Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Domino’s Pizza Enterprises (Australia): Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Colette Southam; Paul W. Beamish; Matthew WinklerCase IVEY-W25568-EFinanceOn November 4, 2020, the group chief financial officer of Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited was tasked with determining the cost of capital in preparation for the corporate response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In planning for 2021, the company would need to make considerable investments throughout its franchises in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Europe. The cost of capital would be integral to these investment decisions. In the previous year, ...Starting at €8.20
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Domino’s Pizza Japan: Fortressing or Market Expansion? (Spanish version)
Paul W. Beamish; Colette Southam; Alex BeamishCase IVEY-W29925Entrepreneurship, MarketingIn late 2018, the chief executive officer and president of Domino's Pizza Japan Inc. was convinced that a substantial expansion in the Japanese market was needed and feasible for continued growth. His company had already grown to nearly 550 stores across Japan, which was over double the number only five years earlier. The company had numerous opportunities to grow further, including opening new markets; opening stores closer to the company's cust...Starting at €8.20
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Domino’s Pizza Japan: Fortressing or Market Expansion?
Paul W. Beamish; Colette Southam; Alex BeamishCase IVEY-9B21M028-EMarketing, StrategyIn late 2018, the chief executive officer and president of Domino's Pizza Japan Inc. was convinced that a substantial expansion in the Japanese market was needed and feasible for continued growth. His company had already grown to nearly 550 stores across Japan, which was over double the number only five years earlier. The company had numerous opportunities to grow further, including opening new markets; opening stores closer to the company's cust...Starting at €8.20
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Medibank Private Limited: The Initial Public Offering
Colette Southam; Barry Newell; Brianne GardnerCase IVEY-9B17N009-EFinance, StrategyIn November 2014, an intern at Top Dog Wealth Management in Brisbane, Australia, was assisting with a market evaluation and company evaluation for Medibank Private Limited (Medibank). The upcoming Medibank initial public offering (IPO) was set to be one of Australia’s largest and was expected to generate more than AU$4 billion from shareholders who were keen to own a piece of the country’s largest private health insurer. Because the intern was n...Starting at €8.20
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Essential Coffee Group Australia: Valuation of a Potential Acquisition
Colette Southam; James Thomson; Ryan MetcalfCase IVEY-W32150-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIn July 2020, the chief executive officer and board chair of Essential Coffee Group based on the Gold Coast, Australia, was perusing the company’s financials. After continuous company growth and a distressed coffee consumption industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was the perfect time to explore inorganic growth opportunities. To continue to compete at a high level in the Australian coffee industry, Essential Coffee Group had to move fast by ...Starting at €8.20
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Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Australia: Acquisition and Appraisal
Colette Southam; Philipp Abold; Mason DeetmanCase IVEY-9B20N034-EFinance, StrategyIn January 2017, Canada-based Saputo Inc. was preparing an offer to acquire the remaining shares of an Australian dairy firm, Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Co. Hold. Ltd. (WCB). Saputo Inc. had previously acquired a majority of the equity, but minority shareholders prevented Saputo Inc. from delisting WCB from the Australian Securities Exchange. Although WCB was a publicly traded company, the current share price might not reflect its intrin...Starting at €8.20