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Making Financial Markets Work For Consumers
Campbell, John Y.; Jackson, Howell E.; Madrian, Brigitte C.; Tufano, PeterArtículo HBS-R1107B-EEconomíaIn 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act created a new federal agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to improve the functioning of consumer financial services markets. The Bureau is scheduled to open its doors in July 2011. Its first director will be responsible not only for setting the policy direction of the agency but also for establishing its organizational structure and management climate. In this op...Desde 8,20 €
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H&R Block 2006
Tufano, Peter; Roy, Arijit; McClintock, EmilyCaso HBS-307091-EFinanzasMark Ernst, the Chairman, CEO and President of H&R Block, has to decide how to respond to a competitive threat posed by a competitor's refund lending product. Block is the largest U.S. tax preparation firm, which competes not only on its tax preparation services, but also through the provision of related financial services. A rival offers a pre-season refund lending product that has drawn away Block customers. Ernst feels that the product as stru...Desde 8,20 €
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Teach Workers About the Perils of Debt
Lusardi, Annamaria; Tufano, PeterArtículo HBS-F0911A-ELiderazgo y Dirección de personasMost consumers don't understand how interest rates work and can't make sound decisions about borrowing. So wouldn't employees be better served by company programs that ventured beyond retirement planning and helped them stop pouring money into credit card fees and payments?Desde 8,20 €
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Consumer Electronics in Catalonia (A)
Blázquez, María Luisa; Ballarín Fredes, EduardoCaso DG-1427-EDirección estratégicaThe case describes the consumer electronics cluster in Catalonia in 1995. At that time, it accounted for 80% of Spanish consumer electronics production and included some of the largest Asian multinationals. Certain circumstances, however, raised doubts as to the the cluster's viability in the medium term: among other things, the production of the firms in the cluster was concentrated in low value added activities; there was no coordination betwee...Desde 8,20 €
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Volvo-Renault: The Integration
Blázquez, María Luisa; Ballarín Fredes, EduardoCaso DG-1416-EDirección estratégicaThe case deals with the industrial vehicles sector, concentrating on heavy truck production. This business was in a difficult situation in 2000, due to a low demand cycle, tough competition and poor margins, worsened by a strict regulation of emissions, that was increasing production costs. Volvo and Renault were two of the main players in the industry, and in July 2000 Renault transferred its Industrial Vehicles branch to Volvo in exchange for 2...Desde 8,20 €
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Managing Risk in the New World
Kaplan, Robert S.; Mikes, Anette; Simons, Robert L.; Tufano, Peter; Hofmann, Michael; Champion, DavidArtículo HBS-R0910E-EFive experts gathered recently to discuss the future of enterprise risk management: Kaplan, the Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School, who with his colleague David Norton developed the balanced scorecard; Mikes, an assistant professor at HBS who studies the evolution of risk management and the role of the chief risk officer; Simons, the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at HBS; Tufano, the Sylvan C . Coleman...Desde 8,20 €
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Forecasting Climate Risks: Aviva's Climate Calculus
Egan, Mark; Tufano, PeterCaso HBS-224025-EFinanzasIn late 2021, Ben Carr, Director of Analytics and Capital Modeling at Aviva Plc (Aviva)-a leading insurer with core operations in the UK, Ireland and Canada,-was preparing for an upcoming presentation before the company's board which included its CEO, Amanda Blanc, featuring the results of Aviva's performance in the Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES) exercise mandated by the Bank of England. The CBES required all major banks and insurer...Desde 8,20 €
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Consumer Electronics in Catalonia (B): The Industry in the 21st Century
Blázquez, María Luisa; Ballarín Fredes, EduardoCaso DG-1428-EDirección estratégicaThe case describes the changes that took place in the consumer electronics industry between 1995 and 2000 at world level and analyses how the Barcelona cluster evolved during this period. It then describes the development of one of the firms in the cluster, Hewlett-Packard, which stopped being a manufacturing centre and instead became a product development centre. Manufacturing was transferred to other countries, while higher value added activiti...Desde 5,74 €
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Unions and the Automotive Cluster in Catalonia
Blázquez, María Luisa; Ballarín Fredes, Eduardo; Subirà, AntoniCaso DG-1465-EDirección estratégicaThis case presents the situation of the automotive cluster in Catalonia in 2003, and analyzes the role played by each of the cluster's agents, paying special attention to the unions. It describes how the unions evolved from a historical position of confrontation to much higher levels of cooperation. The case also analyzes the functioning of the automotive industry, the evolution of its competitive bases and the challenges posed for the Catalonia...Desde 8,20 €
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The Agro Food Cluster in Central Denmark (B)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María LuisaCaso SM-1617-EDirección estratégica, Economía, Innovación y cambioThe case describes an initiative in Central Denmark that consists of a business park that has aspirations of becoming a (micro) cluster. Paul Cornillon, chairman of the Board for the Danish Food Cluster, needs to move the initiative forward now that the cluster has been officially launched. The case was written based on published data and interviews conducted with members of the government, the management team at the Agro Food Park and other stak...Desde 5,74 €