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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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The Akamai Technical Academy
Applegate, Lynda M.; Barnett, JamesCase HBS-821021-ELeadership and People ManagementBy January 2020, Akamai Technologies had completed eight Akamai Technical Academy training programs in the U.S., Costa Rica, and Poland. Academy programs trained individuals without a traditional STEM degree for technically oriented jobs at Akamai. With aims to improve diversity across the technology sector, leadership considers expanding the ATA's reach.Starting at €8.20
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Capital Field: A Room with a View, Teaching Note
Retsinas, Nicolas P.; Wyatt, Joshua; James, Griffin H.Teaching Note HBS-210084-EFinanceTeaching Note for [207091].Starting at €0.00
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Poland: The transition to a free economy (A)
Gual, Jordi; Mech C.Case ASE-253-EEconomicsStarting at €8.20
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Forta Furniture: International Expansion, Teaching Note
Quelch, John A.; Easwar, KarthikTeaching Note HBS-918548-EMarketingTeaching note for case 918547.Starting at €0.00
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Poles apart on PZU (C)
Gino, Francesca; Dessain, Vincent; Misztal, Karol; Khayyat, MichaelCase HBS-912015-EAfter a decade-long dispute with the Polish State Treasury, in October 2009 the Dutch insurer Eureko agreed to exit PZU in exchange for compensation. Who was the biggest beneficiary of the settlement: Eureko, the Treasury, or PZU itself?Starting at €5.74
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Tequila Mobile SA, Teaching Note
Halaburda, Hanna; Surma, JerzyTeaching Note HBS-712473-EStrategyTeaching Note for 712453.Starting at €0.00
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Tequila Mobile SA
Halaburda, Hanna; Surma, Jerzy; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-712453-EStrategyWojciech Woziwodzki, co-founder, president, and CEO of Tequila Mobile SA, a mobile games developer, publisher, and service provider, had to make some important strategic decisions. Tequila Mobile SA had already decided to shift to a new "free2play" revenue model but needed to decide whether to focus on building its business in markets where penetration of smartphone devices was high and the economy was developed or in markets where the use of mob...Starting at €8.20
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Publicizing Know-How: DGA's Initial Public Offering
Moszoro, MarianCase F-853-ECorporate Governance, FinanceThe case presents the initial public offering of DGA ¿ a relatively small consulting firm, but at the same time the first in Central & Eastern Europe and one of a few in the world to go public. The reader stands over the decision-maker¿s dilemma, whether entering the stock exchange is a proper way for the development of a company which is heavily dependent on specific human assets in the form of know-how of key managers, and which revenues are su...Starting at €8.20
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LPP Reserved: Growth Strategies of a Fashion Retailer in Central and Eastern Europe
Renart, Lluís G.Case M-1213-ECorporate GovernanceIn 1989 two Polish entrepreneurs set up a company to import clothing. From 1999 they began to open their own retail stores. In 2001 the company went public on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. By 2007 it had three fashion retail chains with a total of 345 stores, a turnover of nearly ¿400m and profits of about ¿40m. In March 2008 the management was looking at the issue of how to continue growing, and in particular whether or not to buy another Polish fa...Starting at €8.20