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Shadow Banking
Soley, Jorge; Sánchez de León, CarlosTechnical Note FN-617-EFinance, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis note explains the growing phenomenon of shadow banking as a non-regulated part of the financial system. In the United States, shadow banking is more important than the traditional banking sector in terms of assets used and it is experiencing high growth rates in Europe as well. The note asks whether shadow banking has more advantages than the traditional banking system because it is not regulated; whether it is more or less transparent; whe...Starting at €8.20
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Choosing the Right Company in the Venture Capital Investment Competition
Frodsham, David; Linz, Florian; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTechnical Note FN-631-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThis technical note is written to give students competing in the VCIC a guideline on how to approach start-up analysis for investment purposes. The technical note focuses on real-life insights and examples to better prepare students for the VCIC where they will have to think and analyze quickly.Starting at €8.20
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Ibersnacks, S.A. - Teaching Note
Lessard, D.; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadTeaching Note FT-10-EFinance(Case F-510). Use is restricted to Academic Institutions.Starting at €0.00
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Roche: The Investment Decision Dilemma
Serrano, Alejandro; Kraiselburd, SantiagoCase P-1171-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2015, Roche launched an internal improvement program aimed at reducing the cost of its products, with an emphasis on manufacturing costs. Paul de Wit, the group head in charge of product supply-chain management, was assigned the task of figuring out the appropriate production batch size for each product, with the help of two representatives from the financial and supply-chain management departments. They tested three different approaches on a ...Starting at €8.20
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Driving Digital Transformation at the DBS Bank
Káganer, Evgeny; Gregory, Robert Wayne; Codrean, CatalinCase SI-195-EFinance, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeDBS, the largest bank in Southeast Asia, embarked on a journey of digital transformation in late 2013. In parallel with creating a new organizational unit called Digibank to spearhead the bank's expansion into new markets, the bank launched the Digital Mindset program to help change the company from within. This case, set in 2015, outlines the key moments of the transformational journey and describes the strategy taken by the new CEO to improve t...Starting at €8.20
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Bill Ackman's Big Short of Herbalife
Vandebroek, Tom; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Simon, JanCase SM-1611-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyThis case describes how hedge fund activist Bill Ackman took a $1 billion short position on the shares of the nutrition company Herbalife. Ackman is convinced that Herbalife's business model is essentially a pyramid scheme, rendering it unsustainable as well as illegal. The case describes his arguments and the evidence he builds on. Other hedge fund titans soon took the opposite position on Herbalife, possibly because they fundamentally disagree ...Starting at €8.20
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El concurso de acreedores tras la reforma del 2011
Carillo, Jordi; Segarra, José AntonioTechnical Note JN-24Corporate Governance, FinanceLa ley Concursal 22/2003, que inició su vigencia en septiembre de 2004, se redactó en un entorno económico de economía en expansión. La gravísima crisis financiera de 2007, posteriormente traspasada al ámbito económico y empresarial, vino a modificar sustancialmente las condiciones en las que se había aprobado esa nueva legislación. Ello provocó la promulgación del Real Decreto-ley 3/2009, de 27 de marzo, de medidas urgentes en materia tributaria...Starting at €8.20
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Crisis de empresa: el proceso de liquidación dentro del concurso de acreedores
Castiella, Miguel; Trenchs, Miguel; Segarra, José AntonioTechnical Note JN-36Corporate Governance, FinanceLa Ley Concursal da a las empresas inmersas en una crisis financiera aguda y con una situación de pérdida absoluta e irrecuperable de su competitividad la posibilidad de entrar en un proceso de liquidación ordenado. La nota describe la parte de responsabilidad de los administradores en la declaración de liquidación y el procedimiento a seguir, adentrándose en las alternativas de liquidación de los activos de forma individualizada y la venta de la...Starting at €8.20
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Gestión del crédito a clientes: perspectiva de negocio y jurídica
Segarra, José Antonio; Sbert, HéctorTechnical Note JN-31Finance, Service and Operations ManagementEl decalaje o desajuste entre las operaciones ordinarias de negocio y su ciclo financiero da lugar a la aparición de circulantes. Los circulantes suponen siempre la afloración de costes financieros explícitos o de oportunidad y riesgos de que esas operaciones de negocio no acaben en su destino final, que no es otro que la caja. La nota aborda la gestión de los riesgos de crédito a clientes desde la perspectiva de negocio, aportando políticas prev...Starting at €8.20
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Banca de Inversión
de Heredia, Tomás; Cutillas, Sergi; Sánchez de León, Carlos; Soley, Jorge; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTechnical Note FN-424FinanceEsta nota proporciona una perspectiva general de los orígenes y principales actividades de la banca de inversión. Explica las diferencias que existen entre la banca de inversión y los bancos comerciales, así como también quiénes son los clientes habituales, qué instrumentos financieros usan y cómo está evolucionando para adaptarse a un cambiante marco regulador.Starting at €8.20