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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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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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Eye Care (C): Alejandro Lanzagora's Performance Assessment
Cebrecos, Enrique; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-166-ELeadership and People Management, MarketingIn February 2009 Alejandro Lanzagorta, a Business Manager at Eye Care, meets with the director of his business unit, Tiago de Vasconcelos, to discuss his annual performance assessment. In quantitative terms, Alejandro's sales results are better than expected, in fact, the best in the company. Opinions differ, however, over cost management, where Alejandro believes he has also exceeded expectations. The disagreement intensifies when the discussion...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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Eye Care (E): A Second Assesment
Cebrecos, Enrique; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-205-ELeadership and People ManagementIn February, as usual, Alejandro had his 2009 Global Perfomance and Development meeting with his superior, Tiago de Vasconcelos. His results had been very good: sales growth was 12.5%, reaching 100.3% of budgeted sales, above 98.1% of the business unit. In the new refractive line he had achieved 98%, compared to the average of 87%. Alejandro declared that communication had improved significantly, but even so he was nervous about his meetings with...Starting at €5.74
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Yolanda Cruz in Health and Beauty (B)
Stein, Guido; Cebrecos, EnriqueCase DPO-300-ELeadership and People ManagementIn early 2012, Yolanda was appointed head of sales for the area of Catalonia, the second in size. It was a year marked by widespread fall in consumption; however, she exceeded the budget of 6,487,000 euros by 2%. She was also able to unite a team with three newcomers, whose hiring she had not had a say in, and about whom she had expressed personal reticence to her superior, Mónica Roig - she complained her preferences had not been taken into acc...Starting at €5.74
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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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