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Los fundamentos que catapultarán su empresa
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Foster, GeorgeArticle ART-1815Accounting and ControlLa vieja creencia de que los sistemas de gestión matan el espíritu emprendedor es errónea. Tal vez las empresas se conformen con menos cuando no llegan a los cien empleados, pero pueden crecer más rápido si cuentan desde el principio con unos sistemas de planificación y control internos sólidos. Los autores identifican ocho aspectos que deberían ser tenidos en cuenta por las empresas si quieren alcanzar un alto crecimiento: planificación y evalua...Starting at €8.20
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How to Structure Companies for High Growth
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Foster, GeorgeArticle ART-1815-EAccounting and ControlThe old belief that management systems kill the entrepreneurial spirit is wrong. Perhaps when a company has fewer than 100 employees, a business can get by on less. But as the authors point out in this article, companies are actually able to grow faster provided that they have strong internal planning and control systems in place early on. They identify eight main categories that demand managerial attention if companies are ever to achieve high g...Starting at €8.20
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Los 'rankings', un arma de doble filo
Davila, Antonio; Foster, George; He, Xiaobin; Shimizu, CarlosArticle ART-3246EntrepreneurshipLos de empresas de alto crecimiento pueden dar a tu el impulso reputacional que necesita, pero, a no ser que entiendas los indicadores utilizados, saldrás de las listas tan rápido como entraste.Starting at €8.20
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The Financial Crisis of 1847 (A)
Bruner, Robert F.; Miller, ScottCase DARDEN-F-1930-EFinanceOn October 25, 1847, British prime minister John Russell met with his cabinet to review a deepening financial crisis and to weigh proposals for government response. Chief among these were two proposals. The first was to suspend the Bank Charter Act of 1844 in order to permit the Bank of England to discount more freely and to issue banknotes in greater volume than the Act allowed. In recent days, delegations of merchants, industrialists, and count...Starting at €8.20
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The Financial Crisis of 1847 (A) and (B) - Teaching Note
Bruner, Robert F.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1930TN-EFinanceTeaching Note of Product F-1930 and F-1931Starting at €0.00
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Financial Crisis and the Revolutions of 1848 (A)
Bruner, Robert F.; Miller, ScottCase DARDEN-F-1932FinanceOn March 15, 1848, the governor of the Bank of France, Antoine d’Argout, faced the potential collapse of his institution. A cascade of agricultural and industrial shocks, rising food prices, spikes in unemployment, and currency outflows struck at the heart of the French economy. At the same time, France, and Europe more broadly, had dissolved into armed revolution. The French king’s abdication in February, alongside the already teetering financia...Starting at €8.20
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1923: Hyperinflation in Germany
Bruner, Robert F.; De Notto, ChristopherTechnical Note DARDEN-F-1965-EFinanceIn the 1920s, Germany experienced one of the most severe episodes of hyperinflation in history. The episode originated in military defeat and revolution, produced instability that figured prominently in the onset of the Great Depression, and created policy dilemmas that present cautionary lessons for leaders in business and government. This note examines the causes, dynamics, and consequences of Germany’s hyperinflation in 1923. Hyperinflation i...Starting at €8.20
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Case Studies about Financial Crises and Civic Reactions
Bruner, Robert F.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1975-EFinanceThis note describes a collection of 26 teaching case studies and 5 expository notes on the history of financial crises from 1720 to 2008. The note also summarizes a semester-length course design based on these materials. The purpose of this collection is to advance pedagogy and research in the field of financial crises.Starting at €8.20
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Britannia Chemicals PLC (B): The Merseyside and Antwerp Projects
Schill, Michael J.; Bruner, Robert F.; McTigue, Frank H.Case DARDEN-F-1976FinanceBritannia Chemicals was under pressure from investors to improve its financial performance because of the accumulation of the firm’s common shares by a well-known corporate raider. Earnings had fallen to 180 pence per share at the end of 2017 from around 250 pence per share at the end of 2016. This B case reviews the same project as the A case (F-1906) but from one level higher: the executive vice president faces an either/or investment decisio...Starting at €5.74
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Britannia Chemicals PLC (A): The Merseyside Project
Bruner, Robert F.; Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-1906FinanceBritannia Chemicals was under pressure from investors to improve its financial performance because of the accumulation of the firm’s common shares by a well-known corporate raider. Earnings had fallen to 180 pence per share at the end of 2017 from around 250 pence per share at the end of 2016. The manager of Merseyside Works, a production plant owned by Britannia Chemicals, thus believed the time was ripe to obtain funding from corporate headquar...Starting at €8.20