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Practical Wisdom in Decision Making
Melé, DomènecTechnical Note TDN-87-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn everyday language, practical wisdom is often equated with "being cautious" or "wary". The concept of "practical wisdom" is much richer than that, however, and is crucially important in ethics. Practical wisdom impels a person into action, not only to avoid obstacles or dangers, but, above all, to do right. Practical wisdom plays a part in decision making, where it helps us to grasp the problem; in deliberative analysis of the problem; in the d...Starting at €8.20
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Queue Management: Methodology for Basic Queue Analysis
Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorTechnical Note PN-441-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note gives a brief account of the methodology for dealing with stochastic queue problems in an analytic way. It is intended to be a guide for the reader to follow the process step by step. This document complements technical note PN-427 which gives a more detailed description of queue phenomena.Starting at €8.20
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Superior Manufacturing Co. (Spanish version)
Hawkins, David F.; Cohen, Jacob; Culliton, James WCase HBS-105S16Accounting and ControlManagement must extract relevant cost data from the company's cost accounting system for product line decisions. A rewritten version of an earlier case.Starting at €8.20
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Arthur Andersen LLP (Spanish Version)
Hawkins, David F.; Cohen, JacobCase HBS-110S02Accounting and ControlEste caso pone de relieve la historia de Arthur Andersen y el colapso de la firma tras la auditoría de Enron Corp. y el Departamento de Justicia obstrucción a la convicción de la justicia.Starting at €8.20
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PolyMedica Corp. (B) (Spanish version)
Hawkins, David F.; Cohen, JacobCase HBS-114S18Accounting and ControlComplementa el caso (A).Starting at €5.74
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Introducción a los sistemas contables por área de responsabilidad
Hawkins, David F.; Cohen, JacobCase HBS-119S03Accounting and ControlPresenta responsabilidad sistemas de contabilidad.Starting at €8.20
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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (B)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case follows on from case A, and begins with Rob McKenzie's decision to fire the 11 recalcitrant staff, and shows how he does this in accord with the spiritual and humanistic values outlined in "Our Project". It then goes on to show how he gradually introduced the company's guiding values to all aspects of its daily management.Starting at €5.74
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Allianz: The Iberian Project
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1107-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementIn December 2007, the Allianz Group created a special taskforce to study the possible integration of the subsidiaries in Spain and Portugal. The different alternatives to be analyzed ranged from a complete merger of the two companies to sharing only some key back-office operations. Although companies in both countries had similar products and structures, their operational philosophies were rather different, since Spain had decentralized many acti...Starting at €8.20
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La prudencia en la toma de decisiones
Melé, DomènecTechnical Note TDN-87Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilitySe expone la noción de prudencia, virtud clave para la toma de decisiones éticamente correctas. La prudencia no es racionalidad ni emotivismo, sino búsqueda de la verdad práctica para la acción. La prudencia ayuda a deliberar, juzgar e impulsar rectamente para la decisión, y para su ejecución. La prudencia se facilita con la rectitud de vida, y se desarrolla por repetición de actos de prudencia y de otras virtudes estrechamente relacionadas con e...Starting at €8.20
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Tormenta en Wall Street (A)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-22Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDenis Levine utiliza información confidencial procedente del departamento de Adquisiciones y Fusiones donde trabaja. Más tarde involucra a otras personas en la obtención de información reservada, con lo cual obtiene pingües beneficios. Ivan Boesky y Levine contactan en sus negocios afines, pero finalmente son descubiertos por la Securities & Exchange Commission.Starting at €8.20