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Cinco estrategias para sumar en las negociaciones
Mehta, KandarpArticle ART-2273Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeDe los pasillos del poder político a los consejos de administración, es fundamental saber manejar bien una negociación. En parte, el fracaso de muchas de ellas se debe a la incapacidad para poner sobre la mesa ofertas creativas e integradoras. La investigación existente muestra que esta habilidad es muy importante para cerrar un trato satisfactorio para ambas partes. Tras analizar 207 negociaciones diádicas realizadas durante un juego de rol, el ...Starting at €8.20
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Five Essential Strategies for Creative Negotiations
Mehta, KandarpArticle ART-2273-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeFrom the corridors of political power to the boardroom, the ability to hold your own around the negotiating table is a vital element of success in today's world. Unfortunately, many negotiations end in deadlock. This is partly because many negotiators are unable to come up with creative, integrative deals, which research shows are a significant variable in reaching a conclusion satisfactory to both parties. Using a role-play-based experiment, the...Starting at €8.20
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Consejos para resolver conflictos en la empresa
Mehta, Kandarp; Ripol, IgnacioArticle ART-3056Leadership and People ManagementMuchos líderes creen ser expertos negociadores por el mero hecho de negociar con frecuencia. Pero negociar mucho no significa necesariamente hacerlo de forma eficaz y, en muchas ocasiones, las dificultades que se presentan durante el proceso pueden impedir llegar a un acuerdo cuando se carece de las habilidades adecuadas. Dado que la mediación es un recurso muy útil para superar estos momentos de bloqueo, conocer las capacidades propias de un med...Starting at €8.20
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5 Ways Managers Can Enhance Their Mediating Skills
Mehta, Kandarp; Ripol, IgnacioArticle ART-3056-ELeadership and People ManagementNegotiating is a skill that every manager needs to master, not only because it can help to solve problems and create value, but because thwarted negotiations undermine value, sap morale, waste resources and even escalate into greater conflict. But there is more to negotiation than just wearing down the other side. The use of mediation in corporate settings yields useful lessons for every manager in resolving disputes and negotiating positive outc...Starting at €8.20
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Investure, LLC, and Smith College
Chaplinsky, Susan; Harris, Robert S.; Kelly, Dorothy C.Case DARDEN-F-1537-EFinanceAlice Handy, an investment professional with 30 years' experience as head of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, has opened a new asset management firm targeted at midsize endowments and nonprofit institutions in January 2004. Her business, Investure, LLC, offered outsourced investment services to institutions with $150 million to $1 billion in assets and access to top-performing managers at lower cost than a fund of funds (...Starting at €8.20
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TRX, Inc.: Initial Public Offering
Chaplinsky, Susan; Morita, Kensei; Zeng, XingCase DARDEN-F-1568-EFinanceThis case provides comprehensive coverage of a firm’s decision to undertake an IPO and the process of going public. The case follows the sequence of events from the company’s incorporation in 1999 through the completion of an IPO in September 2005. In addition to raising capital, the TRX IPO case also includes consideration of another motivation for going public. At the time of its incorporation in November 1999, TRX attempted to go public but in...Starting at €8.20
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company: Follow-On Equity Issue
Chaplinsky, Susan; Estey, WarrenCase DARDEN-F-1596-EFinanceThis case explains marketing process for follow-on equity offerings, the direct and indirect costs of issue, and the long-run performance of equity issuers. Students use analysts’ projections from which to estimate the intrinsic value of the company’s share-including the cost savings from the VEBA and financial improvements over the next several years. It is appropriate for use in corporate finance courses covering the topics of capital raising, ...Starting at €8.20
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Valuation of Late-Stage Companies and Buyouts
Chaplinsky, Susan; Khetrepal, ShikhaTechnical Note DARDEN-F-1639-EFinanceThis note focuses on the valuation of late-stage companies with a particular emphasis on leveraged buyouts (LBOs). In addition to LBOs, late-stage investments can arise in situations involving growth equity, turnarounds, mezzanine investments, and distressed debt. In contrast to venture capital, where firms are typically at an early stage of development, late-stage investments involve more established businesses that have an ability to take on hi...Starting at €8.20
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Primary Integration, LLC: Lower-Middle-Market Investment
Chaplinsky, Susan; Yang, Jiaxin (Cathy)Case DARDEN-F-1705-EFinanceThis case is used in Darden's course elective "Entrepreneurial Finance and Private Equity." Students are asked to analyze the internal rate of return and cash-on-cash returns that a private equity firm is likely to achieve on a particular investment. In addition, students are asked to assess whether the minority rights negotiated in this deal are sufficient to protect the firm's interests in the absence of a controlling equity stake. If instructo...Starting at €8.20
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SuDa Electric Vehicle Company: Private Equity Investment in China
Chaplinsky, Susan; Hoang, LinhCase DARDEN-F-1766-EFinanceIn March 2013, the Shipston Group, the family office of billionaire industrialist Michael D. Dingman, was considering a private equity investment in the SuDa Electric Vehicle Company (SuDa), a rapidly growing maker of electric bicycles (e-bikes) in the People's Republic of China (PRC). This field-based case explores the differences between investments that are funded through a family office compared to a more traditional committed fund. Shipston ...Starting at €8.20