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East Cameron Partners: The Sukuk Bond
Stephen Sapp; Brooke HarleyCase IVEY-9B10N014-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of East Cameron Partners LP, is interested in raising capital to buy out his existing 50 per cent partner thereby regaining control of the firm and enabling him to finance new growth. Because of the risky nature of the oil and gas business and relatively small size of East Cameron, the CEO has limited alternatives available to him. The case discusses the standard alternatives available to small and medium sized e...Starting at €8.20
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ChimpChange: How to Raise Capital to Grow- Teaching Note
Stephen SappTeaching Note IVEY-8B19N009-EFinanceTeaching note for product 9B19N009.Starting at €0.00
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Northampton Group Inc.: How to Increase Shareholder Value
Stephen Sapp; Kamal PatelCase IVEY-9B11N007-EFinanceThe case examines the issues faced by a hotel management and development company as it tries to increase the return to its shareholders. The firm’s major shareholders have commented that they believe the firm is currently under-valued, so management is considering several means of unlocking extra value. Due to difficult economic conditions resulting from the global economic crisis, there are many opportunities as well as many risks to the alterna...Starting at €8.20
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Business Succession and the Asher Estate
Stephen Sapp; Alykhan AlidinaCase IVEY-9B20N011-EFinanceIn December 2017, Ali Asher, the second-eldest child of Aziz Asher, was conducting research for his father on the best way to restructure the family business to prepare for succession. Asher’s parents and siblings all lived in Canada, while Ali had been running a start-up in India for nearly two years. The family had a real estate and construction business in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ali’s older sister had special needs and lived with her par...Starting at €8.20
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CS Publishing Inc.: Foreign Exchange Risk Management
Stephen SappCase IVEY-9B19N024-EFinance, StrategyA medium-sized Canadian provider of specialized educational products and services, Canada Specialization Providers, had a subsidiary, CS Publishing Inc. (CSPub), which sold specialty learning materials around the world. Although the company's costs and revenues were almost exclusively in Canadian dollars and its subsidiary, CSPub, had most of its costs in Canadian dollars, this subsidiary also had a large and growing revenue base in other currenc...Starting at €8.20
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Maskwa Resources: Financing with a Euro Bond
Stephen Sapp; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B05N023-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThe president of a small mining company is faced with an opportunity to purchase a mining refinery to complement its existing mining operations. It has the potential to bring the company into a situation of positive cashflow, but the small size of the company and high risk of the mining industry has left the president with few alternatives to raise the capital. The case focuses on the issuing of a Euro-denominated bond to finance this purchase an...Starting at €8.20
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ChimpChange: How to Raise Capital to Grow
Stephen SappCase IVEY-9B19N009-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIn early 2016, ChimpChange Limited, a financial technology (fintech) start-up, had started operations in California and already had more than 80,000 customers. The company needed capital to acquire more customers in order to become cash-flow positive, as was the case with most start-ups. ChimpChange Limited should have been able to attain the break-even number of customers within another year or so, but it needed capital to execute a marketing ca...Starting at €8.20
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From Dell to Lenovo Investment Decision in the Rapidly Changing PC Industry
Stephen Sapp; Chris ChanCase IVEY-9B13N020-EFinance, StrategyThe director of the investment wing of a financial-services provider must decide whether his firm should continue to invest in the former frontrunner in the personal-computer industry or switch strategies and invest instead in an up-and-coming competitor. At a time of significant technological change and slowing global growth, the director and his team of analysts set out to create an in-depth assessment of the personal-computer industry in order...Starting at €8.20
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The Rise and Fall of AIG
Stephen SappCase IVEY-9B12N001-EFinance, StrategyThe Global Financial Crisis (2007-2009) has provided fertile ground for careful consideration of how the financial services industry operates. For many years it had been asserted that markets can self-police so that regulation and careful oversight are not required. The events from the crisis have caused many of the strongest proponents of this view, such as Alan Greenspan (former chairman of the Federal Reserve), to publicly acknowledge the prob...Starting at €8.20
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Wunnerful, Wunnerful: Ownership at the Welk Hospitality Group
Stephen Sapp; Anthony I. MathewsCase IVEY-9B15N023-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe chief executive officer (CEO) of a family business is considering options available to owners of the business to monetize their shareholdings. Since the shares in privately-owned firms are illiquid, the family members may have significant wealth on paper, but they do not have large amounts of cash available. The second generation looking at retiring would like to realize some of the value from the firm they have worked to build and, at the sa...Starting at €8.20