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Estimating Walmart's Cost of Capital
Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B19N011-EFinanceIn March 2019, two senior managers attending an executive education program had been assigned the task of applying their learnings from readings in order to estimate the costs of capital for Walmart Inc. (Walmart). They also needed to discuss why the cost of capital was such an important topic. The managers had with them background information, including a recent Walmart balance sheet and income statement; a U.S. Department of Treasury yield curv...Starting at €8.20
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Sun Life Financial: A Potential Indian Life Insurance Joint Venture
Stephen R. Foerster; Tony S. Frost; Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Sun Life Financial: Planning for the Future, product 9B07M045, hones in on Sun Life's decision to re-enter the Indian insurance market.Starting at €8.20
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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (B)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case follows on from case A, and begins with Rob McKenzie's decision to fire the 11 recalcitrant staff, and shows how he does this in accord with the spiritual and humanistic values outlined in "Our Project". It then goes on to show how he gradually introduced the company's guiding values to all aspects of its daily management.Starting at €5.74
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People Express (A). Una historia de éxito
Corrales A.; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-309Leadership and People ManagementPeople Express (PE) era una aerolínea con gran éxito durante los años ochenta. Dos años después de su fundación, la compañía ya había alcanzado unos beneficios de 2,7 millones de dólares sobre unas ventas de 100 millones, y el precio de sus acciones se había revalorizado un 150%. La compañía crecía a un ritmo insóito, a pesar de coincidir con un momento de profunda crisis en el sector que estaba llevando a muchas aerolíneas a pérdidas millonarias...Starting at €8.20
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People Express (B). Una historia de éxito
Corrales A.; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-310Leadership and People ManagementPeople Express había logrado un éxito sin precedentes. La compañía cerró el ejercicio de 1983 con unos beneficios de 10,4 millones de dólares sobre unas ventas de 286,6 millones. Tenía 4.000 empleados y una flota de más de 60 aeronaves. Sin embargo, los resultados de PE comenzaron a deteriorarse a finales de 1984, cerrando el ejercicio con unos beneficios de 2 millones de dólares y unas ventas de 561 millones. La ya quinta aerolínea estadounidens...Starting at €5.74
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Tomasso Corporation: Incorporando espiritualidad en la cultura empresarial (A)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-154Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl director ejecutivo y propietario único de la compañía considera la empresa como apoyada en dos columnas, una edificada con aspectos económicos y otra con aspectos humanos. Ambas columnas están en continua tensión pero se equilibran, a modo de piedra angular, por fuerzas interiores que hay que buscar en la trascendencia. Esta piedra angular tiene que dar lugar a decisiones armónicas, justas y humanas, sin olvidar la necesidad primaria de obten...Starting at €8.20
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The North West Company: Cross-enterprise Strategy
Stephen R. Foerster; Mary M. Crossan; James E. Hatch; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M047-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe North West Company cases allow students to take a cross-enterprise leadership approach in looking at the dilemma facing the president and chief executive officer of The North West Company (North West), a food and general merchandise retailer operating primarily in Northern Canada. In early 2003, North West had negotiated a master franchisor agreement with Giant Tiger Stores Limited (Giant Tiger) with the objective of opening stores west of Wi...Starting at €8.20
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Time Value of Money: The Buy Versus Rent Decision
Sean Cleary; Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B14N024-EFinanceA recent MBA graduate had been renting a condominium, and a similar unit next door had just been listed for sale. Now facing the classic buy-versus-rent decision, the young grad decided it was time for her to apply some of the analytical tools she had acquired in business school — including “time value of money” concepts — to her personal life.Starting at €8.20
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Buck Auto Care Products: Selling a Private Company
Stephen R. Foerster; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16N018-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe chief financial officer (CFO) of Buck Auto Care Products (Buck’s), a Toronto-based manufacturer and distributor of premium car care products, had to prepare for a meeting with the company’s vice-president (VP) of sales and the VP of manufacturing. The staff had heard rumours that the company was for sale, but no one had received any confirmation until now. The company was founded in 1975 as a chain of car-wash stands in Toronto and Mississaug...Starting at €8.20
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BCE Inc.: World's Largest LBO Deal in Jeopardy
Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B09N029-EFinanceIn November 2008, Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. (BCE) appeared to be on track to meet a December 2008 deadline to complete a $52-billion privatization deal. A consortium had previously submitted a winning leveraged buyout (LBO) bid that was estimated to add around $32 billion in debt to the company. Mere days before the deal’s termination date, BCE executives were stunned to hear that KPMG auditors advised that the deal was in jeopardy of collapse...Starting at €8.20