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Eye Care (E): A Second Assesment
Cebrecos, Enrique; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-205-ELeadership and People ManagementIn February, as usual, Alejandro had his 2009 Global Perfomance and Development meeting with his superior, Tiago de Vasconcelos. His results had been very good: sales growth was 12.5%, reaching 100.3% of budgeted sales, above 98.1% of the business unit. In the new refractive line he had achieved 98%, compared to the average of 87%. Alejandro declared that communication had improved significantly, but even so he was nervous about his meetings with...Starting at €5.74
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Eye Care (E): Una segunda evaluación
Cebrecos, Enrique; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-205Leadership and People ManagementEn Febrero, como era habitual, Alejandro tuvo la reunión de "2009 Global Perfomance and Development" con su superior Tiago de Vasconcelos. Los resultados habían sido muy buenos: un crecimiento de las ventas del 12,5%, alcanzando el 100,3% del presupuesto por encima del 98,1% de la Unidad de Negocio. En la nueva línea de refractiva obtuvo el 98% frente al 87% de media. Alejandro afirmó que la comunicación había mejorado de forma sensible; sin emb...Starting at €5.74
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Eye Care (A, B, C, D y E) - Nota del instructor
Stein, GuidoTeaching Note DPOT-47Leadership and People Management, MarketingAlejandro Lanzagorta es un business manager de la multinacional de productos oftálmicos Eye Care. Lleva catorce años en la compañía y destaca por sus resultados (ha recibido varios premios) y entrega. Aspira a ser el director de su unidad de negocio y los últimos que han ocupado ese puesto han corroborado sus expectativas. Por ello, cuando en el 2006 quedó vacante el puesto, pensó que sería su oportunidad, pero fue ocupada por un veterano direct...Starting at €0.00
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Dirección por Competencias: Aspectos teóricos y prácticos en su diseño e implantación
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-66Leadership and People ManagementLa nota describe los aspectos prácticos de la dirección por competencias (DpC), tanto en su diseño como en su administración. Analiza las modalidades posibles de los dos componentes de la DpC: a) el proceso (con sus impresos y el circuito de la información), y b) la relación de" coaching" entre "coach" (evaluador) y "coachee" (evaluado). Enmarca la DpC como instrumento integrador de la política de recursos humanos para dar valor a la compañía des...Starting at €8.20
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Groupworks Financial Corporation
James E. HatchCase IVEY-9B09N030-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, FinanceThe chairman of the board of Groupworks, a company created to consolidate independent brokers in the benefits industry, is faced with three issues. First, he must manage a liquidity problem related to debt that is coming due. Second, he must assess the merits of acquiring another company and, if the company is acquired, he must design the offering package. Third, he must review the firm's consolidation strategy. The case also lends itself to a de...Starting at €8.20
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Finchco
James E. Hatch; Mike PooleyCase IVEY-9B11N005-EFinanceThe owner of Finchco plans to sell his company, which is a distributor of industrial materials. The purpose of the case is to utilize several valuation methods and suggest the possible deal structure. The situation is made somewhat more complicated because Finchco has a real estate subsidiary that must be valued, and because the company has a great opportunity to land a major new customer whose value must be included in the analysis.Starting at €8.20
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LAB International Inc.
James E. Hatch; David JagodzinskiCase IVEY-9B09N011-EFinanceLAB International (LAB) has two divisions that have vastly different strategies. The research and development division has a continuing need for funding and a high degree of risk, while the contract research division is a cash generator and is less risky. LAB is attempting to raise additional capital but believes that the shares of the company are undervalued in the market. It is contemplating a spinoff of one of the divisions to raise the funds ...Starting at €8.20
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Proposed Merger of Perdigão and Sadia
James E. Hatch; Deborah TerayamaCase IVEY-9B12N005-EFinance, StrategyIn April 2009, Perdigão was contemplating the acquisition of Sadia and a merger of the two companies. The intended share-swap transaction between two of Brazil’s biggest food companies would allow Perdigão to dramatically grow its domestic and international market share, and become one of the world’s largest players in the food production industry, while driving up profit margins by benefiting from synergies. However, Sadia had very significant s...Starting at €8.20
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Saxon Financial
James E. Hatch; James MazurCase IVEY-9B09N012-EFinanceAn analyst at IGM Financial (IGM) is asked to make a presentation outlining the final details of the proposed acquisition of Saxon Financial (Saxon). The analysis was to include the strategic rationale for the acquisition, an estimate of the proposed offering price for Saxon and whether or not the acquisition would be accretive to earnings per share of IGM. To complete the assignment the analyst had to calculate a preliminary valuation range base...Starting at €8.20
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Prairie Ventures Limited
James E. Hatch; Zhou ZhangCase IVEY-9B09N025-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe investment manager at Prairie Ventures Limited, a Saskatchewan based venture capital firm, is examining the merits of financing a management buyout of Crestline Coach, a manufacturer of ambulances and distributor of buses. Students must design a term sheet and create an appropriate financing package. Students are provided with an Excel model to assist in their analysis.Starting at €8.20