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Present Value Tables
de Santiago, RafaelTechnical Note ADN-275-EEconomics, FinanceThese tables provide the values used to discount monetary when the cash flows span several periods. The first table shows the value of having 1 euro n years from now, at different discount rates. The second table shows the present value of receiving 1 euro each year during n years, at different discount rates.Starting at €8.20
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PolyPanel. Financing of Growth - Teaching Note
Martínez Abascal, EduardoTeaching Note FT-89-EAccounting and Control, FinancePolyPanel is a distributor of panels for new building reforms. It is located in Munich and has sales of around 3 million. It is a new company (three years old) and a small one (seven employees). PolyPanel faces the typical problems of a start up. The case illustrates the growing need for financing due to growing sales and the deterioration of policies regarding collection and inventories.Starting at €0.00
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Establecimientos Viena, S.A.
García Prat, Antoni; Faus, JosepCase F-725-EFinanceThe case analyses a medium-sized company that is representative of Spanish and Catalan SMEs in general. The company is reluctant to increase its level of debt, but its management is starting to question the appropriateness of self-financing versus debt financing. At the same time, the company is maintaining steady growth on the basis of owning the real estate properties that house its restaurants as opposed to renting them.Starting at €8.20
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Iberia Airline: Currency and Fuel Risk Exposures
Jones A.; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-795-EFinanceIn mid 2003, Iberia's CFO, Finance Director and Procurement Director must decide what to do with the airline's fuel risk exposure. High fluctuations in jet fuel prices over recent years have caused havoc in the airline industry. After labour, jet fuel is the second largest operating expense for Iberia. An efficient management and control of the fuel cost would enable the management to estimate future earnings more accurately.Starting at €8.20
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Goodyear Dunlop Europe: A Week in the Life of Maria, a Sales Executive
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-824-EFinanceThis case tracks a week in the life of Maria, a European Goodyear Dunlop sales executive. During each day, Maria is confronted with different decisions, which require financial analysis. There are five decisions which touch on different accounting and finance themes such as working capital, financing, net present value, economic value added (EVA), and fixed versus variable costs.Starting at €8.20
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ExQuisit IV European Private Equity Fund: To Invest or Not
Grabenwarter, Uli; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-826-EFinanceThis case introduces an in-class analysis of a private placement memorandum (PPM) of a new private equity fund. Students will evaluate the PPM along the following criteria: the fund's investment strategy, past financial performance, expected returns, the size of the fund's targets, the regions and sectors, holding periods, governance issues, the fund's team and benchmark data.Starting at €8.20
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Sea Breeze Capital (A) - Teaching Note
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, PeterTeaching Note FT-98-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceCase A describes the attempt made by Jordi Alves, an MBA graduate, to start the first search fund in Spain. Case B describes two acquisition opportunities that Jordi identified one year after he had launched the search fund. Jordi Alves graduated with his MBA in 2010. During his business school studies, he focused on search funds with the intent of starting his own search fund immediately after graduation. Being from Barcelona, Spain, he selected...Starting at €0.00
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Sunflower GmbH
Keppel, Michael; Sachon, MarcCase P-1130-EFinance, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes the crisis situation of Sunflower, an owner-managed drugstore chain with more than 1,000 outlets in Germany. Sunflower was owned by 60 limited partners, organized in three shareholder groups, who positioned the company as a convenience store chain. A Board member with previous experience in the food discount business introduced an EDLP strategy at Sunflower. This triggered a crisis when suppliers lost their trust and sales bega...Starting at €8.20
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Anglo-Bharat (AB): The Rubicon International Port Limited (RIPL) Dilemma
Barcelona, Ricardo G.; Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-841-EFinanceThe commercial finance director of Anglo-Bharat (AB), a major oil and gas company based in London, UK, needs to recommend whether to invest an additional $150 million to expand a port project in India. Thus far, $480 million has been invested in the port, RIPL (Rubicon International Port Limited). The port, RIPL, is attached to another $600 million LNG (liquefied natural gas) re-gasification plant. If the investment is not made, AB runs the risk ...Starting at €8.20
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Real Estate Business
Beusmans, G.; Borrell, D.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-296-EDecision Analysis, Economics, FinanceThe case explains the financial risks of a company that buys apartments through futures. The case gives guidance on how to construct a spreadsheet risk model, and the goal is to quantify the risks associated with different strategies.Starting at €8.20