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Micoderm: Prevention and treatment of diaper's dermatitis
Fernández, Albert; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-49-EDecision AnalysisA pharmaceutical company, LIDERM, has to decide the status of one of its more traditional products, Micoderm. Micoderm is currently among the medicines heavily subsidized by the Spanish health system, which ensures the product an important volume. On the other hand, the price the company can charge the end consumer is quite low, to the point that due to lack of price revision, it is currently loosing money. The company has to decide whether to wi...Starting at €8.20
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Cusomoto, S.A. 2018 (A)
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Palencia, LuisCase C-789-EAccounting and ControlThis is a basic case for introducing students to financial accounting. It presents a company that, despite profits, has cash flow problems. The case provides a review of fundamental concepts such as assets and liabilities, net equity, revenue and expenses, and collections and payments. It also more specifically covers the preparation and usefulness of the cash flow statement. This publication is based on the case Cusomoto 2008, S.A. from the same...Starting at €8.20
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Rick's Café Americain
Palencia, Luis; Portillo, J.Case ASN-26-EDecision AnalysisAlbert Serra wants to open a themed coffee shop in Castelldefels, Barcelona. He has several options and needs to consider a number of issues such as: type of business (franchised or own concept), coffee distributor, target consumers, products served, pricing, staff, financing, risks incurred, etc. Above all, he needs to make up his mind as to whether he is really prepared for this type of business.Starting at €8.20
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EPO: Electricidade Portuguesa Online (B)
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Soler, EdiCase ASN-62-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyTen months after rejecting an investment fund's offer to become a shareholder in Electricidade Portuguesa Online (EPO), the partners meet with their chief financial officer, Carla Ferreira, to analyze the results of the first three quarters of the year and the forecasts for the following two. Carla must also decide whether to accept the offer of the two partners for her to become a shareholder in the company: they are prepared to offer her 10% of...Starting at €5.74
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The Coffee Cup (A)
Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsCase C-756-EAccounting and ControlThe case presents an incomplete balance sheet, profit and loss statement and cash flow statement. The objective is to provide an understanding of the mechanics of accounting and to strengthen basic accounting concepts through the preparation of financial statements.Starting at €8.20
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Doctor Music Networks
Bernal, J.; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-27-EInformation TechnologiesIn November 2000, an Internet start-up has to decide how to manage its advertising policy. One of the main shareholders of the company would prefer to hire a sales force, while the other would prefer to subcontract the operation to a specialized agency. Both have business and self-interested reasons for their choices. The case serves to analyze and weight different criteria and to asses risk in the highly volatile environment of Internet start-up...Starting at €8.20
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Vicarsa (B): What Went Wrong with the Sale
Torres, Óscar; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-37-EService and Operations ManagementPart (B) of this case provides information not previously available in Part (A), leading to a chance to reflect on the caution necessary in solving problems with incomplete information.Starting at €5.74
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Visteon (A)
Boulent, M.; Palencia, Luis; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase C-721-EAccounting and ControlIn 1997, the Visteon management has to decide on the pricing of a door panel (DP) to be manufactured for the Nissan Almera. The company information system is used as a base for the pricing decision. The case explains the pricing process used.Starting at €8.20
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Julio Wais: An NFT Opportunity?
Julio Wais; Palencia, Luis; Toscani, GiulioCase ASN-98-EEntrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesThe case describes an entrepreneurial opportunity: an IESE MBA student explores whether to launch a collection of NFT (non-fungible tokens) based on 200 of his father's paintings. The case briefly describes what NFTs are, their situation in 2021 and some of the concerns Julio had an entrepreneur.Starting at €8.20
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Químicas Bages
Palencia, Luis; Rosenberg, MikeCase ASN-75-EDecision Analysis, StrategyIn 2019, the sales manager of a medium-sized agricultural chemicals manufacturer has to decide whether to terminate the distribution contract with one of his long-term distributors and give it instead to a newcomer. There are objective reasons both for not keeping the old distributor and for changing to a new one. The case discussion should be structured around a balanced, objective analysis of all factors involved in the situation: strategic, so...Starting at €8.20