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Fibertec - Teaching Note
Cugueró-Escofet, Natàlia; Rosanas, Josep MariaTeaching Note CT-26-EAccounting and ControlThis document is the Teaching Note with exhibits of the case study titled "Fibertec." It is designed to be able to be given in one session and addresses concepts relating to costs already incurred and opportunity costs.Starting at €0.00
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Chemblog, A.G. (C) - Teaching Note
Cugueró-Escofet, Natàlia; Rosanas, Josep MariaTeaching Note CT-25-EAccounting and ControlThe Chemblog case C teaching note offers guidance on using the case in class. Case C can be used to illustrate issues of transfer pricing as a basic tool for distributing a company's profits between units that sell and buy the same product. It can also be used as a follow-up to cases A and B, as all three cases deal with the problems that can arise when an investment decision depends on the interests of different divisions, independently of how a...Starting at €0.00
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Waterloo Regional Police Services: The CIMS Project (C)
Jane Gravill; Deborah CompeauCase IVEY-9B07E009-EInformation TechnologiesThe chief of the Waterloo Regional Police Services (WRPS) found himself preparing for an important board meeting to discuss the fate of the CIMS project. Earlier that year he had recommended that the contract with ITG be cancelled and negotiations toward this end were proceeding. Now the chief was faced with the task of recommending an alternative vendor and approach for completing this important project. WRPS needed to install a suitable compute...Starting at €5.74
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epost: Evolving an Online Business
Deborah Compeau; Jane GravillCase IVEY-9B07E001-EInformation TechnologiesThe chief executive officer (CEO) of epost is preparing for a meeting with his successor. Epost, a division of Canada Post, is in a transition and many decisions will need to be made by the successor. With the introduction of the Internet, people are using regular postal services less frequently. Epost was created to generate revenue and to provide customers the ease of paying bills electronically. In 2004, epost acquired its competitor, Webdoxs....Starting at €8.20
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Fibertec
Cugueró-Escofet, Natàlia; Rosanas, Josep MariaCase C-766-EAccounting and ControlOn the one hand, this case study is designed as a vehicle for understanding costs already incurred and opportunity costs at Fibertec. On the other hand, it addresses the decision of whether to close one of its departments and outsource it to an engineering company. In addition, this document allows for an analysis of what might be the best decision using different criteria (economic, level of risk, people involved, etc.). To calculate the differe...Starting at €8.20
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Taiwan Taxi's iCall System: Realizing the Value of GPS-Dispatch Systems
Deborah Compeau; Rueylin Hsiao; Sheng-Tsung HouCase IVEY-9B09E021-EInformation TechnologiesThe chief executive officer (CEO) of Taiwan Taxi must assess the adoption of iCall by the firm's taxi drivers. When originally conceived, iCall was supposed to be the basis for substantial growth in the number of taxi drivers signing up with Taiwan Taxi. But even after many years, adoption still lags behind the plan. The CEO must assess the reasons for the slower adoption of iCall and make recommendations on whether to revise the goal or improve ...Starting at €8.20
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Transit, Inc.- Exercise
Rosanas, Josep MariaExercise CE-17-EAccounting and ControlExercise on transfer pricing, where the two divisions involved have an opportunity cost of manufacturing alternative products. The exercise is intended to illustrate how a transfer pricing system can be a helpfuldevice for decentralized decision-making, providing incentives for making decisions that are in the best interest of tne company as a whole.Starting at €8.20
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Fibertec (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Cugueró-Escofet, Natàlia; Rosanas, Josep MariaCase C-766-PBAccounting and ControlOn the one hand, this case study is designed as a vehicle for understanding costs already incurred and opportunity costs at Fibertec. On the other hand, it addresses the decision of whether to close one of its departments and outsource it to an engineering company. In addition, this document allows for an analysis of what might be the best decision using different criteria (economic, level of risk, people involved, etc.). To calculate the differe...Starting at €8.20
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IESE ON. Lead yourself to lead
Ginebra, Gabriel; Reiche, Sebastian; Neeley, Tsedal; Rosanas, Josep Maria; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Evangelia Demerouti; Clark, Dorie; IESE InsightDossier DOS-43-ELeadership and People ManagementWhat does it mean to be a good leader? Why should you want to be one, and what point are you at in your journey? Where, ultimately, do you want to go?
Leadership isn't a clearly marked path. It begins with you, with your knowledge of yourself and your ability to reflect on the world around you.
With this collection of articles, we provide the information you need to understand the kind of leader you are today, and the one you co...Starting at €15.00
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Starbucks Canada: The Mobile Payments Decision
Deborah Compeau; Cato Pastoll; Tyler Rochwerg; Brandon VlaarCase IVEY-9B15E002-EInformation TechnologiesIn December 2012, the management of Starbucks Canada, an autonomous subsidiary of the U.S.-based multinational coffeehouse chain, is trying to decide how best to implement mobile payments in its 1,350 locations across Canada. While the company has currently been using a mobile application to accept payments through its proprietary Starbucks Card, rival Tim Hortons has recently introduced a more advanced mobile payment solution. There are many new...Starting at €8.20