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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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Tesla-SolarCity
Mayfield, E. Scott; Siriwardane, Emil NuwanCase HBS-218108-EFinanceOn June 21, 2016, Tesla Motors, Inc. announced its offer to acquire SolarCity, bringing CEO Elon Musk one step closer to completing his goal of moving the world from a hydrocarbon-based economy to a solar-electric one. Markets and analysts were mixed in tStarting at €8.20
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Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in 2018
Siriwardane, Emil Nuwan; Viceira, Luis M.; O'Brien, ShawnCase HBS-219063-EFinanceIn early 2018, Blackstone announced that John McCormick would succeed Tom Hill as President and Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM), the largest fund-of-hedge funds in the world by a sizeable margin. As new CEO, McCormick must decide on strategic growth options for the firm as its traditional FOF business is maturing and growth in its nearly $80 billion in assets under management (AUM) is plateauing. In the r...Starting at €8.20
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Blackstone Alternative Asset Management in 2018, Teaching Note
Siriwardane, Emil Nuwan; Viceira, Luis M.Teaching Note HBS-219092-EFinanceStarting at €0.00
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Asset Allocation at the Cook County Pension Fund
Siriwardane, Emil Nuwan; Begenau, Juliane; Gonczarowski, YuvalCase HBS-218030-EFinanceNickol Hackett, chief investment officer of the Cook County Pension Fund, is responsible for investing the fund's $9 billion worth of assets on behalf of the employees of Cook County, Illinois. Like many other defined-benefit pensions at the time, the CooStarting at €8.20
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Tesla-SolarCity - Teaching Note
Mayfield, E. Scott; Siriwardane, Emil NuwanTeaching Note HBS-219032-EFinanceTeaching note for case 218-108Starting at €0.00
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Asset Allocation at the Cook County Pension Fund, Teaching Note
Siriwardane, Emil NuwanTeaching Note HBS-219074-EFinanceTeaching note for case 218030.Starting at €0.00
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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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Investing at Pivotal Ventures
Siriwardane, Emil Nuwan; McComb, Emily R.; Kuzucu, ErenCase HBS-221033-EFinanceLaunched in 2015 by Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pivotal Ventures is an investment and incubation company. The company aims to support and promote transformational ideas, people and organizations, and advance social progress for women and families in the U.S. Hoping to leverage and expand her expertise in mission-driven investing, Erin Harkless Moore (HBS 2012) recently took on the role of new Director of Invest...Starting 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