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The Case Method and the Development of Capacities for Action
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTechnical Note ASNN-1-EDecision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementThis technical note, based on an essay by Professor Carlos Llano of IPADE, discusses the capacities for managerial action, in particular those related to the prudential knowledge that is best acquired through the case method. Professor Llano gives a clear and illuminating account of the specific capacities or operational virtues derived from prudence: objectiviting, shrewdness, circumspection, caution, foresight and counsel, in particular.Starting at €8.20
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Voltium, Inc.
del Potro, Eloy; Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase BE-173-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe manager at Voltium,a European company that was installing electricity in various parts of an African country, pondered whether it was justifiable to yield to the extortion of a local public official of the Dambo region, just as the company was about to finalize the project for the electrification of the area. This case was recognized by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) as the best publication in the 2012 Case Writing ...Starting at €8.20
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Vet Center: Investment Appraisal
Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase F-641-EFinanceThe president of a veterinary center has to decide which of two MRI scanners he should buy. The case gives students an opportunity to practice present value calculation and to understand the proper use of methods such as internal rate of return (IRR) and net present value (NPV) for capital investment decisions.Starting at €8.20
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Grifos Pujol, S.A.
Simón, José María; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-14-EDecision Analysis, Innovation and ChangeStarting at €8.20
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Icaria Iniciatives Socials - Inout - Teaching Note
García Durán, Mireya; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTeaching Note ASNT-13-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementStarting at €0.00
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EPO: Electricidade Portuguesa Online (B)
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Soler, EdiCase ASN-62-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyTen months after rejecting an investment fund's offer to become a shareholder in Electricidade Portuguesa Online (EPO), the partners meet with their chief financial officer, Carla Ferreira, to analyze the results of the first three quarters of the year and the forecasts for the following two. Carla must also decide whether to accept the offer of the two partners for her to become a shareholder in the company: they are prepared to offer her 10% of...Starting at €5.74
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Orderly Thinking: How to Deal With Prudential Problems
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTechnical Note ASNN-5-EDecision Analysis, Knowledge and CommunicationThis note reviews the discoveries regarding methods of thinking strictly with a view to action that have been accumulated by a large team of IESE faculty who have set out to continue what Juan A. Pérez López started in 1965 under the heading of "Case Analysis" (which, since the introduction of the MBA, has come to be known as "Analysis of Business Problems"). The note encourages a process of self-analysis and makes some practical suggestions to s...Starting at €8.20
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Eólica de Composites, S.A. (ECSA) - Teaching Note
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTeaching Note ASNT-12-EService and Operations ManagementA company suddenly wins a substantial contract, but doesn't have sufficient capacity in its existing plants to execute it. The search for a new plant location yields two final alternatives for a possible location, with similar costs but very different situations. One of them favors a policy of outsourcing but with few qualified workers, and the other is opposed to such a policy. The prioritization, analysis and explicit description of selection c...Starting at €0.00
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Jesús de Benito at S&P (B): The sale and subsequent integration in Gedas
Stein, Guido; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-54-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipJesús decided to sell the company. Due diligence started in February 2000. The first predictions suggested that the deal would be closed in the fall, as the German partners had to give its approval. Jesús urged the buyer to speed up the process, as, according to him, the company was completely sound, with no debt or hidden liabilities. He faced the future without neglecting the commitment he had acquired to a workforce that had helped him get to ...Starting at €5.74
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Sports 92 Tennis Club (Abridged)
Folts, F. E.; Mercader, P.; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-15-EDecision AnalysisStarting at €8.20