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Brexit
Alfaro, Laura; Schreger, Jesse; Sheldahl-Thomason, HavilandCase HBS-717028-EEconomicsAfter more than 40 years of membership in the European Union, the United Kingdom voted via referendum to separate from the EU on June 23, 2016. Following the surprise verdict (termed Brexit), a political upheaval followed, with many ministers, including Prime Minister David Cameron, resigning or being sacked, and markets collapsed. As markets recovered, Theresa May was chosen as the new prime minister of the UK in charge of leading the separation...Starting at €8.20
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Latam Airlines and COVID-19: Seeking Bankruptcy Protection in the United States
Alfaro, Laura; Larrain, Mauricio; Vilches, Carlos; Jeong, SarahCase HBS-321027-EEconomicsOn May 26, 2020, Latam Airlines became the largest airline in the world to be driven to bankruptcy by COVID-19. With a complex debt structure and international investor composition, the company decided to file for bankruptcy protection in the United States, which offered a more flexible reorganization procedure than the local bankruptcy process. After the filing announcement, the company reached an all-time-low stock market valuation. Some expert...Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (B): a Steep and Risky Climb to Success: Decisions & Consequences
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-7-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "Nacre: Turning a Lab Idea into a High-Growth Firm (A)" [EFC-2-E]. This case B describes the strategic decisions and actions of the CEO and how eventually, this firm - with only 12-15 employees at that time (plus a large contract manufacturer) - manages to land a US-$30 million deal with the US Marine Corp. Soon after, this company is acquired by a l...Starting at €8.20
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JacobsRimell (A): Leading out of Bankruptcy: A CEO takes on the role of "bad cop" to save a failing UK software company
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-8-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase is about a young VC-backed technology company in the UK, trying to turn around from a near-death crisis. The company offered a technology related to the management of broadband access, VoIP and digital television (DTV) services to large TelCos and cable providers, but is on the verge of bankruptcy after they have unexpectedly lost two large contracts within a very short time. The VC firm is bringing in a new (first-time) CEO in ord...Starting at €8.20
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Intrapreneurship in Telefónica: Wayra, a Company Faster Than the Wind
de Ros, María del Mar; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-162-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeWayra was founded as an independent company (100% owned by Telefónica) with the mission of detecting talent in young entrepreneurs, developing the local entrepreneurship ecosystem and, at the same time, attempting to transform corporate culture. If, up until this point, the Wayra team had sought perfection in its method of operation rather than being the exception, now that it was reporting directly to the CEO and the organization had its eyes on...Starting at €8.20
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Sovereign Wealth Funds: For Profits or Politics
Alfaro, Laura; Kim, ReneeCase HBS-708053-EOn March 21, 2008, the U.S. government secured an agreement from two leading sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to adopt a new set of investment principles to govern the Funds' activities. SWFs, broadly defined as an investment fund owned by a national or a government, were gaining prominence across the globe, especially with their recent investments in troubled U.S. financial firms that had suffered significant losses from the subprime mortgage crisi...Starting at €8.20
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The U.S. Current Account Deficit (Spanish version)
Alfaro, Laura; Di Tella, Rafael; Vogel, Ingrid; Kim, Renee; Jeong, Sarah; Johnson, MatthewCase HBS-706S24EconomicsInvestors and policymakers throughout the world were confronted with the risk of painful economic consequences arising from the large U.S. current account deficit. In 2007, the U.S. current account deficit was $731 billion, equivalent to 5.3% of GDP. The implications of the deficit were debated with intensity. At one extreme, it was argued that large deficits would eventually resolve themselves smoothly, even if they persisted for many more years...Starting at €8.20
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Atam: Innovating in the Social Sector (A)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª Julia; Plaza López, LuisCase DPO-244-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeAtam is an association of Grupo Telefónica, which was founded in 1973 with the aim of providing assistance for the disabled and elderly dependents. It was the result of an agreement between the company and its labor unions. It is a nonprofit, national organization, declared to be serving the public interest, and has 60,000 members belonging to 28 companies of the group. Atam has three major areas of action: individual financial support, direct-ca...Starting at €8.20
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Chile: Unrest in the Copper Nation
Alfaro, Laura; Jeong, SarahCase HBS-320051-EEconomicsFor decades, Chile enjoyed the stability of being the world's largest producer of copper. Keynes would have advised that this period of growth would have been the time for the government to save, that "the boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerStarting at €8.20
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Transforming Korea Inc.: Financial Crisis and Institutional Reform
Alfaro, Laura; Kim, ReneeCase HBS-708007-EEconomicsSouth Korea, as one of the Asian "tiger" economies, transformed itself into the world's 11th largest economy and major exporter by 1996, emerging from being one of the lowest income countries in the region back in the 1960s. Yet one year later in 1997, Korea was swept up in the Asian financial crisis and sought a record $58 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund. The crisis exposed fundamental weaknesses in the Korean economy, from ...Starting at €8.20