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Crisis Management (E): North American Sporting League Visits Mexico City
Foster, GeorgeCase SGSB-SPM40E-ELeadership and People ManagementA major sports league has decided to run its season opening game in Mexico City. When the teams arrive in the country four days before the event, two of Team A’s star players are kidnapped. The (A) case provides relevant background information about the league, the team, the players, and the planned activities surrounding the season opening game. It also describes what is initially known about the crisis situation. In cases (B) through (F), a...Starting at €5.74
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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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Orbea
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Ormazabal, GaizkaCase C-773-EAccounting and ControlIn 2002, Orbea was considering manufacturing store brand bicycles for a large-scale retailer. This case is designed to help students learn to look at the effects of a business decision on a company's fixed costs as a part of their cost-benefit analyses. Specifically, the case can be used to look at how to carry out a differential cost analysis of the increase in the company's current asset financing needs.Starting at €8.20
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Análisis de desviaciones de beneficios
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Rosanas, Josep MariaTechnical Note CN-164Accounting and ControlLa nota desarrolla un mètodo de anàlisis de desviaciones de beneficios (previstos versus reales) como paso importante en el proceso de control. Se hace especial hincapié en la necesidad de seleccionar e interpretar la información que se utiliza en dicho análisis.Starting at €8.20
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How rankings shape your growth story
Davila, Antonio; Foster, George; He, Xiaobin; Shimizu, CarlosArticle ART-3246-EEntrepreneurshipHigh-growth rankings can give small companies a quick reputational boost. But unless you understand the metrics involved, your time on the list could be very short indeed.Starting at €8.20
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3P (Produits pour tout problème), S.A.
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Palencia, LuisCase C-793-EDecision AnalysisThe case examines a company's decision-making process behind whether to outsource its packaging. The company can continue manufacturing a bottle for one of its top-selling glues in-house, or it can close its packaging department and outsource the task. There is a supplier ready to provide the packaging, but it insists on a four-year contract with certain conditions that must be analyzed carefully.Starting at €8.20
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The Coffee Cup (B)
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Palencia, LuisCase C-757-EAccounting and ControlThe objective of this case is to examine accounting policies. Throughout the case, decisions must be made (regarding asset impairment, depreciation, capital grants, research and development and financial investments) whose alternatives have an effect on financial statements.Starting at €5.74
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How to Structure Companies for High Growth
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Foster, GeorgeArticle ART-1815-EAccounting and ControlThe old belief that management systems kill the entrepreneurial spirit is wrong. Perhaps when a company has fewer than 100 employees, a business can get by on less. But as the authors point out in this article, companies are actually able to grow faster provided that they have strong internal planning and control systems in place early on. They identify eight main categories that demand managerial attention if companies are ever to achieve high g...Starting at €8.20
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Maria Soldevila (B)
Grandes, Mª JesúsCase C-775-EAccounting and ControlA basic case to introduce financial accounting, it describes the first year in the operations of an industrial company. It reviews the fundamental concepts: assets, liabilities, net equity, income and expenses. It demonstrates the preparation and usefulness of financial statements: balance sheets, profit and loss statements, cash flow statements. The case also presents the following additional subjects: stock valuation (FIFO, averages, etc.), cl...Starting at €5.74
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Orbea (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Ormazabal, GaizkaCase C-773-PBAccounting and ControlIn 2002, Orbea was considering manufacturing store brand bicycles for a large-scale retailer. This case is designed to help students learn to look at the effects of a business decision on a company's fixed costs as a part of their cost-benefit analyses. Specifically, the case can be used to look at how to carry out a differential cost analysis of the increase in the company's current asset financing needs.Starting at €8.20