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Investment Advice for Grace Osbourne
Simon, JanCase F-904-EFinanceWhile looking at both Grace's estimated yearly expenses (Exhibit 1) and her investment portfolio (Exhibit 2) - divided into two funds - she tried to remember what her instructor in wealth management had said about portfolio diversification, traditional and alternative asset classes, financial advice, taxes and correlation coefficients (Exhibit 3). She wanted to give Grace her best advice.Starting at €8.20
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Creating a Cluster around a Clown: The Montreal Circus Cluster (B)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1598-EInnovation and Change, StrategyThe case addresses the incipient steps that the government of Quebec is taking toward supporting a circus cluster in the region. Unlike other cluster cases in which the focus is on the cost-benefit analysis of relocating existing companies in a given geographical area, this case takes a different approach, looking at the creation of a cluster "from scratch." This case describes the "growing pains" of cluster formation.Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Pacific Railway and the Creation of Shareholder Value (A)
Simon, Jan; Tatay, Santiago; Richards, WilliamCase F-895-EFinance, StrategyBy the end of 2011, Green and the financial markets were informed that the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management (PSCM), led by founder and CEO Bill Ackman, had increased its share in CPR from 12.4% to 14.2%. Ackman was an "activist" hedge fund manager , known for having made big changes to the boards of the companies that he had invested in as well as having provided his shareholders with handsome returns. In light of this event, Green h...Starting at €8.20
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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (A)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-154-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case traces the history of Tomasso Corp: Starting as a small, family-run business in Montreal, it was always run in a "family way", with close and easy relations between the workforce and the owners. On expanding, in the 1980s, ownership was transferred to another corporation, and the increased workforce, combined with more rational management techniques, soon led to a breakdown in relations between management and the workforce. With the dep...Starting at €8.20
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Santa's Workshop (A): Analysis and Diagnosis
Simon, JanCase F-948-EFinanceThe case uses an original setting (Santa's Workshop) to discuss aspects of operational finance decision-making. Using the framework explained in FN-470-E (Operational Finance I: A Model of Analysis), it provides the opportunity for the users of the case to apply the framework. The case is written for discussion of the analyses (business analysis, economic analysis, financial analysis and cash analysis) and diagnosis (of economic and financial pro...Starting at €8.20
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Tomasso Corporation: Incorporando espiritualidad en la cultura empresarial (B)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-155Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl nuevo Director General despide a 13 directivos y técnicos del mejor modo posible, siguiendo las pautas establecidas, y contrata con sumo cuidado a quienes los sustituirán. Toma diversas medidas para mejorar la comunicación y el trato humano. Aplica con tesón diversas ?herramientas? de gestión humana y espiritual obteniendo muy buenos resultados. En dos años, las puntuaciones de la encuesta de clima laboral mejoran sensiblemente y los problemas...Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Pacific Railway and the Creation of Shareholder Value (B)
Simon, Jan; Tatay, Santiago; Richards, WilliamCase F-896-EFinance, StrategyBy the end of 2011, it was communicated to Green and the financial markets that the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management (PSCM), led by founder and CEO Bill Ackman, had increased its share in CPR from 124% to 14´2%. Ackman was an "activist" hedge fund manager , known for having made big changes to the boards of the companies that he had invested in as well as having provided his shareholders with handsome returns. In light of this event...Starting at €5.74
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Sidewalk Toronto: ¿Las ciudades inteligentes son el futuro del desarrollo urbanístico
Peiret, Clara; Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan EnricCase SM-1696Economics, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyEl caso describe el proyecto Sidewalk Toronto. Se trataba de un proyecto impulsado originalmente por Waterfront Toronto en 2017 con la emisión de una solicitud de propuestas (RFP) para el desarrollo de la zona de Quayside. Sidewalk Labs, filial de Alphabet Inc. y empresa hermana de Google, ganó la licitación en 2017. En 2019, a partir de las conversaciones mantenidas con más de 21.000 torontonianos, se creó el Plan Maestro de Innovación y Desarro...Starting at €8.20
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Vancouver: The Challenge of Becoming the Greenest City (Chinese Version)
Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan Enric; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1612-ZHEconomics, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan that the City of Vancouver formally launched in 2011 and whose aim is to make Vancouver the greenest city on the planet. Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, is the main champion of the ambitious strategic plan. While he has had past success as a social entrepreneur and has implemented several green urban initiatives in his role as mayor, he struggles with some areas and aspects of the plan. ...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