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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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Genzyme/Geltex Pharmaceuticals Joint Venture
Bruner, Robert F.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Jacquet, PierreCase DARDEN-F-1254-EFinanceIn March 1997, an executive vice president of Genzyme Corporation must develop the terms by which the $518 billion (revenue) firm will form a joint venture with a small biotechnology firm to make and market a new drug. The tasks for the decision maker are to estimate the enterprise value of the new joint venture, recommend how large an interest to acquire in the venture, and determine what price to pay for that interest and when. The case may be ...Starting at €8.20
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Kelly Solar - Teaching Note
Lipson, Marc L.; Bodily, Samuel E.; Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1614TN-EFinanceTeaching note for product F-1614Starting at €0.00
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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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Kelly Solar
Bodily, Samuel E.; Lipson, Marc L.; Lichtendahl, Kenneth C. Jr.Case DARDEN-F-1614-EFinanceA small start-up company must make additional investments to maximize its firm value. But the company owner will not make this investment unless she can renegotiate outstanding debt claims. Solving this "debt overhang" problem through negotiation is the focus of the case. In this context, students are exposed to a variety of issues: the nature of financial claims, bargaining and negotiation fundamentals, and agency costs of debt.Starting at €8.20
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Contra Costa Shopping Mall
Vergara, CarlesCase F-865Decision Analysis, FinanceEn este caso donde se discute la posible inversión en un centro comercial (shopping mall) en el condado de Contra Costa, Estados Unidos, utilizando la terminología propia del sector. En el trascurso de la discusión se hace hincapié en el análisis y la gestión de riesgos.Starting at €8.20
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Grupo Carrefour: gestión de crecimiento
Roig, Guillem; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Vergara, CarlesCase F-909FinanceEl 13 de noviembre de 2014, Roberto Alonso, gestor de inversiones en Alpha Funds, recibió un informe de su equipo de investigación referente al Grupo Carrefour. Alpha estaba interesada en el sector de la distribución por varias razones. En primer lugar, el sector es especialmente defensivo frente a la incertidumbre de los mercados, ya que trata con bienes de primera necesidad. Así, aunque los mercados internacionales experimentaran grandes fluctu...Starting at €8.20
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Carrefour Group: Growth Management
Roig, Guillem; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Vergara, CarlesCase F-909-EFinanceOn November 13, 2014, Roberto Alonso, investment manager at Alpha Funds, received a report from his research team regarding the Carrefour Group. Alpha was interested in the distribution sector for several reasons. First, the sector is especially defensive against market uncertainty, since it deals with basic necessities. Thus, while the international markets may experience large fluctuations, the fund would have relatively little exposure to thes...Starting at €8.20
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Volkswagen AG: Valuation in 2009 (B)
Bischof, Anton; Vergara, CarlesCase F-899-EFinanceThe purpose of this case is to introduce two of the most basic and used valuation techniques: dividend discount model (DDM) and multiples valuation. Students are required to value Volkswagen AG in the context of its merger agreement with Porsche and a major economic crisis that strongly affected the car industry. This case is designed for use at the beginning of a standard MBA Corporate Finance course, but can also be placed in any valuation modu...Starting at €5.74