In August 2022, the training director of the Human Resource Centre of Golden Century Group, a diversified real estate company in China, was considering the implementation of the forthcoming ninth Spring Buds training program. For seven years the program had been offered offline, but with the offline course cancelled during the pandemic, the company had experimented with an online offering for the eighth program. For the transition to fully online .....more

Teaching note for product W47945.

The chief financial officer of Granite Apparel is trying to determine which of the three fundraising options is optimal for Granite Apparel to finance a projected rapid growth strategy. The three options are an initial public offering of equity, a privately placed debt issue and a private placement of preferred shares.

Instructor spreadsheet for 8B15N006.

Student spreadsheet for product 9B10N007.

Excel spreadsheet for students.

Teaching note for product 9B15N006.

The equity analyst for a large investment bank is in the process of evaluating a potential takeover of Shoppers Drug Mart, Canada’s largest drugstore retailer, by Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest grocery retailer. Rumours of the takeover have been circulating for some time, and the analyst wants to provide her buy-side clients with both her comments on the proposed transaction and her assessment of a reasonable offering price.

Excel spreadsheet for 8B05N16.

Teaching note for product 9B13N010.