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Laree Verbindungen GmbH
Ariño, Miguel Angel; Heukamp, FranzCase AD-361Decision AnalysisLaree es una compañía alemana que fabrica y suministra las fijaciones que se utilizan en las construcciones para sujetar los vidrios a las paredes de los edificios. Sus ejecutivos deben decidir si aceptar un contrato que podría ser una gran oportunidad para abrir un nuevo mercado para la empresa o resultar en una pérdida importante de dinero. Este caso está basado en el caso "Berfest AG" de los mismos autores (AD-314) y en el caso Thurman Indust...Starting at €8.20
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Net Working Capital (NWC) at Henkel
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Sachon, MarcCase F-810-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementThis case tracks Henkel's initiative in reducing its net working capital (NWC). The case can be used in a both a finance and a supply chain management class to illustrate net working capital and the link between the strategic/financial notions of NWC and operative efficiency of the supply chain.Starting at €8.20
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Siemens Employer Branding: Who Owns the Brand (A)
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1368-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingIn 2015, Siemens was facing a recruitment crisis. In an era in which digitization and data science were key in engineering, it found itself competing for talent against the likes of Google, Apple and Microsoft, while being perceived as a much less attractive place to work than those hotshot companies. After carrying out a survey, Siemens discovered that it was seen by nearly all stakeholders as an old-fashioned, unattractive and conservative comp...Starting at €8.20
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Volkswagen AG: valoración en 2009 (A)
Saffi, Pedro; Vergara, CarlesCase F-845FinanceEl presente caso se propone presentar dos de las técnicas de valoración más elementales y usadas con mayor frecuencia: el modelo de descuento de dividendos (DDM) y la valoración de múltiplos. Los estudiantes deben valorar Volkswagen AG en el contexto de su acuerdo de fusión con Porsche y una profunda crisis económica que ha golpeado con fuerza la industria automovilística. Este caso está pensado para usar al principio de un curso MBA estándar sob...Starting at €8.20
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Project Sparrow: Applying Costing Methods
Ian Dunn; Kaitlyn OhCase IVEY-9B21B003-EAccounting and ControlIn 2019, the pricing manager at the US manufacturing facility for Sparrow GmbH (Sparrow), a chemical manufacturer based in Germany, asked the project manager at Roland Berger, a global management consulting firm, to provide her opinion on the pricing for Sparrow’s bid on a basic chemicals contract with Impendium Chemicals. The basic chemicals industry was a highly competitive and commoditized environment; as a result, pricing decisions with respe...Starting at €8.20
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L'Oréal USA: Digitally Optimizing Consumer Insights
Dennis Paris; Sheri Lambert; Amy LavinCase IVEY-9B21A012-EMarketingNima Gohil, head of the new digital and creative consumer research department at L’Oréal USA (L’Oréal), was preparing for the upcoming January 2016 board meeting at L’Oréal’s research and innovation headquarters in Clark, New Jersey. L’Oréal’s competitors were using new digital media to highlight beauty products to current and new users, and L’Oréal was under pressure to develop a better way to connect with consumers to maintain—if not grow—marke...Starting at €8.20
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LIDL: A German Grocer in the United States
Lubna Nafees; Neel Das; Mokhalles MehdiCase IVEY-9B19A007-EMarketing, StrategyIn 2017, the German grocery chain Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG (Lidl) opened its first 20 U.S. stores in the southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Key target segments of Lidl were budget-conscious customers, middle-class families with children, and elderly customers on a fixed income. Lidl offered lower prices than its competitors and quickly gained a strong advantage in the marketplace. Despite high early consumer demand, ho...Starting at €8.20
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Daimler: Motoring at the Speed of China
Saul Estrin; Christine Cote; Daniel Shapiro; Katherine NunnerCase IVEY-9B20M023-EStrategyThis case is set in 2018 in China and follows Daimler’s efforts to compete in the Chinese automotive market amidst fast paced changes which are underpinned by state driven efforts at fostering innovation. Testing its leverage as the world’s largest and most profitable auto market, China is aggressively pushing foreign and domestic auto manufacturers towards new and ambitious targets for electrification. At the same time, Daimler has to be respons...Starting at €8.20
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The PikoGym Entrepreneurs: Muscling Up through Intellectual Property
Florian Fuchs; Peter M. Bican; Alexander BremCase IVEY-9B20M093-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFrustrated with the available means of working out while travelling, the three founders of PikoGym, a start-up out of Erlangen, Germany, had the idea to build a workout device that allowed users to train anywhere and everywhere. The lightweight and compacStarting at €8.20
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Beau's All Natural Brewing Company: Crafting International Opportunities
Neil Maltby; Travis Radtke; Alexander Weaver; Dwayne Mortimer; Duncan PernalCase IVEY-9B20M109-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFollowing the successful launch of Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company (Beau’s) in all 10 Canadian provinces, the craft brewer had its sights set on the next step forward: international markets. The brewery wanted to distribute Beau’s internationally, andStarting at €8.20