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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
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Present Value Tables
de Santiago, RafaelTechnical Note ADN-275-EEconomics, FinanceThese tables provide the values used to discount monetary when the cash flows span several periods. The first table shows the value of having 1 euro n years from now, at different discount rates. The second table shows the present value of receiving 1 euro each year during n years, at different discount rates.Starting at €8.20
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UEFA Euro 2008
de Santiago, Rafael; Martínez Pedraza, ManuelCase AD-322-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case deals with the valuation of the risk involved in a particular business situation, and how to hedge that risk by means of insurance. It allows to show the strength of Monte Carlo simulation when dealing with complex risks. It also allows to explain a frequent bias in the decision making process.Starting at €8.20
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Cómo funciona la mente del directivo
de Santiago, Rafael; Iyengar, Sheena; Brion, SebastienDossier DOS-19Decision Analysis, Leadership and People Management, MarketingCada día nos vemos obligados a tomar múltiples decisiones. Conocer los mecanismos de nuestra mente nos ayudará a dar en el blanco.Starting at €15.00
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Bundesautobahnen Group
de Santiago, Rafael; García Centenera, Iñigo; Izquierdo, DavidCase AD-367-EDecision AnalysisBundesautobahnen Group, a German construction company, has won a public tender to build (the first stretch of) a freewayan expressway between Berlin and Bremen, with a budget of 170 million of euros. The company neededs to optimize the costs, matching the estimates offered in the tender and improving the project's margin. One of the most important stages was the optimization of the earthwork along the route.Starting at €8.20
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Espresso House
de Santiago, Rafael; Carreras, Julián; Palaniswami, Ramesh; Vilà, JenniferCase AD-390-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, FinanceThe financial attractiveness of branded coffee shops attracted investments from the private equity industry in 2005. The case analyzes how Palamon Capital Partners, a private equity firm, used quantitative analysis to assess the risk of a 5-year growth investment in Espresso House, a branded coffee shop chain in Sweden.Starting at €8.20
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Anita Norris Model Management
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Prashob Menon; Paul LeeCase IVEY-9B10D013-EService and Operations Management, StrategyIn March 2010, the owner of Anita Norris Model Management (ANMM) was trying to discern a strategic direction to best serve the growth of her company. Its quick growth in the past two years was due to the owners' efforts to pursue any revenue stream opportunity that presented itself. The owner was concerned that this pace was unsustainable in the long run and would in fact stretch the business too thinly. Currently, the business's revenue stemmed ...Starting at €8.20
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Lauren McDonald at Ernst & Young
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Jenna Weaver; Anne CybulskiCase IVEY-9B07D020-EService and Operations ManagementLauren McDonald, a recently promoted manager at the public accounting firm Ernst & Young in London, Ontario, has an appointment with one of her senior staff accountants. McDonald had met with the staff accountant two months earlier as part of the staff accountant's mid-year performance review. The meeting had also included an informal discussion as to whether the staff accountant was on track for a promotion to manager, which would be decided lat...Starting at €8.20
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Banking or Consulting: That is the Question
John S. Haywood-Farmer; Brad Baker; Rob LevyCase IVEY-9B08D002-EService and Operations ManagementEmily Holland-Power was eager to start looking for permanent employment. Holland-Power was entering the final year of the two-year honours bachelor of arts program in business administration at the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. From her summer work at Lalani, O'Hagan & John, an accounting firm in London, she had concluded that accounting was not for her. However, she had also decided that...Starting at €8.20