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Banco Popular: Impact of the Real Estate Cycle and the Sovereign Crisis in Spain
Hernandez, Eva; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Suárez, José LuisCase F-892-EFinance, StrategyOn Sunday, September 30, 2012, Banco Popular's Board of Directors was summoned to an urgent meeting; the Board faced a difficult decision about the future of the bank. The results of the stress test performed by consultants and external advisors on a large part of the Spanish financial sector had been made public that Friday. According to the stress test, in an adverse macro scenario, Banco Popular would need 3.2 billion in additional capital to...Starting at €8.20
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Sunflower GmbH
Keppel, Michael; Sachon, MarcCase P-1130-EFinance, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes the crisis situation of Sunflower, an owner-managed drugstore chain with more than 1,000 outlets in Germany. Sunflower was owned by 60 limited partners, organized in three shareholder groups, who positioned the company as a convenience store chain. A Board member with previous experience in the food discount business introduced an EDLP strategy at Sunflower. This triggered a crisis when suppliers lost their trust and sales bega...Starting at €8.20
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Carbfix: Storing CO2 forever - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Sigurjonsson, Throstur OlafTeaching Note FT-123-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyIn March 2021, the team at Carbfix -a start-up born out of the culmination of more than 15 years of work by universities and parent company Reykjavik Energy- believed it had a game-changing technology to fight against climate change: eliminating CO2 permanently and safely from the atmosphere by storing it in basalt rock. In an aim to scale, they were considering three options to commercialize the concept: licensing the technology to other countri...Starting at €0.00
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Repsol: Repsol International Finance, B.V. XS0933604943
Hernández Castells, Eva; Suárez, José Luis; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-907Finance, StrategyA principios del año 2013 Repsol se enfrentaba a una situación complicada. La expropiación de su filial YPF por parte del Gobierno argentino el año anterior había producido un empeoramiento en su situación financiera, llevando a las agencias de rating a reducir su calificación crediticia. La compañía había reaccionado inmediatamente con un plan estratégico que contemplaba diversas medidas con el objetivo de recuperar el equilibrio del balance, en...Starting at €8.20
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Abengoa SA: The Unveiling or Unraveling of a Bold New Strategy?
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-929-EDecision Analysis, Finance, StrategyShortly after presenting its new asset-light strategy involving the division of its operating structure into three separate entities, Abengoa S.A. is faced with a crisis when its stock price drops by half amid investor doubts that the parent company will guarantee a newly issued green bond.Starting at €8.20
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Grupo Banco Popular: el impacto del ciclo inmobiliario y la crisis soberana en España
Hernandez, Eva; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Suárez, José LuisCase F-892Finance, StrategyEl domingo 30 de septiembre de 2012, el Consejo de Administración de Banco Popular, convocado en una reunión de urgencia, se enfrentaba a una difícil decisión sobre el futuro del banco. Ese mismo viernes se habían hecho públicos los resultados del test de resistencia efectuado por consultores y especialistas externos para una gran parte del sector financiero español. Según el estudio, en un escenario macroeconómico adverso, Banco Popular necesita...Starting at €8.20
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Jacques DePaul
Keppel, Michael; Sachon, MarcCase P-1132-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe case describes an ethical dilemma involving Jacques DePaul, a restructuring expert who is a partner with the turnaround consulting firm Novum Partners. Faced with the acquisition of a restructuring case, ChezNous, he has to decide whether to follow the guidelines set by his partnership or to adapt the terms of the engagement in keeping with the situation of the company and its stakeholders. ChezNous is a multi-billion-euro retailer based in F...Starting at €8.20