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Forming Ties That Will Free Your Firm
Eisenhardt, K.M.; Ozcan, PinarArticle ART-1533-EStrategyStrategic alliances provide opportunities to strengthen your market position, gain new capabilities and resources, and enable you to grow and expand during difficult times. Many large, highly resourced companies already know this and are leveraging it to their advantage. But how can a small firm with fewer resources obtain and manage a high-performing alliance portfolio? Getting the alliance portfolio you dreamed of, and then managing it well ove...Starting at €8.20
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Deepwater Horizon: Spilling oil, money and trust
Vaccaro, Antonino; Machado, AnaCase BE-174-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, StrategyOn April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon¿a floating, semi-submersible, dynamically-positioned drilling unit¿exploded after a massive natural gas gusher from a natural reservoir located more than 13,000 feet under the sea floor. The explosion killed 11 people working on the platform and injured 17 others. After the explosion, an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days, causing unprecedented damage ...Starting at €8.20
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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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Deepwater Horizon: Vertido de crudo, dinero y confianza
Vaccaro, Antonino; Machado, AnaCase BE-174Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, StrategyStarting at €8.20
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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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CEO de You Tube Susan Wojcicki: ¿Podrá reproducir su éxito
Elvira, Marta; Isabel VillamorCase SM-1649Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyStarting at €8.20
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Derivados financieros en Controladora Comercial Mexicana (CCM)
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-859FinanceEl objetivo pedagógico principal del caso de Comercial Mexicana es mostrar el uso y abuso de los derivados. Comercial Mexicana, que es el tercer mayor minorista de alimentos y otros artículos de México, hizo frente a una posible quiebra en 2008 después de especular con moneda extranjera, lo que expuso a la compañía a una deuda de 1.900 millones de dólares.Starting at €8.20
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WeWork´s Failed IPO: What Does the Future Hold for Financing Digital Tranformation
Suárez, José LuisCase F-952-EFinanceWeWork was highly successful in capturing funds through successive rounds of capitalization and expanding its businesses. It was one of the leading workspace proprietors in New York and London. The problem centered on the fact that its losses grew at the same pace as its sales and value in capitalization rounds. The high value of the company set the bar very high for its IPO, to the extent that it didn?t have necessary demand from investors.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