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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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Transforming Government Through Holacracy
Wong Ellinger, Eleunthia; Gregory, Robert Wayne; Káganer, EvgenyCase SI-205-EInformation TechnologiesCompanies are experimenting with novel forms of organization that distribute power to all workers and decrease or remove the role entirely of the traditional manager. These radical transformations in organization are attempted in order to recruit and retain skilled workers as well as innovate in products and services, Holacracy is one such system and is used by more than 1,000 companies across the world, including mid-size to large companies in t...Starting at €8.20
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Transforming Government Through Holacracy - Teaching Note
Wong Ellinger, Eleunthia; Gregory, Robert Wayne; Káganer, EvgenyTeaching Note SIT-23-EInformation TechnologiesCompanies are experimenting with novel forms of organization that distribute power to all workers and decrease or remove the role entirely of the traditional manager. These radical transformations in organization are attempted in order to recruit and retain skilled workers as well as innovate in products and services, Holacracy is one such system and is used by more than 1,000 companies across the world, including mid-size to large companies in t...Starting at €0.00