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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (Entrepreneurs)
Ramírez Maz, Daniel; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-873-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is be...Starting at €8.20
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Chick-fil-A: Sandwiches and cultural wars (B)
de la Cierva, Yago; Notario, EduardoCase DPO-736-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe American fast-food chain Chick-fil-A suffered several boycotts promoted by LGTBQ+ organizations after the CEO's public comments regarding his religious background and because of the company's financial support to organizations lobbying against legal recognition of same-sex marriage. The following years, the company kept growing and, at the same time, its reputation was affected. What to do next?Starting at €5.74
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Accent Equity Partners and the San Sac Deal
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-983-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIt was April 2019, and Niklas Sloutski, Chief Executive Officer of Accent Equity Partners, a Stockholm-based private equity firm, had just returned from a meeting with the firm's partners. The meeting in which they reviewed the firm's investment portfolio brought discussions about the implications of pursuing a possible exit from the investment in the San Sac Group, a market-leading provider of waste sorting, containment and compaction products i...Starting at €8.20
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Chick-fil-A: Sandwiches and cultural wars (A)
de la Cierva, Yago; Notario, EduardoCase DPO-735-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe American fast-food chain Chick-fil-A suffered several boycotts promoted by LGTBQ+ organizations after the CEO's public comments regarding his religious background and because of the company's financial support to organizations lobbying against legal recognition of same-sex marriage. The following years, the company kept growing and, at the same time, its reputation was affected. What to do next?Starting at €8.20
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Aphrodite Partners versus Cashmine Capital Partners: Regulation Attempts in a Private Industry
Grabenwarter, Uli; Campisi, Sergio; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-842-EEconomics, FinanceThis case deals with transparency and disclosure policies of GPs in the interaction with their investor base and serves as a discussion base for the question, whether Fund management activities in Private Equity should be subject to higher scrutiny and/or financial market regulation. The case projects this industry four years into the future, inviting students to suggest possible conclusions from the ongoing debate on higher regulatory oversight...Starting at €8.20
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Chick-fil-A: Bocadillos y guerras culturales (B)
de la Cierva, Yago; Notario, EduardoCase DPO-736Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyChick-fil-A, la cadena de comida rápida de Estados Unidos, fue objeto de varios boicots promovidos por organizaciones defensoras de los derechos de los grupos LGTBI+ tras las declaraciones públicas del CEO en relación con sus creencias religiosas y debido al apoyo económico de la compañía a organizaciones contrarias al reconocimiento jurídico del matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo. Los años siguientes, la compañía siguió creciendo y, al mis...Starting at €5.74
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Regency Capital Partners: The Heat Is On
Grabenwarter, Uli; Mitchell, Jordan; Mayer F.; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-827-EFinanceA senior manager at Durable Capital Partners (DCP) must decide between two investments for the company's seventh private equity fund by evaluating each investment memoranda. The first investment calls for DCP to be a junior partner in a syndicated deal. By investing in the first company, DCP's fund would be fully invested and the company could begin to fundraise for its eighth fund. The second investment, is in DCP's ideal range in terms of size ...Starting at €8.20
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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (VCs)
Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-874-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is b...Starting at €8.20
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Chick-fil-A: Bocadillos y guerras culturales (A)
de la Cierva, Yago; Notario, EduardoCase DPO-735Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyChick-fil-A, la cadena de comida rápida de Estados Unidos, fue objeto de varios boicots promovidos por organizaciones defensoras de los derechos de los grupos LGTBI+ tras las declaraciones públicas del CEO en relación con sus creencias religiosas y debido al apoyo económico de la compañía a organizaciones contrarias al reconocimiento jurídico del matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo. Los años siguientes, la compañía siguió creciendo y, al mis...Starting at €8.20
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Accent Equity Partners and the San Sac Deal - Teaching Note
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliTeaching Note FT-129-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIt was April 2019, and Niklas Sloutski, Chief Executive Officer of Accent Equity Partners, a Stockholm-based private equity firm, had just returned from a meeting with the firm's partners. The meeting in which they reviewed the firm's investment portfolio brought discussions about the implications of pursuing a possible exit from the investment in the San Sac Group, a market-leading provider of waste sorting, containment and compaction products i...Starting at €0.00