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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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Valuing Wal-Mart 2010
Stephen R. Foerster; James E. Hatch; Cyrus ZahediCase IVEY-9B11N004-EFinanceAn equity analyst uses a variety of methods to value Wal-Mart shares with a view to making a buy/sell or hold recommendation for the stock. Her key task is to use an intrinsic value approach to price the shares and to then compare the resulting price with the price at which the stock is traded in the market.Starting at €8.20
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Garry Halper Menswear Limited: A Loan Request for an Export Order
James E. Hatch; Stephen R. Foerster; Steven Cox; Manpreet HoraCase IVEY-9B13N010-EFinanceGarry Halper Menswear Limited (GHM) is a medium-sized manufacturer of superior-quality men’s suits and jackets that up to now have largely been distributed in Canada. The firm has landed a very large order for men’s suits with Sutton’s in the United States. To meet the order, the firm has decided to import partly completed suits from China. The treasurer of GHM must assess the financing needs and related risks that result from this large increase...Starting at €8.20
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The North West Company: Cross-enterprise Strategy
Stephen R. Foerster; Mary M. Crossan; James E. Hatch; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M047-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe North West Company cases allow students to take a cross-enterprise leadership approach in looking at the dilemma facing the president and chief executive officer of The North West Company (North West), a food and general merchandise retailer operating primarily in Northern Canada. In early 2003, North West had negotiated a master franchisor agreement with Giant Tiger Stores Limited (Giant Tiger) with the objective of opening stores west of Wi...Starting at €8.20
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Palmer Limited (Spanish version)
Stephen R. Foerster; James E. Hatch; John A. HumphreyCase IVEY-9B01NS20FinanceLa contadora de Palmer Limited, un subcontratista de la construcción con hojas metálicas, se le ha solicitado que provea un presupuesto mensual de efectivo junto con el cuadro de resultados y balance proyectados. La solicitud se debía a que el banco estaba preocupado acerca de la capacidad de la empresa de pagar sus prestamos bancarios.Starting at €8.20
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BCE Inc.: World's Largest LBO Deal in Jeopardy
Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B09N029-EFinanceIn November 2008, Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. (BCE) appeared to be on track to meet a December 2008 deadline to complete a $52-billion privatization deal. A consortium had previously submitted a winning leveraged buyout (LBO) bid that was estimated to add around $32 billion in debt to the company. Mere days before the deal’s termination date, BCE executives were stunned to hear that KPMG auditors advised that the deal was in jeopardy of collapse...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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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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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
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Celebrity Fashions: Moving Ahead (B)
Narayanan, V.G.; Deshpande, Tanvi; Ramachandran, ShreyaCase HBS-120054-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 €5.74