Ivey Business School (Canada)
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Don't Always Mind the Talent Gap
Tony S. FrostArticle IVEY-9B15TF01-ELeadership and People ManagementIn identifying high-potential employees and leaders, the HR world tends to prefer “all-rounders,” meaning individuals who score well across a range of competencies deemed necessary to lead and grow businesses. As a result, many HR departments focus executive development plans on individuals with limited weaknesses — weaknesses that can be fairly easily “rounded off” or trained away. The logic behind this appears sound. But this reasoning can elim...Starting at €8.20
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Super Group: Acquisition and Delisting from the Singapore Exchange
Ruth S.K. Tan; Allaudeen Hameed; Weina Zhang; Zsuzsa R. HuszarCase IVEY-9B20N033-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyOn November 3, 2016, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) launched a bid for Singapore-based food and beverage company Super Group Ltd. (Super). JDE had already acquired 60 per cent of the shares but needed another 30 per cent in order to delist the company and takStarting at €8.20
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CapitaMalls Asia: A Buyout Offer from CapitaLand
Ruth S.K. Tan; Zsuzsa R. Huszar; Weina Zhang; Shao Yu HongExercise IVEY-9B19N012-EFinance, StrategyOn April 14, 2014, CapitaLand Limited, a Singapore-based real estate company, launched a voluntary conditional cash offer of SG$2.22 for each share (SG$3.06 billion in total) of its subsidiary commercial property development and management company, CapitaMalls Asia Limited (CMA). CMA’s principal business strategy was to invest in, develop, and manage a diversified portfolio of real estate used primarily for retail purposes in Asia. CapitaLand’s o...Starting at €8.20
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CapitaMalls Asia: A Buyout Offer from CapitaLand - Teaching Note
Ruth S.K. Tan; Zsuzsa R. Huszar; Weina Zhang; Shao Yu HongTeaching Note IVEY-8B19N012-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B19N012.Starting at €0.00
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WaterEquity: Alternative Investment - Teaching Note
Weina Zhang; Ben Gossin Charoenwong; Yuxin ZhuoTeaching Note IVEY-8B20N016-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B20N016.Starting at €0.00
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Examining Supply-Side Benefits of Virtual Teaching
Ann C. Frost; Tony S. FrostArticle IVEY-9B20TC02-EStrategySome physical classroom experiences can’t be beat, but moving university programs online offers instructors unexpected advantages.Starting at €8.20
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Lyxor ChinaH Versus Lyxor MSIndia: Portfolio Risk and Return
Ruth S.K. Tan; Zsuzsa R. Huszar; Weina ZhangExercise IVEY-9B16N004-EFinanceIn September 2015, Susie reflected on the performance of her personal investment portfolio over the past seven years. Susie had invested in two exchange traded funds (ETFs): Lyxor ChinaH and Lyxor MSIndia. She was now considering Lyxor USDJIA as a third ETF to diversify her risk. This analysis would involve the concept of portfolio diversification and the application of the capital asset pricing model. In addition, Susie would need to calculate m...Starting at €8.20
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Sun Life Financial: A Potential Indian Life Insurance Joint Venture
Stephen R. Foerster; Tony S. Frost; Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Sun Life Financial: Planning for the Future, product 9B07M045, hones in on Sun Life's decision to re-enter the Indian insurance market.Starting at €8.20
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Julie Hallman at the Falaise Foundation
Ann C. Frost; Tony S. Frost; Mary GillettCase IVEY-9B16M073-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn May 2014, Julie Hallman was about to assume the presidency of the struggling non-profit arts organization, the Falaise Foundation, which offered a residence for small groups of artists and scholars from around the world to work on creative endeavours at its extensive property in the South of France. The foundation was suffering financially due to a combination of weak fundraising, high operating costs, an ineffective board of trustees, and a m...Starting at €8.20
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Neptune Orient Lines: Valuation and Capital Structure
Ruth S.K. Tan; Zsuzsa R. Huszar; Weina ZhangCase IVEY-9B17N007-EFinance, StrategyNeptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL) was started as Singapore’s national shipping line to facilitate industrial development and support the economy. The CMA CGM Group (CMA CGM) had acquired 67 per cent of NOL from Temasek Holdings Private Limited for SG$2.3 billion or $1.30 per share—a 6 per cent premium over the last closing price. In 2016, CMA CGM sought to acquire the remaining shares at the same price so that it could delist NOL and take it pri...Starting at €8.20