IESE (España)
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Chemical Fusion (B)
Ariño, Miguel Angel; Sabrià, FredericCase AD-363-EDecision AnalysisThe multinational IQI has sold Química del Vallès, three years after acquiring it, so the previous plan for producing pyriclamate becomes optimal for it. However, the plan of recent years was more satisfactory for it overall. The problem that must be solved is how to encourage Química del Vallès to maintain the latest plan instead of replacing it with the old one. This case is based on the case "Química del Vallès (B)" by the same authors (AD-230...Starting at €5.74
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Chemical Fusion (A)
Ariño, Miguel Angel; Sabrià, FredericCase AD-362-EDecision AnalysisDay after day, Química del Vallès is faced with the decision of how many liters of pyriclamate to produce for daily sale to the Spanish subsidiary of IQI, an English multinational. The drums of pyriclamate that are not required by the multinational should be discarded since it is a highly unstable chemical compound. Later, Química del Vallès is acquired by IQI, which makes it reasonable to assume that the production policy must be changed to obta...Starting at €8.20
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Movies online (B)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-278-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsPart (B) describes how to fit a lognormal distribution to the five percentiles given in Part (A) of the case. Given this lognormal distribution, a straightforward Monte-Carlo simulation model can be implemented to find the alternative with the smallest expected cost.Starting at €5.74
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Movies online (A)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-277-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsA futuristic situation is envisioned where a provider of movies online has to negotiate with a studio the distribution of a movie. The decision boils down to the choice between two alternative license arrangements: a fixed payment and a variable payment. The variable payment requires the elicitation of the (continuous) probability distribution of sales by means of five percentiles.Starting at €8.20
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A Walk Through the United States
Bardolet Urgellès, David; Baucells Alibés, Manel; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-374-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case presents the well-known traveling salesman problem in the context of having to visit 48 U.S. State Capitals.Starting at €8.20
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Laree Verbindungen GmbH
Ariño, Miguel Angel; Heukamp, FranzCase AD-361-EDecision AnalysisLaree is a German company that manufactures and supplies the fasteners that are used in construction to attach glass to the walls of buildings. Its executives must decide whether to accept a contract that could be a great opportunity to open a new market for the company or result in a significant loss of money. This case is based on the "Berfest AG" case by the same authors. This case replaces The Berfest case from the same authors (AD-314).Starting at €8.20
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Cementos Elola
Valentini, Giovanni; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-284-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case can be used to introduce multiple regression techniques as a means of forecasting a company's sales on the basis of various macroeconomic variables.Starting at €8.20
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Fernando Losada at Freixenet
Concha, A.; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-261-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case provides material for an analysis of the growth of the cava sector in Spain and of the Freixenet company, as also of the impact of the state of the Spanish economy on the sector and on Freixenet's sales in the domestic market.Starting at €8.20
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Francisco Barrachina at Seat
Concha, A.; Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-260-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case provides material for an analysis of the evolution of the automobile industry in Spain, and of Seat in particular, as also of the impact of the state of the Spanish economy on Seat's sales in the domestic market.Starting at €8.20
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Star of the Caribbean
Ariño, Miguel AngelCase AD-360-EDecision AnalysisThe case enables analysis of a decision about production when demand is uncertain. It can be used as an introductory document in a module on inventory planning and it enables the problem of the critical fractile to be illustrated very simply. This case replaces the case Barbados Star from the same author(AD-313).Starting at €8.20