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S&P Indices and the Indexing Business in 2012
Viceira, Luis M.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-213049-EFinanceIn June 2012, Standard & Poor's Indices is finalizing a deal with the CME Group, the largest global exchange for futures and options and majority owner of Dow Jones Indexes, to combine their respective indices business into a new joint venture called S&P Dow Jones Indices. This case discusses the index provider business model through the lenses of this transaction: sources of revenue and profitability, business valuation, uses of indexes in the m...Starting at €8.20
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"Factoring" e "Invoice Discounting"
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-541FinanceLa nota analiza el "factoring" como una fórmula que va más allá de la financiación y la venta de las "carteras de clientes". El "factoring" incluye una serie de servicios (entre ellos, la asunción del riesgo de crédito por parte del factor) que se estudian con detalle. Igualmente, incorpora el efecto de las NIIF-s/NIC-s sobre este instrumento de financiación; el desarrollo de la factura electrónica como "materia prima" del "factoring" y nuevas fó...Starting at €8.20
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Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pisano, Gary P.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-610036-EService and Operations ManagementExamines the process used by a major motion picture studio to develop and select movie projects. Warner Bros.' strategy is to focus its efforts on a small number of major "event" films (i.e., films with the potential to generate gross box-office receipts of $300 million or more). This strategy--which has worked for the past two years--entails risks. The studio is now asking how it can better manage these risks and, specifically, how it can improv...Starting at €8.20
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Amyris Biotechnologies: Commercializing Biofuel
Pisano, Gary P.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-610031-EService and Operations ManagementIn 2009, Amyris Biotechnologies was building a plant in Brazil that used synthetic biology to convert sugarcane into both renewable fuels and renewable chemicals. The Amyris' marketing team was investigating the commercial interest for both types of products, while the research and development team and the operations group were building processes that could accommodate both as well. CEO John Melo hoped to have commercial product available in 2011...Starting at €8.20
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MIFID (Market in Financial Instrument Directive)
Soley, Jorge; Zozaya E.Technical Note FN-550FinanceEsta nota técnica hace mención de la Directiva europea MiFID "Markets in Financial Instrument Directive"(*) que cambia totalmente los modelos de operar en los mercados de capitales. (*) Entrada en vigor: 1 de noviembre de 2007. Sus objetivos son: - Proteger al cliente e inversor individual - Regular el comportamiento de las empresas de servicios de inversión - Completar el mercado de servicios financieros de la Unión Europea Principales novedades...Starting at €8.20
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Dividend Policy at Linear Technology (Spanish version)
Baker, Malcolm P.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-209S19FinanceIn 1992, Linear Technology, a designer and manufacturer of analog semiconductors, initiated a dividend. The firm increased its dividend by approximately $0.01 per share each year thereafter. In fiscal year 2002, Linear experienced its first significant drop in sales since its 1986 initial public offering. Sales dropped by 47%, and profits fell by 54%. In the spring of 2003, CFO Paul Coghlan is deciding whether to recommend yet another increase in...Starting at €8.20
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MIFID (Market in Financial Instruments Directive)
Soley, Jorge; Zozaya E.Technical Note FN-550-EFinanceThis technical note talks about the European directive MiFID (Markets in Financial Instrument Directive) (*) which has completely changed its operation models in capital markets. (*) This directive became effective on Nov.1, 2007. The objectives are the following: -To protect the client and the individual investor. -To regulate the behavior of investment service companies. -To complete the European Union financial services market Main new points ...Starting at €8.20
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Embrace
Chu, Michael; Bloom, David E.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-814001-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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La Caixa 1992
López E.; Sebastián, Altina; Soley, JorgeCase F-497FinanceEl caso discute los problemas que se le pueden presentar a una caja de ahorros en España con la entrada en vigor de la normativa europea en materia de coeficiente de solvencia, a partir de 1993. Se incluye una descripción de la naturaleza de las cajas de ahorros, de sus perspectivas de?futuro y del planteamiento estratégico de La Caixa, la mayor entidad del sector en España. En el caso se discuten las alternativas de que disponen las cajas de aho...Starting at €8.20
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La financiación multilateral
Soley, Jorge; Sánchez de León, CarlosTechnical Note FN-621Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, FinanceSe entiende por financiación multilateral aquélla proveniente de los bancos regionales de desarrollo que tienen como objetivo la mejora económica, social e institucional de los países emergentes. El caso se centra en las actividades del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), el African Development Bank (AfDB), el Asian Development Bank (ADB) y la Corporación Financiera de Inversiones (CFI). Destaca que las pymes pueden ser objeto de este tipo ...Starting at €8.20