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Jaguar Land Rover plc: Bond Valuation
S. Veena IyerCase IVEY-9B15N012-EFinance, StrategyJaguar Land Rover Automotive plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Indian company Tata Motors Limited, announced bond issue worth US$500 million. The proceeds of this issue were to be used to refinance costlier outstanding bonds. The company was able to raise new debt at substantially lower interest rates than its outstanding debt as a result of its sustained good performance, which led to strong company fundamentals and improved credit ratings. ...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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Premier Foods Plc: Interest Rate Swaps
Jumana Zahalka; Anand SrinivasanCase IVEY-9B13N015-EFinance, StrategyA vice-president of a hedge fund must determine whether his fund will take a 5 per cent equity stake in Premier Foods Plc (Premier). At the time of the case, Premier, a publicly listed U.K. food and beverage company, was heavily indebted following a period of aggressive acquisition growth. Moreover, Premier had issued interest rate swaps on the majority of its debt. As the financial crisis unraveled, interest rates dramatically declined, and Prem...Starting at €8.20
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Metro Bank: The British Banking Revolution Begins
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1112-EFinance, Service and Operations Management, StrategyVernon W. Hill has created quite a unique bank fully focused on delivering great customer service. Previously, in the United States, his approach has been highly successful. The question is: will he be able to replicate the success in the U.K. and lead to a banking revolution? But to answer this question, one first has to fully understand what the business model is all about.Starting at €8.20
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Shakey’s Initial Public Offering: The Dilemma of Investing
Maria Theresa Manalac; Stefanie Mae Margaret Jakosalem; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-9B19N021-EFinance, StrategyIn early December 2016, a student member of the Philippine Fund of the finance lab at the Asian Institute of Management was wondering whether to invest in the initial public offering (IPO) of Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. (Shakey’s). Shakey’s was theStarting at €8.20
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The Holcim Acquisition: Cementing SMC’s Leadership in the Philippines
Maria Theresa Manalac; Yusoph Maute; Sandeep PuriCase IVEY-9B21N006-EFinanceIn May 2019, a retail investor in the Philippines had to decide whether or not to immediately sell his shares in Holcim Philippines, Inc (HPI). The San Miguel Corporation had just announced the acquisition of around 86 per cent controlling interest in HPI. The price of HPI had increased considerably in the months leading up to the acquisition announcement, and this investor was anticipating a large gain. Now, he needed to run a fair value estimat...Starting at €8.20
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Finance Reading: Corporate Governance, Teaching Note
Coates, John; Srinivasan, SurajTeaching Note HBS-5210-EFinanceTeaching note for 5209.Starting at €0.00
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GlaxoSmithKline: Reorganizing Drug Discovery (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Huckman, Robert S.Teaching Note HBS-610044-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note for [605074] and [605075].Starting at €0.00
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Pret A Manger
Frei, Frances X.; Goldberg, RIck; van Sice, StephanieCase HBS-612033-EService and Operations ManagementPret A Manger, a London-based chain of sandwich shops, was known for its fast, genuine service and pre-packaged sandwiches prepared on-site daily. Instructed by its board to grow at 15 percent per year, Pret considered opening "twin" shops in locations too small to contain kitchens; these shops would receive sandwich deliveries throughout the day from a nearby "parent" shop. Would Pret's employees and customers accept twin shops or view them as c...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