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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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Voestalpine AG (B)
Murray J. Bryant; Werner Auer-Rizzi; Sabine Reisinger; Harald Stummer; Robert Bauer; Michael Eyett; Brett MatthewsCaso IVEY-9B07M033-EDirección estratégicaThis supplement to Voestalpine AG (A), product 9b07M032, examines the decision to expand vertically instead of horizontally, but looking at a stamping plant and plastics firm (to get closer to its automotive customers) and a design firm. More importantly, the case examines the tools and methodologies employed by the company to assess fit in terms of costs and competencies and customers and competition.Desde 5,74 €
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Voestalpine AG (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Werner Auer-Rizzi; Iris Fischlmayr; Caecilia Innreiter; Brett Matthews; Michael EyettCaso IVEY-9B07M032-EDirección estratégicaVoestalpine AG, a public company located in Linz, Austria, was examining opportunities for growth. The company considers that to meet the needs of its customers, notably automobile, rail and construction, it has to grow. Further, the steel industry in Europe is in a process of consolidation. The company has a very strong balance sheet but due to its ownership structure (35 per cent is owned by the Austrian government), its market value is conside...Desde 8,20 €
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MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Ryan KaltCaso IVEY-9B08M043-EDirección estratégicaThe director and chair of the governance committee at MacDonald, Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. (MDA) considered how to advise the company's chief executive officer (CEO). As a company in the space industry, MDA relied on its exports to the United States. Joint ventures were helpful in securing contracts from the U.S. government but they were not always advantageous in other ways because these ventures required partnerships with competitors. At this...Desde 8,20 €
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Schuhren Consumer Packaging: Managing Risk
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCaso IVEY-9B14M056-EDirección estratégica, Iniciativa emprendedoraThe founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Schuhren Consumer Packaging (Schuhren), a manufacturer of plastic food packaging based in Windsor, Ontario, is getting ready to meet a group of buyers from one of the top six fruit packaging firms in the world. An hour before their arrival, the CEO uncovers a whole series of issues concerning quality assurance, waste production and machine operations that could have an impact on the company’s opera...Desde 8,20 €
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Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A.
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCaso IVEY-9B11B003-EContabilidad y control, Dirección estratégicaA consumer goods analyst has been asked to understand the governance structure and various risks facing Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA, a Swiss-based luxury goods conglomerate. Richemont has emerged as one of the premier luxury brand houses in the world and is controlled by a single person, Johann Rupert. The case describes the development of Richemont and provides information on various aspects of the firm, including its many luxury brand hou...Desde 8,20 €
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Canadian Pacific Railway (B): CP Rising
Murray J. Bryant; Karin KoopmansCaso IVEY-9B17M135-EDirección estratégicaSupplement for product 9B17M134.Desde 5,74 €
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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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BP and Public Issues (Mis)management
Murray J. Bryant; Trevor HunterArtículo IVEY-9B10TE09-EDirección estratégicaBP's horrible missteps after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded were almost predictable, given the culture of deceit and arrogance that executive actions had encouraged. While the accident could have been prevented, BP might have avoided its intense and deserved public flogging if only it had respected the best practices for managing a crisis and for managing. Readers of this article will learn what BP could and should have done differently.Desde 8,20 €