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Management LP in 2008, 130/30 Funds, and a Low-Volatility Strategy, Teaching Note
Greenwood, Robin; Viceira, Luis M.Teaching Note HBS-211079-EFinanceTeaching Note for 209-047.Starting at €0.00
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MacroMarkets LLC
Greenwood, Robin; Viceira, Luis M.Case HBS-211006-EEconomicsMacroMarkets co-founder and CEO Samuel Masucci III is meeting with a strategic partner for his firm. Co-founded with Yale University Professor Robert Shiller, MacroMarkets' main innovation is the "MacroShare," which allows investors to take long or short, levered or unlevered, positions based on the value of any index. Both Shiller and Masucci are hopeful that MacroShares can help investors hedge all kinds of macroeconomic risks, including exposu...Starting at €8.20
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The Proxy Fight at ADP
Greenwood, Robin; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-219052-EFinanceIn July 2017, shares of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) surged 12% following a report that the activist investor Bill Ackman had acquired a sizable stake in the company and planned to nominate his own slate of directors at the company's annual meeting in November. Over the months that followed, Ackman and ADP engaged in an increasingly acrimonious battle of words about the future of ADP. Ackman argued that the company was materially underpe...Starting at €8.20
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Blackstone Alternative Asset Management
Greenwood, Robin; Viceira, Luis M.; Dourdeville, JaredCase HBS-213129-EFinanceThis case explores reasons for Blackstone Alternative Asset Management's (BAAM's) growth from 2007-2013, a time when the overall fund of hedge funds industry contracted substantially. Additionally, the case analyzes evolving business models and value propositions within the fund of hedge funds industry. J. Tomilson Hill, CEO of BAAM and Vice-Chairman of The Blackstone Group, is the protagonist. At the time of the case, BAAM was considering two po...Starting at €8.20
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MyTime
Begenau, Juliane; Greenwood, RobinCase HBS-217026-EFinanceEthan Anderson, the CEO of San Francisco-based e-commerce company MyTime, must decide on the company's growth strategy. MyTime's first product was a website and mobile app that offered consumers a convenient way to book appointments with local merchants throughout the United States. Student must assess the company's growth strategy and develop a model to value a prospective customer to the company's website.Starting at €8.20
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Epilogue
Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L.; O'Donnell, ShannonBook Chapter HBS-1019BC-EInformation TechnologiesIT has changed not only the way we work and conduct business, but also how we (and our customers) play, how we consume, and how we educate our next generations. And yet the IT phenomenon, so evident in the expenditures of every organization, has not yet achieved management attention equal to other areas, such as finance, marketing, operations, and human resources. The main problem according to the authors is the absence of systematic frameworks t...Starting at €8.20
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Chapter Sixteen Teaching Note: Standardization
Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L.; O'Donnell, ShannonTeaching Note HBS-8662-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching note for 1015BC.Starting at €0.00
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Chapter Eleven Teaching Note: Damage
Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L.; O'Donnell, ShannonTeaching Note HBS-8655-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching note for 1010BC.Starting at €0.00
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Chapter Twelve Teaching Note: Communication
Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L.; O'Donnell, ShannonTeaching Note HBS-8657-EInformation TechnologiesTeaching note for 1011BC.Starting at €0.00
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Boeing Co.: Moonshine Shop
Austin, Robert D.; Nolan, Richard L.; O'Donnell, ShannonCase HBS-607130-EStrategyDescribes how the "Moonshine Shop," a group of plant-savvy creative generalists, is helping a great industrial company become more innovative. Chronicles the history of the Moonshine Shop, its successes and failures, and describes innovations they've helped put in place. The group routinely creates savings equal to multiples of their own budge through front-lines process innovation and support of staff on-the-floor.Starting at €8.20