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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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Estimating Walmart's Cost of Capital
Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B19N011-EFinanceIn March 2019, two senior managers attending an executive education program had been assigned the task of applying their learnings from readings in order to estimate the costs of capital for Walmart Inc. (Walmart). They also needed to discuss why the cost of capital was such an important topic. The managers had with them background information, including a recent Walmart balance sheet and income statement; a U.S. Department of Treasury yield curv...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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Sun Life Financial: A Potential Indian Life Insurance Joint Venture
Stephen R. Foerster; Tony S. Frost; Eric Morse; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M046-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis supplement to Sun Life Financial: Planning for the Future, product 9B07M045, hones in on Sun Life's decision to re-enter the Indian insurance market.Starting 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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The North West Company: Cross-enterprise Strategy
Stephen R. Foerster; Mary M. Crossan; James E. Hatch; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07M047-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe North West Company cases allow students to take a cross-enterprise leadership approach in looking at the dilemma facing the president and chief executive officer of The North West Company (North West), a food and general merchandise retailer operating primarily in Northern Canada. In early 2003, North West had negotiated a master franchisor agreement with Giant Tiger Stores Limited (Giant Tiger) with the objective of opening stores west of Wi...Starting at €8.20
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Time Value of Money: The Buy Versus Rent Decision
Sean Cleary; Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B14N024-EFinanceA recent MBA graduate had been renting a condominium, and a similar unit next door had just been listed for sale. Now facing the classic buy-versus-rent decision, the young grad decided it was time for her to apply some of the analytical tools she had acquired in business school — including “time value of money” concepts — to her personal life.Starting at €8.20
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Buck Auto Care Products: Selling a Private Company
Stephen R. Foerster; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16N018-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe chief financial officer (CFO) of Buck Auto Care Products (Buck’s), a Toronto-based manufacturer and distributor of premium car care products, had to prepare for a meeting with the company’s vice-president (VP) of sales and the VP of manufacturing. The staff had heard rumours that the company was for sale, but no one had received any confirmation until now. The company was founded in 1975 as a chain of car-wash stands in Toronto and Mississaug...Starting at €8.20
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BCE Inc.: World's Largest LBO Deal in Jeopardy
Stephen R. FoersterCase IVEY-9B09N029-EFinanceIn November 2008, Bell Canada Enterprises Inc. (BCE) appeared to be on track to meet a December 2008 deadline to complete a $52-billion privatization deal. A consortium had previously submitted a winning leveraged buyout (LBO) bid that was estimated to add around $32 billion in debt to the company. Mere days before the deal’s termination date, BCE executives were stunned to hear that KPMG auditors advised that the deal was in jeopardy of collapse...Starting at €8.20