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Hertz & Dollar Thrifty
Estrada, JavierCase F-906-EFinanceMark Frissora, Hertz's chief executive officer and chairman of the Board, had been pushing Elyse Douglas, the company's chief financial officer, to come up with a figure. The figure was how much Hertz should bid to acquire Dollar Thrifty and still generate value for Hertz's shareholders. Frissora had been pursuing the acquisition of Dollar Thrifty for almost three years now, and yet a deal remained elusive. "It's now or never," Frissora told Doug...Starting at €8.20
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Atlas Financial Advisors
Estrada, JavierCase F-954-EFinanceThe team of advisors under the supervision of John Galt gathered at the Coral Gables, Florida, offices of Atlas Financial Advisors in early January 2020. The meeting was held with the sole purpose of issuing a recommendation to the Board of Trustees of the Green Hills golf club, whose $200 million endowment Atlas advised. This case replaces the F-727 Atlas Investment Management case from the same author.Starting at €8.20
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Indo dota a su red de ventas de una nueva tecnología móvil (A)
Almenar, E.; Comín, Marta; Sieber, SandraCase SI-168Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationEn 2006, el fabricante óptico Indo se planteó dar un giro a la manera de trabajar del equipo de ventas de la división de gafas. La sustitución del material físico por información "on line" permitiría a sus comerciales trabajar con mayor agilidad y disponer de información siempre actualizada. Pero el nuevo sistema podía causar reticencias entre los clientes, acostumbrados a tocar el producto, y entre los mismos comerciales, reacios a cambiar un mo...Starting at €8.20
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Hilton Hotels, Corp.
Estrada, JavierCase F-711FinanceUn cliente que solicita la formación de una cartera de valores, se muestra interesado en que en la misma hayan acciones de los hoteles Hilton. Análisis de la situación de dicha cadena para la toma de una decisión correcta.Starting at €8.20
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Indo Gives its Sales Force New Mobility Technology (A)
Almenar, E.; Comín, Marta; Sieber, SandraCase SI-168-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationIn 2006, Indo, an optics manufacturer, decided to change the working method of its sales division for glasses. Physical material was replaced with online information that facilitated the work of the sales personnel and ensured they always had the most up-to-date information. But the new system was not completely accepted by clients, who were used to touching the product. Even some members of the sales staff were wary about changing an effective w...Starting at €8.20
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Indo Gives its Sales Force New Mobily Technology (B)
Almenar, E.; Comín, Marta; Sieber, SandraCase SI-169-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationAfter introducing a new sales system for glasses as a pilot program, Indo, an optical company, expanded the scope of its experiment to check the results. The case study describes how the sales personnel and clients accepted the change from a partially computerized system to one that was thoroughly computerized.Starting at €5.74
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Stealth Sports - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-122-EFinanceEarly in 2020, Pamela Taggart, the recently-appointed CFO of Stealth Sports (a non-publicly-trade company), had one overriding task and little time to waste: She needed to estimate a hurdle rate to force some discipline in the decision-making process of the company. Her problem was that unlike some of the companies she had worked for before, Stealth was not publicly traded; that complicated her job but did not make it impossible. This case is des...Starting at €0.00
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Atlas Investment Management - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-60-EFinanceAid to instructors in the classroom use of case no. F-727-E Atlas Investment Management.Starting at €0.00
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Dividend Policy - Four Decisions
Estrada, JavierCase F-989-EFinanceAn important decision that companies must make periodically is whether to distribute part of their earnings to their shareholders as dividends, and if so, how large this proportion should be. Unfortunately, financial theory does not provide very clear guidance on this topic. The four decisions discussed below shine a light on some of the important variables that managers need to consider when making this critical decision.Starting at €8.20
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