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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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La economía norteamericana en el cambio de siglo
Argandoña, AntonioCase ASE-412EconomicsSe explica la evolución de la economía norteamericana desde finales de los años setenta, cuando se estaba iniciando la burbuja especulativa que se manifestó en la fuerte subida de las cotizaciones bursátiles y en la euforia económica generalizada. Se presentan los hechos que permiten analizar las causas y efectos de esa burbuja, así como los que dieron lugar a la explosión de la misma y la recesión de 2001. El caso incluye información de los años...Starting at €8.20
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The U.S. Economy at the Turn of the Century
Argandoña, AntonioCase ASE-412-EEconomicsThis case explains the evolution of the U.S. economy from the late 1970s, when the speculative bubble was just starting to grow. This bubble led to sharp increases in stock market prices and a generalized financial euphoria. The facts are given to enable analysis of the causes and effects of this bubble, and also the events that led it to burst, plunging the economy into the 2001 recession. The case includes information about the following years,...Starting at €8.20