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Shadow Banking
Soley, Jorge; Sánchez de León, CarlosTechnical Note FN-617-EFinance, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis note explains the growing phenomenon of shadow banking as a non-regulated part of the financial system. In the United States, shadow banking is more important than the traditional banking sector in terms of assets used and it is experiencing high growth rates in Europe as well. The note asks whether shadow banking has more advantages than the traditional banking system because it is not regulated; whether it is more or less transparent; whe...Starting at €8.20
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Banca de Inversión
de Heredia, Tomás; Cutillas, Sergi; Sánchez de León, Carlos; Soley, Jorge; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTechnical Note FN-424FinanceEsta nota proporciona una perspectiva general de los orígenes y principales actividades de la banca de inversión. Explica las diferencias que existen entre la banca de inversión y los bancos comerciales, así como también quiénes son los clientes habituales, qué instrumentos financieros usan y cómo está evolucionando para adaptarse a un cambiante marco regulador.Starting at €8.20
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El plan estratégico de Aciturri
Calleja, Luis Manuel; Gutiérrez, José Ramón; Sánchez de León, CarlosCase SM-1608Finance, Innovation and Change, StrategyEl Grupo Aciturri arranca en 1977 como "Talleres Ginés", en Miranda de Ebro (Burgos), de la mano de su fundador, Ginés Clemente; más tarde pasaría a llamarse "Mecanizados Ginés". A principios de los ochenta entra en el sector aeronáutico y, en el momento en que se escribió este caso, ya era un jugador europeo de TIER-1 y TIER-2, con seis fábricas en España y personal permanente en Hamburgo (Alemania), Seattle (Estados Unidos) y Shanghái (China). ...Starting at €8.20
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Aceites Borges Pont, S.A.
Vergés S.; Ricart, Joan Enric; Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1385-EStrategy2000 had been a difficult year for the olive oil industry in Spain, owing to the price cutting policy adopted by some companies, which had forced the rest of the industry to operate with very tight margins. In this context, Aceites Borges Pont, S.A. had to decide how to position its products, not only in Spain but also in the new international markets, in which the product was starting to be recognized, in order to achieve the profitability it ha...Starting at €8.20
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Investment Banking
de Heredia, Tomás; Cutillas, Sergi; Sánchez de León, Carlos; Soley, Jorge; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTechnical Note FN-424-EFinanceThis note provides an overview of the origins and main activities of investment banks. It explains how they differ from commercial banks, who their main customers are, what financial instruments they use, and how they are evolving to adapt to changing regulatory framework.Starting at €8.20
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El escándalo del LIBOR: Caso Barclays
Soley, Jorge; Sánchez de León, Carlos; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-883Corporate Governance, Finance, StrategyEste caso explica con detalle el proceso de fijación de los tipos de interés con base en el líbor y el euríbor. Se hace hincapié en las manipulaciones llevadas a cabo por algunas entidades bancarias, con el apoyo de un documento emitido al respeto por la Autoridad de Servicios Finacieros británica. Se pretende familiarizar al alumno con los procedimientos de fijación y dar a conocer cómo evitar estos malos usos.Starting at €8.20
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PanEuroSearch
Vergés S.; Ricart, Joan EnricCase DG-1412StrategyEn enero del año 2003, Joan Serra hacía balance de los seis primeros meses de actividad de su recién fundada firma, PanEuroSearch. Las últimas cifras indicaban que el año 2002 había sido uno de los peores para el sector del «executive search» a nivel mundial. En años anteriores, el sector había vivido un espectacular crecimiento a causa de la proliferación de los negocios de telecomunicaciones e Internet, así como por la alta competitividad por e...Starting at €8.20
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ABPSA. Studying the Acquisition of a Big Competitor
Vergés S.; Ricart, Joan Enric; Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1452-EStrategyIn October 2001 the Board of Directors of the Borges Group held an extraordinary meeting. The reason for the meeting was well known to all present: Koipe, the leading Spanish olive and sunflower oil company, had become the target of a takeover bid by another Spanish company, SOS Cuétara (a producer of rice and biscuits). At that meeting, the Board of Directors would have to decide whether to respond with a counterbid. Koipe had been one of Borges...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo Prisa
Vergés S.; Rosenberg, Mike; Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1468-EStrategyThe Prisa Executive Committee is deciding on its strategy to compete with its main international rivals. The case describes Grupo Prisa's structure, the growth and diversification processes undertaken up to 2004, and its expansion into the Spanish-speaking world. It also analyzes the group's main rivals in Spain and beyond.Starting at €8.20
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Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI)
Vergés S.; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1453-EStrategyThis is the first of a case series on Social Entrepreneurship written in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Comite para Democratizaçao da Informática (CDI) was a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded by Rodrigo Baggio in Brazil in 1995. Its mission was to set up schools to teach computer skills to low-income communities so that slum residents could begin to move into the mainstream of society and...Starting at €8.20