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GeneRisk.com
Johnson, RobCase E-67Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeA mediados del año 2000, los inversores en Medical Sciences Limited (MSL) consolidaron una nueva compañía, GeneRisk.com, para concentrar su capital en una herramienta de software propiedad de MSL. La inmediata cuestión planteada a los inversores de MSL fue cómo evaluar esta nueva compañía para la siguiente tanda de financiación.Starting at €8.20
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Britain and the EMS: The Choice of Exchange Rate Policy
Gual, JordiCase ASE-173-EEconomicsThe case presents the policy dilemma faced by the UK government in the spring of 1988. With the background of disagreements about whether the UK should join the EMS, a strong Sterling pounds creates problems for British exporters. The Prime Minister, Ms. Margaret Thatcher wishes to let the pound rise while the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Nigel Lawson favours a reduction in interest rates to bring down the exchange rate. The open disagreement...Starting at €8.20
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Japón: de la burbuja a la crisis
Gual, Jordi; Martrat, SergiCase ASE-396EconomicsEste caso presenta la evolución de la economía japonesa en los años noventa. El caso aborda los orígenes de la burbuja financiera que se creó a finales de los ochenta y las consecuencias para las empresas y la economía en general del estallido de la burbuja durante la década siguiente. El caso pone el énfasis en el estudio de hasta qué punto se pueden utilizar políticas monetarias y fiscales en Japón para solucionar los problemas económicos de fi...Starting at €8.20
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Tradetix Limited (B)
Johnson, RobCase E-204-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe (A) case describes a fast-growing company in the City of London whose CEO and board are considering initiating a trade sale process. The (B) case describes an offer received, which includes an earn-out as part of the price. The (C) case describes a sequence of events following acceptance of the offer-events that are totally unexpected and that jeopardize the earn-out.Starting at €5.74
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Tradetix Limited (C)
Johnson, RobCase E-205-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe (A) case describes a fast-growing company in the City of London whose CEO and board are considering initiating a trade sale process. The (B) case describes an offer received, which includes an earn-out as part of the price. The (C) case describes a sequence of events following acceptance of the offer-events that are totally unexpected and that jeopardize the earn-out.Starting at €5.74
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GeneRisk.com
Johnson, RobCase E-67-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeIn mid-2000 the investors in Medical Sciences Limited (MSL) set up a new company, GeneRisk.com, to capitalize on a proprietary software tool owned by MSL. The immediate issue facing MSL's investors was how to value this new company for the upcoming round of financing.Starting at €8.20
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Accolade Group
Kolarova, Lenka; Johnson, RobCase E-225-EFinanceIn September 2005, John Allen, the Chairman and founder of Accolade Group, leaned back in the armchair in his office and reflected on the developments in his company over the past nine years. Allen had a lifelong career in the UK leisure industry, culminating in his founding of the Accolade Group through a £279m management buy-in (MBI) of the Accolade Bingo business from Guss, a quoted UK-based leisure company, in 1997. Allen had a vision that un...Starting at €8.20
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The Coffee Table
Johnson, Rob; Pinto, MauriceCase E-190-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThis case describes how the entrepreneur financed an innovative coffee shop chain from start-up through multiple stages of growth. The company raised £12.6 million over six rounds of financing and needs another £9-11 million at the end of the case. The entrepreneur must decide whether (a) to press ahead with another round of capital to fund further expansion, (b) to stop opening new shops and focus on becoming profitable, or (c) to sell the com...Starting at €8.20
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Japan: from the bubble to the slump
Gual, Jordi; Martrat, SergiCase ASE-396-EEconomicsThis case presents the evolution of the Japanese economy in the 1990's. The case discusses the origins of the financial bubble that was created in the late 1980's and the consequences for business and the economy in general of the burst of the bubble during the 1990's. The case emphasizes the study of the extent to which fiscal and monetary policies can be used in Japan as a way to solve the economic problems of the late 1990's or whether, on the...Starting at €8.20
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El Reino Unido y el SME: La elección de política cambiaria
Gual, JordiCase ASE-173EconomicsEl case presenta el dilema que hubo de afrontar el gobierno británico en la primavera de 1988 sobre si Reino Unido debería incorporarse al SME. Una libra fuerte crea problemas a los exportadores británicos. La primera ministra, Margaret Thatcher, desea dejar que la libra se fortalezca, mientras que el ministro de Economía y Hacienda, Nigel Lawson, es partidario de reducir los tipos de interés para rebajar el tipo de cambio. El abierto desacuerdo...Starting at €8.20