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The Legacy
Lobanova A.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-302-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case illustrates, in the context of dividing a estate, the trade-off between efficiency (sum of benefits) and equality (distribution of benefits).Starting at €8.20
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Fugesa Portuguesa
Murillo de Araoz J. F.; Torres R.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-275-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsA fast food chain has to design an optimal expansion plan of franchises in a new market. The case sets the stage to model this situation using integer programming. The situation includes constraints of a financial, human resources and strategic nature. In particular, the financial constraints limit the negative magnitude of both the annual and the cumulative cash flows.Starting at €8.20
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Magic Diamonds
Baucells Alibés, Manel; Bardolet Urgellès, DavidCase AD-266-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case uses optimization techniques to determine allocation of offices. The objective is to minimize the total traveling distances, rental cost of offices and differences for sales potential between zones. The solution obtained by linear programming is compared with the intuitive solution initially proposed.Starting at €8.20
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Real Estate Business
Beusmans, G.; Borrell, D.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-296-EDecision Analysis, Economics, FinanceThe case explains the financial risks of a company that buys apartments through futures. The case gives guidance on how to construct a spreadsheet risk model, and the goal is to quantify the risks associated with different strategies.Starting at €8.20
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Progress Technologies
Pijoan, D.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-253-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsA manager wants to estimate the sales volume for next year using a list of current and potential customers. For each customer, he has the possible sale and the probability of such sale.Starting at €8.20
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Language Exchange Club (LEC)
Baucells Alibés, Manel; de Santiago, Rafael; Malagrida, SergioCase AD-320-EService and Operations ManagementThe case deals with assigning people to jobs. It focuses particularly on how to streamline team creation as effectively as possible. Although the case deals specifically with forming groups in one of IESE's clubs, the methodology may be easily applied to any other type of team.Starting at €8.20
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Movies online (B)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-278-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsPart (B) describes how to fit a lognormal distribution to the five percentiles given in Part (A) of the case. Given this lognormal distribution, a straightforward Monte-Carlo simulation model can be implemented to find the alternative with the smallest expected cost.Starting at €5.74
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Movies online (A)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-277-EDecision 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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Executive Education Teams at IESE
Huebra, I.; Baucells Alibés, Manel; Gómez J. B.Case AD-257-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case describes the process of preparing an executive education program. One of the key tasks is to form 7 teams of 8 to 9 participants each. The case provides several criteria to keep in mind, along with some hints on how to build an optimization model.Starting at €8.20
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A Walk Through the United States
Bardolet Urgellès, David; Baucells Alibés, Manel; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-374-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case presents the well-known traveling salesman problem in the context of having to visit 48 U.S. State Capitals.Starting at €8.20