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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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Recruit Holdings and the Ribbon Model
Miller, Paddy; Inami, HiromiCase DPO-388-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementListed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since October 2014 with $13 billion in sales, Recruit Holdings had created and managed as many as 200 businesses and brands through separate operating divisions across Japan, the rest of Asia, Europe and the United States. The key business of Recruit was that it operated a number of platforms and services that provided client data and could be accessed by many users. But what made it work? What made it sustainab...Starting at €8.20