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Carsharing in Barcelona: Avancar (Chinese Version)
Alegre, M.; Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorCase P-1088-ZHService and Operations ManagementAvancar started offering car sharing services in Barcelona in 2004. As in most car sharing businesses, customers would typically make car reservations by the hour, and pick up and drop off the cars on their own (self-service). By 2008, the company had 2000 customers sharing more than 100 vehicles. As Avancar kept growing, it had the possibility of modifying the design of the service process and the management of its capacity. This was especially ...Starting at €8.20
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Palau de la Música Catalana: Management, Control and Fragility of Culture (Chinese Version)
Alegre, Inés; Davila, AntonioCase C-751-ZHAccounting and ControlThe case describes the events that led to a leadership renewal in the Palau de la Música Catalana. It deals with issues ranging from internal control, corporate governance, non-profit groups and management in the organization, as a resource for the institution.Starting at €8.20
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Additive Manufacturing at Etnia Barcelona (Chinese Version)
Calvo, Eduard; Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1155-ZHBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementEtnia Barcelona, a niche manufacturer of high-quality fashion eyewear, is considering its next move in light of the advances being made in additive manufacturing, which could require the company to rethink everything from product design to capacity footprint and logistics. The case covers the company's design-to-sale process, raw material procurement, and manufacturing operations. Etnia Barcelona has seen steady growth in revenues since its found...Starting at €8.20
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Voltium, Inc. (Chinese Version)
del Potro, Eloy; Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase BE-173-ZHBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe manager at Voltium,a European company that was installing electricity in various parts of an African country, pondered whether it was justifiable to yield to the extortion of a local public official of the Dambo region, just as the company was about to finalize the project for the electrification of the area. This case was recognized by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) as the best publication in the 2012 Case Writing ...Starting at €8.20
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La Masia, a School of Talent (Chinese Version)
Lleó, Borja; Cardona Soriano, PabloCase DPO-216-ZHLeadership and People ManagementFrom the moment the young hopefuls of FC Barcelona's youth program set foot in La Masia, a team of professionals oversees their all-round education on a day-to-day basis. The Barça model takes three key aspects - physical-sporting, intellectual, and moral - into account in order to turn the 10 or 11-year-olds who come to Barça's soccer academy into excellent footballers and excellent human beings. In barely 30 years, La Masia has become the world...Starting at €8.20
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Movies online (A) (Chinese Version)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-277-ZHDecision Analysis, EconomicsA futuristic situation is envisioned where a provider of movies online has to negotiate with a studio the distribution of a movie. The decision boils down to the choice between two alternative license arrangements: a fixed payment and a variable payment. The variable payment requires the elicitation of the (continuous) probability distribution of sales by means of five percentiles.Starting at €8.20
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Stratitek B.V. (Chinese Version)
Johnson, RobCase E-72-ZHEntrepreneurshipThe directors of Stratitek have been approached by a company wishing to buy an investor's 50% shareholding in Stratitek and must determine the current value of their company for the negotiations.Starting at €8.20
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Vancouver: The Challenge of Becoming the Greenest City (Chinese Version)
Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan Enric; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1612-ZHEconomics, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan that the City of Vancouver formally launched in 2011 and whose aim is to make Vancouver the greenest city on the planet. Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, is the main champion of the ambitious strategic plan. While he has had past success as a social entrepreneur and has implemented several green urban initiatives in his role as mayor, he struggles with some areas and aspects of the plan. ...Starting at €8.20