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• Case | HBS Case Collection | November 2018

  The National Hockey League

  Robert F. Higgins, John Masko and James Weber

  In 2015, National Hockey League (NHL) commissioner Gary Bettman was weighing two major decisions: whether to expand the league to a new city, and whether to conclude a digital media rights deal with Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLBAM). Expansion required a careful balance between the needs of existing teams, and of parallel fan bases in the U.S. and Canada. Between two candidate expansion cities, Las Vegas, NV and Quebec, QC, Bettman would have to decide to expand to either, neither, or both. If the NHL accepted MLBAM’s offer, it would be one of sports’ first digital media rights deals, and the first time one major sport had outsourced its digital media production to another. This case also explores the history of the National Hockey League and labor relations between the league and its players.

  Keywords: NHL Expansion; Digital Media Rights; Sports; Expansion; Media; Decisions; Sports Industry; Canada;

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  Higgins, Robert F., John Masko, and James Weber. "The National Hockey League." Harvard Business School Case 819-036, November 2018.  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | October 2016 (Revised November 2018)

  Indigo Agriculture

  Marco Iansiti, Michael W. Toffel and Christine Snively

  Indigo Agriculture had successfully developed and launched its first commercial product, microbe-enhanced cotton seeds, on an accelerated product development timeline. In late 2016, as the company was about to launch its second product, winter wheat, the management team proposed to again accelerate the development timeline and introduce six new products in four countries within the next 12 months. The CEO and Director of Business Development met to discuss the feasibility of accelerating the timeline, potential bottlenecks in the product development process, resource management, and the potential need for a more formalized development process.

  Keywords: Product Development; Agribusiness; Science-Based Business; Operations; Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry;

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  Iansiti, Marco, Michael W. Toffel, and Christine Snively. "Indigo Agriculture." Harvard Business School Case 617-020, October 2016. (Revised November 2018.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | January 2015 (Revised October 2018)

  Dogs of the Dow

  Malcolm Baker, Samuel G. Hanson and James Weber

  This case describes the Dogs of the Dow investment strategy, value investing, and using dividend yields as a means to determine intrinsic value. It also describes exchange traded notes and a particular exchange traded note, known as the Dogs of the Dow, which tracks the performance of the 10 highest yielding stocks of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). The case provides share price data, dividend data, and financial statement data on the 30 DJIA companies to enable students to perform their own calculations.

  Keywords: Dow Jones; Dow Jones Industrial Average; Exchange Traded Note; Exchange Traded Fund; value investing; Benjamin Graham; investment strategy; dividend yield; intrinsic value; dividend discount model; Michael O'Higgins; Financial Instruments; Investment; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United States;

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  Baker, Malcolm, Samuel G. Hanson, and James Weber. "Dogs of the Dow." Harvard Business School Case 215-020, January 2015. (Revised October 2018.)  View Details

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