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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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Discovering Your Authentic Leadership
George, William W.; Sims, Peter; McLean, Andrew N.; Mayer, David; Mayer, DianaArticle HBS-R0702H-ELeadership and People ManagementThe ongoing problems in business leadership over the past five years have underscored the need for a new kind of leader in the 21st century: the authentic leader. Author Bill George, a Harvard Business School professor and the former chairman and CEO of Medtronic, and his colleagues, conducted the largest leadership development study ever undertaken. They interviewed 125 business leaders from different racial, religious, national, and socioeconom...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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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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Medtronic: Making the Big Leap Forward (A)
George, William W.; Baraldi, MonicaCase HBS-317031-EStrategyIn 2014, Medtronic was about to execute a $50 billion acquisition of Ireland-based Covidien. Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak was committed to building the largest medical technology company in the world while broadening its ability to fulfill its mission of "alleviating pain, restoring health, and extending life" for millions more patients every year. The acquisition plan might change when, in September 2014, U.S. Secretary Jacob Lew issued new rules f...Starting at €8.20
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Royal DSM: From Continuous Transformation to Organic Growth
George, William W.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Migdal, AmramCase HBS-317063-EStrategyRoyal DSM CEO Feike Sijbesma was pondering the challenges of shifting DSM's global organization from the constant transformations of the past 100 years to creating organic growth. When Sijbesma took the helm as CEO in 2007, he further pushed and completed the company's final moves away from commodity chemicals and toward more sustainable businesses whereby DSM could create value with differentiated offerings. Sijbesma emphasized innovation and mo...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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Envision Charlotte: Building an Energy Cluster
George, William W.Case HBS-412073-EStrategyTo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. On October 28, 2011, 1,500 people, including many civic and business leaders, gathered outdoors in a Charlotte, North Carolina city square to celebrate the launch of Envision: Charlotte, a first-in-the-nation smart grid plan aimed at reducing energy use in the central business district. The initiative called for a 20% reduction in energy consumption in the city while promoti...Starting at €8.20