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eBay Inc.: The Portfolio Decision
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B20M113-EStrategyIn January 2019, eBay Inc. (eBay), a California-based e-commerce company, faced an activist campaign centred on its portfolio of businesses. Elliott Management Corporation, the hedge fund leading the campaign, believed that StubHub and Classifieds, two ofStarting at €8.20
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Corporate Governance at Toshiba Corporation
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-W27247-EStrategyIn early June 2021, an independent investigation team released its report into the way Japan-based Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) had conducted its 2020 annual shareholder meeting, finding that the company had mishandled the annual general meeting with respect to shareholder rights. As a result, Toshiba had to deal with the immediate problem of putting up a new slate of nominee board directors to be put to a vote at the next annual shareholder mee...Starting at €8.20
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Rio de Janeiro Galeao International Airport Concession
Lee, Henry; Deep, Akash; De Neve, PinarCase HBS-KS1230-EEconomicsIn 2013, Rio de Janeiro's main international airport, Gale o, was set to be privatized through a 25-year term concession. The Brazilian government set a minimum bid value of $4.8 billion for the airport. Five consortia submitted bids, surpassing the minimum bid value by at least 36 percent. The winning consortium of Singapore's Changi Airport and the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht surprised everyone by offering to pay R$19 billion, alm...Starting at €8.20
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First Solar: The Module Recycling Opportunity
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B16M042-EStrategyIn 2014, the vice-president and director of recycling at the Arizona-based First Solar, Inc., the world's leading solar energy company, was considering a business plan to convert its solar panel recycling initiative from a cost centre to a profit-making business. Although the company pre-funded the recycling of photovoltaic solar panels by adding the recycling cost to the end-customers’ purchase price, Europe had recently enacted laws requiring t...Starting at €8.20
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Buchanan Renewables: Bringing Power to Liberia
Lee, Henry; Deep, Akash; Heimur, TamaraCase HBS-HKS888-EEconomicsThe case - Buchanan Renewables: Bringing Power to Liberia - focuses on a proposal to build two 17 megawatt facilities to provide power to Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. The country has just come out of a bitter civil war in which almost all of its power system was destroyed. The case can be taught as an energy case - comparing the alternative supply options or as an infrastructure case - looking at the question - should Liberia pursue a projec...Starting at €8.20
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Pricing Carbon: The Birth of British Columbia's Carbon Tax
Datla, Anjani; Lee, HenryCase HBS-KS1170-EEconomicsIn 2008, British Columbia became one of the few jurisdictions in the world to successfully implement a comprehensive carbon tax. The architect of the tax, Premier Gordon Campbell, championed the broad-based carbon tax that applied to nearly all fossil fuels and made it "revenue neutral." Every dollar raised from the tax would be returned to BC residents and businesses in the form of personal income and corporate tax cuts. Campbell was an unlikel...Starting at €8.20
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Pricing Carbon: The Birth of British Columbia's Carbon Tax (Sequel)
Lee, Henry; Datla, AnjaniCase HBS-KS1171-EEconomicsThis sequel accompanies case KS1170. In 2008, British Columbia became one of the few jurisdictions in the world to successfully implement a comprehensive carbon tax. The architect of the tax, Premier Gordon Campbell, championed the broad-based carbon tax that applied to nearly all fossil fuels and made it "revenue neutral." Every dollar raised from the tax would be returned to BC residents and businesses in the form of personal income and corpora...Starting at €8.20
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Gainesville Regional Utilities' Feed-in Tariff Epilogue
Lee, Henry; Stokes, LeahCase HBS-HKS704-EService and Operations ManagementInspired by the experiences in Germany and Spain, Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) developed a pilot feed-in tariff to stimulate investment into solar photovoltaic systems. This case explores the factors behind the decision to promulgate a feed-in tariff, and the factors that affected the design of the tariff and its rate. Once implemented, GRU found that its design created several perverse incentives that led to some unexpected results. The ...Starting at €8.20
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New Delhi Water and Power
Singh, Avjeet; Lee, HenryCase HBS-HKS103-EFinanceThe New Delhi Water and Power case compares the efforts by the government of the capital territory of New Delhi to privatize its electric distribution company and reform its municipal water company. The case introduces students to problems surrounding the delivery of water and power infrastructure services common in developing countries and the challenges that governments face when they attempt to reform these two sectors. The case can be taught ...Starting at €8.20
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Gainesville Regional Utilities' Feed-in Tariff
Lee, Henry; Stokes, LeahCase HBS-HKS703-EEconomicsInspired by the experiences in Germany and Spain, Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) developed a pilot feed-in tariff to stimulate investment into solar photovoltaic systems. This case explores the factors behind the decision to promulgate a feed-in tariff, and the factors that affected the design of the tariff and its rate. Once implemented, GRU found that its design created several perverse incentives that led to some unexpected results. The ...Starting at €8.20