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The Delhi Land and Finance IPO: To Be or Not to Be
Nandita Yadav; Pratap Chandra BiswalCase IVEY-9B12N023-EAccounting and Control, Finance, StrategyDLF was the largest real estate player in India, possessing a strong home market in Delhi and Gurgaon (the National Capital Region, NCR). The Indian real estate market was growing rapidly, and DLF wanted to convert this growth opportunity into a country-wide presence by building significant land reserves. With huge debt on its balance sheet, the company decided to raise finance through equity. The stock markets were on a rise, and the timing was ...Starting at €8.20
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Todovino: Can Your Rival Be Your Friend
Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis; Brem, LisaCase HBS-111071-EAccounting and ControlTodovino sells Spanish wines through wine clubs and web sites. Founder-CEO Gonzalo Verdera has partnered with many companies to create cobranded wine clubs, but now he is pondering a joint venture with one of his rivals, a brick-and-mortar wine chain. Todovino would provide the online presence for the chain. Should Verdera help his rival? What are the risks and benefits for Todovino?Starting at €8.20
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Abengoa, S.A. Should capital be increased in mid-2015 (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Suárez, José LuisCase F-925-PPAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, FinanceIn mid-2015, Abengoa, S.A. was highly indebted, in the opinion of both management and external analysts. A plan was launched to limit new investments and sett assets that were not performing. The level of debt was the result of a change in strategy with regards to the previous decade, from being an engineering services company to investing in infrastructure projects. Abengoa continued to do engineering, but mostly, at the time of writing, for the...Starting at €8.20
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Agrawal Kitchenware Distributors: A Miscellany of Inventory Problems
Samriddhi Dhasmana, Sandeep GoelCase IVEY-W26014-EAccounting and Control, FinanceA recent master of business administration degree graduate, had discovered a problem with inventory management in her family’s business. Agrawal Kitchenware Distributors (Agrawal), a wholesaler and distributor of kitchenware items, appeared to be well-off according to its financials, but when she had toured the company’s warehouse, she discovered several problems with the inventory, and there was no management system that could identify, track, o...Starting at €8.20
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The Miswak Company
Melissa Jean; Jonathan DrewnowskyCase IVEY-9B16B006-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipTwo undergraduate business students wanted to assess the feasibility of starting a business that would sell an all-natural and completely biodegradable alternative toothbrush — the Miswak. A total of $50,000 had already been secured for the initial investment; however, the young partners wondered whether this investment would be sufficient to sustain the cash flows of the business for its first three years of operations and, if not, how much addi...Starting at €8.20
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Metta Rest Spa: Should the Stricklands Lend
Lindsay ClaytonCase IVEY-9B18B012-EAccounting and ControlA Canadian couple whose daughter owned Metta Rest Spa, a flotation spa that opened in September 2014 in Vancouver, British Columbia, had invested almost CA$1.2 million in the business. Their daughter had recently asked for another $60,000 to keep the business afloat, and in early 2016 the couple needed to decide whether to invest more money in the business. The business had a net loss in 2015 and needed cash to continue to operate. What other inf...Starting at €8.20
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Covered Call ETFs at Mackenzie Investments
Walid Busaba, Brett GugelCase IVEY-W34859-EAccounting and Control, FinanceIn June 2023, Prerna Mathews, vice president of Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Product Strategy at Mackenzie Investments (Mackenzie), was considering what ETFs to launch for the remainder of the year. As Mathews deliberated over the potential launch of a covered call ETF at Mackenzie, she had many things to consider. How would this product compare to existing investment solutions offered by Mackenzie? What should the underlying portfolio that the cal...Starting at €8.20
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Silicon Valley Bank: Victim of Risk, Regulation, or Governance?
Smita Dayal; Parul Sinha; Rajkumari MittalCase IVEY-W34155-EAccounting and Control, FinanceBy 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in Santa Clara, California, had been successfully providing financial services to venture capitalists and private equity firms for 40 years. The bank, which catered to clients from the innovation and technology sectors, ran into problems and was taken over by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on March 10, 2023, becoming the second largest US bank to fail after Washington Mutual collapsed in 2008. ...Starting at €8.20
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Sink or Float: An Oliver Wyman and Duke Royalty Investment Opportunity
Mary Gillett; Amy HorrocksCase IVEY-9B18B005-EAccounting and Control, StrategyIn late 2016, an analyst at Oliver Wyman (OW), was contemplating the high stakes of her new project. European riverboat company Temarca Group (Temarca) had just approached Duke Royalty (Duke) seeking €9.0 million to expand its riverboat fleet at the time. The analyst had to consider the first potential investment for the newly-formed partnership. If a financing decision was made, Temarca would be one of the first investments in Duke’s portfolio. ...Starting at €8.20
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Kinross Gold Corporation: Accounting for Stock-based Compensation
Darren Henderson; Christine LiuCase IVEY-9B11B022-EAccounting and Control, StrategyKinross Gold is considering changing the stock-based compensation plans that it uses for medium- to long-term executive incentives. A human resources consultant has been retained to make recommendations. The consultant must determine whether the current split between stock options and restricted share units should be altered. In addition, she must consider whether to recommend that Kinross Gold adopt restricted performance-vesting share units. If...Starting at €8.20