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Imaam Spinning Mills: Cost of Capital of a Private Company
Aaqib Nawaz; Imran Yousaf; Zhichuan (Frank) LiCase IVEY-W34046-EAccounting and Control, FinanceOn January 2, 2018, the chief executive officer of a private company in Karachi, Pakistan, Imaam Spinning Mills (Imaam), was planning to expand the company’s product line and enter the weaving business by setting up a new weaving plant. He asked his chief financial officer to conduct a financial evaluation financial evaluation of the project. To do so, she needed to calculate the weighted average cost of capital, using the comparative method to c...Starting at €8.20
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Symington Family Estates
Martínez de Albéniz, Victor; Amorim, PedroCase P-1195-EService and Operations ManagementIt was the end of October 2018. Charles Symington was drinking a glass of Graham's 20 Year Old Port together with Rob Symington who had just joined the company after a successful entrepreneurial initiative. Rob would help steer the future of the family-owned business. Both were discussing what decisions to make in the upcoming months, regarding the vintage that had just ended. The quality of the wines to be produced with 2018's vintage was outsta...Starting at €8.20
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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Upton, David M.; Kim, BowonCase HBS-609018-EService and Operations ManagementExplores the journey of aggressive learning and capability building in the operations of a major Korean Shipbuilder. While DSHM had once used its superior learning capability to topple its Japanese competition, it now faced the potential for a similar attack from new Chinese competitors. Without outsourcing some of its work to China, DSHM would become uncompetitive. However, in outsourcing the work, some skills would necessarily have to be transf...Starting at €8.20
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Identifying Industries through Financial Statement Analysis: Pakistan 2017
Imran Yousaf; Zhichuan (Frank) Li; Aaqib NawazCase IVEY-9B21B012-EAccounting and Control, FinanceThis exercise provides the financial data of eight major companies operating in Pakistan in 2019 and listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange. It also provides a list of eight of the country’s main industries. Identify which company operated within which industry to test your understanding of how a company’s financial data can be specific to a particular industry. Using only financial figures, can you identify within which industry each company oper...Starting at €8.20
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El nuevo sistema de pago en el estadio Alvalade XXI
O'Callaghan, RamónCase SI-153Service and Operations ManagementEste caso presenta la situación en el estadio de fútbol Alvalade XXI de Lisboa, en el que se planifica un sistema electrónico de pago en las concesiones de restauración, basado en tecnologías de redes para evitar el manejo de dinero en todas las instalaciones del estadio.Starting at €8.20
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Fixing the Payment System at Alvalade XXI
O'Callaghan, RamónCase SI-153-EService and Operations ManagementThis case outlines the situation at the Alvalade XXI football stadium in Lisbon, with the planned introduction of an electronic payment system in the restaurant concessions. The system is based on networked technology to avoid using cash payments in all the stadiums's instalation.Starting at €8.20
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Korean Air: The Nut Rage Incident
Thompson S.H. Teo; Mei Jie ZhaoCase IVEY-9B15D017-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn December 2014, after receiving poor service on a flight, a senior vice president at Korean Air lashed out at the flight attendants and delayed the flight’s departure until the chief attendant was returned to the gate. Following a tepid apology from her father, Korean Air’s chief executive officer, her actions drew a public backlash because they exposed the sense of entitlement prevalent among rich family conglomerates in South Korea. How shoul...Starting at €8.20
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eConstroi - Uma Plataforma electrónica de compras do sector de construçâo civil
Mira Delgado, Bernardo; Ramalho J.; Ribeiro, PaulaCase AESE-P-A-594-PPAccounting and ControlO caso apresenta os primeiros anos do Econstroi, uma plataforma de comércio electrónico criada no ano 2000, algum tempo antes da queda do NASDAQ que marcou o declínio da bolha digital. O caso descreve o que aconteceu desde o seu lançamento até ao final de 2004, e menciona os problemas que a equipa de gestão apresentou aos accionistas na reunião anual efectuada nesse ano. Esta plataforma foi lançada por um grupo constituído por algumas das maiore...Starting at €8.20
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EPO: Electricidade Portuguesa Online (A)
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Soler, EdiCase ASN-61Accounting and Control, Decision Analysis, EntrepreneurshipElectricidade Portuguesa Online (EPO), fundada por dos jóvenes emprendedores a finales de 2010, se dedica a la comercialización de energía eléctrica en Portugal. Dos años después del inicio de su actividad, los resultados parecen avalar el buen funcionamiento de la compañía y la estrategia basada en la comunicación online seguida hasta el momento. Sin embargo, los socios han agotado la tesorería y deben tomar una decisión acerca de cómo conseguir...Starting at €8.20
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KT&G of South Korea: Analyses Concerning Privatization
Ho-Young Lee; Won-Wook Choi; Youngmook Lee; Min-Jung LeeCase IVEY-9B12B029-EAccounting and Control, StrategyKorea Tobacco and Ginseng (KT&G) is a leading tobacco and ginseng company in South Korea, as well as one of the most successful cases of privatization in the country’s history. This case examines KT&G’s business operations during the process of privatization and afterwards in an environment of increasing foreign competition and investment. This case provides a valuable lesson for investors interested in the volatile process of privatization.Starting at €8.20