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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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Understanding the downfall of Enron
Peñalva, FernandoCase C-720-EAccounting and ControlThis case describes the collapse of Enron, the U.S. energy giant. It explains in a simple and accessible way the causes that led to one of the largest bankruptcies in corporate history. It deals with all the accounting abuses performed by Enron's management, the conflicts of interest of some of its employees, and the role of the Board of Directors and of the external auditor, Arthur Andersen LLP.Starting at €8.20