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Share Now: Aiming for Profitable Growth (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Moscoso, Philip; Soto, ManuelCase P-1173-PBService and Operations Management, StrategyEl caso describe las recientes decisiones tomadas por la dirección de Share Now, la empresa líder en carsharing (resultante de la integración de car2go con Drive Now). Como parte de su plan estratégico para Madrid (España), la compañía ha decidido ampliar su zona de cobertura en 27 km2 y añadir 450 coches eléctricos a su flota. Además, se implementarán precios dinámicos, en función de la demanda. El principal reto de Share Now consiste en conse...Starting at €8.20
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Companyia Cervesera del Montseny (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Soler, Edi; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-80-PBDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThis case study contains the interview that the authors conducted with the main partners of the brewery Companyia Cervesera del Montseny in June 2018. A decade after being set up, the company had managed to grow but with poor profitability and enormous debt, due to the investments that they had made in the previous few years. However, they had the feeling that they had reached a point where it was no longer possible to grow organically but, rathe...Starting at €8.20
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We're Changing. Hope On the Change! (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rodríguez-Lluesma, Carlos; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; De Orúe, IgnacioCase DPO-445-PBInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementOrange Spain embarks on organizational change with the arrival of a new CEO, Laurent Poillasot, and after a year launches an "agile" culture.Starting at €8.20
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The Leadership of Millennials at Microsoft (A): One generation amongst others (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein, Guido; Martín, MiguelCase DPO-417-PBInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThis case opened with the departure of Rocío, one of the people Microsoft was counting on to develop the company's immediate future. Ana, the Director of the Major Accounts and Partners Unit at Microsoft Ibérica, and Luisa, the Human Resources Director, couldn't believe what was happening. Rocío was 26 years old, a telecommunications engineer and a member of the MACH program, the Microsoft Academy for College Hires, which included 17 other promis...Starting at €8.20
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The Martí Pig Farm Investment Decision (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Martínez Abascal, Eduardo; Gil, CristinaCase F-946-PBFinanceThe Martí family (Plana de Vic, Catalonia, Spain) has been dedicated for centuries to the pig farm industry. In 2014 they are considering a 3 million euro investment in a new farm. One of the sons suggests diversifying and investing in the stock market. The case discusses the pros and cons of every option, with special emphasis on the other criteria to decide different from risk and return, such as personal inclination, prestige, power, etc.Starting at €8.20
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Aceites y vinos con denominación de origen (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Fernández, Albert; Villaescusa, NuriaCase C-764-PBAccounting and ControlThe case relates how a cooperative dedicated to producing and selling olive oil and wine decides to set up a new company dedicated to making organic products. After explaining the main events that occurred in the 2017-18 period, the accountant must record the transactions in the general ledger and prepare the financial statements (balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows).Starting at €8.20
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Orbea (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Ormazabal, GaizkaCase C-773-PBAccounting and ControlIn 2002, Orbea was considering manufacturing store brand bicycles for a large-scale retailer. This case is designed to help students learn to look at the effects of a business decision on a company's fixed costs as a part of their cost-benefit analyses. Specifically, the case can be used to look at how to carry out a differential cost analysis of the increase in the company's current asset financing needs.Starting at €8.20
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Learning the Machine: Anovo Ibérica Introduces AI in Operations (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-207-PBInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2018, Anovo, a service provider for technology products, began studying the possibility of introducing AI to improve the efficiency of its operations. In 2020, it was already piloting its first implementation - a new automated diagnostics process that employed machine learning (ML) to optimize the company's smartphone repair business. So far, the results of the pilot had been encouraging: aftersales service was a low-margin business, which mad...Starting at €8.20
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Tramsa Mobility on the Ropes: Dealing with a Cyberattack (B) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Valor Sabatier, Josep; Zamora, Javier; Jesus Pérez Balaguer; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-209-PBInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementIn summer 2020, Tramsa Mobility, a Spanish transportation carrier that operated several concession contracts from the administration, was victim of a ransomware attack that seriously threatened the ability of the company to operate the thousands of buses that gave service to some of the largest cities in the country. The case, broken up in three different parts, describes how the company dealt with the crisis, with new challenges and difficultie...Starting at €5.74
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Gas Natural: Improving the Profitability of Servigas (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Guitart, Iván; Rocha e Oliveira, PauloCase M-1234-PPMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementMarta Muriel has recently been promoted to director of residential natural gas service with the mandate of boosting profits for the company's home maintenance services, Servigen. She and her team have designed four measures, among others, that involve a trade-off between cost reduction and improvements in service quality. Now she has to decide which ones to actually implement based on their impact on the company's bottom line.Starting at €8.20