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BioTD: Biotechnology Developers
Sanz, Luis J.; Carrion Saavedra, Jorge Luis; Centro de InvestigacionesCase INCAE-12405-EFinanceWith an important proposal that will multiply its sales more than 20 times, bioTD is exploring the main outside financing options available. This company located in Costa Rica manufactures biotechnology products and medical devices and is analysing several options to finance a proposal that will multiply its sales more card financing. This has forced Dr. Wiscovitch and his partners to look for outside financing. They are considering several optio...Starting at €8.20
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Bidding for Hertz: Leveraged Buyout - Teaching Note
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1560TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1560Starting at €0.00
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DuPont Corporation: Sale of Performance Coatings
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.; Merker, BrettCase DARDEN-F-1709-EFinanceIn January 2012, Ellen Kullman, CEO and chairman of DuPont, must decide whether to retain or sell the company’s Performance Coatings (DPC) division. This is an introductory case on valuing a leveraged buyout. The case focuses on a publicly listed corporation’s decision to divest a large division and asks students to compare the division’s value if it remains under DuPont’s control or is sold to an outside party. The transaction size of approximat...Starting at €8.20
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Cengage Learning: Can Apax Partners Salvage This Buyout?
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.; Smith, David C.Case DARDEN-F-1727-EFinanceThis case investigates the issues involved in a private equity (PE) firm’s decision to invest in the debt of a distressed leveraged buyout. The analysis has been purposefully simplified to involve only two classes of outstanding debt, senior debt and junior debt, so that students do not need to have detailed knowledge of the bankruptcy process to complete the analysis. The main analytical task requires students to compute the expected internal ra...Starting at €8.20
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Investing in Sponsor-Backed IPOs: The Case of Hertz - Teaching Note
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1561TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1561Starting at €0.00
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The Carlyle Group: IPO of a Publicly Traded Private Equity Firm - Teaching Note
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1689TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1689Starting at €0.00
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Investing in Sponsor-Backed IPOs: The Case of Hertz
Chaplinsky, Susan; Marston, Felicia C.; Pozzi, MichaelCase DARDEN-F-1561-EFinanceThis case and its companion, UVA-F-1560, were awarded the 2012 Wachovia Award for Excellence in Teaching Materials - Innovative Case. In November 2006, Alec Berg, a successful hedge fund manager, must decide whether to invest in the initial public offering (IPO) of the Hertz Corporation. The IPO followed a leveraged buyout (LBO) of Hertz that was completed in December 2005 by three prominent private equity firms that had combined to purchase Hert...Starting at €8.20
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BurkeAgro
Sanz, Luis J.; Carrion Saavedra, Jorge Luis; Centro de InvestigacionesCase INCAE-12403-EFinanceThis case concerns the decision of William Burke regarding the future of BurkeAgro. After investing close to $600 thousand the venture is still "burning cash". At the same time, in order to increase sales new investments for $750 thousand are required, promising to turn positive the venture's cash flow in about a year. The case can be used as an introduction to the entrepreneur's financing problem in an entrepreneurial finance course.Starting at €8.20
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Consorcio Cooperativo Agrotirro entre lo social y lo empresarial
Pérez Pineda, Felipe; Arguedas Piedra, Milton; Centro de InvestigacionesCase INCAE-12323Accounting and Control, Corporate Governance, FinanceEl Consorcio Cooperativo Agroatirro es un agronegocio dedicado a la producción e industrialización de la caña de azúcar que nació como una propuesta de orden político que pretendía evitar el desmejoramiento del empleo en los cantones de Turrialba y Jiménez en la provincia de Cartago, Costa Rica, gestionar la adquisición del ingenio Atirro que estaba en quiebra. INFOCOOP adquirió el ingenio invirtiendo una suma significativa de dinero y la transfo...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital Clínica Bíblica: estrategia financiera para el crecimiento sostenible
Martínez Romero, Carlos; Sanz, Luis J.; Centro de InvestigacionesCase INCAE-12367FinanceEl Hospital Clínica Bíblica era en 2012 uno de los mejores hospitales latinoamericanos según el ranking de una revista de negocios. El director financiero del hospital se preguntaba si dada sus políticas de reinversión y apalancamiento podría mantener la tasa de crecimiento en ingresos. El caso ilustra el impacto en la reducción del inventario de insumos en el desempeño financiero del hospital. También contiene información para evaluar financiera...Starting at €8.20