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The Merger of the TSX Group and the Montreal Exchange
Michael R. KingCase IVEY-9B14N037-EFinanceIn mid-October 2007, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the TSX Group was contemplating his strategic options. In March 2009, a decade-long non-compete agreement between the TSX Group and the Montréal Exchange would expire. Under this agreement, the former had been the sole exchange for trading senior equities in Canada while the latter had the monopoly on exchange-traded derivative contracts. Afterwards, both exchanges would be able to compete...Starting at €8.20
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Transferring Traditional Banking Skills to the Brave New World
Michael R. KingArticle IVEY-9B19TB03-EService and Operations ManagementCanada’s fintech ecosystem may be dominated by young entrepreneurs, but they haven’t disrupted the value of old-school industry experienceStarting at €8.20
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Measuring Risk in Investment Projects: NPV at Risk
García-Castro, RobertoTechnical Note ADN-286-EDecision Analysis, FinanceNPV is based on the discount of expected, future cash flows. As such, it is subject to substantial uncertainty in real applications. This uncertainty is often neglected in some companies due to a lack of appropriate tools to manage it. One way to account for all the risk associated with a particular investment project is to use the probability distribution associated with the NPV (NPVAR), once the main uncertainties have been identified and measu...Starting at €8.20
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DAZN - The Netflix of Sports
García-Castro, RobertoCase AD-371-EDecision AnalysisDAZN delivered sports contents directly to consumers using an over-the-top service (OTT) media service. OTT was synonymous with subscription-based video-on- demand services streamed directly over the Iinternet (toon a laptop, tablet or smartphone) without the need to install complicated TV- set-top boxes or antennaes in the house. The case discusses a particular situation where thefootball sports rights tofor stream soccer matches online streamin...Starting at €8.20
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Canadian Pacific Ltd: Unlocking Shareholder Value in a Conglomerate
Michael R. King; Michael ZawalskyCase IVEY-9B14N017-EFinanceIn January 2001, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Canadian Pacific Limited (CPL) was contemplating the future of his firm. CPL was one of Canada’s oldest conglomerates with operations in railways, shipping, natural resources and hotels. Its stock market capitalization of CDN$13.5 billion reflected a conglomerate discount, estimated at 12 to 35 per cent of the value. In order to eliminate this conglomerate discount and maximize shareholder val...Starting at €8.20
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Raven Indigenous Capital Partners: Designing An Impact Investing Measurement Framework
Michael R. King; Basma Majerbi; Crystal TremblayCase IVEY-W25239-EAccounting and ControlIn February 2020, a social geographer at the University of Victoria was approached by one of the co-founders and managing partners of Raven Indigenous Capital Partners to develop an Indigenous impact measurement framework for the company. Raven Indigenous Capital Partners was founded in 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The founders launched the Raven Indigenous Impact Fund to invest in early-stage growth businesses started by Indigenous entre...Starting at €8.20
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Europe Insurance and Lama Hotels (A): The Chief Investment Officer of Europe Insurance
Stein, Guido; Mehta, Kandarp; Jimenez, José Manuel; García-Castro, RobertoCase E-174-ECorporate Governance, Decision AnalysisSeguros Europa is a family business group with 70 years' experience as a leading provider of home and life insurance. It has 10 million clients throughout the country and an investment portfolio of ?5 billion, of which approximately 10% is in real estate, including landmark properties and properties in the best areas of the capital and other major cities. The insurance firm distributes its products through numerous brokers and its own agencies, a...Starting at €8.20
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Facebook, Inc.: The Initial Public Offering (A)
Deborah Compeau; Craig Dunbar; Michael R. King; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B12N031-EFinanceIt was May 16, 2012, and the highly anticipated pricing of Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering (IPO) was underway. An analyst at CXTechnology Fund was preparing to speak to the lead underwriter about his final interest in the deal. The analyst had reviewed Facebook’s phenomenal growth, its profitable business model and the competitive landscape for the social networking industry. The IPO appeared to be oversubscribed with heavy interest from ...Starting at €8.20
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UW Health University Hospital
García-Castro, RobertoCase AD-378-EDecision AnalysisThe case focuses on UW Hospital's approach to improve the accuracy of breast cancer detection using machine learning. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin assembled a unique data set comprising 569 examples of breast cancer biopsies to train a classification model (e.g., logistic regression or classification tree) for breast cancer detection.Starting at €8.20
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Was Insider Trading Ahead of Takeovers a Problem
Stephen R. Foerster; Michael R. King; Fatma SonmezCase IVEY-9B12N021-EFinanceOn January 6, 2010, Stanko Grmovsek was sentenced to three years and three months in prison for making profits of an estimated US$9 million over 14 years based on insider tips from his best friend from law school, Gil Cornblum. Grmovsek and Cornblum had operated an illegal insider trading scheme from 1994 until 2008. Using his role as a corporate lawyer at various law firms, Cornblum had passed material non-public information related to 46 takeov...Starting at €8.20