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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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The Challenges of International Entrepreneurship at Expatica.com
Christopher Williams; Judith vanHerwaardenCaso IVEY-9B11M085-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraIn April 2011, the management team at Expatica Communications B.V. was reviewing the progress of the company and the opportunities for future growth. The management team had to take stock: the external environment was rapidly changing, and threats from competitors were on the rise. Expatica had been founded 11 years earlier to provide English-language information and news to the expatriate community in Europe, delivering its services primarily ov...Desde 8,20 €
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Champagne Cattier: The Diversification Challenge
Nathalie Spielmann; Christopher WilliamsCaso IVEY-9B18M146-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraThe Cattier family had been active in the Champagne region of France for over 250 years. Starting out as growers of grapes, they moved into champagne production, initially for local consumption. By 2017, the Cattier company, which had reached 35 full-time employees, engaged in related diversification activities on multiple fronts and internationalized its market. Cattier was selling its champagne to markets such as the United States, Japan, and t...Desde 8,20 €
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Business Process Outsourcing at Apollo Health Street
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCaso IVEY-9B11M041-EDirección estratégicaThe managing director of Apollo Health Street (AHS), a health care business process outsourcing (BPO) company headquartered in Pennsylvania, United States, was pondering two dilemmas: achieving short-term growth for his company, and finding new ways to compete in a changing industry. AHS was itself a subsidiary of Apollo Health Enterprises Ltd., an integrated health care company located in Hyderabad, India. AHS had been growing at an 80 per cent ...Desde 8,20 €
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Atlantic Corporation
Tufano, PeterCaso HBS-208S14FinanzasDos fabricantes de productos forestales negocian la venta de un grupo de activos. ACER permitiría que el comprador se deprecie rápidamente el intensificó base para justificar una alta valoración. El vendedor pagó recientemente greenmail, y esta operación puede estar relacionado con su deseo de evitar el pago de un segundo inversor.Desde 8,20 €
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United Grain Growers Ltd. (A) (Spanish Version)
Tufano, Peter; Gilson, Stuart C.; Musher, JoshuaCaso HBS-203S02FinanzasEstados Productores de Granos Ltd. (UGG), un distribuidor de grano canadiense, auditado su exposición a una serie de riesgos importantes, especialmente el impacto del clima en los volúmenes de granos y la utilidad de operación. La comprensión de estos riesgos fue crucial, ya que la empresa se encontraba en medio de un importante programa de modernización y diversificación. Pero a pesar de UGG ya se gestionan los riesgos tradicionales a través de ...Desde 8,20 €
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Time Out: A New Global Strategy to Bring Back Profit
Christopher Williams; Umair ShafiqueCaso IVEY-9B17M063-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraIn June 2016, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the United Kingdom-based Time Out Group PLC (Time Out), had just taken the company through an initial public offering, raising much-needed capital for investment and growth. Time Out, which provided consumers with information, tickets, and access to theatre, concerts, and events, as well as food, drink, and cultural experiences in its Time Out Market, had reported significant losses in 2014 and 2...Desde 8,20 €
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Shelby Division 2012
Christopher Williams; Ken MarkCaso IVEY-9B14M126-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraThe vice-president and general manager for Michigan Plastic Inc.’s Shelby Division (Shelby) is faced with various options. Shelby specializes in thermoforming plastic gasoline tanks for global automotive companies such as General Motors, Ford and Toyota. The vice-president is looking at ways to restart growth at Shelby, a division that has been the subject of a turnaround effort from 2007 to 2010. In fact, the vice-president has committed to his ...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 €