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Glovo - Teaching Note: From Startup to Unicorn
Ricart, Joan Enric; Carenzo, Mathieu; Tapia, AlbertTeaching Note SMT-138-EInnovation and Change, StrategyIn the context of the digital revolution and the mass use of smart devices connected to the Internet, consumer habits have changed radically. Now a large proportion of the population shops from home, and consumers can compare and choose products from a wider variety of options and sellers. So competition is fierce. Local businesses, such as restaurants, no longer compete with only the business next door but also with other businesses located else...Starting at €0.00
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El desarrollo de la función de compra de servicios de salud en la Secretaría de Estado de Salud de Sao Paulo - Nota del Instructor
García Prat, AntoniTeaching Note PT-42Service and Operations ManagementLa Nota del Instructor complementa el caso "El desarrollo de la función de compra de servicios de salud en la Secretaría de Estado de Salud de Sao Paulo" que expone cómo resolver la necesidad de homogeneizar la contratación de las Organizaciones Sociales de Salud, la evolución del sistema de pago y la creación de un sistema de información que permita efectuar el seguimiento económico y de actividad de los hospitales a fin de que la Secretaría de ...Starting at €0.00
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InterAndes Project
García Prat, Antoni; Burgaleta, J.; Suárez, José LuisCase F-688-EFinanceThe management of Gener, S.A., Chile's second largest electric power producer, considers that the strong growth in electricity demand in the region of Chile known as the Great North represents an attractive business opportunity. Thus begins the InterAndes Project. The project involves the construction of a natural gas-fired, combined-cycle plant to generate electricity in the province of Salta (Argentina), and a power transmission line to carry t...Starting at €8.20
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Introducing DRGs as an Instrument for Clinical Management - Teaching Note
García Prat, AntoniTeaching Note PT-40-EService and Operations ManagementThis Teaching Note complements case "Introducing DRGs as an Instrument for Clinical Management" which focuses on the use of DRGs in Costa Rica from the original motivation to use them, the implementation steps, the difficulties found and how they were addressed.Starting at €0.00
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The Spanish Health System: A Summary Description of its History, Organization and Financing
García Prat, AntoniTechnical Note CN-181-EAccounting and ControlThis case describes the most important changes that have taken place in the Spanish health system since the advent of democracy with a special emphasis on structural aspects, financing and the organization of services.Starting at €8.20
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Agustín Rivero
Rivero A.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1031-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes an attempt to evaluate and adapt the DRG (Diagnosis Related Group) system of patient classification to Spain, so that it could be used as a budgetary and financial tool in the national health system. The health ministry, through its interterritorial committee, conducted a study to determine whether DRGs, once adapted to the Spanish health care system, could be used not only as a benchmark for the state but also as the basis for...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital management and labor dispute: The case of the San Juan de Dios Hospital - Teaching Note
García Prat, AntoniTeaching Note PT-31-EService and Operations ManagementThis Teaching Note complements case "Hospital management and labor dispute: The case of the San Juan de Dios Hospital" which presents the situation of the San Juan de Dios Hospital after five years of integrative management and negotiations with different fronts.Starting at €0.00
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Monquimic, S.A.
García Prat, Antoni; Prat Mora, Lluís; Faus, JosepCase F-743-EFinanceThis case allows a class examination of the cashflow of a company with sales offices all over the country. The company receives a percentage of its payments at the sales offices, and the method used to transfer these funds to the central office implies losses in its float. From the accounting perspective, Monquimic S.A. should receive these payments in a centralized account, thereby optimizing management, but the sales department resists any chan...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital management and labor dispute: The case of the San Juan de Dios Hospital
Gallardo H. M.; González I. D.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1027-EService and Operations ManagementThe Hospital Rionegro in Antioquia, Colombia, had been in a very difficult situation due to financial and labor difficulties. After five years of integrative management and negotiations with the different fronts, including labor aspects, the situation had been reversed. The productivity could be increased and labor conditions stabilized to the benefit of the hospital and its workforce. For the Ministry to exert primarily a stewardship function, i...Starting at €8.20
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Establecimientos Viena, S.A.
García Prat, Antoni; Faus, JosepCase F-725-EFinanceThe case analyses a medium-sized company that is representative of Spanish and Catalan SMEs in general. The company is reluctant to increase its level of debt, but its management is starting to question the appropriateness of self-financing versus debt financing. At the same time, the company is maintaining steady growth on the basis of owning the real estate properties that house its restaurants as opposed to renting them.Starting at €8.20