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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (Entrepreneurs)
Ramírez Maz, Daniel; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-873-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is be...Starting at €8.20
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ExQuisit IV European Private Equity Fund: To Invest or Not
Grabenwarter, Uli; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-826-EFinanceThis case introduces an in-class analysis of a private placement memorandum (PPM) of a new private equity fund. Students will evaluate the PPM along the following criteria: the fund's investment strategy, past financial performance, expected returns, the size of the fund's targets, the regions and sectors, holding periods, governance issues, the fund's team and benchmark data.Starting at €8.20
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Accent Equity Partners and the San Sac Deal
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-983-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIt was April 2019, and Niklas Sloutski, Chief Executive Officer of Accent Equity Partners, a Stockholm-based private equity firm, had just returned from a meeting with the firm's partners. The meeting in which they reviewed the firm's investment portfolio brought discussions about the implications of pursuing a possible exit from the investment in the San Sac Group, a market-leading provider of waste sorting, containment and compaction products i...Starting at €8.20
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Aphrodite Partners versus Cashmine Capital Partners: Regulation Attempts in a Private Industry
Grabenwarter, Uli; Campisi, Sergio; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-842-EEconomics, FinanceThis case deals with transparency and disclosure policies of GPs in the interaction with their investor base and serves as a discussion base for the question, whether Fund management activities in Private Equity should be subject to higher scrutiny and/or financial market regulation. The case projects this industry four years into the future, inviting students to suggest possible conclusions from the ongoing debate on higher regulatory oversight...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
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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (VCs)
Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-874-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is b...Starting at €8.20
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El loft (B): Arrendador
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Zapatero, Miguel ÁngelCase E-161EntrepreneurshipEres el encargado de arrendar el loft de tu hija. La mañana de la negociación te levantaste pensando en cómo ibas a plantear la reunión que tendrías esa tarde con un posible arrendatario, un directivo extranjero que ya visitó el loft hace unas semanas en un viaje a la ciudad en la que vivirá durante una temporada. Se lo enseñó el portero de la finca, pues tú tuviste que acompañar a tu mujer a urgencias. El portero piensa que el directivo mostró u...Starting at €5.74
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El loft (A): Arrendatario
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Zapatero, Miguel ÁngelCase E-160EntrepreneurshipTu empresa, una compañía multinacional de consumo, te ha destinado a la nueva ciudad en la que actualmente se encuentra una filial. Durante los diez años que llevas en la empresa a la que te incorporaste directamente desde que acabaste tus estudios universitarios, siempre habías trabajado en la central. Recientemente, el director nacional de Marketing de una filial en el extranjero se ha jubilado, y el Consejo de Administración ha decidido promoc...Starting at €8.20
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The Loft (B): Lessor
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Zapatero, Miguel ÁngelCase E-161-EEntrepreneurshipYou have taken on the job of renting you daughter's loft apartment. On the morning of the negotiation you got up thinking about what you were going to say that afternoon to a prospective tenant, a foreign manager, who already visited the loft a few weeks ago during a trip to the city, where he is going to be living for a while. On that occasion it was the caretaker of the building who showed the flat, as you had to accompany your wife to the emer...Starting at €5.74
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The Loft (A): Lessee
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Zapatero, Miguel ÁngelCase E-160-EEntrepreneurshipYour company, a consumer multinational, has transferred you to a subsidiary in another country. Until now, in the ten years you have been with the company, which you joined straight out of university, you had always worked in headquarters. Recently, the national marketing director of a foreign subsidiary retired and the Board of Directors decided to promote you. As you have no family responsibilities, this is a great opportunity and you intend to...Starting at €8.20