http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Sat, 18 May 2013 10:10:55 PDT Sat, 18 May 2013 10:10:55 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=313459 This is a Virtual Bank from Biz Ed in the UK. They look at the help that banks can offer business by helping them plan their business start-up and provide finance to help them grow. 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This acquisition is made by a Capital Risk Fund that has developed a business plan that will attempt to create value through Cortefiels operations and this financial operation funding. At a certain moment, the operation is blocked due to other Capital Risk Funds which are also interested in the group. Students have to analyze the business plan and decide whether or not to increase the price offered.The case presents information about the Group and includes interviews with sector experts that participated in the operation. The last part enables students to solve numerically the case, carrying out all the sections of the business plan and analyzing if the price that they are paying for the stocks should be increased or not. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=661654 This is a free resource from Frontline.'״The FRONTLINE Interviews" tell the inside stories of history in the making. The 17 original interviews presented here – including eight videos covering more than seven hours – provide extended first-hand testimony from deep inside the financial crisis and its aftermath. Navigate the interviews by theme or person; share significant moments or citations. Explore in depth the personal experiences that shape current events. This project was produced in collaboration with the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University.