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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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Chick-fil-A: Sandwiches and cultural wars (B)
de la Cierva, Yago; Notario, EduardoCase DPO-736-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe American fast-food chain Chick-fil-A suffered several boycotts promoted by LGTBQ+ organizations after the CEO's public comments regarding his religious background and because of the company's financial support to organizations lobbying against legal recognition of same-sex marriage. The following years, the company kept growing and, at the same time, its reputation was affected. What to do next?Starting at €5.74
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Squeeze to Infinity: Porsche's Attempt to Acquire Volkswagen
Saffi, Pedro; Simon, JanCase F-848-EFinanceThe German financial market regulator (BaFin) had recently come under severe national and international pressure because of large market movements in Volkswagen stocks, caused by Porsche's announcement that it acquired a much larger than expected stake in the company. At one point, the firm had become the largest company in the world and, in one afternoon, its market capitalization was bigger than that of the entire car industry. In the blame gam...Starting at €8.20
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Chick-fil-A: Sandwiches and cultural wars (A)
de la Cierva, Yago; Notario, EduardoCase DPO-735-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe American fast-food chain Chick-fil-A suffered several boycotts promoted by LGTBQ+ organizations after the CEO's public comments regarding his religious background and because of the company's financial support to organizations lobbying against legal recognition of same-sex marriage. The following years, the company kept growing and, at the same time, its reputation was affected. What to do next?Starting at €8.20
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Chick-fil-A: Bocadillos y guerras culturales (B)
de la Cierva, Yago; Notario, EduardoCase DPO-736Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyChick-fil-A, la cadena de comida rápida de Estados Unidos, fue objeto de varios boicots promovidos por organizaciones defensoras de los derechos de los grupos LGTBI+ tras las declaraciones públicas del CEO en relación con sus creencias religiosas y debido al apoyo económico de la compañía a organizaciones contrarias al reconocimiento jurídico del matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo. Los años siguientes, la compañía siguió creciendo y, al mis...Starting at €5.74
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Chick-fil-A: Bocadillos y guerras culturales (A)
de la Cierva, Yago; Notario, EduardoCase DPO-735Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyChick-fil-A, la cadena de comida rápida de Estados Unidos, fue objeto de varios boicots promovidos por organizaciones defensoras de los derechos de los grupos LGTBI+ tras las declaraciones públicas del CEO en relación con sus creencias religiosas y debido al apoyo económico de la compañía a organizaciones contrarias al reconocimiento jurídico del matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo. Los años siguientes, la compañía siguió creciendo y, al mis...Starting at €8.20