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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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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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La empresa Larsen: Una decisión de compra
Velilla, Manuel; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-100Decision AnalysisLa empresa noruega Larsen es un fabricante de muebles de tamaño mediano. Su directora de compras tiene que decidirse entre dos ofertas, una de su proveedor tradicional (pequeño y fiable pero cuya calidad ha decaído) y otra de un proveedor más grande (un 2% más caro, pero con una calidad ligeramente superior y capaz de servir pedidos de mayor volumen). Otros factores son el sistema de incentivos de la directora de compras, la relación entre los pr...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