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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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Banco Popular: Impact of the Real Estate Cycle and the Sovereign Crisis in Spain
Hernandez, Eva; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Suárez, José LuisCase F-892-EFinance, StrategyOn Sunday, September 30, 2012, Banco Popular's Board of Directors was summoned to an urgent meeting; the Board faced a difficult decision about the future of the bank. The results of the stress test performed by consultants and external advisors on a large part of the Spanish financial sector had been made public that Friday. According to the stress test, in an adverse macro scenario, Banco Popular would need 3.2 billion in additional capital to...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo Banco Popular: el impacto del ciclo inmobiliario y la crisis soberana en España
Hernandez, Eva; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Suárez, José LuisCase F-892Finance, StrategyEl domingo 30 de septiembre de 2012, el Consejo de Administración de Banco Popular, convocado en una reunión de urgencia, se enfrentaba a una difícil decisión sobre el futuro del banco. Ese mismo viernes se habían hecho públicos los resultados del test de resistencia efectuado por consultores y especialistas externos para una gran parte del sector financiero español. Según el estudio, en un escenario macroeconómico adverso, Banco Popular necesita...Starting at €8.20