Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Cypress Semiconductor Corporation and SunPower Corporation
Martin DirksCase IVEY-9B09N016-EFinanceThis case provides a means to illustrate enterprise valuation analysis questions such as: 1) Given a stock price, what is the implied value attributable to the operating business? 2) Given a valuation multiple for an operating business, what is the implied target stock price? In addition, the case 1) illustrates how arbitrage acts to enforce the law of one price and keep markets efficient 2) provides a model case to understand why stocks can beco...Starting at €8.20
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British National Health Service Reform
Anne Snowdon; Alexander Smith; Luca PisterziCase IVEY-9B14M045-EStrategyIn 2012, a highly controversial bill was passed that called for major reform and restructuring of Britain’s government healthcare system, the National Health Service. Public opinion of the reform was both highly polarized and volatile. The Secretary of State for Health faces two tasks: addressing key issues to ensure successful implementation of the reforms and developing a plan to ensure both long-term and short-term success.Starting at €8.20
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Asterand: Learning from Failure
Anne Snowdon; Hannah Standing Rasmussen; David MaslachCase IVEY-9B12D018-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementThis case chronicles the challenges of establishing an innovative tissue bank service to accelerate the research and development processes of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Asterand’s two major challenges involved achieving a standardized approach to collecting tissue samples in hospitals all over the world and achieving the highest possible quality of tissue samples shipped to their primary customer, Amgen. Despite the ide...Starting at €8.20
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Shriners Hospitals for Children
Karin Schnarr; Anne SnowdonCase IVEY-9B13M075-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyA large, international benevolent association operating 22 children’s hospitals and four research centres in three countries has been negatively impacted by a number of external factors. The effect of the 2008 global financial crisis on its endowment funds coupled with rising health care costs and flat donations, have resulted in the hospitals running at a loss. To ensure the long-term viability of their not-for-profit hospital system, management...Starting at €8.20
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Selling Short: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Martin DirksCase IVEY-9B12N007-EFinanceGreen Mountain Coffee Roasters is considered a short sale candidate (a stock sold short makes money if the stock price declines). The business is growing quickly, but there are signs of potential problems. The case provides a realistic illustration of bullish versus bearish investors. Like in a mystery novel, there are spies, possible misrepresentation, and conflicting information here. Decision-making under uncertainty is explored — a factor pro...Starting at €8.20