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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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Cerámicas Alcor
Sagarra R.; Weber, Eric; Velilla, ManuelCase ASN-20-EDecision Analysis, StrategyThis case study is about a company that has undergone two changes in administration in a period of fewer than ten years. The new manager has to deal with this complex situation. He gets new funding, hires new staff, makes changes in a factory line to manufacture a new product and opens distribution channels for marketing. With the good results obtained, the manager applies for a bank loan to remodel a second factory line. The students must put th...Starting at €8.20
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Vueling: The New Generation Airline (A)
Mitchell, Jordan; Ferraro, FabrizioCase SM-1561-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyVueling (A) case follows start-up and growth of a Spanish low-cost carrier from 2004 until 2007. Barcelona-based Vueling set out to offer "high quality at low price" to travellers in South-Western Europe. The case describes the strategy and competitive situation, Vueling's business model, and the challenges the company faced in an increasingly competitive environment.Starting at €8.20
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Vet Center: Contabilidad financiera
Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Velilla, Manuel; Weber, EricCase C-673Accounting and ControlEn este caso presentan los acontecimientos económicos y financieros más destacables de las primeros 12 meses de la aventura empresarial del Sr. Vet en un centero veterinario. Su objeto es familiarizarse con la elaboración de un Balance y una Cuenta de Resultados.Starting at €8.20
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Vueling: The New Generation Airline (B)
Mitchell, Jordan; Ferraro, FabrizioCase SM-1562-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyVueling (B) case follows Vueling from its IPO (December 2006) until 2009 and the challenges it faced in reaching financial viability because of the strong competition of incumbents Iberia, Spanair and Clickair, and low cost giants Ryanair and Easyjet. The option of a merger with Clickair is discussed.Starting at €5.74
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Depisa (B)
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Weber, EricCase C-670Accounting and ControlUn año después (1995) del relato del DEPISA, Javier Ferreón revisa con su equipo directivo los resultados del ejercicio, tanto en lo económico como en aquellos otros aspectos que se refieren a la calidad de la gestión, objetivo prioritario de la empresa desde 1991. Ferreón dibuja los Objetivos 96, cuando aún tiene pendiente la valoración de cada directivo en el 95 para decidir los incentivos de ese año, lo que le preocupa enormemente.Starting at €5.74
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Vet Center (A): Costes
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Weber, EricCase C-674Accounting and ControlEl caso presenta un ejercicio sencillo de costes relevantes para la toma de decisiones. Se tiene que determinar qué costes son diferenciales a la decisión y analizar cuatro alternativas. Permite introducir el concepto de punto muerto y el concepto de rentabilidad-riesgo.Starting at €8.20
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Lew Wasserman and the Motion Picture Industry
Gurses K.; Ferraro, FabrizioCase DG-1494-EEntrepreneurshipLew Wasserman achieved a position of immense power in the movie industry and in the political arena. Before him, old-time moguls like Louis B. Mayer and Jack Warner, had exerted enormous power within their particular domains, but none of them had been able to move outside of the confines of the motion picture industry. Wasserman became enormously powerful in the 1950s, as both an agent and a producer, moving beyond Hollywood to dominate the emerg...Starting at €8.20
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Vet Center (B): Costes
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Weber, EricCase C-675Accounting and ControlEn este caso se han de determinar qué costes son relevantes para tomar una decisión relativa a la expansión de servicios en una clínica veterinaria. Permite explorar la importancia de los costes de oportunidad y la irrelevancia de los costes ya incurridosStarting at €5.74
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Vet Center (A): Así empezó...
Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Weber, EricCase C-672Accounting and ControlEl caso presenta la historia de un joven recien graduado en la Facultad de Veterinaria, que decide montar su propia clínica veterinaria. Cinco años después y ya habiendo conseguido un apreciable desarrollo del negocio, empieza a plantearse algunas cuestiones e inquietudes referentes a la gestión de su empresa.Starting at €8.20