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Five Essential Strategies for Creative Negotiations (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Mehta, KandarpArticle ART-2273-PBEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeFrom the corridors of political power to the boardroom, the ability to hold your own around the negotiating table is a vital element of success in today's world. Unfortunately, many negotiations end in deadlock. This is partly because many negotiators are unable to come up with creative, integrative deals, which research shows are a significant variable in reaching a conclusion satisfactory to both parties. Using a role-play-based experiment, the...Starting at €8.20
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Relevant Costs for Decision Making (III): Product Decisions at Capacity (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rosanas Martí, Josep MariaTechnical Note CN-144-PBAccounting and ControlThis is the third of a three-note series (CN-155-E, CN-143-E and CN-144-E). This note introduces decision rules for situations where the company is working near capacity. The basic rule of contribution per unit of capacity is stated and applied to a variety of situations.Starting at €8.20
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Relevant Costs for Decision Making (II): Product Decisions at Under Capacity (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rosanas Martí, Josep MariaTechnical Note CN-143-PBAccounting and ControlThis is the second of a three-note series (CN-155-E, CN-143-E and CN-144-E). This note deals with the use of cost accounting data for decision making purposes. After classifying business decisions between investment and operating decisions, and the latter between pricing and production decisions, the note studies production decisions in situations where the firm is working below production capacity. The special order problem, dropping and adding ...Starting at €8.20
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Nova Capital (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Johnson, RobCase E-235-PBEntrepreneurshipAndré Payard, a newly hired at Nova Capital, had to develop an approach for making initial assessments of the large number of business plans received by the Dutch venture capital firm. He knew that his team could not meet with the management teams from all of the businesses, so it was crucial to select those plans with the greatest potential before schedulling management presentations. Este caso está basado en el caso "Nova Capital", E-68, del mi...Starting at €8.20
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Bruxelles Services Linguistiques (BSL) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Soler, Edi; Peñalva, FernandoCase C-811-PBAccounting and ControlBSL presents the case of one of the largest global companies in the translation industry, located in Belgium. BSL's drop in sales, accompanied by an even greater decrease in profitability, in the context of sector's turnover growth, together with the apparent increase in the additional services involved in the translation process, leads the company to readdress the cost system and propose an activity-based approach. Although the system sheds mor...Starting at €8.20
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Becker Textilwerk GmbH
Soler Vila, Eduardo; Peñalva Acedo, Fernando (Portuguese Version, Brazil)Case C-810-PBAccounting and ControlThis case focuses on a German company, Becker Textilwerk, which produces high-performance fabrics. The company registered total sales of 1.2 billion euros in 2016. Becker is working at full capacity and is faced with making a decision regarding a client's request for a substantial increase in the discount being applied to its orders. If the company denies the request, the client will no longer buy from Becker and will move on to the competition. ...Starting at €8.20
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Luis Canto (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rajaraman, Aarthi; Martín Cabiedes, Luis; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-131-PBEntrepreneurshipUp until the accident (in which his bicycle was hit by a car) he had been on a successful, six-year consulting run at Benson & Company. However, post-accident and two surgeries later, Luis Canto had plenty of free time on his hands. The accident had forced him to re-evaluate what he was doing with his life, and almost at once, he knew that he would not go back to the job at Benson.Starting at €8.20
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Driving Innovation Through Intrapreneurship at Chiesi (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Castelltort, Albert; Davila, AntonioCase E-193-PBEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeChiesi Farmacuetici developed a new program to create a more entrepreneurial culture in its Spanish division. The program was based on Lean Startup principles with employees moving from selecting an idea to developing a business. However, at the end of the program, unexpected challenges arose.Starting at €8.20
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Pentagram: The Craft of Design (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats Moreno, Maria JuliaCase E-88-PBCorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementAs of late 2004, John McConnell, the unofficial leader of Pentagram is preparing for his retirement in the spring of 2005. Pentagram, a multi-disciplinary design firm with 19 partners in five offices (London, Berlin, New York, San Francisco and Austin), is considered to be the "Rolls Royce of Design" by its peers. The company's growth is based on adding well-known designers who in turn bring in business under the Pentagram name. The group is fa...Starting at €8.20
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Naturhouse (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Velamuri, RamaCase E-65-PBEntrepreneurshipThe case discusses the evolution of the Kiluva Group of companies from 1986 to 2003. In particular, the case focuses on how the entrepreneur Félix Revuelta developed the business model for franchising the Naturhouse concept of outlets for dietary food supplements. The firm experiences explosive growth, especially between 1997 and 2003, and Revuelta faces several challenges in taking the firm from 35 million Euros in revenues to over 100 million E...Starting at €8.20