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Tomatissimo
Mor Figueras, J.Case IIST-FI-101FinanceNutriAvance productor de conservas vegetales y cárnicas busca invertir en la expansión de su división de vegetales, enfrentándose a la reticencia del socio mayoritario Avances Capital. El CEO, propone incorporar un evaporador y aumentar la capacidad de producción de passata. La inversión, de 3,7 millones de euros, requeriría la entrada de dos nuevos socios agricultores, lo que diluirá a los actuales. Con rentabilidades estimadas entre el 10,5% y ...Starting at €8.20
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Clarity
Mor Figueras, J.Case IIST-FI-40FinanceCLARITY es una compañía familiar de pequeño tamaño, pero con productos lideres que compiten con grandes multinacionales en el sector de la química textil. Tras desarrollar un innovador producto que tiene un gran éxito en el mercado, se plantea la necesidad de financiar la construcción de una planta de fabricación. Tras varios intentos fallidos con empresas de capital riesgo, debe optar por aumentar capital aceptando un socio del sector o endeudar...Starting at €8.20
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SaskPower U.S. Debt: Hedging Currency Exposure
Walid Busaba; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B18N011-EFinance, StrategyOn December 19, 2002, the board of directors of the Saskatchewan Power Corporation (SaskPower) was contemplating the approval of the company’s 2003 foreign exchange strategy to manage long-term currency risk exposure in the utility’s U.S. dollar debt. SasStarting at €8.20
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Alumni Action Foundation: Currency Hedging Strategy
Walid Busaba; Zeigham Khokher; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10N030-EFinanceThe executive director of an independent charitable foundation is thinking about whether to hedge his foundation's U.S. dollar exposure given the large swings in the Canadian dollar-U.S. dollar exchange rate. For the past four years, the weakening U.S. dollar has contributed to underperformance in the foundation's portfolio relative to its peers.Starting at €8.20
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Has LIBOR Lost Its Stature in Derivatives Markets
Walid Busaba; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16N058-EFinance, StrategyIn April 2016, a large U.S. proprietary trading group in New York, with a significant fixed-income portfolio, was debating what discount rate to use to value the group’s interest-rate swap portfolio. The counterparties to these swaps were major banks, and the deals were collateralized. Criticisms about the use of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) as a benchmark for valuing these swaps were circulating, and there were reports that LIBOR wa...Starting at €8.20
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Saskferco Products Inc.
Walid Busaba; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B11N014-EAccounting and Control, Finance, StrategyCrown Investment Corporation (CIC) of Saskatchewan and its partners, Mosaic Corporation and CIBC, have decided to sell a fertilizer plant that they jointly own. Now, CIC and its associates have to come up with a value assessment and mode of sale. Using different valuation methodologies, students are to determine the plant's value.Starting at €8.20
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Gulf Bank: Re-Building a Bank
Walid Busaba; Zeigham Khokher; Assem Safieddine; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11N008-EFinance, StrategyIn December 2009, about a year after it suffered a crisis when clients walked away from massive derivative losses, Gulf Bank’s new CEO is trying to change the governance and operation of Gulf Bank. This case focuses on a turnaround situation and provides students with insight into evolving corporate governance standards in Kuwait. After assessing the situation that the CEO faces, students have to decide what change he should pursue and how he sho...Starting at €8.20
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Loop Gestion
Mor Figueras, J.Case IIST-FI-100FinanceLoop Gestión quiere desarrollar un nuevo modelo de negocio que requiere la construcción de polideportivos para posteriormente gestionarlos. Trabaja bajo el sistema de colaboración público-privada y hasta ahora se dedicaba simplemente a operar instalaciones deportivas. Recientemente ha saltado a un modelo de negocio basado en construir y operar. Cree que crecerá si obtiene un EBITDA del 40% de las ventas y gana alrededor del 5% sobre las ventas. ¿...Starting at €8.20
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Herrajes Viladrich
Mor Figueras, J.Case IIST-FI-33FinanceEl caso cuenta la historia de una pequeña empresa familiar del sector de suministros industriales que se plantea y decide aprovisionarse de proveedores de chinos e indios. La decisión se toma movidos por el drástico cambio en márgenes comerciales que puede alcanzarse y por las facilidades de programación de las entregas que permiten los clientes. Al final del caso se plantea la dramática situación de tesorería que presenta la compañía que está al...Starting at €8.20
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Input Capital: Customized Financing for Canola Producers
Walid Busaba; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B20N037-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceOn February 20, 2020, the executive vice-president and chief financial officer of Input Capital Corporation, the first agricultural commodity streaming company in Canada, was reviewing a capital stream contract that one of his associates had prepared for Sustainable Farms Inc. and submitted for his approval. One important consideration was the rate of return expected from the contract and the risks involved. The executive called a co-op student t...Starting at €8.20