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Establecimientos Viena, S.A.
García Prat, Antoni; Faus, JosepCase F-725FinanceEste caso analiza una empresa mediana representativa del sector Pyme español y catalán que adopta una postura adversa ante el endeudamiento. Se cuestionan la autofinanciación frente a la financiación con deuda. Por otra parte, están experimentando un crecimiento sostenido sobre la base de adquisición de los inmuebles que utilizan como restaurantes frente al alquiler de los mismos.Starting at €8.20
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Experimentos para llegar a los pobres sin romper la red de seguridad: el seguro médico público en Massachusetts
Savedoff W.; Murphy C.; García Prat, Antoni; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1005Service and Operations ManagementLa llegada de una nueva Directora a la agencia de programas de asistencia sanitaria del Estado provoca un replanteamiento de los mecanismos de cobertura, costes y calidad del servicio. Tras revisar pasadas iniciativas, la nueva Directora decide emprender una serie de reformas a fin de alcanzar los objetivos señalados de forma significativa. Los cambios implican nuevos sistemas de relación entre el estado, las compañías aseguradoras y los proveedo...Starting at €8.20
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Hospital Universitario
García Prat, AntoniCase FH-224-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Establecimientos Viena, S.A.
García Prat, Antoni; Faus, JosepCase F-725-EFinanceThe case analyses a medium-sized company that is representative of Spanish and Catalan SMEs in general. The company is reluctant to increase its level of debt, but its management is starting to question the appropriateness of self-financing versus debt financing. At the same time, the company is maintaining steady growth on the basis of owning the real estate properties that house its restaurants as opposed to renting them.Starting at €8.20
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Hospital management and labor dispute: The case of the San Juan de Dios Hospital
Gallardo H. M.; González I. D.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1027-EService and Operations ManagementThe Hospital Rionegro in Antioquia, Colombia, had been in a very difficult situation due to financial and labor difficulties. After five years of integrative management and negotiations with the different fronts, including labor aspects, the situation had been reversed. The productivity could be increased and labor conditions stabilized to the benefit of the hospital and its workforce. For the Ministry to exert primarily a stewardship function, i...Starting at €8.20
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Hipotebansa III
García Prat, Antoni; Ortega I.; Suárez, José LuisCase F-676FinanceEn marzo de 1994, Santander de Titulización contaba con una cartera auditada de préstamos hipotecarios de 50.000 millones de pesetas. El objetivo era lanzar Hipotebansa III, el tercer fondo de titulización de Hipotebansa. Sin embargo, la adquisición de Banesto por el Banco Santander provocó que las agencias de rating pusieran en vigilancia las calificaciones de Aa2 y AA del Banco Santander. Esto resultó un inconveniente serio en el diseño de la e...Starting at €8.20
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Agustín Rivero
Rivero A.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1031-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes an attempt to evaluate and adapt the DRG (Diagnosis Related Group) system of patient classification to Spain, so that it could be used as a budgetary and financial tool in the national health system. The health ministry, through its interterritorial committee, conducted a study to determine whether DRGs, once adapted to the Spanish health care system, could be used not only as a benchmark for the state but also as the basis for...Starting at €8.20
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The Spanish Health System: A Summary Description of its History, Organization and Financing
García Prat, AntoniTechnical Note CN-181-EAccounting and ControlThis case describes the most important changes that have taken place in the Spanish health system since the advent of democracy with a special emphasis on structural aspects, financing and the organization of services.Starting at €8.20
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Community-First Public Safety
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-821005-EEconomicsHow many police officer positions to fund? In August 2020, the question facing St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, which might have seemed routine to another mayor at another time in another place, was anything but. A pandemic had rendered the city some $19-$34 million short for 2021. Advocates across the country (and nearby) had pointed to a likely pool for budget cuts: police departments. The May 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man, in neighbor...Starting at €8.20