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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Bill Ackman's Big Short of Herbalife
Vandebroek, Tom; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Simon, JanCase SM-1611-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyThis case describes how hedge fund activist Bill Ackman took a $1 billion short position on the shares of the nutrition company Herbalife. Ackman is convinced that Herbalife's business model is essentially a pyramid scheme, rendering it unsustainable as well as illegal. The case describes his arguments and the evidence he builds on. Other hedge fund titans soon took the opposite position on Herbalife, possibly because they fundamentally disagree ...Starting at €8.20
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Scribendi
Michael Wurth; Samila, SampsaCase SM-1725-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis case describes the situation at Scribendi, an online platform to connect writers with English-language editors. Scribendi has developed an AI algorithm to do automatic grammar error correction. The dilemmas in the case are about how the company should take advantage of this algorithm internally and also if and how they should commercialize it. Key challenges are funding and staffing the development and commercialization. The case allows for ...Starting at €8.20