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Vet Center: Investment Appraisal
Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase F-641-EFinanceThe president of a veterinary center has to decide which of two MRI scanners he should buy. The case gives students an opportunity to practice present value calculation and to understand the proper use of methods such as internal rate of return (IRR) and net present value (NPV) for capital investment decisions.Starting at €8.20
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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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Net Working Capital (NWC) at Henkel
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Sachon, MarcCase F-810-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementThis case tracks Henkel's initiative in reducing its net working capital (NWC). The case can be used in a both a finance and a supply chain management class to illustrate net working capital and the link between the strategic/financial notions of NWC and operative efficiency of the supply chain.Starting at €8.20
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Fiction Entertainments
Pradas, Lidia; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-863-EFinanceOn Wednesday, May 9, 2007, Esteban Lázaro, managing director of Fiction Entertainments, received an unexpected call from Alejandro Sáez, branch manager at Banco Santander, the company's main bank. Alejandro was sorry to inform Esteban that the bank was tightening its credit policies and could not increase the company's line of credit, as Alicia Casado, CFO of Fiction Entertainments, had requested a few days earlier. Alejandro also warned Esteban ...Starting at €8.20
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Carrefour Group: Growth Management
Roig, Guillem; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Vergara, CarlesCase F-909-EFinanceOn November 13, 2014, Roberto Alonso, investment manager at Alpha Funds, received a report from his research team regarding the Carrefour Group. Alpha was interested in the distribution sector for several reasons. First, the sector is especially defensive against market uncertainty, since it deals with basic necessities. Thus, while the international markets may experience large fluctuations, the fund would have relatively little exposure to thes...Starting at €8.20
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Straumur Bank: The Forever Changing Landscape (A)
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjónsson, Şröstur Olaf; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-855-EFinanceThis case traces Straumur Bank's dynamic international growth from a small investment bank to Iceland's fourth largest bank with operations in 10 countries. Case A deals with Straumur's situation as of the third quarter of 2007 when the global financial and banking industry was starting to show significant signs of weakness. The bank's new foreign CEO must decide whether Straumur should continue on its trajectory of aggressive international growt...Starting at €8.20
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The Privatization of Repsol, S.A.
Sarabia, J.; Martínez Abascal, Eduardo; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-532-EFinanceStarting 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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Goodyear Dunlop Europe: A Week in the Life of Maria, a Sales Executive
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-824-EFinanceThis case tracks a week in the life of Maria, a European Goodyear Dunlop sales executive. During each day, Maria is confronted with different decisions, which require financial analysis. There are five decisions which touch on different accounting and finance themes such as working capital, financing, net present value, economic value added (EVA), and fixed versus variable costs.Starting at €8.20
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Iberia Airline: Currency and Fuel Risk Exposures
Jones A.; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-795-EFinanceIn mid 2003, Iberia's CFO, Finance Director and Procurement Director must decide what to do with the airline's fuel risk exposure. High fluctuations in jet fuel prices over recent years have caused havoc in the airline industry. After labour, jet fuel is the second largest operating expense for Iberia. An efficient management and control of the fuel cost would enable the management to estimate future earnings more accurately.Starting at €8.20