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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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Apple Health Records
Schulman, Kevin; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1177-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and ChangeHealthcare is an enormous and growing market globally. Healthcare services was a $3.5 trillion market in the US in 2017, but a market that was largely untouched by the type of disruptive innovation that had overtaken other industries. Healthcare was considered a significant opportunity, not only because of its size today, but looking forward there are enormous clinical and financial challenges facing the industry. There are significant concerns a...Starting at €8.20