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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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Le Grand Hôtel de Leysin (GHL) - Nota del instructor
Fernández, Albert; Soler, Edi; Ormazabal, GaizkaTeaching Note CT-36Accounting and ControlLe Grand Hôtel de Leysin (GHL) permite poner al participante en la piel de la directora general del hotel, Sofie Keller, quien debe tomar varias decisiones para mejorar la rentabilidad del negocio. Las principales son dos: decidir si mantener o dejar de ofrecer el servicio de conferencias y analizar cómo reaccionar ante el fuerte descuento en el precio de habitación ofrecido por un competidor de características similares a las de su hotel. Ambas ...Starting at €0.00