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Learning From the Entrepreneurial Icebreakers
Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Sysko-Romanczuk , SylwiaArticle ART-2592-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis article shares the insights of "entrepreneurial icebreakers" -- business pioneers who launched private companies in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and who expanded beyond national borders by clearing pathways for themselves and others into international markets around the globe. In documenting the obstacles they had to cut through to get to where they are today, we show the path to break inflexible, outdated str...Starting at €8.20
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Centros Comerciales Pryca, S.A.
Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Sarabia, J.Case F-541FinanceSe examina la estrategia de crecimiento de las cadenas de distribución españolas durante los años 1980-1990. Muestra los beneficios de utilizar un endeudamiento extremo (en forma de un alto nivel de deuda comercial a corto plazo) para facilitar un rápido crecimiento. El caso analiza el impacto de la legislación gubernamental en la rentabilidad y el crecimiento de la empresa.Starting at €8.20
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Vet Center: Investment Appraisal
Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase F-641-EFinanceThe president of a veterinary center has to decide which of two MRI scanners he should buy. The case gives students an opportunity to practice present value calculation and to understand the proper use of methods such as internal rate of return (IRR) and net present value (NPV) for capital investment decisions.Starting at €8.20
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Banco Popular: Impact of the Real Estate Cycle and the Sovereign Crisis in Spain
Hernandez, Eva; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Suárez, José LuisCase F-892-EFinance, StrategyOn Sunday, September 30, 2012, Banco Popular's Board of Directors was summoned to an urgent meeting; the Board faced a difficult decision about the future of the bank. The results of the stress test performed by consultants and external advisors on a large part of the Spanish financial sector had been made public that Friday. According to the stress test, in an adverse macro scenario, Banco Popular would need 3.2 billion in additional capital to...Starting at €8.20
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Vet Center: análisis de inversiones
Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase F-641FinanceEl director de un centro veterinario tiene que decidir qué equipo de imagen por resonancia magnética debería comprar, escogiendo entre dos. El caso ofrece a los estudiantes la oportunidad de practicar el cálculo del valor actual y comprender el uso apropiado de varios métodos para tomar decisiones de inversión, tales como la tasa interna de retorno (TIR) y el valor actual neto (VAN).Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (A): la transformación de una idea de laboratorio a una empresa de alto crecimiento: Los retos de comercializar un dispositivo tecnológico innovador
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-2Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEste caso habla sobre un director general que se puso al frente de una spin-off creada a partir de un instituto de investigación, se convirtió en el primer empleado de la nueva empresa y trató de convertir esa idea de laboratorio en un prototipo con el objetivo de producirlo industrialmente y venderlo finalmente a un cliente muy exigente, afrontando entre tanto varias crisis notables. Además de las dificultades para conseguir que el producto (un...Starting at €8.20
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Derivados financieros en Controladora Comercial Mexicana (CCM)
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-859FinanceEl objetivo pedagógico principal del caso de Comercial Mexicana es mostrar el uso y abuso de los derivados. Comercial Mexicana, que es el tercer mayor minorista de alimentos y otros artículos de México, hizo frente a una posible quiebra en 2008 después de especular con moneda extranjera, lo que expuso a la compañía a una deuda de 1.900 millones de dólares.Starting at €8.20
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Net Working Capital (NWC) at Henkel
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Sachon, MarcCase F-810-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementThis case tracks Henkel's initiative in reducing its net working capital (NWC). The case can be used in a both a finance and a supply chain management class to illustrate net working capital and the link between the strategic/financial notions of NWC and operative efficiency of the supply chain.Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (A): Turning a Lab Idea into a High-Growth Firm: The challenges of bringing an innovative device technology to market
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-2-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase is about a CEO who took over a spin-off from a research institute, became the new firm's employee #1 and tried to turn this lab idea into a prototype, then get it ready for industrialization, and finally sell it to a very demanding client, while facing some significant crises on this way. Beside the challenge of getting the product (an integrated hearing protection and communication device) working and a painful failure with a cont...Starting at €8.20
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Fiction Entertainments
Pradas, Lidia; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-863-EFinanceOn Wednesday, May 9, 2007, Esteban Lázaro, managing director of Fiction Entertainments, received an unexpected call from Alejandro Sáez, branch manager at Banco Santander, the company's main bank. Alejandro was sorry to inform Esteban that the bank was tightening its credit policies and could not increase the company's line of credit, as Alicia Casado, CFO of Fiction Entertainments, had requested a few days earlier. Alejandro also warned Esteban ...Starting at €8.20