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Betting on DraftKings
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-W27949-EAccounting and Control, FinanceARK Investment Management LLC (ARK)’s Next Generation Internet ETF (exchange traded fund) accumulated over 5 per cent of the outstanding shares of DraftKings Inc. (DraftKings), which held 24 per cent of the emerging US online sports betting market. Following the legalization of sports betting in May 2018, DraftKings faced escalating competition as competitors spent heavily on advertising and promotions to attract customers. This spending led to i...Starting at €8.20
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Thistle Links: An Equity Financing Exercise
Ian Dunn; Martin EidenbergCase IVEY-W26409-EAccounting and ControlOn October 31, 2021, Thistle Links Inc. (Thistle), a sports management company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, had just finished its fiscal year 2021. During the year, the company had experienced a wide variety of occurrences related to its equity financing activities. Starting with the shareholders’ equity section of the previous year’s statement of financial position, Thistle’s accountant is tasked with recording all transactions that occurr...Starting at €8.20
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Thistle Links: An Equity Financing Exercise - Teaching Note
Ian Dunn; Martin EidenbergTeaching Note IVEY-W26410-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product W26409.Starting at €0.00
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.: Sum of the Parts - Teaching Note
Mark SimonsonTeaching Note IVEY-W25119-EAccounting and Control, FinanceTeaching note for product W25118.Starting at €0.00
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc.: Sum of the Parts
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-W25118-EAccounting and Control, FinanceIn 2016, US firm Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (Aerojet) had been developing and manufacturing propulsion systems for rockets and armaments for long-range weapons systems for over 70 years. It also owned 4,634 hectares of land and an investment portfoStarting at €8.20
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber: M&A Synergies - Teaching Note
Mark SimonsonTeaching Note IVEY-W32286-EAccounting and Control, FinanceTeaching note for product W32285.Starting at €0.00
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Betting on DraftKings - Teaching Note
Mark SimonsonTeaching Note IVEY-W27950-EAccounting and Control, FinanceTeaching note for product W27949.Starting at €0.00
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Lakeshore Tea Company: Merchandising Operations - Teaching Note
Ian Dunn; Martin EidenbergTeaching Note IVEY-W26412-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product W26411.Starting at €0.00
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber: M&A Synergies
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-W32285-EAccounting and Control, FinanceIn late 2020, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (Goodyear)’s chief executive officer, Richard Kramer, told Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (Cooper)’s chief executive officer, Bradley Hughes, that Goodyear would submit an acquisition proposal by the end of the year. Goodyear had spent the last two years enduring global weakness in the automotive industry and the onset of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, which contributed to Goodyear’s stock falling ...Starting at €8.20
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The MoneyGram LBO
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-W32220-EAccounting and ControlIn late 2021, Vahe Dombalagian, a managing director at Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP), contacted MoneyGram International Inc. (MoneyGram) chief executive officer Alex Holmes to discuss the middle-market private equity (PE) firm’s potential interest in a transaction with MoneyGram. MoneyGram was a global leader in the cross-border peer-to-peer (P2P) payment market, working to transition to the fast-growing digital payment market amid the emergenc...Starting at €8.20