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Should Dariu Foundation's Microfinance Program be Self-Sustainable : Thomas Trueb and the Tan Phu Project in Vietnam
Mitchell, Jordan; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-809-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, FinanceIn mid-2005, Thomas Trueb, head of Pacific Media for Ringier AG (a Swiss media conglomerate based in Zürich) and co-founder of Dariu Foundation, a non-government organization (NGO), needs to decide whether his foundation's microfinance programme in Vietnam should be self-sustainable. He is faced with a choice of either adjusting the programs current plans which specify loan sizes, interest rates and the number of loan officers per member to make ...Starting at €8.20
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Lehigh Steel (Spanish version)
Narayanan, V.G.; Donohue, Laura E.Case HBS-107S10Accounting and ControlLehigh Steel is a specialty steel manufacturer that plummeted from record profits to record losses in less than three years, driven by an inability to distinguish between profitable and unprofitable business. The scale and growth of service activities and overhead costs in an increasingly customized product line suggests that activity-based costing (ABC) could unlock the secrets of profitability. However, the high fixed-cost structure suggests th...Starting at €8.20
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Rent a bike (A-B-C) - Teaching Note
Fuhrmann T.; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Johnson, RobTeaching Note FT-63-EFinanceNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of cases F-770-E, F-771-E and F-772-E, Rent a bike (A), (B) and (C).Starting at €0.00
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Jointly
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-910-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIt was spring 2012, and Vicente Dahl found himself in a difficult situation. One year earlier, after graduating from IESE Business School, he had decided to take the entrepreneurial career path and co-founded Jointly, a London-based e-commerce marketplace company. Although the business concept proved viable, he and his co-founder had begun to argue about the leadership role in the venture.Starting at €8.20
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Cofinec: A Private Equity Acquisition in Central Europe - Teaching Note
Urban L.; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTeaching Note FT-67-EFinanceThis teaching note was made as an aid to the use of F-792-E in class.Starting at €0.00
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Dr. Klaus Hommels: The Midasplayer Decision - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTeaching Note FT-71-EFinanceNote prepared as an aid to instructors in the classroom use of case F-806-E Dr. Klaus Hommels: The Midasplayer Decision.Starting at €0.00
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Ask the Right Questions and Build Rapport during Due Diligence
Krylova, Elena; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTechnical Note FN-632-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThis technical note is written to give students competing in the VCIC a guideline on how to approach due diligence sessions with entrepreneurs. The technical note focuses on hands-on experience from professional venture capitalists concerning important questions to be answered and deal breakers one should be aware of.Starting at €8.20
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Whose Money Is It Anyway (C)
Narayanan, V.G.; Hamermesh, Richard G.; Gordon, RachelCase HBS-810031-EAccounting and ControlThe case describes how the Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization and its corporate parent resolved the issue of how the disputed funds would be distributed and used.Starting at €5.74
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Sea Breeze Capital (A) - Teaching Note
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, PeterTeaching Note FT-98-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceCase A describes the attempt made by Jordi Alves, an MBA graduate, to start the first search fund in Spain. Case B describes two acquisition opportunities that Jordi identified one year after he had launched the search fund. Jordi Alves graduated with his MBA in 2010. During his business school studies, he focused on search funds with the intent of starting his own search fund immediately after graduation. Being from Barcelona, Spain, he selected...Starting at €0.00
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Celebrity Fashions Limited (A)
Narayanan, V.G.; Deshpande, Tanvi; Ramachandran, ShreyaCase HBS-120053-EAccounting and ControlIn May 2017 in Chennai, India, the chairman of Celebrity Fashions doubted whether the company could last until the end of the year. Venkatesh Rajagopal had found that the company, a readymade garment manufacturing and exporter he founded in 1989, was hitting hard times financially. It had been dealing with declining revenues for the past five years, and its losses had tripled between 2014-16. A slowdown in factory plant processes in 2006 and the ...Starting at €8.20