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Mind Your Mind Traps
Baucells Alibés, Manel; Weber, MartinArticle ART-1447-EDecision AnalysisIn business, as in other areas of life, uncertainty lurks around every corner. What does the future hold? How can we prepare for the unexpected? What is the right decision at times like this? We humans have developed a repertoire of unconscious mechanisms to help us cope with insecurity. While these mechanisms may assuage feelings of helplessness and paralysis, they can also cloud our judgment. The authors explain how three such mind traps work: ...Starting at €8.20
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Advanced Water Solutions, Inc.
Chatburn, Lucy; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-289-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case describes the problem of how to arrange a combination of pipes into containers of fixed dimensions, each container also having a maximum space and weight allowance. This problem can be solved using linear programming (LP). The application of LP is not trivial because it requires a technique called column generation, or listing all the feasible combinations that might be used.Starting at €8.20
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The Legacy
Lobanova A.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-302-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case illustrates, in the context of dividing a estate, the trade-off between efficiency (sum of benefits) and equality (distribution of benefits).Starting at €8.20
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Introduction to Optimization
Cabot, J.; Baucells Alibés, ManelTechnical Note ADN-265-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThis note introduces the available procedures to tackle three common types of optimization problems: Non-linear, linear, and integer optimization. In each case, we provide examples of real applications, and introduce the corresponding optimization procedures to solve them. It also reviews heuristic procedures to tackle more general problems. Three appendices explain (1) the graphical intuition of LP in the case of 2 decision variables, (2) the us...Starting at €8.20
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Fugesa Portuguesa
Murillo de Araoz J. F.; Torres R.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-275-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsA fast food chain has to design an optimal expansion plan of franchises in a new market. The case sets the stage to model this situation using integer programming. The situation includes constraints of a financial, human resources and strategic nature. In particular, the financial constraints limit the negative magnitude of both the annual and the cumulative cash flows.Starting at €8.20
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Magic Diamonds
Baucells Alibés, Manel; Bardolet Urgellès, DavidCase AD-266-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case uses optimization techniques to determine allocation of offices. The objective is to minimize the total traveling distances, rental cost of offices and differences for sales potential between zones. The solution obtained by linear programming is compared with the intuitive solution initially proposed.Starting at €8.20
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Real Estate Business
Beusmans, G.; Borrell, D.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-296-EDecision Analysis, Economics, FinanceThe case explains the financial risks of a company that buys apartments through futures. The case gives guidance on how to construct a spreadsheet risk model, and the goal is to quantify the risks associated with different strategies.Starting at €8.20
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Progress Technologies
Pijoan, D.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-253-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsA manager wants to estimate the sales volume for next year using a list of current and potential customers. For each customer, he has the possible sale and the probability of such sale.Starting at €8.20
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Auctions and Bidding
Baucells Alibés, ManelTechnical Note ADN-261-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThis note introduces and analyses the four basic types of auctions: the ascending bid auction (oral or English auction), the descending bid auction (Dutch auction), the first-price sealed bid auction, and the second-price sealed bid auction. The author discusses the optimal bidding strategies for each type of auction under certain assumptions. The note includes an Exhibit that derives the optimal equilibrium strategies in first-price sealed bid a...Starting at €8.20
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Language Exchange Club (LEC)
Baucells Alibés, Manel; de Santiago, Rafael; Malagrida, SergioCase AD-320-EService and Operations ManagementThe case deals with assigning people to jobs. It focuses particularly on how to streamline team creation as effectively as possible. Although the case deals specifically with forming groups in one of IESE's clubs, the methodology may be easily applied to any other type of team.Starting at €8.20