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Prodesdir (A)
Rosanas, Josep MariaCase C-684Accounting and ControlEste es el primero de una serie de tres casos (Prodesdir A, B, y C) en la que se pretende impartir los conceptos fundamentales en contabilidad de costes. La empresa Prodesdir tiene tres productos y está trabajando por debajo de su capacidad. Uno de los tres productos no es rentable, basado en el análisis el coste completo. Se pide las posibles medidas a tomar y se propone como ejercicios el cálculo del punto de equilibrio, la preparación de la cu...Starting at €8.20
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Prodesdir (C)
Rosanas, Josep MariaCase C-686Accounting and ControlContinuación de los dos anteriores, y plantea cómo manejarse en una situación en la que el aumento de demanda ha hecho que ya se llegue al límite de capacidad en por lo menos dos aspectos: la mano de obra cualificada, y las máquinas. Puede utilizarse para introducir los conceptos básicos en programación lineal. Se recomienda, como en los dos casos que le preceden, su utilización con hoja de cálculo.Starting at €5.74
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SalonScale: Start-Up Customer Relationship Strategies for Niche Market Growth
Simon Parker; Peter W. MorozCase IVEY-9B21A023-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingAlicia Soulier, owner of Capelli Salon Studio, a hair salon in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, has developed an application (app) that can help save hair salons thousands of dollars per month in hair colour costs. However, she is struggling to recruit enough subscribers to her new software as a service (SaaS) company, SalonScale. With the diversion of her attention from her hair salon to the app threatening her core business, Soulier must soon decide on...Starting at €8.20
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Lightenco: Reaching the Limits of Bootstrapping
Simon Parker; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B19M061-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn January 2018, the three founders of Lighting Enhancement Corporation (Lightenco), a Canadian turnkey lighting solutions enterprise, were at a crossroads. After building a successful business enterprise over seven years by relying entirely on internal fStarting at €8.20
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DASA
Rosanas, Josep MariaCase C-648-EAccounting and ControlThe case is intenden to illustrate the use of flexible budgets in manufacturing settings, for overhead control and performance evaluation purposes. A simple situation in a cost center is presented, and an explanation of cost behavior is provided, where different overhead items may vary with different variables. Possible interaction betweendirect labor inefficiencies and different overheads (indirect labor, energy use, scrap, and so on) should be ...Starting at €8.20
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COSESA
Cugueró-Escofet, Natàlia; Rosanas, Josep MariaCase C-767Accounting and Control, Leadership and People ManagementCOSESA forma parte de un grupo de empresas en el que ha habido un relevo familiar. Por tanto, la segunda generación es la que actualmente dirige la empresa. El problema que surge es cómo integrar dos sistemas de valores y dirección. El nuevo director de ventas, aunque genera muy buenos resultados, tiene muy mala relación con el resto de la organización. Se trata de ver qué soluciones existen y de analizar qué consecuencias tendría cada una....Starting at €8.20
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McArthur/Glen Realty Corp. (Spanish Version)
Poorvu, William J.; Vogel, John H., Jr.Case HBS-308S12FinanceJonathan Potter está considerando una inversión en el recién formado McArthur / Glen de Inversión Inmobiliaria. El caso da algunos antecedentes sobre fondos de inversión inmobiliaria y su historia. También se analizan los centros de tiendas de venta directa del fabricante, el tipo de bienes inmuebles que McArthur / Glen Realty posee y desarrolla. La industria REIT está experimentando un crecimiento explosivo, y es importante para evaluar su funci...Starting at €8.20
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Sunshine Fresh: Choosing a Business Location
Lawrence A. Plummer; Simon ParkerCase IVEY-9B17M073-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn July 2014, the president and co-owner of Sunshine Fresh Inc. (Sunshine), a food service manufacturing company in Totowa, New Jersey, needed to make a decision about the best location for the company’s new West Coast expansion. Sunshine had built a strong reputation on the U.S. East Coast for high-quality refrigerated kosher pickles. Among Sunshine’s most valued clients were several casinos located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and headquartere...Starting at €8.20
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Conflict Over Leadership and Succession in a Successful Family Business: The Lakkard Leather Company
Simon Parker; Matthias A. TietzCase IVEY-9B11M043-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founder of the Lakkard Leather Company was proud of his business, and attributed much of its success to his own leadership style, which did not allow for anyone else’s participation in important decisions. When he was badly injured in a car accident, his son stepped in and kept the business going. Without any intention to take over, the son altered the leadership and operations of the company in the space of a few months, so that by the time ...Starting at €8.20
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CMNGD (Commongood) Linens: Scaling a Work-Integration Social Enterprise
Simon Parker; Houston PeschlCase IVEY-9B18M129-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn June 2018, the co-founder of a work-integration social enterprise in Calgary, Alberta, called CMNGD (Commongood) Linens, took stock of the impact her venture had on helping homeless people get back on their feet and into meaningful employment. Her ambiStarting at €8.20