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SIGA Technologies: Profiting From Uncertainty
Mehmet A. Begen; Can CuiCase IVEY-9B11E014-ECorporate GovernanceAn equity analyst at Nova Funds, an investment firm, is in the process of analyzing an investment in SIGA Technologies (SIGA), and potentially its competitor, PharmAthene Inc. (PIP). SIGA is currently the only company in the world that has developed a treatment for smallpox, with its ST-246. In late 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the intention to award SIGA a contract valued at up to $2.8 billion, which sig...Starting at €8.20
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TriDev Realty Partners
Peter C. Bell; Sachin GuptaCase IVEY-9B10E015-ECorporate GovernanceThe chief executive officer (CEO) of TriDev Realty Partners, was considering an offer of $22.5 million that she had received for TriDev's Uptown Plaza shopping centre. Although she was looking to divest the property within a year, and the offer appeared attractive based on current income levels, she knew that a number of lease renewals were pending, which could increase the value of the property. Should the CEO sell now or wait until the lease re...Starting at €8.20
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PGA Golf: Is Sunday Made for TV
Chris A. HigginsCase IVEY-9B12E008-ECorporate GovernanceIn 2011, two avid golfers were having a debate over whether scores were lower on Sundays. One of the golfers believed that courses were made easier on Sunday for viewers who wanted to see low scores. The other golfer countered that all the pressure on the golfers on Sunday would surely raise their scores and, in fact, the television coverage would make things worse.Using a dataset from the 2011 season, various questions about golfers and golf tou...Starting at €8.20
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Asian Grill: Finding the Optimal Table Mix
Kyle Maclean; Srinivas KrishnamoorthyCase IVEY-9B17E001-ECorporate GovernanceIn early December 2016, the owner of the Asian Grill restaurant in Henderson, Nevada, noticed that the restaurant had busy nights where customers left due to long wait times, yet there were empty seats due to small groups occupying large tables. She had a proposed new table layout before her and had to evaluate whether this would allow the restaurant to seat more customers on her busiest nights (Thursday to Saturday), or whether a different table...Starting at €8.20
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Red Brand Canners and Its Supply Chain
Christoph Haehling von Lanzenauer; Olaf PohlCase IVEY-9B12E007-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementDeveloped as a companion to the Red Brand Canners (RBC) case, the starting point in this case is the improvement in performance resulting from the optimization approach in the original case. However, RBC’s vice president of operations is concerned about the quality and quantity mix of the most recent tomato crop received from Greenfield Farms (GF). RBC’s preferred quality and quantity mixes differ significantly from the current harvest. To RBC, t...Starting at €8.20
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Northwest Newsprint, Inc. (B)
Peter C. Bell; Jing ChenCase IVEY-9B09E003-ECorporate GovernanceNorthwest Newsprint, Inc. is a major producer of newsprint and pulpmills in the Pacific Northwest and Canada from which they supplied various North American markets. In Northwest Newsprint, Inc. (A), product #9A98E035, the assistant controller's supply chain optimization approach leads to the conclusion that Northwest Newsprint, Inc. has far too much manufacturing capacity. This supplemental case addresses the ability of price changes to mitigate...Starting at €5.74
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Hamline University: Choque entre religión y educación (B)
de la Cierva, Yago;Case DPO-841Corporate Governance, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementEn octubre del 2022, durante una clase de Historia del Arte en la Hamline University de St. Paul (Minnesota, Estados Unidos), una profesora mostró una ilustración persa del siglo XVI que representaba al profeta Mahoma. Una de las estudiantes del curso, que era presidenta de la Asociación de Estudiantes Musulmanes del campus, se sintió ofendida y protestó. El caso estudia cómo evolucionó la reclamación: las decisiones de rectorado al respecto y la...Starting at €5.74
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PromoFarma
Canals Margalef, Jorge; Masclans, R.Case SM-1692Corporate Governance, StrategyEste caso plantea los retos estratégicos que los fundadores de PromoFarma, una empresa de software que vende y distribuye productos de parafarmacia, tienen en 2018. En particular, el caso plantea: - Unas decisiones estratégicas a tomar - Un proceso de internacionalización - La búsqueda de los futuros accionistas de la empresa - El diseño del gobierno de la empresaStarting at €8.20
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Disney World and the Alligators (B)
García Guillén, Carlos; Pacheco Barceló, Leyre; Rodríguez Medina, Ignacio; Sastre Ortega, Ana; de la Cierva, YagoCase DPO-738-ECorporate Governance, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementDisney World resort in Orlando, USA, suffered a crisis when a toddler was taken by an alligator and disappeared inside a pond. The event happened when the senior management was in Shanghai for the inauguration of the new thematic park in China.Starting at €5.74
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Payout Policy at eBay Inc.: Activist Investor Asks for Change
Sacchetto, Stefano; Vergara, CarlesCase F-960-ECorporate Governance, FinanceThe case discusses the restructuring proposal made by Elliott Management, an activist fund, to eBay Inc., an e-commerce company.Starting at €8.20