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Nokia: Rebirth of the Phoenix
Calvo, Eduard; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Tatarinov, KatherineCase SM-1644-ECorporate Governance, Information Technologies, StrategyIn January 2016, Risto Siilasmaa, the Chairman of Nokia¿s board since 2012, re-read the burning platform memo written by Elop in 2011 and reflected on all that had happened to the Finnish powerhouse. Stephen Elop, who had moved from Microsoft to join Nokia in 2010 as CEO, drafted the memo to rally the troops at Nokia to prepare for the clean-up that he would need to make after years of missed opportunities had set the company on a downward slope...Starting at €8.20
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Bill Ackman's Big Short of Herbalife
Vandebroek, Tom; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Simon, JanCase SM-1611-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyThis case describes how hedge fund activist Bill Ackman took a $1 billion short position on the shares of the nutrition company Herbalife. Ackman is convinced that Herbalife's business model is essentially a pyramid scheme, rendering it unsustainable as well as illegal. The case describes his arguments and the evidence he builds on. Other hedge fund titans soon took the opposite position on Herbalife, possibly because they fundamentally disagree ...Starting at €8.20