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HotSpotNet Wireless
Ghosh, Anindya; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-34Accounting and Control, Knowledge and CommunicationUna pequeña empresa emergente, pionera en la instalación de puntos de acceso inalámbrico a Internet en hoteles, debe decidir su futuro. Puede fusionarse con otra nueva empresa con un negocio complementario pero con menor potencial de crecimiento, o mantener su modelo de negocio actual y buscar financiación externa, con la consiguiente pérdida de control.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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Scripped.com: Creating the Business Model
Rajaraman, Aarthi; Davila, AntonioCase E-146-EEntrepreneurshipThis case study presents the challenges of an Internet start-up as it finds its business model for growth. Scripped.com (later Scripted.com) is a start-up founded by three MBAs, in which screenwriters are able to produce their own work. Over time, the founders learn about the market.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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And Now What Do We Do?: Management Tensions at IASoft
García Pont, Carlos; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-97-EDecision AnalysisIASoft was founded in March 2001 for the purpose of designing and supplying high-performance IT solutions for the automation of industrial plants. The company was the brainchild of three skilled engineers from different backgrounds who had met through their work. They had detected a market opportunity in high quality customizations and adaptations of standard software packages for sophisticated clients. The CEO of IASoft, now in his 50s, was star...Starting at €8.20
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The Challenges of Corporate Innovation
Davila, Antonio; Joost KorverCase E-213-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe case describes the challenges of a new manager appointed to run the innovation initiative of a large multinational. The corporate CEO supports the need for innovation and sets up a dedicated department. Gina, the newly appointed manager, faces the decision of how to set up the department. She contemplates several options including consulting to business units, training and running innovation projects. In trying to bring innovation to the corp...Starting at €8.20
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Elbe Composites Saxony AG (ECSA)
Klueter, Thomas Maximilian; Palencia, Luis; Juan Carlos Vázquez-DoderoCase ASN-82-EDecision AnalysisElbe Composites Saxony AG (ECSA) manufactures a wide variety of metal and composite parts for the aerospace, automobile, public lighting and farm machinery industries. In July of 2018, management at ECSA had to decide on a location for a new plant.Starting at €8.20
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RELE-Rouen: Inmersión lingüística en Normandía (A)
Soler, Edi; Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-58Entrepreneurship, StrategyEn ese caso, Maxime Demongeot se plantea qué orientación dar a su empresa de enseñanza de idiomas a ejecutivos. Ha de optar entre modificar de franquiciado con el actual franquiciador; cambiar de franquiciador y de enfoque de negocio, o vender el negocio y el inmueble. Además de criterios económicos y de sostenibilidad, hay aspectos de relaciones familiares y capacidades que hay que tener en cuenta.Starting at €8.20
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Nasser Press
Kadach, Igor; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-83-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe owner of a mid-size printing company based in New Jersey has to decide whether to accept an offer of a large publishing house who during the 2008 crisis had endangered the future of the company by abruptly reducing the volume of business. If he now accepted his proposal, and due to capacity constraints, he would have to drop some smaller customers, reducing diversification; in addition, the owner feels indebted to these small businesses becau...Starting at €8.20
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3P (Produits pour tout problème), S.A.
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Palencia, LuisCase C-793-EDecision AnalysisThe case examines a company's decision-making process behind whether to outsource its packaging. The company can continue manufacturing a bottle for one of its top-selling glues in-house, or it can close its packaging department and outsource the task. There is a supplier ready to provide the packaging, but it insists on a four-year contract with certain conditions that must be analyzed carefully.Starting at €8.20