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The Vespa "Special" 50 cc (B): Seller
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase NEG-33-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision AnalysisA person wants to sell a motorbike, a Vespa 50 cc produced in 1967. It is a very rare and beautiful scooter, but it has an engine that is not original and different from what is reported in the documentation. The seller is aware that even a professional mechanic would find it difficult to spot such an anomaly in the Vespa. The negotiation between the seller and the potential buyer might be affected by the disclosure of such critical information.Starting at €5.74
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Negative Rates Are Negative in More Ways than One
John S. McCallumArticle IVEY-9B16TD03-EFinanceToday’s official interest rates are unprecedented, thanks to the spread of negative interest rate policy around the world. Negative interest rate policy is not an academic abstraction to be ignored by the corporate world. Indeed, negative rates come with negative implications for running a business. Until recently, zero was the lower bound on policy rates. But lately, various central banks representing about 25 per cent of global GDP have gone ne...Starting at €8.20
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FIJI Water: Carbon Negative
Gino, Francesca; Toffel, Michael W.; van Sice, StephanieCase HBS-611049-EService and Operations ManagementSeeking to go beyond global best practices in reducing environmental impacts, FIJI Water, a premium artesian bottled water company in the United States, launched a Carbon-Negative campaign that would offset more greenhouse gas emissions than were released by the company's operations and products. The case examines the controversies surrounding this program as well as the program's impacts on the environment and FIJI Water's brand image. The compa...Starting at €8.20
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Plug Power: A Case of Negative Revenue
Koch, AdamCase DARDEN-C-2460-EAccounting and ControlThis case examines the accounting implications of a customer incentive deal between Plug Power (Plug; an industry-leading manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cells) and Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon; Plug’s major customer). Alexis Reed is an analyst struggling to understand the implications of the negative annual revenue reported by Plug for fiscal year 2020. This extremely rare occurrence was caused by the interaction between the accounting rules for repor...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 33. Second Quarter 2016
IESE InsightMagazine REV-70-EDecision Analysis, Economics, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyFrom infrastructure changes to emerging business models to cybersecurity, this dossier is your survival guide. Marc Sachon explains Industry 4.0 and its implications, so that companies can move to protect their value chains and find new opportunities for growth. Javier Zamora presents a framework to help businesses tap connected data and pinpoint the programmable elements of their value proposition. Elmar Padilla recommends how companies enthusia...Starting at €22.00
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FIJI Water: Carbon Negative, Teaching Note
Toffel, Michael W.; Gino, FrancescaTeaching Note HBS-612051-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for 611-049Starting at €0.00
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James Madison, the 'Federal Negative,' and the Making of the U.S. Constitution
Moss, David A.; Campasano, MarcCase HBS-716053-EEconomicsOn June 8th, 1787, at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, delegates from across the United States began discussing a curious proposal to expand federal power over the states. James Madison of Virginia had suggested that the new constitution include a "federal negative," which would give Congress the authority to veto any law passed by a state legislature. He viewed this as a critical safeguard against unchecked power at the state level...Starting at €8.20
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Negative Feedback Rarely Leads to Improvement
Green, Paul; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-F1801B-EThe idea behind performance feedback is that to help people grow, we need to shine a light on the things they can't see about themselves. But a recent study shows that when employees receive critical appraisals from their peers, it mostly makes them seek out colleagues who will give them positive reviews instead.Starting at €8.20
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Plug Power: A Case of Negative Revenue - Teaching note
Koch, AdamTeaching Note DARDEN-C-2460TN-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product C-2460Starting at €0.00
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Counterfeits and E-Commerce: Why Even Build It?
Mani, Vidya; Thomas, Doug; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OM-1753-EService and Operations ManagementThis public-sourced case set in early 2021 examines the role counterfeiting has come to play in e-commerce, specifically at Amazon, which represents over one-third of the US online market. The case's protagonist is Amy Vega, who, along with Jason Larson, has cofounded a humidity-detection-device company with a product called the Hygro. Vega and Larson hope to sell the Hygro on leading e-commerce sites such as Amazon. But should they? Vega's res...Starting at €8.20