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The Spanish Electricity Sector in 2004
Forman C.; Palencia, LuisTechnical Note CN-213-EAccounting and ControlThe note is an introduction to the functioning of the Spanish electricity sector in 2004. Its covers the sector activities, its main payers, the regulatory environment, the sector costs and the prospects for the future. This note is designed to be used in the study of cases in companies working in the electricity sector (GAMESA).Starting at €8.20
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Morgan Components - Teaching Note
Palencia, Luis; Fernández, AlbertTeaching Note CT-18-EAccounting and ControlThis teaching note offers a guide to instructors in the classroom use of case C-730-E, "Morgan Components." "Morgan Components" is a case about costs. It addresses a wide range of issues and so is highly versatile. The teaching note suggests possible analyses and approaches for using the case in different programs and courses.Starting at €0.00
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Biosafety Level Logistics (BLL)
Duro, Miguel; Grandes, Mª Jesús; Palencia, LuisCase C-803-EAccounting and ControlBiosafety Level Logistics (BLL) was a Swiss company specialized in providing biosecurity logistic services to other companies. In 2020, BLL obtained a five-year contract to provide bio-secure transportation services to several Swiss research centers specialized in the development of vaccines. To offer this service, BLL had to buy ten refrigerated trucks that had been meticulously adapted to transport the vaccines, forcing the company to decide on...Starting at €8.20
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Farmacia Vila Solé
Fernández, Albert; Palencia, LuisCase C-752Accounting and ControlLa farmacia ha de tomar tres decisiones en que se deben analizar los ingresos y costes diferenciales y discutir sobre si llevarlas a cabo o no. En concreto son la ampliación del local destinado al negocio de farmacia, una actividad promocional y la implantación de un sistema de incentivos en función de las ventas para los empleados de la farmacia.Starting at €8.20
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Visteon (A)
Boulent, M.; Palencia, Luis; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase C-721-EAccounting and ControlIn 1997, the Visteon management has to decide on the pricing of a door panel (DP) to be manufactured for the Nissan Almera. The company information system is used as a base for the pricing decision. The case explains the pricing process used.Starting at €8.20
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Controlia
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Palencia, LuisExercise CE-29-EAccounting and ControlThis is a basic introductory exercise to help participants understand the nature and meaning of concepts such as assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, expenses, and accrual-based accounting.Starting at €8.20
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HotSpotNet Wireless
Ghosh, Anindya; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-34-EAccounting and Control, Knowledge and CommunicationA small start up, pioneer in deploying wireless Internet access hotspots in hotels must decide on its future. It can merge with another start up with a complemenmtary business but lower growth potential, or keep its existing business model seeking external financing and losing control in the process.Starting at €8.20
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Laboratorios Dermolán
Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsExercise CE-25-EAccounting and ControlIn 2011, Laboratorios Dermolán was a company that researched, developed and manufactured medicines to treat skin pathologies. It had been founded in Barcelona in 1970. Until 2008, it had also been involved in selling the products, with as many as 32 sales agents. Reduced margins due to increasing pressure on public health care spending and the limited competitiveness of some of its products led the company to begin recording losses in 2005.Starting at €8.20
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Visteon (B)
Boulent, M.; Palencia, Luis; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase C-722-EAccounting and ControlIn 1999, with the Nissan Almera door panel program already under way, the account manager from Visteon's Nissan BBG receives a call from the Nissan program manager asking for a 28% price reduction. He calls the program's PLT manager to discuss what they should do.Starting at €5.74
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Investment Strategies and Berkshire Hathaway
Palencia, LuisCase C-734-EAccounting and ControlAn average investor, Josu Short, reviews Berkshire Hathaway's 13-plus-one points of the "contract with shareholders" present in each of the company's annual reports. Apparent inconsistencies and financial paradoxes are presented.Starting at €8.20