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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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Caesar's Entertainment: apostando por la inteligencia artificial
Villanueva, Julian; González, Jorge; Balmaseda, CarmenCase M-1373Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and Change, Marketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyA mediados deL 2018, Mark Frissora, CEO y presidente de Caesars Entertainment, presentaba los resultados de la compañía. Esta había salido fortalecida de la grave crisis que sufrió en el 2015. Como uno de los pilares del crecimiento, Frissora había apostado por dotar a su famosa estrategia de marketing basada en los datos de nuevas herramientas de inteligencia artificial (IA) y machine learning (ML). Aún quedaba mucho camino por recorrer, pero lo...Starting at €8.20