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Managers and Market Capitalism, Module Note
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Ramanna, KarthikCaso HBS-112043-EEconomíaThe last thirty years have seen the widespread embrace of market capitalism as not only a highly efficient form of economic organization but also as one that best meets the diversity of human preferences. In large, complex societies, an increasing body of theoretical and empirical research suggests, however, that the existence of competitive markets rests on strong institutional foundations. This note explores the appropriate role for the general...Desde 8,20 €
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The Private Company Council
Ramanna, Karthik; Viceira, Luis M.Caso HBS-113045-EContabilidad y controlFinancial Accounting Foundation chairman Jack Brennan is under pressure from private-company interests to set up a new body-the Private Company Council-to determine separate GAAP for private companies. PCC advocates-including the US Chamber of Commerce-argue that traditional US GAAP has too many disclosure and fair-value requirements that impose very high compliance costs on private companies. But there are influential players-including the Big F...Desde 8,20 €
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When the Crowd Fights Corruption
Healy, Paul M.; Ramanna, KarthikArtículo HBS-R1301K-ECorruption is the greatest impediment to conducting business in Russia, according to leaders recently surveyed by the World Economic Forum. Indeed, it's a problem in many emerging markets, and businesses have a role to play in combating it, according to Healy and Ramanna. The authors focus on RosPil--an anticorruption entity in Russia set up by Alexey Navalny, a crusader against public and private malfeasance in that country. As of December 2011,...Desde 8,20 €
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Hennes & Mauritz, 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCaso HBS-713512-EDirección estratégica"In 2012, Hennes & Maurtiz (H&M) was the second-largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. Sales for fiscal 2012 were $18.1 billion and operating profits were $3.3 billion. H&M operated 2,776 stores, 93% of them outside its home base of Sweden. Over the past decade, H&M had passed Gap in sales, but the company had failed to keep up with Inditex's growth and its Spanish rival had larger sales and greater profitability than H&M. H&M had also ...Desde 8,20 €
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Rospil.info
Healy, Paul M.; Ramanna, Karthik; Shaffer, MatthewCaso HBS-112033-EEconomíaTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. What should business leaders do about corruption? In December 2011, four HBS alumni met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir Putin's corrupt government, which had erupted in Russia in response to alleged fraud in the recent parliamentary elections. A notable figure in the protests was anti-corruption blogger Alexey Navalny. Navalny used publicl...Desde 8,20 €
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Gap, Inc., 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCaso HBS-713511-EDirección estratégica"Between 2000 and 2012, Gap, Inc. (Gap) ceded its world leadership position in specialty fashion retailing to Inditex of Spain and H&M of Sweden. These two companies, each less than a quarter of Gap's size in 2000, were now setting the pace in the globalDesde 8,20 €
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Benetton Group S.p.A., 2000
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCaso HBS-713510-EDirección estratégica"In 2000, Benetton was one of the leading mass fashion competitors in the world with approximately $1.9 billion in sales across 5,500 stores in 120 countries. But the company's fortunes seemed to be on the wane. Operating profits had fallen 9% from the prior year to $299 million. Having almost matched global leader, Gap Inc.'s revenues in 1985, Benetton was now only one seventh of Gap's size. Moreover, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) of Sweden had passed ...Desde 8,20 €
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Why "Fair Value" is the Rule
Ramanna, KarthikArtículo HBS-R1303H-EContabilidad y controlFor the past two decades, fair value accounting--the practice of measuring assets and liabilities at estimates of their current value--has been on the ascent, marking a major departure from the centuries-old tradition of keeping books at historical cost. Why has this happened? The author, an associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, offers one answer: The membership of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, whi...Desde 8,20 €
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Hennes & Mauritz, 2000
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCaso HBS-713509-EDirección estratégicaIn 2000, Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) was the second-largest and most global player in the fashion retail business. It operated 682 stores, 80% of them outside its home country of Sweden, and achieved revenues of $3.0 billion and operating profits of $375 million. In 1999, when H&M announced plans to enter the U.S., sales had grown 20% per year and operating profits, 30%, for a decade. After the August announcement of U.S. expansion plans, its share pr...Desde 8,20 €
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Inditex: 2012
Wells, John R.; Danskin, GalenCaso HBS-713539-EDirección estratégicaIn the 11 years since its public offering, Inditex and its flagship brand, Zara, had expanded into 86 countries, achieved $21.6 billion in revenue, and become the largest specialty apparel retailer in the world. In marked contrast to the general malaise of the Bolsa de Madrid, Inditex's share price tripled from 2008 to 2012 and traded at 25 times expected 2013 earnings, a 15% premium over Swedish rival, H&M. From 1,080 stores in 2000, it had expa...Desde 8,20 €