All cases
August 2018
Super Luxurious Auto (A)
By Alvarez and Marsal, Michael Jacobides
Super Luxurious Auto (SLA) is a fictionalised case study based on a real engagement undertaken by Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) involving a complete financial and operational restructuring. The case is about a company unable to meet its debt obligations as a consequence of deteriorating financial p...
January 2020
Sofar Sounds: Charting the next stage of growth
By Julian Birkinshaw, David Mather, Bryan Stroube, Aharon Cohen Mohliver
This case traces the development of a live entertainment company, Sofar Sounds, from a conversation among three friends about their frustrations with live music events, through early success and now to a point where the CEO, Rafe Offer, has to make important decisions about its future growth. Sofar ...
July 2011
Simon Cohen (D) Epilogue
By John Mullins, Darice Gubbins, John Walker
This is part of a case series. Simon Cohen parked his Acura SUV outside his Monterrey office, let the fingerprint scanner check his ID to open the door, and jogged upstairs past the huge poster showing containers and cranes at the port of Manzanillo. He paused for a moment in the company's boardroom...
July 2011
Simon Cohen (C)
By John Mullins, Darice Gubbins, John Walker
This is part of a case series. Simon Cohen parked his Acura SUV outside his Monterrey office, let the fingerprint scanner check his ID to open the door, and jogged upstairs past the huge poster showing containers and cranes at the port of Manzanillo. He paused for a moment in the company's boardroom...
July 2011
Simon Cohen (B)
By John Mullins, Darice Gubbins, John Walker
This is part of a case series. Simon Cohen parked his Acura SUV outside his Monterrey office, let the fingerprint scanner check his ID to open the door, and jogged upstairs past the huge poster showing containers and cranes at the port of Manzanillo. He paused for a moment in the company's boardroom...