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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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Pernod Ricard: el reto del crecimiento
Stein, Guido; Ortiz, Alberto; De La Vega, MelanieCase DPO-365Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyEl caso describe la llegada de un nuevo Presidente-Director General a la filial de Pernod-Ricard (PR) en España y Portugal, Eric Laborde, y los retos que ha de afrontar en 2013. Se aporta información histórica del Grupo, y se concreta en relación a España. Se profundiza en aspectos estratégicos, comerciales, financieros, de producción, de marketing, de recursos humanos, y también culturales, de valores, estilos de dirección de los miembros del CO...Starting at €8.20
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Andrés Cardó en el Grupo Prisa - Nota del instructor
Stein, Guido; Ortiz, AlbertoTeaching Note DPOT-86Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAndrés Cardó, consejero delegado de PRISA Radio, es licenciado en Economía y diplomado en Humanidades por la Universidad Pontificia Católica de Perú. Estudió Finanzas en el Programa de Alta Dirección de la Escuela Superior de Administración de Negocios (ESAN) de Lima. Lleva 25 años en PRISA, toda su carrera desde que empezó el Executive MBA del IESE en 1988 en Madrid. Antes había trabajado en Petróleos del Perú y en un grupo textil catalán de la ...Starting at €0.00
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La bolsa en España: Funcionamiento y magnitudes
Martínez Abascal, Eduardo; Fernández, Pablo; Simon, JanTechnical Note FN-423FinanceDescripción de la Bolsa: funcionamiento, principales magnitudes y evolución en los últimos años.Starting at €8.20
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Letter to a Young Operator on Managing During a Crisis
Simon, JanTechnical Note EN-34-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyOver recent years an increasing number of MBAs have decided to follow the search fund route as knowledge around the subject has been disseminated in business schools. At the same time, new investors have accessed the asset class, attracted by high historical returns. The success of the asset class is a function of combining young, ambitious talent with great companies and experienced, yet collaborative, investors. From a risk point of view, th...Starting at €8.20
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Pernod Ricard: The Challenge of Growth
Stein, Guido; Ortiz, Alberto; De La Vega, MelanieCase DPO-365-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case describes the arrival of a new chairman/CEO to the Pernod Ricard subsidiary in Spain and Portugal, Eric Laborde, and the challenges he had to face in 2013. Historical information about the group is provided, most specifically in relation to Spain. The case further examines strategic, commercial, financial, productive, marketing and human resources elements as well as cultural and value aspects and management styles of the current and pa...Starting at €8.20
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AB InBev, Valuation - Teaching Note
Simon, JanTeaching Note FT-117-EThis case is centered on a young recently graduated MBA, Maddox Marcus who works in the Finance Department of AB InBev. The protagonist is tasked with valuing the company and coming up with some shareholder value creating ideas. Note that there also exists an AB InBev case where the central theme is cost of capital and EVA. Both cases can be taught as part of the same course, though this is not necessary as both can be taught separately. Using...Starting at €0.00
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AB InBev, Cost of Capital - Teaching Note
Simon, JanTeaching Note FT-116-EThis case is centered on a young recently graduated MBA, Maddox Marcus who works in the Finance Department of AB InBev. The protagonist is tasked with calculating the WACC of AB InBev at present capital structure and with a 25% debt. Maddox also has to calculate Economic Value added (EVA) as well as EVA-spreads for the mentioned capital structures. Note that there also exists an AB InBev case where the central theme is Valuation. Both cases can ...Starting at €0.00
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Debt Markets
Guasch J.; Martínez Abascal, Eduardo; Simon, JanTechnical Note FN-490-EFinanceThis technical note presents an idea of what the debt market is. It describes the public debt issued by the central governments of each country, the non-governmental bonds, the supranational organisms, the debt issued by government agencies, the debt issued by companies with credit rating, asset securitization and the debt issued by companies without credit rating. Finally, the credit qualifications, or "ratings",of the debt in the long term ar...Starting at €8.20
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Squeeze to Infinity: Porsche's Attempt to Acquire Volkswagen
Saffi, Pedro; Simon, JanCase F-848-EFinanceThe German financial market regulator (BaFin) had recently come under severe national and international pressure because of large market movements in Volkswagen stocks, caused by Porsche's announcement that it acquired a much larger than expected stake in the company. At one point, the firm had become the largest company in the world and, in one afternoon, its market capitalization was bigger than that of the entire car industry. In the blame gam...Starting at €8.20