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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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Choque cultural y conflicto laboral: Sài nóng Restaurant (B)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Galan, Veronica; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-204Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl caso B relata como la empresa decidió despedir a los 14 cocineros chinos líderes de esta huelga. Otros 10 decidieron dejar la empresa en solidaridad a los mismos y los sindicatos apoyaron al colectivo chino manifestando la improcedencia de estos despidos.Starting at €5.74
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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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A Cross Cultural Crash and Labour Conflict: Sài nóng Restaurant (B)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Galan, Veronica; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-204-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementCase B tells us how the company decided to fired the 14 Chinese cooks leading the strike. Another 10 decided to leave the company in solidarity and the unions supported the Chinese arguing the dismissals were unsuitable.Starting at €5.74
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A Cross Cultural Crash and Labour Conflict: Sài nóng Restaurant (A)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Galan, Veronica; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-203-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case refers the store of a Chinese restaurant chain purchased by an American Food Industry Holding. Regardless of his successful career in the company, Juan Antonio can't reach and understanding with the Chinese workers. Besides, they enjoy special perks inside the company because they are the cooks and the success of the business depends mostly of them. Rank wise they are directly under a specific director for the Chinese workers and the G...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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Choque cultural y conflicto laboral: Sài nóng Restaurant (A)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Galan, Veronica; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-203Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementLa historia que relata el caso trata de una cadena de restaurantes chinos comprada por un Holding de restauración americana. En el caso A se presenta la trayectoria profesional de un camarero que llega a gerente de restaurante. A pesar de su trayectoria positiva en la empresa, Juan Antonio no logra entenderse con el colectivo de trabajadores chinos. Además estos gozan de un estatus especial dentro de la empresa, ya que son los cocineros y el éxi...Starting at €8.20