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Melco Crown Entertainment: Rolling the Dice and Other Ways to Raise Capital
Stephen Sapp; Matthew GrayCase IVEY-9B12N018-EFinance, StrategyThe case deals with how the investment banker advising the chief financial officer of Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (MCEL), a casino and entertainment company based in Macau, will suggest the company finance two new gaming resorts currently under construction. The development of these properties has stopped because of insufficient funding, and project timelines have started to be questioned. A decision regarding the best means to raise the ne...Starting at €8.20
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From Dell to Lenovo Investment Decision in the Rapidly Changing PC Industry
Stephen Sapp; Chris ChanCase IVEY-9B13N020-EFinance, StrategyThe director of the investment wing of a financial-services provider must decide whether his firm should continue to invest in the former frontrunner in the personal-computer industry or switch strategies and invest instead in an up-and-coming competitor. At a time of significant technological change and slowing global growth, the director and his team of analysts set out to create an in-depth assessment of the personal-computer industry in order...Starting at €8.20
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CS Publishing Inc.: Foreign Exchange Risk Management
Stephen SappCase IVEY-9B19N024-EFinance, StrategyA medium-sized Canadian provider of specialized educational products and services, Canada Specialization Providers, had a subsidiary, CS Publishing Inc. (CSPub), which sold specialty learning materials around the world. Although the company's costs and revenues were almost exclusively in Canadian dollars and its subsidiary, CSPub, had most of its costs in Canadian dollars, this subsidiary also had a large and growing revenue base in other currenc...Starting at €8.20
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Magna International and Dual Share Unification - Teaching Note
W. Glenn Rowe; Stephen Sapp; Nadine de Gannes; Abbas KhambatiTeaching Note IVEY-8B20M209-EStrategyTeaching note for product 9B20M209.Starting at €0.00
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KTM - Venture Capitalist Exit
Stephen Sapp; Charlene Zietsma; Iris Fischlmayr; Rob WongCase IVEY-9B07N003-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyKTM is a small motorcycle manufacturing company located in Austria. As a result of difficult economic conditions in 1999, KTM went private with the help of the venture capital firm BC European Capital (BC). Following a couple of years of strong growth, BC is looking to liquidate its position and move on. KTM is faced with the decision of determining the best means to repurchase BC's equity position in the firm and leave the firm with enough finan...Starting at €8.20
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Hydro One Inc.: CEO Compensation
Stephen Sapp; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B10N002-EAccounting and Control, Finance, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe case presents the situation faced by the board of directors at Hydro One, a government-owned Canadian electric utility, as they discuss updating the current executive compensation packages because of the pending privatization of Hydro One. As a government owned enterprise, compensation was moderated by the job security and prospects of career advancement in the public sector, but the imminent privatization required the compensation system to ...Starting at €8.20
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Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC: Valuing Growth Potential
Stephen Sapp; Willow YangCase IVEY-9B19N006-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyIn 2016, Chinese football club Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club (Evergrande), which had recently been crowned the most valuable football club in China by Forbes magazine, with a valuation of US$282 million, simultaneously had a market capitalization in China of over US$3.3 billion. The team had yet to earn a profit, so these valuations raised questions regarding how this team in particular was valued and how sports franchises were valued...Starting at €8.20
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East Cameron Partners: The Sukuk Bond
Stephen Sapp; Brooke HarleyCase IVEY-9B10N014-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of East Cameron Partners LP, is interested in raising capital to buy out his existing 50 per cent partner thereby regaining control of the firm and enabling him to finance new growth. Because of the risky nature of the oil and gas business and relatively small size of East Cameron, the CEO has limited alternatives available to him. The case discusses the standard alternatives available to small and medium sized e...Starting at €8.20
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Maskwa Resources: Financing with a Euro Bond
Stephen Sapp; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B05N023-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, StrategyThe president of a small mining company is faced with an opportunity to purchase a mining refinery to complement its existing mining operations. It has the potential to bring the company into a situation of positive cashflow, but the small size of the company and high risk of the mining industry has left the president with few alternatives to raise the capital. The case focuses on the issuing of a Euro-denominated bond to finance this purchase an...Starting at €8.20
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The Rise and Fall of AIG
Stephen SappCase IVEY-9B12N001-EFinance, StrategyThe Global Financial Crisis (2007-2009) has provided fertile ground for careful consideration of how the financial services industry operates. For many years it had been asserted that markets can self-police so that regulation and careful oversight are not required. The events from the crisis have caused many of the strongest proponents of this view, such as Alan Greenspan (former chairman of the Federal Reserve), to publicly acknowledge the prob...Starting at €8.20