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AMC Networks Inc.: The Walking Dead Problem
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B18M203-EStrategyIn August 2017, AMC Networks Inc. (AMCN), a New York City–based cable television provider, faced a lawsuit from the creative talent behind the hit show The Walking Dead. The lawsuit charged that AMCN used its vertical integration into content development to reduce the profits available for distribution to participants. For AMCN, which was originally a content distributor, expanding into content creation through its AMC Studios had several benefit...Starting at €8.20
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eBay Inc.: The Portfolio Decision
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B20M113-EStrategyIn January 2019, eBay Inc. (eBay), a California-based e-commerce company, faced an activist campaign centred on its portfolio of businesses. Elliott Management Corporation, the hedge fund leading the campaign, believed that StubHub and Classifieds, two ofStarting at €8.20
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Grupo Velázquez
Mozo, Enrique; Gallo, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1241StrategyEl fundador del grupo familiar Velázquez logró un extraordinario desarrollo de sus empresas a lo largo de casi treinta años. Pero su dedicación a los negocios fue en detrimento del tiempo y esfuerzo empleados en la educación de sus tres hijos. A la muerte del fundador, heredaron sus hijos y uno de ellos, Lorenzo, se hizo cargo de la dirección ejecutiva del grupo. Lorenzo continuó con cierto éxito los negocios familiares, al tiempo que llevaba un ...Starting at €8.20
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Etsy: A B Corp Start-Up Takes on Amazon
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B16M074-EStrategyAWARD WINNING CASE - This case was one of the winners of the 2016 John Molson MBA Case Writing Competition. When Etsy proceeded with an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in April 2015, it was the second U.S. company to go public as a certified B Corporation. Etsy’s status as a B Corporation meant that social responsibility was ingrained in its mission. However, as an online marketplace for artisanal goods, Etsy faced a number...Starting at €8.20
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Viacom, Inc.: Corporate Governance in a Controlled Company
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B17M036-EStrategyViacom, Inc., a New York City-based media company, owned Paramount Pictures and popular television channels such as MTV, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon. Viacom was controlled by Sumner Redstone and run by his hand-picked second in command. In 2016, the 92-year-old Redstone, facing a claim of mental incompetency because of his advanced age, stepped down from his role as executive chair of the board. This led to several issues regarding corporate ...Starting at €8.20
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First Solar: The Module Recycling Opportunity
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-9B16M042-EStrategyIn 2014, the vice-president and director of recycling at the Arizona-based First Solar, Inc., the world's leading solar energy company, was considering a business plan to convert its solar panel recycling initiative from a cost centre to a profit-making business. Although the company pre-funded the recycling of photovoltaic solar panels by adding the recycling cost to the end-customers’ purchase price, Europe had recently enacted laws requiring t...Starting at €8.20
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Asian Paints Limited: Corporate Governance Blues
Ram SubramanianCase IVEY-W27942-EKnowledge and CommunicationOn December 29, 2021, the independent shareholder advisory firm InGovern Research Services (InGovern) published a report accusing Asian Paints Limited (APL) of corporate governance lapses. Nearly 53 per cent of the shares of APL, which was based in Mumbai, India, were owned by its promoters and their families. InGovern had followed up on a whistle-blower’s report claiming that APL had engaged in several related-party transactions but had failed t...Starting at €8.20
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Vimeo, Inc.: Anjali Sud’s Pivot - Teaching Note
Ram SubramanianTeaching Note IVEY-W27671-EKnowledge and CommunicationTeaching note for product W27670.Starting at €0.00
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Emilio Sastre
Gallo, Miguel Ángel; Mozo, EnriqueCase DG-1007-EStrategyThis case describes some of the directions taken by an MED student in the first few years of his career, following his incorporation into a family group of companies. It explains the process by which he joins the group, the problems he faces with an established manager who he has to work with, his "inclusion" in the family and in the higher levels of power, the birth of his "psychological contract" with the company, and its subsequent repercussio...Starting at €8.20
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Emilio Sastre
Gallo, Miguel Ángel; Mozo, EnriqueCase DG-1007StrategyEl caso describe las distintas orientaciones por las que atraviesa un alumno del MED en los primeros años de su carrera profesional, tras su entrada en un grupo de empresas familiar. Se relata su proceso de incorporación, sus dificultades con un antiguo directivo en quien tiene que apoyarse, su «inclusión» en la familia y cúpula de poder, el nacimiento de su «contrato psicológico» con la empresa, y la consiguiente repercusión en el planteamiento ...Starting at €8.20