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Citadel Capital (A): Managing for Opportunity and the Unexpected
Meehan W; Pfleiderer P; McCoy DCase SGSB-F287A-EFinanceThis case described the activities of Citadel Capital, a Cairo-based Emerging Markets Private Equity Fund, in Egypt during the tumultuous political environment following the Arab Spring and the country’s first democratic elections. The case focuses in particular on Citadel’s approach to investment exits and liquidation in order to realize value for investors.Starting at €8.20
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Citadel Capital (B): Managing for Opportunity and the Unexpected
Meehan W; Pfleiderer P; McCoy DCase SGSB-F287B-EFinanceThis case updates the activities of Citadel Capital, a Cairo-based Emerging Markets Private Equity Fund, in light of ongoing political uncertainty in Egypt and the MENA region.Starting at €5.74
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Schroder Family (A): Personal Wealth, Family, and Estates
Parker, G; Rappaport, A,, Foroughi, JCase SGSB-F306A-ECorporate Governance, FinancePaul Schroder had recently celebrated his sixty-eighth birthday and was beginning to feel his age. While he recognized that there were many good years ahead, he also realized that it was not too early to begin to think seriously about his retirement and his estate. For years, he had been encouraged to make a careful estate plan, but he always put it off, thinking that he would take care of it at a later time. Now was that later time. This case d...Starting at €8.20
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Schroder Family (B): Investment Strategy ad Asset Allocation
Parker, G; Rappaport, A,, Foroughi, JCase SGSB-F306B-ECorporate Governance, FinanceHaving identified his “needs and dreams,” Paul Schroder had to figure out what to do next. Putting emotions aside, he needed to identify the best options to come up with the required amounts of liquidity at the right times. As Schroder thought through the issues, he viewed his company, Travel Imagination, as the key to his goals. He could continue to manage and own the business, but he was concerned about this asset’s concentration and unpredic...Starting at €5.74
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Richard Lund: Personal Wealth and Philanthropy
Parker G; Rappaport A, Foroughi JCase SGSB-F308-EFinanceRichard Lund had reached an important crossroads in his life. At age 65, Lund had had a great deal of success—and amassed much wealth—but he needed to devise a plan for the future. Namely, he needed to figure out what to do with the wealth of which he was so proud and that he had accumulated as a result of his own hard work and perseverance. This case describes a hypothetical investor faced with the challenges of philanthropy and its role in weal...Starting at €8.20
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DropBox - Series B Financing
Strebulaev, I; Foroughi, J; GouwCase SGSB-F309-EFinanceIn mid-2011, as global markets corrected amid worldwide economic uncertainty, Drew Houston, co-founder and CEO of Dropbox, the fast-growing file synchronization and sharing company, found himself in a difficult, albeit enviable, situation. Houston, who had already raised over $7 million through two rounds of venture funding (one seed round and a Series A round) and developed a large and growing user base, began receiving significant investor int...Starting at €8.20
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PATH and the Safe Water Project: Making Safe Water Products More Affordable
Zenios S; Denend L; Elliott TCase SGSB-OIT109-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThis case provides an overview of the nonprofit organization PATH and its Safe Water Project—a five-year effort launched in late 2006 with $17 million in funding from the global development unit of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The purpose of the grant was to evaluate to what extent market-based approaches could help accelerate the widespread adoption and sustained use of household water treatment and safe storage products by low-income ...Starting at €8.20
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Compassion Web
Wee Yong YeoCase IVEY-9B12M039-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThis case is about an ambitious “technopreneur” with ideas that were at the forefront of technology, such as in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Compassion Web had been successful initially, then swamped with challenges, and the original business model needed major changes in order to work in the fast-changing environment. At the same time, the company was facing a lawsuit with a major client, which could threaten its survival. To make...Starting at €8.20
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Target Systems: Challenges and Opportunities in the Electronic Health Information System Arena
Michael J. Fratantuono; David M. SarconeCase IVEY-9B12M090-EInformation Technologies, StrategyIn the summer of 2010, the members of the business development team of Target Systems were carefully considering the possibility of entering the Electronic Health Information (EHI) systems arena. The company had both breadth and depth of experience in providing logistics, project management and information technology (IT) services to clients in the public and private sector. Although the employees of Target Systems were experts in a full range of...Starting at €8.20
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Host Europe: Advancing CSR and Sustainability in a Medium-sized IT Company
Rüdiger HahnCase IVEY-9B10M042-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe case deals with issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in the specific setting of a medium-sized enterprise (Host Europe) in the IT industry. Host Europe is the third largest webhosting company in German-speaking Europe. In recent years, the company has put substantial efforts into living up to its CSR and improving sustainability. The case presents the IT sector in Europe and Germany and highlights several industr...Starting at €8.20