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Shell: Green Finance and Sustainability Challenges: Activist Investor Demand to Split the Company
Vergara, Carles; Mateu, AdriàCase F-991-ECorporate Governance, Finance, StrategyOn October 27, 2021, Daniel S. Loeb, founder and chief executive of the hedge fund Third Point, sent a letter to Royal Dutch Shell's Board of Directors outlining a significant value-creation opportunity. The letter suggested splitting the company in two -- a spinoff company that will include the Liquefied Natural Gas, Renewables, and Marketing businesses and the remaining company that will include the Upstream, Refining, and Chemicals operations....Starting at €8.20
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Office Depot E-Business (Abridged)
Venkataraman, S.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Cross, Tom; Chatterjee, SayanCase DARDEN-BP-0524-ECorporate GovernanceThis case is an excellent illustration of offline/online integration. Office Depot used its supply chain, systems integration, and existing offline channel strengths to overcome competitive online threats from pure Internet players and other office-products-category players. Students get to consider the critical strategic options for overall strategy, pricing, product line, promotion, and business integration.Starting at €8.20
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Other People's Money
Moszoro, MarianCase F-858-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, FinanceThis case - based on the movie "Other People's Money" (1991) directed by Norman Jewison - provides an excellent basis for the discussion on what is the fundamental goal of business. A Wall Street tycoon intends a hostile takeover of an esteemed industrial company on which the local community is dependent, with the aim of liquidating it. The case features the dichotomy between short-term vs. long-term objectives, management accountability to stake...Starting at €8.20
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Icelandair (E): COVID-19
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1703-ECorporate Governance, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis five-part case series considers Icelandair at a couple of key inflection points in its recent history. Case A, set in early 2017 on the airline's 80th anniversary, the airline is faced to question its strategy after its impressive seven-year run of dynamic growth and solid returns comes to a somewhat abrupt end due to extreme pricing competition and upward cost pressure. The case delves into the development of the airline and its "hybrid" bu...Starting at €5.74
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BabySupplies: el conflicto entre empresarios e inversores (B)
Ener, HakanCase E-180Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipYa han pasado varios meses desde los acontecimientos descritos en la parte A del caso titulado "BabySupplies: el conflicto entre empresarios e inversores" y han surgido nuevos problemas que ponen en riesgo la viabilidad de la empresa. La compañía ha estado acumulando deudas con los proveedores, por lo que algunos de ellos han dejado de abastecer a BabySupplies. Liz ocultó este hecho a los miembros del Consejo de Administración durante varios mese...Starting at €5.74
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Payout Policy at eBay Inc.: Activist Investor Asks for Change
Sacchetto, Stefano; Vergara, CarlesCase F-960-ECorporate Governance, FinanceThe case discusses the restructuring proposal made by Elliott Management, an activist fund, to eBay Inc., an e-commerce company.Starting at €8.20
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Icelandair (E): COVID-19
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1703Corporate Governance, Innovation and Change, StrategyEn este caso en cinco partes se presenta a Icelandair en un par de momentos decisivos de su historia reciente. En el caso A, situado a principios de 2017, en el 80 aniversario de la aerolínea, la compañía debe plantearse su estrategia tras un período impresionante de siete años de crecimiento dinámico y buenos resultados que llega a su fin de forma más o menos brusca debido a la competencia de precios extrema y la presión de los costes al alza. E...Starting at €5.74
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BabySupplies: el conflicto entre empresarios e inversores (A)
Ener, HakanCase E-179Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipHace más de dos años, Liz, la fundadora de BabySupplies, obtuvo una inversión de FineWorks Venture Capital. Sin embargo, ahora, los ingresos de BabySupplies se encontraban por debajo de las previsiones y la empresa no había conseguido alcanzar el umbral de rentabilidad, y su fundadora debía dar respuesta a una petición complicada. El fondo de capital riesgo FineWorks Venture Capital, a la vista de los escasos ingresos que generaba BabySupplies, d...Starting at €8.20
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Icelandair (A, B, C, D y E) - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf; Berrone, PascualTeaching Note SMT-132-ECorporate Governance, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis five-part case series considers Icelandair at a couple of key inflection points in its recent history. Case A, set in early 2017 on the airline's 80th anniversary, the airline is faced to question its strategy after its impressive seven-year run of dynamic growth and solid returns comes to a somewhat abrupt end due to extreme pricing competition and upward cost pressure. The case delves into the development of the airline and its "hybrid" bu...Starting at €0.00
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Afilent (E): Operaciones corporativas en tiempos de crisis
Altamirano, Juan José; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1245Corporate Governance, FinanceDespués de tres años de negociaciones, con sus empresas inmersas en una profunda crisis sectorial y de pais, los grupos Afilent y SEM han llegado a un acuerdo para la integración de sus operaciones. Inesperadamente, en el último momento antes de la firma definitiva, el presidente del grupo SEM cuestiona la bondad de la operación y la ecuación de canje, enfrentándose a sus propios accionistas de referencia... El grupo Afilent debe decidir cómo pro...Starting at €5.74