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Evaluating an Investment in Expansion (Spanish version)
Stafford, Erik; Heilprin, Joel L.; DeVolder, JeffreyCase HBS-411S17FinanceWhen students have the English-language PDF of this Brief Case in a coursepack, they will also have the option to purchase an audio version. A manufacturer of private-label personal care products must decide whether to fund an unprecedented expansion of manufacturing capacity. The decision prompts fundamental financial analysis of the potential project, including development of cash flow projections and net present value calculations. Students wi...Starting at €8.20
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Note on Scenario Planning in High-Uncertainty Environments: The Disruption Matrix
Costa, Carlos; Nueno, José LuisTechnical Note MN-405-EDecision Analysis, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe coronavirus pandemic is an unexpected external event with a profound impact on demand in all sectors that is highly conditioned by decisions that correspond to external stakeholders. After overcoming their initial shock, within this context companies have to think about their future in two or three years; however, it is very difficult for the management team to plan and define a clear strategy when it remains unknown when and how they will be...Starting at €8.20
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Big Brother: Endemol's Big Hit
Fillat D.; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Nueno, José LuisCase SI-154-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case describes the history of the Big Brother television show format, thought up by Endemol, which represent the global launchof the "reality show" concept. Following years of extraordinary success, Endemol and its Spanish subsidiary Zeppelín are thinking about how to vary the format to recover audience viewing levels.Starting at €8.20
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Avena Kinesia (A)
Arias, José Francisco; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1007MarketingLa jefa de producto de Avena Kinesia se encuentra en la encrucijada de fijar precios de transferencia para un Gel de Avena. La empresa que lanza el producto no ha hecho un lanzamiento en la categoría en varios años.Starting at €8.20
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Henkel Ibérica: The Relaunching of Conejo Vajillas
Carrasco, M.; Farrero, E.; Nueno, José LuisCase M-908-EMarketingIn October 1985, S.A. Casamitjana Mensa (leader on the Spanish bleach market) was acquired by the Henkel Ibérica, S.A. Group (one of the biggest manufacturers of chemical products, adhesives, hygiene products, cosmetics, etc.). The takeover caused the new company problems managing marketing and sales. The problem was integrating Casamitjana's brands, sales force, distribution management and manufacturing operations into Henkel's company structure...Starting at €8.20
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Recuperaciones Unidas y Nacional Aurea, S.A.
Miravitlles, L.; Nueno, José Luis; Serra, FernandoCase P-586-EService and Operations ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Cost of Capital at Ameritrade (Spanish version)
Mitchell, Mark; Stafford, ErikCase HBS-203S18FinanceAmeritrade Holding Corp. is planning large marketing and technology investments to improve the company's competitive position in deep-discount brokerage by taking advantage of emerging economies of scale. In order to evaluate whether the strategy would generate sufficient future cash flows to merit the investment, Joe Ricketts, chairman and CEO of Ameritrade, needs an estimate of the project's cost of capital. There is considerable disagreement a...Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Capital Management, LLC (A) (Spanish version)
Stafford, Erik; Mitchell, Mark; Pulvino, ToddCase HBS-217S01FinanceStrategic Capital Management, LLC, is a hedge fund that is planning to make financial investments in Creative Computers and Ubid. Creative Computers recently sold approximately 20% of its Internet auction subsidiary, Ubid, to the public at $15 per share. Ubid's stock price closed the first day of trading at $48, giving Ubid a $439 million market capitalization. Paradoxically, the parent's stock price did not keep pace with that of its subsidiary....Starting at €8.20
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Harvard Management Company (2010) (Spanish version)
Perold, Andre F.; Stafford, ErikCase HBS-218S12FinanceIn February 2010, Jane Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, was reflecting on the list of issues facing Harvard University's endowment in preparation for the upcoming board meeting. The recent financial crisis had vividly highlighted several key issues including the adequacy of short-term liquidity, the effectiveness of portfolio risk management, and the balance of internal and external managers.Starting at €8.20
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Can Culture and Sports Revitalize Shopping Centers
Nueno, José LuisTechnical Note MN-372-EMarketingLaunched in the late forties, shopping centers have undergone many changes since then to achieve their goal: to attract a public that is increasingly demanding and that has a wider selection than ever before. Over the past seventy years, shopping centers have witnessed how successive models have been adopted and have reached their maturity stage and even decline. This has forced them to constantly reinvent themselves and seek new formulas, from r...Starting at €8.20