Colombia, se plantea la política financiera necesaria para financiar el crecimiento de la empresa en los próximos años. Ante un entorno económico de altos tipos de interés, mercados de financiación pequeños y una competencia creciente Carulla se plantea la alternativa de una ampliación de capital distribuida e el extranjero, especialmente EEUU vía ADR½s. El caso permite discutir las ventajas e incon...Starting at €8.20