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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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El Celler de Can Roca: Best in the World
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1357-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingEl Celler de Can Roca is a three-Michelin star restaurant that has been named the best restaurant in the world by several specialist publications and has won several awards. The case sets out the schedule for one month of El Celler operations, showing the multiple activities in which the three Roca brothers - the visible heads and driving forces of the organization - are engaged on a daily basis. The restaurant's unconventional way of operating a...Starting at €8.20
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Quick Mechanic Outlets
Oliver, XavierExercise ME-5-EMarketingIn a market where consumers do not have any preferences, a company is considering its future, convinced that the only way it can survive is either by lowering prices further or creating a story that will be transmitted from one customer to the next. It will therefore have to get workers, suppliers and users involved in a project that is bigger than that of a chain of quick repair shops.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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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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University of Regina Club: Financial Statement Analysis
Nourhene Ben Youssef; Walid Busaba; Saqib A. KhanCase IVEY-9B18B016-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipThe University Club at the University of Regina was in financial distress. The club had been losing money for several years and was being subsidized by the University of Regina. However, due to budget cuts by the Saskatchewan government, the university was no longer in a position to subsidize the operations of the club. The board of the club had to make some tough decisions at this time. Could the club exist without university subsidy? Should the...Starting at €8.20
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DKV Group: Truly Interested in You
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1343-EKnowledge and Communication, Marketing, StrategyThe case describes the strategy of management through reputation that the DKV Group has been using in the Spanish market. This management strategy has helped the company establish a unique competitive positioning in the crowded health insurance industry and delivered some of the best growth rates in the market during the previous few years. With the help of exhaustive data, the case explains how this management style was developed and implemented...Starting at €8.20
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Siemens Employer Branding: Who Owns the Brand (A)
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1368-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingIn 2015, Siemens was facing a recruitment crisis. In an era in which digitization and data science were key in engineering, it found itself competing for talent against the likes of Google, Apple and Microsoft, while being perceived as a much less attractive place to work than those hotshot companies. After carrying out a survey, Siemens discovered that it was seen by nearly all stakeholders as an old-fashioned, unattractive and conservative comp...Starting at €8.20
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Oliver Conti - A Dream With a Glow
Oliver, Xavier; Fang, David; de Toro, Juan ManuelCase M-1327-EMarketing, Strategy"I need a game-changer," said Xavier. "Something to put Oliver Conti at the top of everyone's list. We're facing challenges at every step, and after 20 years a winery like ours should be seeing an annual profit of at least 250,000?. We've cut our costs to the absolute minimum, so we need to think of another way. Oliver Conti follows Dalí's example. We are inventors, so let's try to explore something new."Starting at €8.20