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Estimating Walmart's Cost of Capital - Teaching Note
Stephen R. FoersterTeaching Note IVEY-8B19N011-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B19N011.Starting at €0.00
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Estimating Walmart's Cost of Capital
Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B19N011-EFinanceIn March 2019, two senior managers attending an executive education program had been assigned the task of applying their learnings from readings in order to estimate the costs of capital for Walmart Inc. (Walmart). They also needed to discuss why the cost of capital was such an important topic. The managers had with them background information, including a recent Walmart balance sheet and income statement; a U.S. Department of Treasury yield curv...Starting at €8.20
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Time Value of Money: The Buy Versus Rent Decision - Teaching Note
Sean Cleary; Stephen R. FoersterTeaching Note IVEY-8B14N024-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B14N024.Starting at €0.00
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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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Michael McCain’s Maple Leaf Foods Tweet - Teaching Note
Gerard Seijts; Stephen R. Foerster; Kersi Antia; Lee Watkiss; Jana SeijtsTeaching Note IVEY-8B20C050-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for product 9B20C050.Starting at €0.00
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Barilla SpA (A) (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.Case HBS-603S20Service and Operations ManagementBarilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s. This case describes a proposal to address the problem by implementing a continuous replenishment program, under which the responsibility for determining shipment quantities to the distributors would shift from the distributors to Barilla. Describes su...Starting at €8.20
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RFID at the METRO Group (Spanish version)
Ton, Zeynep; Dessain, Vincent; Stachowiak-Joulain, MonikaCase HBS-610S05Service and Operations ManagementIntroduces radio frequency identification (RFID) as the next generation of automatic identification technologies that is expected to improve the performance of retail supply chains through reduced shrink, increased product availability, and improved labor productivity. Showcases the implementation of the technology by the METRO Group, the world's third-largest retailer. Places students in the position of Dr. Gerd Wolfram, managing director of MET...Starting at €8.20
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Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A) (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Moingeon, Bertrand; Dessain, Vincent; Jensen, Ane DamgaardCase HBS-610S14StrategyThis case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assesses the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going Forward. Through informal knowledge marketplaces and sharing networks, Danone had helped managers connect with each other and share good practices peer-to-peer, rather than relying on traditional hierar...Starting at €8.20
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The Transit Point Experiment (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.; Kelly, MauraCase HBS-615S09Service and Operations ManagementMerloni Elettrodomestici is a leading Italian manufacturer of domestic appliances. In 1986, an exposition for Merloni customers is scheduled at its Milano regional warehouse. During the two-month period preceding the event, when the warehouse must be free of inventory, the company conducts a "transit point" experiment. Each day, a truckload of products from the company's central warehouse is sent to Milano, where it is immediately transferred to ...Starting at €8.20
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AREVA T&D (Spanish version)
Raman, Ananth; Dessain, Vincent; Damgaard Jensen, Ane; Kristinsdottir, Gudrun UrfalinoCase HBS-610S24Knowledge and CommunicationPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. El caso explora el rápido tiempo de respuesta y altamente eficaz en el negocio, centrándose en las operaciones de la división de transmisión y distribución de AREVA (T & D). La división estaba luchando en 2004, cuando recién nombrado CEO Philippe Guillemot y su equipo mejoró el rendimiento sustancialmente, centrándose en cuatro palancas de reajuste industrial - huella, apro...Starting at €8.20