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Volkswagen AG: Valuation in 2009 (A)
Saffi, Pedro; Vergara, CarlesCase F-845-EFinanceThe purpose of this case is to introduce two of the most basic and used valuation techniques: dividend discount model (DDM) and multiples valuation. Students are required to value Volkswagen AG in the context of its merger agreement with Porsche and a major economic crisis that strongly affected the car industry. This case is designed for use at the beginning of a standard MBA Corporate Finance course, but can also be placed in any valuation modu...Starting at €8.20
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Volkswagen AG: valoración en 2009 (A)
Saffi, Pedro; Vergara, CarlesCase F-845FinanceEl presente caso se propone presentar dos de las técnicas de valoración más elementales y usadas con mayor frecuencia: el modelo de descuento de dividendos (DDM) y la valoración de múltiplos. Los estudiantes deben valorar Volkswagen AG en el contexto de su acuerdo de fusión con Porsche y una profunda crisis económica que ha golpeado con fuerza la industria automovilística. Este caso está pensado para usar al principio de un curso MBA estándar sob...Starting at €8.20
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Squeeze to Infinity: Porsche's Attempt to Acquire Volkswagen
Saffi, Pedro; Simon, JanCase F-848-EFinanceThe German financial market regulator (BaFin) had recently come under severe national and international pressure because of large market movements in Volkswagen stocks, caused by Porsche's announcement that it acquired a much larger than expected stake in the company. At one point, the firm had become the largest company in the world and, in one afternoon, its market capitalization was bigger than that of the entire car industry. In the blame gam...Starting at €8.20
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Masschallenge, Inc.: Launching a Non-profit Business Accelerator (A)
Gordon K. Adomdza; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B13M013-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyMassChallenge Inc. is a large non-profit startup accelerator that connects new ventures with other stakeholders within an established business ecosystem. For this new company to engage stakeholders in the numbers envisaged and create a crowd-sourced deal management system, the founders need to develop a model that brings in as many quality or attractive startups as possible. Instead of taking equity in participating ventures as traditional accele...Starting at €8.20
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Launch of the Ford Fiesta Diesel: The World's Most Efficient Car
Francis Spital; David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B10M040-EStrategyThe case describes the challenges faced by Ford and other automobile manufacturers in an era of declining oil reserves and volatile fuel prices. The Ford diesel decision seems to reflect classic thinking constrained by mental models that were developed in a different world. Diesels constitute over 50 per cent of automobile sales in Europe, because fuel is extremely expensive there. If fuel gets extremely expensive in the United States, one would ...Starting at €8.20
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Power Gig: The Rise (and Fall) of Music Games
David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B13A011-EMarketingThe chairman and chief executive officer of a manufacturer of entry-level musical instruments decides to take advantage of the popularity of music video games by creating a gaming division. After spending $30 million on product development, the company launches its first music video game just as the market for this subgenre has fallen into a steep decline. The case discusses the specific attributes of this music video game that may have doomed it...Starting at €8.20
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Knauf Gips Iran and the Green Revolution (B)
David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-9B14M092-EStrategySupplement to 9B14M091.Starting at €5.74
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Mining and Corporate Social Responsibility: Scotbar Proprietary Limited
David T.A. Wesley; Belinda Wade; Sheila PufferCase IVEY-9B18M099-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe chief executive officer of Scotbar Proprietary Limited (Scotbar) in Queensland, Australia, decided to develop a process to convert sandstone to sand, a technique that large multinational mining companies failed to perfect. The stakes could not have been higher, with global environmental disaster looming and the world quickly depleting its reserves of construction sand, severely affecting coastal communities and destroying marine ecosystems in...Starting at €8.20
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Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund: Investing Like a Feminist in the #MeToo Era
David T.A. Wesley; Alexandra RothCase IVEY-9B19C013-ELeadership and People ManagementThe senior vice-president for sustainable investing at the U.S.-based Pax World Funds, a leader in socially responsible investing, needed to identify and invest in companies for the company's Pax Ellevate Global Women's Leadership Fund, an investment fund that promoted labour rights through gender equality. The fund had more than US$200 million in assets under management, a 25 per cent one-year rate of return, and a three-year annual rate of retu...Starting at €8.20
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Anheuser-Busch and the Anti-Transgender Boycott of Bud Light (B)
David T.A. WesleyCase IVEY-W36313-ELeadership and People Management, MarketingIn response to the boycott of Bud Light, Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV leadership attempted to placate dissatisfied consumers by reaffirming their support for conservative values and distancing the company from both the executive in charge of the promotional campaign and the transgender influencer it had partnered with. This course of action, however, not only failed to repair the company’s relationship with conservative consumers but also drew furt...Starting at €5.74