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Towards the Top End by Being Down Under: Haier's Acquisition of Fisher & Paykel Appliances
Reiche, Sebastian; Lee, Yih-Teen; Sánchez-Runde, CarlosCase DPO-420-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementHarry Hou, director and owner of the Oceania microenterprise for Haier Group, a leading multinational consumer electronics and home appliances company headquartered in Qingdao, was contemplating the future of the group's acquisition of Fisher & Paykel Appliances (FPA). A delegation of Haier representatives, with whom he had spent the day discussing collaborations between Haier and FPA, had just left, allowing him a few moments to reflect on the p...Starting at €8.20
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Has LIBOR Lost Its Stature in Derivatives Markets
Walid Busaba; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16N058-EFinance, StrategyIn April 2016, a large U.S. proprietary trading group in New York, with a significant fixed-income portfolio, was debating what discount rate to use to value the group’s interest-rate swap portfolio. The counterparties to these swaps were major banks, and the deals were collateralized. Criticisms about the use of the London interbank offered rate (LIBOR) as a benchmark for valuing these swaps were circulating, and there were reports that LIBOR wa...Starting at €8.20
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Symantec Corporation Convertible Notes With Call Spread
Walid Busaba; Zeigham Khokher; Guorong YangCase IVEY-9B10N018-EFinanceThe board of directors of Symantec Corporation asked a consultant for an independent opinion on an important financing decision. Symantec had been working with several investment banks on a plan to raise debt to repurchase common shares. The consultant found it to be an interesting financing plan; whereas repurchasing shares immediately would increase Symantec's financial leverage, converting the notes in the future would reduce leverage at a pot...Starting at €8.20
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Gulf Bank: Re-Building a Bank
Walid Busaba; Zeigham Khokher; Assem Safieddine; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11N008-EFinance, StrategyIn December 2009, about a year after it suffered a crisis when clients walked away from massive derivative losses, Gulf Bank’s new CEO is trying to change the governance and operation of Gulf Bank. This case focuses on a turnaround situation and provides students with insight into evolving corporate governance standards in Kuwait. After assessing the situation that the CEO faces, students have to decide what change he should pursue and how he sho...Starting at €8.20
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The Republican Pacific Company
Sánchez-Runde, CarlosCase DPO-441-ELeadership and People ManagementThe condensed version of this case is "Republican Pacific Company" (condensed) (DPO-440). It describes the process of creating a human resources department in a company that manufactures doors. The company is located in Oregon (United States), it is medium-sized, and it experienced steep growth in its early years of operation. The case enables the personnel function and the relationship between competitive strategy and human resources to be analy...Starting at €8.20
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Poseidon Concepts Corporation: Boom To Bust
Walid Busaba; Nourhene Ben Youssef; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B18B001-EAccounting and ControlOn February 25, 2013, the chief investment officer at University of Regina Investing (URI) was reviewing the draft copy of the annual report for 2012 that was to be submitted to the client, the University of Regina. One investment that stood out was Poseidon Concepts Corporation, which the fund had bought at $14.02 per share in April 2012, had reached a high of CA$16.02 in September 2012, and had eventually lost all stock value. The chief investm...Starting at €8.20
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Seat: The Dissolution of the Workers' Committee (A)
Quintanilla, Javier; Gómez, Sandalio; Sánchez-Runde, Carlos; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DP-127-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case gives an account of the events that led to the dissolution of the workers' committee at Seat. It raises questions concerning the steps to be taken in the future by Seat management and the unions.Starting at €8.20
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Hailing a New Era: Haier in Japan (B)
Sánchez-Runde, Carlos; Lee, Yih-Teen; Reiche, Sebastian; Chen, Yen-Tung; Kotake, YukiCase DPO-265-ELeadership and People ManagementFounded in 1984 by Zhang Ruimin, current CEO of the company, Haier has rapidly grown from a small refrigerator plant in Qingdao, China, to a global leader in home appliances. As one of the most valuable brands in China, Haier designs, manufactures and sells various home appliances including refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines in over 100 countries. Since 2006, Haier has aggressively expanded its international presence, aiming t...Starting at €5.74
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Hailing a New Era: Haier in Japan (A) (Chinese Version)
Sánchez-Runde, Carlos; Lee, Yih-Teen; Reiche, Sebastian; Chen, Yen-Tung; Kotake, YukiCase DPO-264-ZHLeadership and People ManagementFounded in 1984 by Zhang Ruimin, current CEO of the company, Haier has rapidly grown from a small refrigerator plant in Qingdao, China, to a global leader in home appliances. As one of the most valuable brands in China, Haier designs, manufactures and sells various home appliances including refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines in over 100 countries. Since 2006, Haier has aggressively expanded its international presence, aiming to ...Starting at €8.20
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Hailing a New Era: Haier in Japan (B) (Chinese Version)
Sánchez-Runde, Carlos; Lee, Yih-Teen; Reiche, Sebastian; Chen, Yen-Tung; Kotake, YukiCase DPO-265-ZHLeadership and People ManagementFounded in 1984 by Zhang Ruimin, current CEO of the company, Haier has rapidly grown from a small refrigerator plant in Qingdao, China, to a global leader in home appliances. As one of the most valuable brands in China, Haier designs, manufactures and sells various home appliances including refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines in over 100 countries. Since 2006, Haier has aggressively expanded its international presence, aiming t...Starting at €5.74