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Comayagua Bilingual School - Incursionando en Nuevos Segmentos de Mercado
Martínez, Allan; Chaves, Natalia; Cátedra René Morales Carazo de EmprendimientoCase INCAE-31271_SFinanceEn respuesta a la reforma al sistema educativo hondureño, la familia Martínez decide incursiona en un nuevo nicho de mercado. El nuevo emprendimiento superó todas las expectativas de crecimiento, por lo que se requería inyectar capital para satisfacer la demanda. ¿sería este un pico demanda producto de la novedad, que tendería a caer? ¿valdría la pena realizar la inversión requerida?Starting at €8.20
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Hielo Cristal: transformando el mercado de hielo en Costa Rica
Chaves, Natalia; Martínez, Allan; Cátedra René Morales Carazo de Emprendimiento; Schill, RyanCase INCAE-31222_SFinanceHielo Cristal era una empresa productora y comercializadora de hielo en cubos que transformó el mercado en Costa Rica. Después de un periodo de crecimiento y expansión, se enfrentaba a una etapa de estancamiento y baja rentabilidad. El alto costo de distribución mermaba la rentabilidad y la empresa no había logrado diversificar su portafolio hacia productos de mayor valor agregado que el hielo. Los socios de Hielo Cristal debía definir el rumbo q...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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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
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London Mining Plc: The Offer from Blackrock World Mining Trust
Walid Busaba; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B19N014-EFinance, StrategyOn March 29, 2012, the chief executive officer of London Mining, an iron ore mining firm based in the United Kingdom, was considering an innovative financing offer from BlackRock World Mining Trust, an investment firm owned by asset manager BlackRock. TheStarting at €8.20
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UR Investing: The H&R REIT Decision
Walid Busaba; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B16N064-EFinanceIn April 2014, a research analyst for UR Investing, an investment group from the University of Regina, in Saskatchewan, Canada, was contemplating the decision of investing in a real estate investment trust (REIT). The decision had strategic implications because it would affect the risk profile of the student-managed fund. The analyst was given the task of evaluating the H&R REIT in particular and estimating a target price for H&R’s units. He had ...Starting at €8.20