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Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Repsol and YPF (C): Recovering Value
Shotts, K; Casey, K; Melvin, SCase SGSB-P90C-EEconomicsBack in 1999, the Spanish oil company Repsol purchased 98 percent of the Argentine oil company YPF’s shares for more than $15 billion and changed its name to Repsol-YPF. At the time, the New York Times said the deal “appears to be a perfect marriage” and asked, “Repsol-YPF: As Good as It Gets?” However, on April 16, 2012, that “perfect marriage” was effectively annulled when Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that her go...Starting at €5.74
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Graham Weaver
Grousbeck, HI; Feldstein, JCase SGSB-E110-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipThis case tells the story of Graham Weaver, a young entrepreneur, as he forms and grows a private equity company over the course of three years. While still a student at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Graham began a search process to acquire a small company. Having purchased his first company, a label manufacturer, in 1998, he goes on to acquire six more in the same space, all of which he now owns under the umbrella Alpine Ventures. As C...Starting at €8.20
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Graham Weaver - Teaching note
Grousbeck, HI; Feldstein, JTeaching Note SGSB-E110TN-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipThis case tells the story of Graham Weaver, a young entrepreneur, as he forms and grows a private equity company over the course of three years. While still a student at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, Graham began a search process to acquire a small company. Having purchased his first company, a label manufacturer, in 1998, he goes on to acquire six more in the same space, all of which he now owns under the umbrella Alpine Ventures. As C...Starting at €0.00
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Repsol and YPF (A): A Perfect Marriage?
Shotts, K; Casey, K; Melvin, SCase SGSB-P90A-EEconomicsBack in 1999, the Spanish oil company Repsol purchased 98 percent of the Argentine oil company YPF’s shares for more than $15 billion and changed its name to Repsol-YPF. At the time, the New York Times said the deal “appears to be a perfect marriage” and asked, “Repsol-YPF: As Good as It Gets?” However, on April 16, 2012, that “perfect marriage” was effectively annulled when Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that her go...Starting at €8.20
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Lighthouse
Grousbeck, HI; Rosenthal, SCase SGSB-E628-EEntrepreneurshipJosie Sung and Greg McNamara founded Denver-based Lighthouse Systems in 2006 shortly after graduating from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2005. After exploring several ideas, they landed on a technology solution for helping large corporations better communicate with their customers. However, after running into a few roadblocks in the early days, the company pivoted as it learned more about its customers’ needs. Now, almost seven y...Starting at €8.20
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Repsol and YPF (B): Considering Options
Shotts, K; Casey, K; Melvin, SCase SGSB-P90B-EEconomicsBack in 1999, the Spanish oil company Repsol purchased 98 percent of the Argentine oil company YPF’s shares for more than $15 billion and changed its name to Repsol-YPF. At the time, the New York Times said the deal “appears to be a perfect marriage” and asked, “Repsol-YPF: As Good as It Gets?” However, on April 16, 2012, that “perfect marriage” was effectively annulled when Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that her go...Starting at €5.74