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Rabobank Corporate Netherlands: Turning the Smartphone into an Engine of Bottom-Line Growth
Stremersch, Stefan; Camacho, NunoCase M-1286-EMarketingSet in late 2011, this case study enables the discussion of a bank's possibilities to develop new business amid drastic technological and macroeconomic changes promising to revolutionize the whole payment value chain. In particular, several emerging technologies - such as near-field communication (NFC) - promised to turn mobile payments into a trillion-dollar industry in a period of less than five years. The case invites students to step into the...Starting at €8.20
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Schlecker Home Shopping
Perry, Gaynor; Schlecker, Meike; Weber, EricCase ASN-25Information TechnologiesDesde la apertura de su primer establecimiento de droguería y perfumería con descuento en Alemania en 1974, Schlecker ha crecido hasta ser una de las empresas de venta al por menor con más empleados de Europa, y la número uno en el sector de los productos de droguería y perfumería. Ahora ha llegado el momento para Schlecker de considerar si su modelo de negocio podría traducirse al mundo virtual. En 1999, en Alemania se le daba mucho bombo a Int...Starting at €8.20
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Cerámicas Alcor
Sagarra R.; Weber, Eric; Velilla, ManuelCase ASN-20-EDecision Analysis, StrategyThis case study is about a company that has undergone two changes in administration in a period of fewer than ten years. The new manager has to deal with this complex situation. He gets new funding, hires new staff, makes changes in a factory line to manufacture a new product and opens distribution channels for marketing. With the good results obtained, the manager applies for a bank loan to remodel a second factory line. The students must put th...Starting at €8.20
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Vet Center: Contabilidad financiera
Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Velilla, Manuel; Weber, EricCase C-673Accounting and ControlEn este caso presentan los acontecimientos económicos y financieros más destacables de las primeros 12 meses de la aventura empresarial del Sr. Vet en un centero veterinario. Su objeto es familiarizarse con la elaboración de un Balance y una Cuenta de Resultados.Starting at €8.20
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Alcatel-Lucent: Marketing the Cell Phone as a Mobile Wallet
Camacho, Nuno; Verniers, Isabel; García Pont, Carlos; Stremersch, StefanCase M-1279-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingAlcatel-Lucent (ALU) was gearing up for the launch of a new business: mobile payment services. Mobile payment involves cash transactions between consumers and merchants or between consumers using their mobile phones. The emergence of a new technology in which ALU had strong expertise - near-filed communication (NFC) - represented a huge opportunity, as analysts expected the market for mobile payments to explode in the coming years. But to avoid p...Starting at €8.20
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Babcock: An Innovative Business Model in the Mining and Construction Industy
Stremersch, Stefan; Keko, ElioCase M-1329-EMarketingThe origin of Babcock's mining and construction fleet management capability can be traced to a few years before its mining and construction business was set up in 2011, following a contract between Babcock International Group and the British Ministry of Defense (MOD). Already a long-standing client of Babcock, the Ministry of Defense approached the company to a) optimize the ministry's C vehicle fleet (i.e., construction vehicles, plant and equip...Starting at €8.20
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Schlecker Home Shopping
Perry, Gaynor; Schlecker, Meike; Weber, EricCase ASN-25-EInformation TechnologiesSince opening their first discount drugstore in Germany in 1974, Schlecker had grown to be one of the biggest retail employers in Europe, and the number one drugstore in Germany. Now the time had come for Schlecker to consider whether their succesful model would translate to the online world. In 1999 in Germany, there was a lot of hype around about the promise that the Internet would bring, however the Internet had yet to become established there...Starting at €8.20
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Depisa (B)
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Weber, EricCase C-670Accounting and ControlUn año después (1995) del relato del DEPISA, Javier Ferreón revisa con su equipo directivo los resultados del ejercicio, tanto en lo económico como en aquellos otros aspectos que se refieren a la calidad de la gestión, objetivo prioritario de la empresa desde 1991. Ferreón dibuja los Objetivos 96, cuando aún tiene pendiente la valoración de cada directivo en el 95 para decidir los incentivos de ese año, lo que le preocupa enormemente.Starting at €5.74
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Vet Center (A): Costes
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Weber, EricCase C-674Accounting and ControlEl caso presenta un ejercicio sencillo de costes relevantes para la toma de decisiones. Se tiene que determinar qué costes son diferenciales a la decisión y analizar cuatro alternativas. Permite introducir el concepto de punto muerto y el concepto de rentabilidad-riesgo.Starting at €8.20
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Caesar IT Services: Comercializar múltiples propuestas de valor en una sola empresa
Stremersch, Stefan; Bellezza, SilviaCase M-1227Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementCaesar Group, una empresa de servicios informáticos profesionales, competía en el mercado holandés de tecnología de la información desde 1993. La propuesta de valor inicial de la empresa consistía en ofrecer a sus clientes una capacidad humana cualificada (puesta a disposición de capital humano, o body-shopping) a un precio económico por hora o día. La reacción de la compañía a la creciente evolución del servicio de body-shopping fue formular pro...Starting at €8.20