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Framework for Risk Management
Froot, Kenneth A.; Scharfstein, David S.; Stein, Jeremy C.Article HBS-94604-EStrategyIn recent years, managers have become aware of how their companies can be buffeted by risks beyond their control. To insulate themselves from such risks, many companies are turning to the derivatives markets, taking advantage of instruments like forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Although heavily involved in risk management, most companies do not have clear goals underlying their hedging programs. Without such goals, using derivatives can be ...Starting at €8.20
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Large-Scale Government Contracting of NGOs to Extend Basic Health Services to Poor Populations in Guatemala
Nieves I.; La Forgia G. M.; Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1006-EService and Operations ManagementThe case discusses the situation of the Basic Services Coverage Extension Program (PECSB) in Guatemala at the beginning of 2000. During its three years of existence, the program has proven to be successful in persuading a large number of NGOs to work with the government in extending health services coverage to poor native populations living in rural areas. The new government is wondering whether the existing "agreements" should be upgraded to con...Starting at €8.20
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El Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social hacia la desconcentración de sus proveedores de servicios de salud
Jané E.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1044Service and Operations ManagementEl Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), una organización altamente centralizada y jerárquica, comenzó hace tres años un proceso de devolución de sus unidades de servicio, agrupadas en Areas Médicas de Gestión Desconcentrada (AMGD). El proceso era lento hasta que se diseñó un proyecto para crear las herramientas necesarias para administrarlo bajo las nuevas condiciones de autonomía. El Dr. Martín es el jefe de una de estas AMGD. El y sus ...Starting at €8.20
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El proceso de aprendizaje en la reforma de la atención sanitaria en Estonia
Soone I.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1042Service and Operations ManagementEl caso describe la evolución de la reforma en la Clínica de la Universidad de Tartu, desde la propiedad del Ministerio de Salud hasta el establecimiento de un nuevo consejo de administración, que integró al Ministerio de Salud como uno de sus miembros. El director del hospital tuvo que afrontar muchos problemas durante la conversión, incluyendo aspectos legales, la resistencia de los médicos, etc. La experiencia en Tartu puede utilizarse ahora, ...Starting at €8.20
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The Learning process in the Health Care Reform in Estonia
Soone I.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1042-EService and Operations ManagementThe Chairman of the Board of the Tartu University Clinics Foundation reflects on the changes his institution has undergone in the last few years. The 17 clinics that existed under the Soviet system have been brought together under the Tartu University Clinics Foundation and now have a unified organization with a Governing Council that includes government representatives. The dual managerial structure (reporting to the Ministry of Higher Education...Starting at €8.20
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Improving Health Care Access for the Poor: A Case Study of the Washington DC Public Health Care System Reforms (A)
Pate M. A.; Abramson, W.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1046-EService and Operations ManagementThe Major of Washington must decide how to restructure the health care of the District of Columbia, which has suffered from severe financial crisis. The availability of resources contrasts with its poor health outcomes. The main provider of health care to the uninsured, the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation is forecasted to exhaust its FY2001 subsidy by the middle of March. A commission has submitted its recommendations, which inclu...Starting at €8.20
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Improving Health Care Access for the Poor: A case Study of the Washington DC Public Health Care Systems Reforms (B)
Pate M. A.; Abramson, W.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1047-EService and Operations ManagementThe Major of Washington must decide how to restructure the health care of the District of Columbia, which has suffered from severe financial crisis. The availability of resources contrasts with its poor health outcomes. The main provider of health care to the uninsured, the Health and Hospitals Public Benefit Corporation is forecasted to exhaust its FY2001 subsidy by the middle of March. A commission has submitted its recommendations, which inclu...Starting at €5.74
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Innovating into Active ETFs: Factor Funds Capital Management LLC
Froot, Kenneth A.; Cohen, Lauren H.; Waggoner, ScottCase HBS-211031-EFinanceKishore Karunakaran, President and COO of FFCM, faces a variety of challenges in launching an innovative investment management business in the rapidly evolving ETF space.Starting at €8.20
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BlackRock Solutions
Froot, Kenneth A.; Waggoner, ScottCase HBS-211082-EFinanceThe BlackRock Solutions case examines the different functions and economics of a global asset manager's value chain, with particular emphasis on the "money management" and the "investment systems platform" businesses. Students analyze why BlackRock decided to unbundle its Aladdin investment platform and if the firm should consider expanding the platform in the future. Students also explore the resulting "dual-mission" challenges of servicing both...Starting at €8.20