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IESE Insight. Issue 15. Fourth Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyClaus Rerup (Richard Ivey School of Business) presents a framework for companies to improve their capability to pick up on signals that impending crises give off before they happen. The corporate communications consultant Alfonso González-Herrero looks at the key issues that companies must address, with forecasting and planning, in order to safeguard their reputations. IESE's José R. Pin provides a guide to help managers lead and communicate, so ...Starting at €22.00
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Risk Management at Lehman Brothers, 2007-2008
Maedler, Markus; van Etten, ScottCase C-758-EAccounting and Control, Corporate GovernanceLehman Brothers' September 2008 bankruptcy was the largest in U.S. history, with worldwide repercussions that persist today. The case takes an uncommon approach: it assumes a general management perspective and provides a unique 360º description of the firm's internal risk management system (RMS), i.e., the formal structures and processes managers had designed and were using to manage risk. This description serves as a vehicle for providing stud...Starting at €8.20
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Say on Pay at Citigroup
Ormazabal, Gaizka; Kadach, IgorCase C-795-EAccounting and Control, Corporate Governance, FinanceThis case examines the failed Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation (Say on Pay) for Citigroup and Vikram Pandit in April 2012. The general objective of the case is to help students understand executive compensation packages. As specific objectives, the case is intended to help students: i) Understand the components of executive compensation packages ii) Estimate the economic value of executive compensation packages iii) ...Starting at €8.20
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Elliot: A Sniper on the Board of Arconic
Corbatera Jorge, Sergi; Davila, AntonioCase C-787-EAccounting and Control, Corporate GovernanceThe case describes Elliot Management's actions to change the governance structure of Arconic. Elliot Management is one of the largest activist investor funds in the US. Among its businesses, it identifies undervalued companies and unlocks this value, taking a significant position in the equity of the company and through this position forcing changes, often starting at the governance level. Arconic is the Mid and Upstream company that came out of ...Starting at €8.20
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Investment Strategies and Berkshire Hathaway
Palencia, LuisCase C-734-EAccounting and ControlAn average investor, Josu Short, reviews Berkshire Hathaway's 13-plus-one points of the "contract with shareholders" present in each of the company's annual reports. Apparent inconsistencies and financial paradoxes are presented.Starting at €8.20
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Tidal Cloud: Cost Allocation in the Cloud - Teaching Note
Raney, RobertTeaching Note CT-38-EAccounting and ControlThis case uses a contemporaneous setting to introduce core managerial accounting concepts related to cost allocation, cost systems, activity-based costing and cost analysis for strategic decision making. The case is set in July of 2016 with Tidal Cloud, a late-stage startup with three products that differentially consume indirect costs of the company. Tidal has benefited from a period of high growth and the potential of a lucrative exit is on ev...Starting at €0.00
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Tidal Cloud: asignación de costes en la nube
Raney, RobertCase C-806Accounting and ControlEste caso utiliza un contexto contemporáneo para introducir conceptos básicos de gestión de contabilidad relacionados con la asignación de costes, los sistemas de costes, el cálculo de costes basado en la actividad y el análisis de costes para la toma de decisiones estratégicas. El caso se sitúa en julio del 2016 con Tidal Cloud, una start-up en fase avanzada con tres productos que absorben de forma diferenciada los costes indirectos de la empres...Starting at €8.20
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Investing in Special Situations: SEACOR Marine Holdings
Badia, Marc; Serra, Claudia; Nance, ChristopherCase C-798-EAccounting and Control, FinanceMarc is a professional investor focused on special situations. He must decide whether to invest in Seacor Marine Holdings (SMHI), an offshore services company that was recently spun off from Seacor Holdings. Marc has compiled enough public information to perform a full fundamental analysis of the company. The case puts special emphasis in the understanding of the spin-off economics, the cyclical nature of the industry and the valuation of assets ...Starting at €8.20
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Understanding the downfall of Enron
Peñalva, FernandoCase C-720-EAccounting and ControlThis case describes the collapse of Enron, the U.S. energy giant. It explains in a simple and accessible way the causes that led to one of the largest bankruptcies in corporate history. It deals with all the accounting abuses performed by Enron's management, the conflicts of interest of some of its employees, and the role of the Board of Directors and of the external auditor, Arthur Andersen LLP.Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Número 15. Cuarto trimestre 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36Accounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyLas crisis golpean a cualquier empresa en el momento menos esperado, por lo que deben integrarse como un elemento más de la gestión diaria de la empresa. El número 15 de la revista IESE Insight repasa algunos aspectos clave para que la empresa esté a la altura de las circunstancias. Antes de que estalle una crisis, hay que estar atento a los indicios previos, ya que eso condicionará la capacidad de respuesta de la empresa. Claus Rerup prop...Starting at €22.00