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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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Fazenda Diamantina: ESG Dilemmas of a Brazilian Coffee Farm
Azevedo, Leonardo; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-96-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2022, two coffee growers in Matas de Minas, Brazil, were at a crossroads about the future of their coffee farm. Their original goal was to create an environmentally and socially responsible (ESG) coffee farm. However, due to low profitability and other challenges, they began to consider several alternatives. The options on the table included i) divesting from the farm altogether and returning to their corporate roles, ii) partially divesting t...Starting at €8.20
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Nasser Press
Kadach, Igor; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-83-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of a mid-size printing company based in New Jersey has to decide whether to accept an offer of a large publishing house who during the 2008 crisis had endangered the future of the company by abruptly reducing the volume of business. If he now accepted his proposal, and due to capacity constraints, he would have to drop some smaller customers, reducing diversification; in addition, the owner feels indebted to these small businesses becau...Starting at €8.20
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crowdSPRING: "Design the Future" Competition
Káganer, Evgeny; Zamora, Javier; Oré, CarlosCase SI-180-EInformation TechnologiesThe co-founders and managing partners of crowdSPRING, a global marketplace for crowdsourced creative services located in Chicago, IL, were discussing the pipeline of ongoing projects. The development team was working at full capacity, on track for an on-time release of a set of new features and upgrades for the site. This was business as usual. There was, however, a non-trivial decision that Kimbarovsky and Samson needed to make. LG Electronics, ...Starting at €8.20
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crowdSPRING: el concurso "Design the Future"
Káganer, Evgeny; Zamora, Javier; Oré, CarlosCase SI-180Information TechnologiesLos cofundadores y socios directivos de crowdSPRING, un marketplace de servicios creativos integrales externalizados en masa con sede en Chicago (Illinois), hablaban sobre su cartera de proyectos. El equipo de desarrollo estaba funcionando a pleno rendimiento, algo habitual cuando trabajaban para llegar a tiempo al lanzamiento de una nueva serie de características y mejoras de la página web. Hasta aquí, nada nuevo. Sin embargo, Kimbarovsky y Sams...Starting at €8.20