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The Auction for Travelport (A)
Hagiu, Andrei; Sanwal, Misha R.Case HBS-710474-EStrategyA senior Blackstone director is deciding how aggressively to bid for Travelport, a travel distribution business containing several key services and platforms. Travelport's most important properties were Galileo, one of the top 3 global distribution systems (GDSs), CheapTickets and Orbitz, two online travel agencies. Blackstone was competing in an auction against several other large private equity firms with multi billion dollar investment funds...Starting at €8.20
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PromoFarma 2018
Canals Margalef, Jorge; Masclans, R.Case SM-1692-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThis case explores the strategic challenges experienced in 2018 by the founders of PromoFarma, a software company that sells and distributes health and beauty products. In particular, the case raises: - Some strategic decisions needing to be taken - A process of internationalization - The search for future company shareholders - The design of the company's governanceStarting at €8.20
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The Auction for Travelport (B)
Hagiu, Andrei; Sanwal, Misha R.Case HBS-710475-EStrategyThis short case presents the epilogue of The Auction for Travelport (A). Blackstone decided to bid on its own, acquired Travelport for $4.3 billion and subsequently went on to acquire another GDS, Travelspan, for $1.4 billion. It then merged the two GDSs and partially spun off in an IPO its online travel businesses, re-named Orbitz Worldwide; it retained the GDS and wholesale travel businesses. By the end of that year (2006), Blackstone had gener...Starting at €5.74
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PromoFarma
Canals Margalef, Jorge; Masclans, R.Case SM-1692Corporate Governance, StrategyEste caso plantea los retos estratégicos que los fundadores de PromoFarma, una empresa de software que vende y distribuye productos de parafarmacia, tienen en 2018. En particular, el caso plantea: - Unas decisiones estratégicas a tomar - Un proceso de internacionalización - La búsqueda de los futuros accionistas de la empresa - El diseño del gobierno de la empresaStarting at €8.20