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Kelly Solar - Teaching Note
Lipson, Marc L.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1614TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1614Starting at €0.00
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Kelly Solar
Bodily, Samuel E.; Lipson, Marc L.; Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.Case DARDEN-F-1614-EFinanceA small start-up company must make additional investments to maximize its firm value. But the company owner will not make this investment unless she can renegotiate outstanding debt claims. Solving this "debt overhang" problem through negotiation is the focus of the case. In this context, students are exposed to a variety of issues: the nature of financial claims, bargaining and negotiation fundamentals, and agency costs of debt.Starting at €8.20
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IC Group A/S
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-716446-EStrategyIC Group owned several of Scandinavia's leading premium fashion brands. How should it respond to the decline of its primary wholesale distribution channels (independent fashion boutiques and department stores)? Should it open more physical stores or focus on e-commerce? Where should the Group focus its international expansion? How could it best leverage its operating platform to drive the profitability of its brands? Should it acquire existing br...Starting at €8.20
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Tencent
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-718426-EStrategyTencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China's largest social networking service provider with several of the largest social networking applications in the world, and China's favorite Internet portal. It was challenging Alibaba's Alipay as the leader in online payments systems, and it had esta...Starting at €8.20
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Hennes & Mauritz, 2000
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713509-EStrategyIn 2000, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) was the second-largest and most global player in the fashion retail business. It operated 682 stores, 80% of them outside its home country of Sweden, and achieved revenues of $3.0 billion and operating profits of $375 million. In 1999, when H&M announced plans to enter the U.S., sales had grown 20% per year and operating profits, 30%, for a decade. After the August announcement of U.S. expansion plans, its share pr...Starting at €8.20
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Panera Bread Company (Spanish version)
Lipson, Marc L.Case DARDEN-F-1827FinanceTraducción al español de la versión del 3 de septiembre de 2009 del caso UVA-F-1575. Al finalizar el año 2007, Panera Bread Company se enfrentó un nuevo desafío. Hasta la fecha, se había basado en ganancias retenidas e infusiones menores de capital para financiar sus operaciones. Pero una disminución de los márgenes limitaría el financiamiento futuro de fondos generados internamente. Para complicar las cosas el precio de sus acciones estaba en mí...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon.com, 2016, Teaching Note
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielTeaching Note HBS-718441-EStrategyTeaching Note for HBS No. 716402.Starting at €0.00
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Tencent, Teaching Note
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielTeaching Note HBS-718457-EStrategyTeaching Note for HBS No. 718426.Starting at €0.00
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The Inexorable Rise of Walmart? 1988-2016
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-716426-EStrategyIn October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3% to 4% over the coming three years. Profits would also fall due to significant investments in people and technology. The company's stock price dropped 10% on the news, the largest one-day decline since 1998. In February 2016, Walmart reported that revenues for 2015 had dropped 0.7% to $482.1 billion, the first decline in Wal...Starting at €8.20
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Hennes & Mauritz, 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCase HBS-713512-EStrategy"In 2012, Hennes & Maurtiz (H&M) was the second-largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. Sales for fiscal 2012 were $18.1 billion and operating profits were $3.3 billion. H&M operated 2,776 stores, 93% of them outside its home base of Sweden. Over the past decade, H&M had passed Gap in sales, but the company had failed to keep up with Inditex's growth and its Spanish rival had larger sales and greater profitability than H&M. H&M had also ...Starting at €8.20