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Bain Case: Old Winery

Bain & Company
Solved 21.1k times
4.4 5 569
| Rating: (4.4 / 5.0)
Difficulty: Intermediate | Style: Real Case, Candidate-led (usual style) | Topics: Growth strategy, Market analysis, Market sizing, Mergers & Acquisition

You have inherited the “Old Winery” from your grandfather, a winery which has been family owned for five generations and can be dated back to the 16th century. Half of the eleven hectares are used to grow white grapes, the other half to grow red grapes. They are grown in the conventional way, i.e. ... Open whole case

SuperBurger

Solved 8.8k times
3.9 5 1073
| Rating: (3.9 / 5.0)
Difficulty: Advanced | Style: Interviewer-led (McKinsey style) | Topics: Mergers & Acquisition

Our client is SuperBurger, a fast food chain that operates in the same class as McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King and so on. They're the fourth largest fast food chain worldwide in terms of number of stores in operations. SuperBurger owns some of its stores, but 85% of its stores are owned by franchis ... Open whole case

REA Reinsurance

Solved 7.9k times
4.1 5 854
| Rating: (4.1 / 5.0)
Difficulty: Advanced | Style: Interviewer-led (McKinsey style) | Topics: Mergers & Acquisition

Your client, REA, is a reinsurance company. REA recently acquired another reinsurance company (approximatively same size): the choice of this company was notably based on its product portfolio as well as its market presence which appeared complement with REA. However, the acquisition is not well r ... Open whole case

Paper Print

Solved 11.5k times
4.3 5 282
| Rating: (4.3 / 5.0) |
Difficulty: Intermediate | Style: Interviewer-led (McKinsey style) | Topics: Mergers & Acquisition

A printing company is planning to take over another printing company with similar technology and printing machines. The candidate is supposed to evaluate the acquisition by answering a line of questions that are presented in the “suggested approach” section. Open whole case

Chip equity

Solved 25.1k times
4.5 5 865
| Rating: (4.5 / 5.0) |
Difficulty: Advanced | Style: Candidate-led (usual style) | Topics: Mergers & Acquisition

Our client is an electronics holding called Chip’n’Chip. They want to invest in a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturer called OnBoard, and asked you whether it’s going to be a good investment. How would you help them? Open whole case

General Holding

Solved 30.7k times
4.3 5 1038
| Rating: (4.3 / 5.0) |
Difficulty: Intermediate | Style: Candidate-led (usual style) | Topics: Market analysis, Mergers & Acquisition

Our client is a French holding company with annual revenues of about €1 billion. Their portfolio consists of different companies that are mostly in manufacturing industries such as the oil & gas industry and the automotive industry.They do not have a specific investment focus. They prefer to ... Open whole case

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