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Olapic en la nube de Amazon.com
Sieber, Sandra; Zamora, Javier; Sek, Tomasz; Goetschi, BeatCase SI-182Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeLa mañana del 21 de abril de 2011, Alex Dantart, director técnico de Olapic, estaba listo para dirigir la última prueba del nuevo servicio de la empresa start-up de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) con sede en Nueva York, uPhoto. La fecha de lanzamiento de este innovador servicio de crowdsourcing de fotografías, encargado por el primer cliente corporativo de Olapic, el New York Daily News (NYDN), se anunció para finales de ab...Starting at €8.20
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Olapic on Amazon.com's Cloud
Sieber, Sandra; Zamora, Javier; Sek, Tomasz; Goetschi, BeatCase SI-182-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeOn the morning of April 21, 2011, Alex Dantart, CTO of Olapic, was about to run the final testing of his New York-based IT start-up company's new service, uPhoto. The launch date of this innovative photo crowdsourcing service commissioned by Olapic's first corporate client, the newspaper the New York Daily News (NYDN), was slated for the end of April. Although it seemed that the Internet connection was working, Dantart was puzzled when he realize...Starting at €8.20
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Olapic on Amazon.com's Cloud (French Version)
Sieber, Sandra; Zamora, Javier; Sek, Tomasz; Goetschi, BeatCase SI-182-FREntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeOn the morning of April 21, 2011, Alex Dantart, CTO of Olapic, was about to run the final testing of his New York-based IT start-up company's new service, uPhoto. The launch date of this innovative photo crowdsourcing service commissioned by Olapic's first corporate client, the newspaper the New York Daily News (NYDN), was slated for the end of April. Although it seemed that the Internet connection was working, Dantart was puzzled when he realize...Starting at €8.20
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Olapic on Amazon.com's Cloud (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Sieber, Sandra; Zamora, Javier; Sek, Tomasz; Goetschi, BeatCase SI-182-PBEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeOn the morning of April 21, 2011, Alex Dantart, CTO of Olapic, was about to run the final testing of his New York-based IT start-up company's new service, uPhoto. The launch date of this innovative photo crowdsourcing service commissioned by Olapic's first corporate client, the newspaper the New York Daily News (NYDN), was slated for the end of April. Although it seemed that the Internet connection was working, Dantart was puzzled when he realize...Starting at €8.20
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BCE Inc.: World's Largest LBO Deal in Jeopardy
Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B09N029-EFinanceIn November 2008, Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. (BCE) appeared to be on track to meet a December 2008 deadline to complete a $52-billion privatization deal. A consortium had previously submitted a winning leveraged buyout (LBO) bid that was estimated to add around $32 billion in debt to the company. Mere days before the deal’s termination date, BCE executives were stunned to hear that KPMG auditors advised that the deal was in jeopardy of collapse...Starting at €8.20
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Implementation of SAP at Celsa (A)
Jiménez F.; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Sieber, Sandra; Subirana Vilanova, Brian; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-139-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationThe case describes the situation of a company with a large number of centres of operations, as a result of acquisitions and takeovers, that decides to implement SAP. It presents the problems associated with the implementation of a complex system in a distributed environment. Case (A) should be accompanied by case (B), to be handed out in class, which describes the solution eventually adopted, which leads to an improvement in the company's competi...Starting at €8.20
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Estimating Walmart's Cost of Capital
Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B19N011-EFinanceIn March 2019, two senior managers attending an executive education program had been assigned the task of applying their learnings from readings in order to estimate the costs of capital for Walmart Inc. (Walmart). They also needed to discuss why the cost of capital was such an important topic. The managers had with them background information, including a recent Walmart balance sheet and income statement; a U.S. Department of Treasury yield curv...Starting at €8.20
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Marketplace Lending at Funding Circle (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Sieber, Sandra; Rafnsdottir, AnnaCase SI-196-PBEntrepreneurship, Finance, Information TechnologiesA wave of distrust in and disapproval of the traditional banking system surfaced following the financial crisis of 2008. Borrowers who, before the crisis, had had relatively easy access to funds were suddenly being cut off from credit lines as banks and other traditional financial institutions began restricting lending. This created a gap in financing that facilitated the growth and expansion of various forms of alternative financing, including o...Starting at €8.20
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Marketplace Lending at Funding Circle
Sieber, Sandra; Rafnsdottir, AnnaCase SI-196-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Information TechnologiesA wave of distrust in and disapproval of the traditional banking system surfaced following the financial crisis of 2008. Borrowers who, before the crisis, had had relatively easy access to funds were suddenly being cut off from credit lines as banks and other traditional financial institutions began restricting lending. This created a gap in financing that facilitated the growth and expansion of various forms of alternative financing, including o...Starting at €8.20
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Facebook and the World of Social Networks
Sieber, Sandra; Oré, CarlosCase SI-177-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationThe emergence and growth of social networks in recent years and their impact on how people communicate and interact is creating many new business opportunities. This is especially relevant in the case of Facebook, whose growth both in users and in time spent on the platform make it the number one social network. Although Facebook introduced tools to allow companies to participate in the "social conversation" just a few years ago, there are alread...Starting at €8.20