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Standard & Poor’s 500 Shades of Grey
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B16TC03-EAccounting and ControlAndrew Fastow, chief financial officer at Enron during one of the largest corporate frauds in U.S. history, knows how easy it is for businesses to misbehave when faced with grey-area decision-making. He sees principle-breaking everywhere today — in business deals, political fundraising, and tax avoidance. There can be a contradiction between “doing what’s right” and “doing what the rules permit.” It is important for managers to understand where j...Starting at €8.20
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A Greek Tragedy With No Written Final Act
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B15TD02-EFinanceFollowing Greece’s failure to repay its loan to the International Monetary Fund, it is easy to claim that the Greeks should simply pay back borrowed money. But there is never a clear answer when asking who should be responsible for a nation’s unmanageable debt, and the question is far more complex when it involves a member of the eurozone. Greece lacks its own currency to devalue to gain economic relief, and the nation’s debt problem cannot be so...Starting at €8.20
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Bhaghwati Steel Centre: Backward or Forward? - Teaching Note
Nishant Sapra; Anshul JainTeaching Note IVEY-W29384-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceTeaching note for product W29383.Starting at €0.00
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Why Other Nations Should Follow Canada’s Lead on Spending
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B15TB05-EFinanceWhen it comes to new government budgets, politicians are usually criticized regardless of whether they undertake new spending or embrace austerity. Canadian Finance Minister Joe Oliver’s spending restraint should be appreciated, however, at a time when world debt has jumped $57 trillion since the so-called Age of Austerity started in 2007, with governments accounting for $25 trillion of the extra liabilities. Oliver has been criticized for his pl...Starting at €8.20
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Don't (Just) Chart Your Financial Future
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B16TA04-EFinanceAnyone looking at stock charts these days has good reason to feel like cutting their losses. Despite the partial recovery after the Global Financial Crisis, sovereign and consumer debt levels have only increased while commodity prices have plummeted along with China’s economic growth levels, so thinking about rebalancing investment portfolios is clearly a good idea. When thinking about rebalancing investments, it is unwise to let stock charts alo...Starting at €8.20
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Bhaghwati Steel Centre: Backward or Forward?
Nishant Sapra; Anshul JainCase IVEY-W29383-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceBhagwati Steel Centre, a family-owned trading firm located in Ghaziabad, India, was facing a short-term decline in revenue from its core business, trading iron and steel components, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company’s four partners felt that this was the right time to diversify and expand their business to establish more sources of revenue and income; they were considering diversifying and expanding their business using a business integra...Starting at €8.20
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Rudra Industries: Bidding for Generator Leases - Teaching Note
Anshul Jain; Sunil GaurTeaching Note IVEY-W25654-EFinanceTeaching note for product W25653.Starting at €0.00
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Metro do Porto: An Interest Rate Swap
S. Veena Iyer; Anshul JainCase IVEY-9B16N011-EFinance, StrategyIn January 2007, Metro do Porto, a light rail network, entered into an interest rate swap agreement with Banco Santander Totta on a notional principal of €89 million. The intent was to reduce the interest costs that Metro do Porto was incurring. This was a complex swap agreement that brought immediate benefits to Metro do Porto but proved catastrophic in the long run. Two years after the swap commenced, a “snowball clause” in the swap agreement t...Starting at €8.20
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Capro Group: A Growth Story
Anshul Jain; Pratap Chandra BiswalCase IVEY-9B12N020-EFinance, StrategyCAPRO Group is a small electrical engineering services firm operating out of New Delhi, India. In December 2011, with falling revenues due to macroeconomic conditions and increasing competition, the firm’s owner and founder appoints his son to look into restructuring the business. The electrical distribution control panel manufacturing and installation industry is highly fragmented, with only a few big firms and many small firms. Most firms speci...Starting at €8.20
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Metro do Porto: An Interest Rate Swap - Teaching Note
S. Veena Iyer; Anshul JainTeaching Note IVEY-8B16N011-EFinanceTeaching Note for product 9B16N011.Starting at €0.00