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Determinants of Valuation Multiples: Companies in the Toy Industry in 2005
Palencia, LuisCase C-741-EFinanceThe case presents information in four companies in the toy industry in 2005. The purpose is to ilustrate the calculation, adjustment and interpretation of multiples (basically, PER and P/B) for purposes of valuation.Starting at €8.20
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The Coffee Cup (A)
Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsCase C-756-EAccounting and ControlThe case presents an incomplete balance sheet, profit and loss statement and cash flow statement. The objective is to provide an understanding of the mechanics of accounting and to strengthen basic accounting concepts through the preparation of financial statements.Starting at €8.20
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Doctor Music Networks
Bernal, J.; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-27-EInformation TechnologiesIn November 2000, an Internet start-up has to decide how to manage its advertising policy. One of the main shareholders of the company would prefer to hire a sales force, while the other would prefer to subcontract the operation to a specialized agency. Both have business and self-interested reasons for their choices. The case serves to analyze and weight different criteria and to asses risk in the highly volatile environment of Internet start-up...Starting at €8.20
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Vicarsa (B): What Went Wrong with the Sale
Torres, Óscar; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-37-EService and Operations ManagementPart (B) of this case provides information not previously available in Part (A), leading to a chance to reflect on the caution necessary in solving problems with incomplete information.Starting at €5.74
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Investment Strategies and Berkshire Hathaway
Palencia, LuisCase C-734-EAccounting and ControlAn average investor, Josu Short, reviews Berkshire Hathaway's 13-plus-one points of the "contract with shareholders" present in each of the company's annual reports. Apparent inconsistencies and financial paradoxes are presented.Starting at €8.20
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Visteon (A)
Boulent, M.; Palencia, Luis; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase C-721-EAccounting and ControlIn 1997, the Visteon management has to decide on the pricing of a door panel (DP) to be manufactured for the Nissan Almera. The company information system is used as a base for the pricing decision. The case explains the pricing process used.Starting at €8.20
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Julio Wais: An NFT Opportunity?
Julio Wais; Palencia, Luis; Toscani, GiulioCase ASN-98-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesThe case describes an entrepreneurial opportunity: an IESE MBA student explores whether to launch a collection of NFT (non-fungible tokens) based on 200 of his father's paintings. The case briefly describes what NFTs are, their situation in 2021 and some of the concerns Julio had an entrepreneur.Starting at €8.20
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The Larsen Company (A): A purchasing decision
Velilla, Manuel; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-100-EDecision AnalysisThe Larsen Company is a small furniture manufacturing company in Norway. Its purchasing manager has to decide which one of two offers to accept, one from its traditional supplier (small and reliable but offering declining quality) or another from a larger supplier (2% more expensive, offering slightly higher quality, and able to serve higher volumes). Other factors are the incentive system of the purchasing manager, the relation between the owner...Starting at €8.20
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The Larsen Company (B): What ChatGPT would do
Velilla, Manuel; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-101-EInformation TechnologiesThe Larsen Company (B) case provides the answer that ChatGPT 4.0 gives to the question posed in the Larsen Company (A) case and to some additional prompts.Starting at €5.74
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And Now What Do We Do?: Management Tensions at IASoft
García Pont, Carlos; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-97-EDecision AnalysisIASoft was founded in March 2001 for the purpose of designing and supplying high-performance IT solutions for the automation of industrial plants. The company was the brainchild of three skilled engineers from different backgrounds who had met through their work. They had detected a market opportunity in high quality customizations and adaptations of standard software packages for sophisticated clients. The CEO of IASoft, now in his 50s, was star...Starting at €8.20