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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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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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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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Embrace
Chu, Michael; Bloom, David E.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-814001-EEntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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Centros Comerciales Pryca, S.A. - Teaching Note
Rahnema Alavi, AhmadTeaching Note FT-25-EFinanceNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of case F-541-E.Starting at €0.00
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Nokia's Growing Cash Mountain - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadTeaching Note FT-65-EFinanceNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of case F-777-E.Starting at €0.00
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Bitcoin: Deciphering the Crypto-currency
Zamora, Javier; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Tatarinov, KatherineCase SI-191-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Information TechnologiesBitcoin was one of the first implementations of a concept called crypto-currency. It was built on the notion that money can be any object or any sort of record accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts in a given country or socio-economic context. Bitcoin was designed around the idea of a new form of money that used cryptography to control its creation and transactions, rather than relying on central authorities. In short,...Starting at €8.20
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Ecu, El
Rahnema Alavi, AhmadTechnical Note FN-366FinanceEsta nota presenta una introducción al SME y sus mecanismos de cambio e intervención, como la parrilla de paridades y el indicador de divergencia. La nota analiza también los mercados del ECU y su futuro dentro de la unión económica y monetaria.Starting at €8.20
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El microcrédito y las instituciones microfinancieras
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadTechnical Note FN-540FinanceEste documento trata de explicar el concepto de microfinanzas y microcrédito en sus distintas modalidades, las instituciones microfinancieras y los tres pilares del microcrédito: alcance, sostenibilidad financiera e impacto. El documento presenta varios casos reales de instituciones microfinancieras que están funcionando actualmente.Starting at €8.20