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C&F Consulting, Inc.
Alison Konrad; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14C024-ELeadership and People ManagementIn July 2009, C&F Consulting, Inc., based in Toronto, sends a team of five brand strategists to work with a client in China on marketing and advertising for a car brand specific to the North American market. The team, consisting of four men and one woman, often meet for dinner after their day’s work, which consists of conducting a crash course in North American-style marketing for the Chinese client’s cohort of new recruits. The woman feels that ...Starting at €8.20
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New York Bakery (F)
David Loree; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10C023F-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyA technical consultant is travelling to New York Bakery, and eastern U.S. confectionery company that is under bankruptcy protection. The consultant's task is to assess New York Bakery's readiness for the installation of a new payroll system, which will help it move through the bankruptcy process. By his first week on the job, the consultant realizes that his task is greater than he imagined. In trying to help the organization prepare for the chan...Starting at €5.74
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Harlequin Enterprises: Assessing e-Books
Rod E. White; Tony S. Frost; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M027-EStrategyHarlequin Enterprises is a well-known publisher of women's fiction and the global leader in series romance fiction. In 2013, e-book penetration of romance fiction has exceeded 50 per cent of unit sales. The vice-president of strategy is trying to make sense of the e-book opportunity and threat. She is wondering what impact e-books would have on Harlequin's business model: its relationship with authors, distributors and competitors.Starting at €8.20
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Merging Esso Iceland and Bilanaust (F)
Gerard Seijts; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10C021-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyBy October 2008, the merger of Esso Iceland and Bilanaust into the new company N1 was considered a success. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) was on its way to doubling in three years, and cross-selling was gaining traction. But N1's plans were under threat of derailing due to a looming currency crisis. In October 2008, the Icelandic banking sector collapsed. Gudmundsson called upon his team to determine what...Starting at €5.74
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La Caixa 1992
López E.; Sebastián, Altina; Soley, JorgeCase F-497FinanceEl caso discute los problemas que se le pueden presentar a una caja de ahorros en España con la entrada en vigor de la normativa europea en materia de coeficiente de solvencia, a partir de 1993. Se incluye una descripción de la naturaleza de las cajas de ahorros, de sus perspectivas de?futuro y del planteamiento estratégico de La Caixa, la mayor entidad del sector en España. En el caso se discuten las alternativas de que disponen las cajas de aho...Starting at €8.20
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New York Bakery (E)
David Loree; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10C023E-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyA technical consultant is travelling to New York Bakery, and eastern U.S. confectionery company that is under bankruptcy protection. The consultant's task is to assess New York Bakery's readiness for the installation of a new payroll system, which will help it move through the bankruptcy process. By his first week on the job, the consultant realizes that his task is greater than he imagined. In trying to help the organization prepare for the chan...Starting at €5.74
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"Factoring" e "Invoice Discounting"
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-541FinanceLa nota analiza el "factoring" como una fórmula que va más allá de la financiación y la venta de las "carteras de clientes". El "factoring" incluye una serie de servicios (entre ellos, la asunción del riesgo de crédito por parte del factor) que se estudian con detalle. Igualmente, incorpora el efecto de las NIIF-s/NIC-s sobre este instrumento de financiación; el desarrollo de la factura electrónica como "materia prima" del "factoring" y nuevas fó...Starting at €8.20
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Merging Esso Iceland and Bilanaust (E)
Gerard Seijts; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10C020-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyBy the end of 2007, Hermann Gudmundsson (the chief executive officer of N1) created from the merger between Esso Iceland and Bilanaust) was focused on building trust within his organization. By involving employees in decision-making, N1 had received valuable suggestions on effective business operations. But Gudmundsson had noted a lack of chemistry between employees of the two former firms, and thought that a stumbling block to better relations w...Starting at €5.74
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Seguros Convencionales, S. A.
Soley, Jorge; Vilà Tortosa J.Case F-822FinanceEl caso se centra en un posible cambio de estrategia de una entidad aseguradora de tipo convencional, ante los nuevos canales de comercialización que existen en el mercado del seguro. El seguro no solamente se vende o se distribuye a través de agentes, sino por las redes bancarias e incluso a través de la venta a distancia. El seguro se analiza no sólo desde un punto de vista sectorial sino como institución financiera, ya que es un gran generador...Starting at €8.20
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Inmobiliaria Colonial
Soley, JorgeCase F-714FinanceEl caso trata de las actividades propias de un Banco de Inversión, para que el alumno se familiarice con esta modalidad de entidad bancaria. Para ello, se toma como ejemplo la OPV que realizó Inmobiliaria Colonial. Se analizan en profundidad las distintas fases de asesoramiento de un Banco de Inversión en una OPV: diseño y estructuración, precio de colocación, estructura de la oferta, ejecución de la misma (formación del Sindicato, tramo minorita...Starting at €8.20