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Before You Split that CEO/Chair (Spanish version)
Pozen, Robert C.Article HBS-F0604JLeadership and People ManagementWhat's the rationale for dividing the roles of chairman and CEO? Studies show that, usually, doing so has no effect on the company's performance.Starting at €8.20
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Arm Yourself for the Coming Battle over Social Security (Spanish version)
Pozen, Robert C.Article HBS-R0211CEconomicsThe U.S. Social Security system is in deep trouble--and that's not just bad news for your friends and family. It's also bad news for your company. Unless the Social Security system is changed, by 2041 the system will be utterly insolvent. In the next decade, the very prospect of the rising deficit will mean serious pressure on recent tax cuts, higher long-term interest rates, increased pension-funding costs, and other punishing conditions for U.S...Starting at €8.20
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MBA & Co (B): Daniel Callaghan: Finding the right time to start a new business
Carenzo, Mathieu; Rahouadj, Myriam; Davila, AntonioCase E-166-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeHow do you generate a business opportunity that will be attractive to investors? Market, team, competitive advantage, scalability, exit: what are the important criteria that should be used to increase the probability of success when investing in a start-up? What are the differences between a business opportunity and an investment opportunity in an early stage environment?Starting at €5.74
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Juan García & Asociados
Villaescusa, Nuria; Fernández, AlbertCase C-759Accounting and ControlEn un negocio nuevo, el emprendedor debe elaborar una cuenta de resultados, un balance y un estado de flujos de efectivo a un año para hacer previsiones sobre cuál va a ser su resultado y su situación de tesorería. El emprendedor deberá contabilizar las sencillas operaciones que prevé llevar a cabo durante el año en las cuentas del balance. En relación con esto, el caso ilustra cómo Juan García, un emprendedor, pone en marcha un negocio motivado ...Starting at €8.20
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Levantina, La
Fernández, AlbertCase C-727Accounting and ControlLa Levantina lleva medio año implantando un cuadro de mando integral. En el caso se explica lo que han hecho para poder discutir las razones de la implantación, qué han hecho bien, qué deberían haber hecho mejor y los próximos pasos en la implantación.Starting at €8.20
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El mapa estratégico
Fernández, AlbertTechnical Note CN-212Accounting and ControlEl mapa estratégico está siendo utilizado por muchas organizaciones para definir mejor su estrategia, para comunicarla mejor y para llevar a cabo su seguimiento. En esta nota se muestra qué es un mapa estratégico y se dan algunas ideas para su adecuada implantación.Starting at €8.20
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El "Controller": Papel y funciones
Fernández, Albert; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTechnical Note CN-193Accounting and ControlLa controvertida figura del «controller» puede ser concebida de muy diferentes formas. Desde una especie de «controlador» que casi se confunde con el auditor interno, hasta una de las figuras más dúctiles y ambiguas de una organización cuya principal misión sea catalizar procesos de dirección. Esta nota técnica presenta una perspectiva histórica sobre el nacimiento de esta función; los cometidos, papeles y funciones más usuales; sus relaciones en...Starting at €8.20
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Is It Fair to Blame Fair Value Accounting for the Financial Crisis
Pozen, Robert C.Article HBS-R0911G-EFinanceWhen the credit markets seized up in 2008, many heaped blame on "mark to market" accounting rules, which require banks to write down their troubled assets to the prices they'd fetch if sold on the open market - at the time, next to nothing. Recording those assets below their "true" value, critics argued, drove financial institutions toward insolvency. Proponents of marking to market, on the other hand, said it exposed executives' bad decisions. I...Starting at €8.20
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The Case for Professional Boards
Pozen, Robert C.Article HBS-R1012B-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen the world's largest financial institutions had to be rescued from insolvency in 2008, many experts laid the blame at the feet of corporate boards. But insufficient board oversight is a problem that had supposedly been solved in 2002. As the United States reeled from the blatant failures of corporate governance at Enron and WorldCom, Congress passed the famous Sarbanes-Oxley Act to prevent such failures from happening again. The new rules loo...Starting at €8.20
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Decoding CEO Pay*
Pozen, Robert C.; Kothari, S.P.Article HBS-R1704E-ELeadership and People ManagementEach year most public companies issue reports describing the pay packages of their CEOs. In them compensation committees attempt to explain the rationale behind the pay figures to the shareholders, who often must vote to approve them. The issue is, in their reports many committees adjust performance numbers in obscure and inappropriate ways that lead to overly generous CEO pay. And they do so using nonstandard criteria that are difficult for even...Starting at €8.20