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New Earth Mining, Inc. (Spanish version)
Fruhan, William E.; Wang, WeiCase HBS-917S19FinanceNew Earth Mining is one of the largest producers of precious metals in the U.S. While the firm operates mines primarily in the U.S. and Canada, it has also made substantial investments in gold exploration projects in Australia and Chile. New Earth has been very successful and has a large amount of cash on the balance sheet, a simple debt structure, and a reasonable leverage ratio with liquidity risk. With a strong financial position, the firm con...Starting at €8.20
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Flash Memory, Inc. (Brief Case) (Spanish version)
Fruhan, William E.; Stephenson, CraigCase HBS-413S08FinanceCapital Budgeting, Cash Flows, Financial Forecasting, Long Term Financing, Net Present Value (NPV), and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)Starting at €8.20
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Jackson Automotive Systems (Spanish version)
Fruhan, William E.; Wang, WeiCase HBS-914S07FinanceJackson Automotive Systems produces automotive parts for advanced heating and air conditioning systems, engine cooling systems, fuel injection and transfer systems, and various other engine parts, and it supplies them to the automotive industry primarily in Michigan. Like many OEM suppliers for the automotive industry, Jackson cut back production following the financial crisis in 2008. By 2013, the firm is back to operating at capacity. The compa...Starting at €8.20
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Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package (Spanish version)
Fruhan, William E.; Stephenson, CraigCase HBS-915S06FinanceNew MBA graduate Larry Steffen has accepted an attractive job offer from Athena Global Technology but must now choose one of two alternative compensation plans. The first compensation plan option includes a base salary plus a $25,000 cash bonus, and the second includes the same base salary plus employee stock options. In order to evaluate and decide on one of these plans, Larry must estimate the value of the offered stock options and consider sev...Starting at €8.20
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Reputation and the "Golden Rule"
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note DPON-20-ELeadership and People ManagementYou may ask how are we to conduct ourselves where meaning and perception are often ambiguous, in a market place where people are ambitious and often aggressive? How can we build and maintain a good reputation in such an environment? One way is to observe the Golden Rule as a minimum standard for our behaviour. Because the Golden Rule as a minimalist standard has emerged in almost every civilised society, it can be categorised as universal and a u...Starting at €8.20
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The Languages of Influence
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note DPON-58-EKnowledge and CommunicationUnderstanding other peoples' languages will give us an enormous advantage, as it will help us to know what language to use, and how they feel, and what they need most. It will help us to empathize with them. It will help us to speak to them and understand their replies. We all speak, according to William Isaacs, an MIT researcher and author, a combination of three different languages: the language of "feeling," "meaning" and "action" (or "power")...Starting at €8.20
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Politeness: A Strategy or Beginnings of Virtue
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note DPON-56-ELeadership and People ManagementAndré Comte-Sponville in his excellent book, Great Virtues, says that "Without politeness we would have to be virtuous to become virtuous." Comte-Sponville continues by telling us that "Morality starts at the bottom - with politeness. But it has to start somewhere." Politeness is that pretence of virtue from which virtues arise. So we must first acquire the appearance and manner of "good" and then imitate it. It is from this that we gradually dev...Starting at €8.20
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A Communication Perspective of Charismatic Leadership
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note DPON-31-ELeadership and People ManagementHas the term charismatic personality lost its lustre, and, in effect, had its day? Probably it has lost much of its glitter, but it is sure to remain with us as long as it helps us to explain why some people are able to offer visionary leadership when difficult situations demand it. In effect, charismatic leadership has three dimensions: its compelling vision, the person, and the situation. It is about the link between these three dimensions. In ...Starting at €8.20
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St. Martin's Hospital
Leggett, Brian O'Connor; Binford, A.Case L-2-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case concerns a hospital in Berkley, California where the informal lines of communication have broken down. The human resources manager must recreate a wonkable informal communication network and raise the commitment level of the staff.Starting at €8.20
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Introduction to Oral Presentations, An
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorTechnical Note LN-4-EKnowledge and CommunicationThere are four main qualitites required in business communications - correctness, reability, thought and appropriateness. Each one of these qualities is important in itself but if the content is faulty it will make little difference whether or not the piece of writing is readable, grammatically correct or appropriately presented.Starting at €8.20