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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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School Specialty, Inc.
Gilson, Stuart C.; Mugford, KristinCase HBS-214084-EFinanceSet in 2013, School Specialty was a financially troubled supplier of educational products to primary and secondary schools in the United States. The company planned to file Chapter 11 in order to address its excessive debt load, but needed to arrange debtor-in-possession financing to provide liquidity while in bankruptcy. The company has received a financing proposal from its existing term loan lender that includes some aggressive and unusual fea...Starting at €8.20
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Central European Distribution Corporation: Hostile Takeover, Bankruptcy Makeover
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-216059-EFinanceIn early 2013, CEDC, a large publicly-traded producer and distributer of vodka and spirits in Eastern and Central Europe, has suffered significant declines in its financial performance, is at risk of defaulting on its debt, and is under pressure from its largest shareholders to give them control of the board and to restructure its debt to avoid bankruptcy. The largest shareholder, billionaire Russian investor Roustam Tariko, has proposed an out o...Starting at €8.20
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Constellation Brands' Investment in Canopy Growth: Aiming High
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-220044-EFinanceIn 2017, Constellation Brands, the U.S. based beverage company, acquired a 9.9% equity interest in the Canadian marijuana company, Canopy Growth. In 2018, Constellation announced a subsequent investment in Canopy-taking its ownership interest to 37%. However, Canopy's performance had been volatile and net losses had increased since the investment. In an effort to get into the cannabis market early, had Constellation Brands been too early?Starting at €8.20
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BlackRock (B): Acquire MLIM - Teaching Note
Gulati, Ranjay; Gilson, Stuart C.; Sesia, AldoTeaching Note HBS-719431-EStrategyTeaching note to case 717405 and 717485Starting at €0.00
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Equity Restructuring at Dell Technologies: Buy Out, Buy Up, Buy In (A)
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-224005-EKnowledge and CommunicationIn November 2018, Dell Technologies was poised to re-enter the public markets by means of a complex recapitalization that would replace an entire class of publicly-traded "tracking stock," with new shares that would trade publicly without the need of a formal IPO. The tracking stock was meant to track the value of the publicly traded shares of the software company VMware, but from the outset had traded at a significant discount, sparking intense ...Starting at €8.20
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The Wolf in Cashmere: LVMH's Bid to Acquire Tiffany (Spanish version)
Gilson, Stuart C.; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-223S03FinanceIn November 2019, the iconic U.S. jeweler Tiffany agreed to be acquired by the luxury goods conglomerate LVMH. The $16.6 billion transaction was scheduled to close in mid-2020. However, in 2020, the global COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on the luxury goods sector. In September 2020 LVMH announced that it was backing out of the deal. Tiffany filed suit against LVMH. LVMH countersued, arguing that the pandemic triggered a material adverse effect (MA...Starting at €8.20
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Martian Rocket Products
Serrano, Alejandro; Ribera, JaumeCase OIT-36-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes the situation faced by MRP, a manufacturer of parts for the aerospace industry. Mamagers have to decide how many parts of each component should be ordered from the suppliers.Starting at €8.20
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Amazon: equilibrio entre orientación al cliente y compromiso del empleado
Tatge, Larisa; Lago, Alejandro; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1165Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementAmazon se define como la empresa más centrada en el cliente del mundo y explica su crecimiento en diversos sectores como una forma de ir aportando más valor a sus clientes. Si visión es "to be earth's most customer centric company; to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online" ("ser la compañía más centrada en el cliente del mundo, crear un lugar al que la gente pueda acudir para encontrar y d...Starting at €8.20