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Derivados financieros en Controladora Comercial Mexicana (CCM)
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-859FinanceEl objetivo pedagógico principal del caso de Comercial Mexicana es mostrar el uso y abuso de los derivados. Comercial Mexicana, que es el tercer mayor minorista de alimentos y otros artículos de México, hizo frente a una posible quiebra en 2008 después de especular con moneda extranjera, lo que expuso a la compañía a una deuda de 1.900 millones de dólares.Starting at €8.20
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The British Parbaked Bread Ltd.
Ormazabal, Gaizka; Soler, EdiCase C-782-EAccounting and ControlFounded in 2010 by its current CEO, Alisha Balasubramanian, The British Parbaked Bread Ltd. (BPB) manufactured parbaked bread in the United Kingdom. Since the start of its operations, BPB had experienced spectacular growth. In the fiscal year 2013 the firm's sales were £13 million. Prompted by the company's rapid growth, Alisha and Li Yan Chen - the firm's CFO - had decided to implement a new information system to measure BPB's performance on a m...Starting at €8.20
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Pentagram: The Craft of Design - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaTeaching Note ET-14-EEntrepreneurshipPentagram a multi-disciplinary design firm with 19 partners in five offices (London, Berlin, New York, San Francisco and Austin) is considered to be the "Rolls-Royce of Design" by its peers. The company¹s growth is based on adding well-known designers who in turn bring in business under the Pentagram name. The group is facing tremendous competitive pressure from integrated advertising conglomerates such as WPP, Omnicom and Interpublic. Twenty...Starting at €0.00
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The British Parbaked Bread Ltd.
Ormazabal, Gaizka; Soler, EdiCase C-782Accounting and ControlFundada en 2010 por su actual directora general, Alisha Balasubramanian, The British Parbaked Bread (BPB) fabricaba pan precocido en el Reino Unido. Desde el inicio de sus operaciones, BPB había experimentado un crecimiento espectacular. En el año fiscal 2013 las ventas de la compañía fueron de 13 millones de libras. Debido al rápido crecimiento de la empresa, Alisha y Li Yan Chen -la directora financiera- habían decidido implementar un nuevo sis...Starting at €8.20
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The E-Line Cityboard
Soler, Edi; Peñalva, FernandoCase C-784-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipSix months after incorporating the company, the two founders of the firm E-Line Cityboard Supply Ltd. (ELC) were preparing the first Board of Directors meeting. ELC was a London-based distributor and online retailer of the E-Line Cityboard, a portable and rechargeable battery-powered self-balancing wheeled board, commonly referred to in the market as a "hoverboard." Increased competition and legislation prohibiting the use of hoverboards in publi...Starting at €8.20
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Apple's iPhone: Calling Europe or Europe Calling (Abridged)
Mitchell, Jordan; Sieber, Sandra; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-172-EKnowledge and CommunicationAbridged version of SI-167-E case. Apple needs little introduction. After the launch of the highly successful iPod in 2001, Apple has been on an aggressive growth path (revenues have increased by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31% and net income surged ahead at a CAGR of 128%). In 2007, Apple declared that they would once change yet another industry - mobile telephony - with the iPhone. The iPhone was heralded as an immediate success in ...Starting at €8.20
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Salers Dairy Products
Soler, Edi; Esteves, Joel; Ormazabal, GaizkaCase C-781-EAccounting and Control"We could revisit the cream issue but I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. The Spaniards will never accept the deal?" Manuel Da Silva, sales manager of the Portuguese division of Salers Dairy Products, said these words at a meeting held in January 2013 at the factory in Fundão, a beautiful town located in eastern Portugal. That morning, Paulo Moreira (the CEO of the Portuguese division) and the rest of the Fundão factory's top management team wer...Starting at €8.20
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Derivatives at Controladora Comercial Mexicana (CCM)
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-859-EFinanceThe main pedagogical objective of the Comercial Mexicana is to show the use and abuse of derivatives. Comercial Mexicana - Mexico's third largest retailer of food and other items - faced the possibility of bankruptcy in 2008 after speculating on foreign currency, which exposed the company to US$1.9 billion of debt. The case explains the derivative type (TARN or Target Accrual Redemption Note) and goes into detail on the perils of trying to make ...Starting at €8.20
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Apple's iPhone: Calling Europe or Europe Calling
Mitchell, Jordan; Sieber, Sandra; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-167-EKnowledge and CommunicationApple needs little introduction. After the launch of the highly successful iPod in 2001, Apple has been on an aggressive growth path (revenues have increased by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31 % and net income surged ahead at a CAGR of 128 %). In 2007, Apple declared that they would once change yet another industry - mobile telephony - with the iPhone. The iPhone was heralded as an immediate success in the U.S. selling one million uni...Starting at €8.20
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Regency Capital Partners: The Heat Is On
Grabenwarter, Uli; Mitchell, Jordan; Mayer F.; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-827-EFinanceA senior manager at Durable Capital Partners (DCP) must decide between two investments for the company's seventh private equity fund by evaluating each investment memoranda. The first investment calls for DCP to be a junior partner in a syndicated deal. By investing in the first company, DCP's fund would be fully invested and the company could begin to fundraise for its eighth fund. The second investment, is in DCP's ideal range in terms of size ...Starting at €8.20