Darden University of Virginia (USA)
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Ben & Jerry's Homemade: The Unilever Scoop
Yemen, Gerry; Allayannis, George (Yiorgos); Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-1656-EFinanceA follow up for Ben & Jerry’s Homemade (UVA-F-1364), this case is suitable for MBA, EMBA, and GEMBA programs, and could work as a stand-alone undergraduate introduction to corporate finance and M&A or an introductory strategy class on M&A or post-merger integration. Did the Unilever/Ben & Jerry’s merger yield both firms’ fundamental objectives? What did the market think? What did each get from the deal? What can students tell about where future v...Starting at €8.20
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Bernstein Global Wealth Management: From One Generation to the Next
Yemen, Gerry; Wilmshurst, Luke; de Guzman, Terry S.Case DARDEN-F-1713-EFinanceFamily business as a topic has grown to constitute a major segment of the U.S. and global economies. In many regions of the world, family companies dominate the economy. Running a family business can be especially challenging when considering the complexity of working with and managing family members. This field-based case offers a disguised situation between first- and third-generation family members around an investment opportunity. A supplemen...Starting at €8.20
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AES Tietê: Expansion Plant in Brazil
Allayannis, George (Yiorgos); Yemen, Gerry; Oliveira, RobersonCase DARDEN-F-1732-EFinanceThis case allows students to learn the principles of capital budgeting in a global context. It features a power company in Brazil that is a subsidiary of AES Corporation. A new-to-the-firm manager is assigned his first big project: to evaluate and defend the case for investing in a 500 MW thermal power plant. He must present his findings to the Global Valuation Review team, including a recommendation for the project and a bid price for the upcomi...Starting at €8.20
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TriLinc Global Impact Fund
Loutskina, Elena; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-F-1779-EFinanceThis case calls students to evaluate an investment in impact-oriented private-debt fund TriLinc Global. The fund is led by Wall Street veteran Gloria Nelund and provides debt financing to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets. The case discusses the well-known shortages in SME finance globally and the role SMEs play in emerging economies. In her desire to make the impact investing accessible to retail investors, Nelund registere...Starting at €8.20
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Bond Buyback at Deutsche Bank
Allayannis, George (Yiorgos); Yemen, Gerry; Wells, Graham D.Case DARDEN-F-1790-EFinanceThe case describes a 2016 debt buyback transaction for Deutsche Bank, a major, global, systemically important bank. The case focuses on the large, global bank during a turbulent period, giving students the opportunity to consider both the specific issue of whether Deutsche Bank should do a debt buyback as well as the strategic, regulatory, and macroeconomic issues the bank was facing. This case is suitable for an MBA elective course in capital ma...Starting at €8.20
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Impact Makers (B): Equity Raise
Yemen, Gerry; Loutskina, ElenaCase DARDEN-F-1801-EFinanceThis case can be taught alone or as an epilogue to "Impact Makers (A): The Newman's Own of Management Consulting" (UVA-F-1797). The case is based on Impact Makers, an IT consulting company headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. The company focus on creating value for a community led to an innovative corporate structure where original founders of the firm hold all voting rights, while the cash flow rights belong to two nonprofits, setting the stage ...Starting at €5.74
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Impact Makers (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Loutskina, Elena; Yemen, GerryTeaching Note DARDEN-F-1797TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1797Starting at €0.00
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Deutsche Bank Restart: Goodbye Goldman Sachs of Europe?
Allayannis, George (Yiorgos); Yemen, Gerry; Holtz, PaulCase DARDEN-F-1934-EFinanceThis public-sourced case describes the latest restructuring efforts by Deutsche Bank (DB) and gives a short history of prior restructuring efforts from the decade before. In July 2019, Christian Sewing, the new CEO of DB, announced a series of measures that included, among others, the elimination of global equity trading, the layoff of 18,000 employees, the creation of a “bad bank” to transfer noncore assets, and the suspension of dividends until...Starting at €8.20
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Divestment as an ESG Tool: CalPERS and Tobacco Stocks (A)
Evans, Richard B.; Yemen, Gerry; Kellett, MichaelCase DARDEN-F-1948-EFinanceThis case uses the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) to set the stage for unfolding an analysis of economics and values in the decision to divest tobacco stocks and bonds from the internally managed portion of the CalPERS portfolio.Starting at €8.20
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Flying Around Real Estate Development: Persuading with Data Visualizations
Batova, Tatiana; Ruediger, Stefan; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-BC-0285-EFinanceThis case and data set can be used in a course on storytelling with data to explore how various types of maps in combination with other types of charts drive decision-making. It is designed for working with Tableau but can be easily adapted for other data visualization software. The case also offers an opportunity to help students understand there is a difference between visual persuasion and visual dishonesty. In the case, a project manager (Lo...Starting at €8.20