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Reto S.A. (Spanish Version)
Bruns, William J., Jr.Case HBS-103S06Accounting and ControlUna empresa debe decidir si quiere adquirir nuevos equipos para ofrecer una nueva línea de productos. La pregunta es si el equipo se reunirá retorno de los objetivos de inversión teniendo en cuenta la depreciación y la imposición de los beneficios. El equipo se adquiere, pero un año más tarde mejor equipamiento disponible. Un reescrito versión de un caso anterior.Starting at €8.20
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Swissgrid: Enterprise Risk Management in a Digital Age
Kaplan, Robert S.; Mikes, AnetteCase HBS-119045-EAccounting and ControlKurt Meyer, chief risk officer of Swissgrid, the Swiss national electricity transmission system operator, reflects on the risk management system he installed after the deregulation and liberalization of the European energy market. With 41 connections to other European networks, a failure in Swissgrid's network could interrupt the supply of electricity in Switzerland and much of Europe. Meyer describes the periodic interactive risk workshops condu...Starting at €8.20
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Le Grand Hôtel de Leysin (GHL)
Soler, Edi; Ormazabal, GaizkaCase C-805-EAccounting and ControlIn Le Grand Hôtel de Leysin (GHL), the participant plays the role of the hotel's general manager, Sofie Keller, who must make several decisions to improve the profitability of the business. The main ones are: to decide whether to keep or stop offering the conference service, and to analyze how to react to the steep discount on the room price offered by a competitor with similar characteristics. Both decisions are framed in a context of crisis cau...Starting at €8.20
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Paratent Event Rentals Ltd.: The Job Costing Decision - Teaching Note
Matthew Sooy; Anthony MastromariniTeaching Note IVEY-W24215-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for product W24214.Starting at €0.00
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Le Grand Hôtel de Leysin (GHL)
Soler, Edi; Ormazabal, GaizkaCase C-805Accounting and ControlLe Grand Hôtel de Leysin (GHL) permite poner al participante en la piel de la directora general del hotel, Sofie Keller, quien debe tomar varias decisiones para mejorar la rentabilidad del negocio. Las principales son dos: decidir si mantener o dejar de ofrecer el servicio de conferencias y analizar cómo reaccionar ante el fuerte descuento en el precio de habitación ofrecido por un competidor de características similares a las de su hotel. Ambas...Starting at €8.20
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Measures to Improve Performance (Spanish version)
Simons, Robert L.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-117S10Accounting and ControlThe widespread cheating scandal that rocked the Atlanta public school system in 2010 and 2011 illustrates how high-stakes performance pressure, without sufficient risk controls, can drive dangerous behavior. After becoming superintendent of the low-income and academically struggling Atlanta, Georgia school system in 1999, Beverly Hall implemented new measurement systems-many of them derived from business best practices-to motivate and evaluate th...Starting at €8.20
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Atlanta Schools: Measures to Improve Performance, Teaching Note
Simons, Robert L.; Kindred, NatalieTeaching Note HBS-114062-EAccounting and ControlTeaching note for case 114001.Starting at €0.00
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Le Grand Hôtel de Leysin (GHL) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Soler, Edi; Ormazabal, GaizkaCase C-805-PBAccounting and ControlIn Le Grand Hôtel de Leysin (GHL), the participant plays the role of the hotel's general manager, Sofie Keller, who must make several decisions to improve the profitability of the business. The main ones are: to decide whether to keep or stop offering the conference service, and to analyze how to react to the steep discount on the room price offered by a competitor with similar characteristics. Both decisions are framed in a context of crisis cau...Starting at €8.20
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Facebook's Libra (B): The Privatization of Money
Di Maggio, Marco; Rouen, Ethan; Serafeim, George; Klopfenstein, AmyCase HBS-121055-EAccounting and ControlThis case addresses the events that took place following the conclusion of the case "Facebook's Libra (A): The Privatization of Money?" In October 2019, several months after the conclusion of the A case, multiple members of the Libra Association announcedStarting at €5.74
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United Parcel Service's IPO (Spanish version)
Healy, Paul M.; Laschinger, Brett; Shroff, AjayCase HBS-105S13Accounting and ControlExamines the valuation of United Parcel Service (UPS) at the time of its IPO in mid-1999. Offers students the opportunity to assess UPS's current performance relative to its major competitor, Federal Express (FedEx), and to judge whether that performance is sustainable. Students then make projections of UPS's future earnings performance, estimate on IPO price, and assess the reasonableness of their estimate compared to the valuation of FedEx and ...Starting at €8.20