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The Proxy Fight at ADP
Greenwood, Robin; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-219052-EFinanceIn July 2017, shares of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (ADP) surged 12% following a report that the activist investor Bill Ackman had acquired a sizable stake in the company and planned to nominate his own slate of directors at the company's annual meeting in November. Over the months that followed, Ackman and ADP engaged in an increasingly acrimonious battle of words about the future of ADP. Ackman argued that the company was materially underpe...Starting at €8.20
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MyTime
Begenau, Juliane; Greenwood, RobinCase HBS-217026-EFinanceEthan Anderson, the CEO of San Francisco-based e-commerce company MyTime, must decide on the company's growth strategy. MyTime's first product was a website and mobile app that offered consumers a convenient way to book appointments with local merchants throughout the United States. Student must assess the company's growth strategy and develop a model to value a prospective customer to the company's website.Starting at €8.20
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KTM - Venture Capitalist Exit
Stephen Sapp; Charlene Zietsma; Iris Fischlmayr; Rob WongCase IVEY-9B07N003-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyKTM is a small motorcycle manufacturing company located in Austria. As a result of difficult economic conditions in 1999, KTM went private with the help of the venture capital firm BC European Capital (BC). Following a couple of years of strong growth, BC is looking to liquidate its position and move on. KTM is faced with the decision of determining the best means to repurchase BC's equity position in the firm and leave the firm with enough finan...Starting at €8.20
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Business Succession and the Asher Estate - Teaching Note
Stephen Sapp; Alykhan AlidinaTeaching Note IVEY-8B20N011-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B20N011.Starting at €0.00
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When (Not) to Listen to Activist Investors
Greenwood, Robin; Schor, MichaelArticle HBS-F0801H-EPoorly performing managers shouldn't necessarily heed the demands of hedge funds that call for change in a company's strategic direction. Giving in does not, on average, yield stock gains that outperform the market - that is, unless the firm gets acquired.Starting at €8.20
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Magna International and Dual Share Unification - Teaching Note
W. Glenn Rowe; Stephen Sapp; Nadine de Gannes; Abbas KhambatiTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M209-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M209.Starting at €0.00
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CanniMed Therapeutics: Acquiror or Target
Stephen Sapp; Shane FreedmanCase IVEY-9B20N008-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceOn November 14, 2017, Aurora Cannabis Inc. (Aurora) made a proposal to CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. (CanniMed) to acquire all of CanniMed’s issued and outstanding common shares in a share exchange that valued CanniMed’s common shares at a premium of almostStarting at €8.20
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CS Publishing Inc.: Foreign Exchange Risk Management - Teaching Note
Stephen SappTeaching Note IVEY-8B19N024-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B19N024.Starting at €0.00
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CanniMed Therapeutics: Acquiror or Target - Teaching Note
Stephen SappTeaching Note IVEY-8B20N008-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B20N008.Starting at €0.00
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Hydro One Inc.: CEO Compensation
Stephen Sapp; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10N002-EAccounting and Control, Finance, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe case presents the situation faced by the board of directors at Hydro One, a government-owned Canadian electric utility, as they discuss updating the current executive compensation packages because of the pending privatization of Hydro One. As a government owned enterprise, compensation was moderated by the job security and prospects of career advancement in the public sector, but the imminent privatization required the compensation system to ...Starting at €8.20