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Cresud S.A., Farmer or Real Estate Developer?
Goldberg, Ray A.; Segel, Arthur I; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Terris, AndrewCase HBS-211011-EFinanceAlejandro EIsztain, CEO of Cresud S.A., is faced with the difficult choice of whether to sell, develop or continue to hold the 151,000 hectares of remaining undeveloped farmland at the company's Los Pozos farm in Argentina. Developing the land will further expose Cresud to a variety of risks related to owning and operating farmland, but the potential financial rewards are potentially significant. As competition has increased and farmland values h...Starting at €8.20
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Buenos Aires Embotelladora S.A. (BAESA): A South American Restructuring
Gilson, Stuart C.; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-202009-EFinanceIn 1998, BAESA, PepsiCo's largest bottler and distributor outside North America, experienced severe financial difficulty and had to restructure its debt and business operations to avoid bankruptcy or liquidation. Based in Argentina, with operations throughout South America, the company had for years been a spectacular success story and media darling, until it undertook an ill-fated expansion in Brazil. The company's debt was owed to banks and fin...Starting at €8.20
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Public Equities Impact Investing at BlackRock
Cole, Shawn; Gandhi, Vikram; Norris, Michael; Masko, JohnCase HBS-221066-EFinanceIn early 2021, BlackRock-the world's largest asset manager with $9 trillion in assets under management (AUM)-sought to become a leader in promoting environmental and social sustainability. Over the previous ten years, CEO Larry Fink had written an annual open letter to CEOs, pushing them to view sustainability and climate change planning key components of any long-term strategy. He had built an investment stewardship committee to attend portfolio...Starting at €8.20
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Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (A)
Cole, Shawn; Masko, John; Zochowski, T. RobertCase HBS-221061-EFinanceIn 2017, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) faced the first big investment decision in its new Scaling Solar project. Founded in 1956, IFC was an international investment body with national governments as shareholders, whose mission was to promotStarting at €8.20
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Farmland Investing: A Technical Note
Goldberg, Ray A.; Segel, Arthur I; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Terris, AndrewCase HBS-211022-EFinanceTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. This note seeks to provide an overview of farmland investing; the investment thesis behind investing in agriculture, how and why investors would choose farmland, and the general risks and return characteristics of this asset class. In recent years, a growing number of individual and institutional investors have allocated a portion of their capital into agricultural farmland....Starting at €8.20
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Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (B)
Cole, Shawn; Masko, John; Zochowski, T. RobertCase HBS-221081-EFinanceIn 2018, Thailand's Bank of Ayudhya (known as Krungsri), was considering whether to participate in the first issue of a new financial instrument from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), known as a gender bond. Building on the success of the GreenStarting at €5.74