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Stealth Sports - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-122-EFinanceEarly in 2020, Pamela Taggart, the recently-appointed CFO of Stealth Sports (a non-publicly-trade company), had one overriding task and little time to waste: She needed to estimate a hurdle rate to force some discipline in the decision-making process of the company. Her problem was that unlike some of the companies she had worked for before, Stealth was not publicly traded; that complicated her job but did not make it impossible. This case is des...Starting at €0.00
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The Essential Financial Toolkit: Tool 2 - Mean Returns
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-553-EFinanceThis note discusses three definitions of mean returns and highlights their different interpretations and uses. In many cases, particularly when evaluating risky assets, the concept of "mean return"¿ is meaningless and stating the type of mean return discussed, arithmetic or geometric, is essential. Also, when investors trade actively, their mean return and that of the asset in which they invest may differ, which requires yet another concept, the ...Starting at €8.20
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Project Evaluation in Emerging Markets: Exxon Mobil, Oil, and Argentina - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-70-EFinanceEarly in 2006 a brief report arrived at Exxon Mobil's headquarters in Irving, Texas, with the results of geological tests in the south of Argentina. The tests determined that the area explored seemed to be rich in oil and that, subject to a proper cost-benefit analysis, it could be worth investing in the necessary production facilities to extract oil from the ground. You have been asked to evaluate this investment opportunity and report to manage...Starting at €0.00
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Abby Falik at Global Citizen Year
Kaplan, Robert Steven; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-415052-ELeadership and People ManagementAbby Falik, founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year (GCY), quickly read through the most recent news updates regarding the Ebola crisis in West Africa as she prepared for her board call on July 31, 2014. Based in Oakland, California, GCY was a five-year-old not-for-profit with a fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget of $3.5 million. Its mission was to make it much more the norm for graduating high school students in the U.S. to choose a "bridge year." GCY ...Starting at €8.20
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AMD: A Customer-Centric Approach to Innovation
Ofek, Elie; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-507037-EStrategyAMD's launch of the Opteron microprocessor in 2003 has allowed the company to make inroads into the lucrative server segment. A long-time follower to Intel, AMD management felt it was in a position to lead the microprocessor industry in new directions. However, in 2006 it was not clear whether Opteron's success in the server segment would translate into success in other microprocessor segments, notably corporate desktop and laptop, and whether th...Starting at €8.20
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EFI, Inc. (A)
Godes, David B.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-508044-EMarketingEFI has a unique sales compensation challenge. They cannot allocate sales credit for their core product to individual salespeople. So, they've historically paid the sales force as a team. This has worked out fine, since they've been a near-monopoly seller of a single product category. However, this has changed. Not only are they facing new competition in their core product bu they also have diversified into other products that allow them to ident...Starting at €8.20
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EFI, Inc. (B)
Godes, David B.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-508045-EMarketingThis is a follow-on case to EFI, Inc. (A). It reports on Dean Mills' decision to implement a new compensation approach that pays 25% of salespeople's bonus, based on their individual sales of software add-on products. He also recommends making public each salesperson's performance against their goal in a report that ranked salespeople from top to bottom each period. Students are asked to react to this new plan.Starting at €5.74
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Texas Pacific Group--J. Crew
Roberts, Michael J.; Sahlman, William A.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-808017-EFinanceDescribes Texas Pacific Group's purchase and operation of J. Crew, the catalog and specialty clothing retailer. Highlights the issues involved in financing such a transaction, and then focuses on the operational challenges of turning around the business, and of TPG's intensive involvement in the running of the business. Details the improvements in the business, and then the retrenchment, leaving the business facing a significant debt payment comi...Starting at €8.20
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A Note on the Legal and Tax Implications of Founders' Equity Splits
Wasserman, Noam; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-809110-EEntrepreneurshipThis note summarizes key legal and tax issues that founders should consider as they contemplate an equity split and ownership structure. Specific issues covered include: why founders should not delay splitting the equity, and whether they should involve an attorney or accountant when they do; the importance of considering intellectual property (IP) issues when splitting the equity and the need to do so consistent with Section 351 of the Internal ...Starting at €8.20
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Novasys Medical
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Barley, LaurenCase HBS-810027-EEntrepreneurshipNovasys has developed a new medical device and procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence that is cheaper and can be performed in doctors' offices. In spite of FDA approval, the American Medical Association has been unwilling to approve the product for reimbursement. The case deals with the company's struggle to obtain a reimbursement code.Starting at €8.20