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Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value (Spanish version)
Rappaport, AlfredArticle HBS-R0609CFinanceThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Executives have developed tunnel vision in their pursuit of shareholder value, focusing on short-term performance at the expense of investing in long-term growth. It's time to broaden that perspective and begin shaping business strategies in light of the competitiv...Starting at €8.20
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Westshore Terminals Investment Corporation: The Discovery of a Value Investing Idea - Teaching Note
George Athanassakos; Filippo IulianiTeaching Note IVEY-W23177-EFinanceTeaching note for product W23175.Starting at €0.00
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McKesson Corporation: Pharmaceutical Distribution Industry - Teaching Note
George Athanassakos; Woojin Lee; Andy Seo; Derek Kang; Ton BuiTeaching Note IVEY-8B20N017-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B20N017.Starting at €0.00
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McKesson Corporation: Pharmaceutical Distribution Industry
George Athanassakos; Woojin Lee; Andy Seo; Derek Kang; Ton BuiCase IVEY-9B20N017-EFinance, StrategyOn October 27, 2017, the share price of McKesson Corporation and two other major US pharmaceutical distributors dropped by 7–12 per cent over only a few days. The stock price drop was fuelled by reports that Amazon Inc. had quietly acquired wholesales phaStarting at €8.20
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HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc.
George Athanassakos; Kamil Janczyk; Grzegorz ZebrowskiCase IVEY-9B11N006-EFinance, StrategyA junior investment analyst at Maple Toronto Fund (the Fund), a “deep-value shop” whose main strategy was to invest in deeply undervalued businesses, was screening hundreds of small-cap stocks and came across HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries Inc. (HQS), an aquaculture and aquatic product processing company that operated in two product segments in China. A quick look at HQS’s financials suggested to the junior investment analyst that he had foun...Starting at €8.20
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Harley-Davidson Inc.
George Athanassakos; Reyer Barel; Saj KarsanCase IVEY-9B08N021-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe founders of BarKar, an investment company, are considering whether to invest in Harley-Davidson Inc. BarKar is a value-oriented investment company in Vancouver, B.C., Canada that specializes in identifying and investing in companies trading at more than a one-third discount to their intrinsic value. In order to reach a decision, the founders have to look at the financials and carry out a strategic analysis to determine the intrinsic value of ...Starting at €8.20
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La-Z-Boy
George Athanassakos; Muhammad Fuad FarooqiCase IVEY-9B08N022-EFinanceIn September, 2005 an investment analyst had recommended to the investment committee of Optimal Funds (the Fund) to invest $10 million in La-Z-Boy, in addition to the $20 million that the Fund had already invested. The analyst believed La-Z-Boy represented strong value yet, having only been on the job less than one year, he knew that he needed to provide sound judgment and analysis to convince the investment committee and to maintain his credibil...Starting at €8.20
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Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.
George Athanassakos; Dan BufferyCase IVEY-9B07N011-EFinanceThe senior portfolio manager at National Securities Inc. (National) is concerned about the recent decline in shares of Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd (AEM), a Canadian gold producer with several years of precious metals mining experience that was considered one of the portfolio's strongest performers. The senior portfolio manager and his team recently spent time at one of AEM's mines and believed in the operational potential of the company. National's re...Starting at €8.20
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Constellation Software Inc.
George Athanassakos; Watson Lin; Parker LiuCase IVEY-9B15N029-EFinanceAn equity analyst at a value fund considers pitching to his fund manager the Canadian software maker Constellation Software Inc. The last software company he pitched was rejected for failing to meet the value fund’s investment criteria of low analyst coverage and small market capitalization with either a strong competitive advantage or a low price-earnings ratio and a low price-to-book ratio. The analyst has heard that Constellation Software is e...Starting at €8.20
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National Presto Industries
George Athanassakos; Marlena ZabielskaCase IVEY-9B11N017-EFinanceA recent business graduate decided to contact her former classmates from her value investing course. She emailed them with a proposal to re-evaluate the company they had valued for their final project, National Presto Industries (Presto). Presto was a diversified company operating in three different industries: housewares/small appliances, absorbent products, and defense. The price had dropped about 25 per cent and perhaps it was time to take it ...Starting at €8.20