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Películas «on-line» (A)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-277Decision Analysis, EconomicsEn este caso se presenta una situación de futuro en la que un proveedor de películas «on-line» debe negociar con un estudio la distribución de su película. La decisión se reduce a escoger entre dos posibles acuerdos de licencia: un precio fijo y un precio variable.Starting at €8.20
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Cash vs. Accruals: The Case of Revenue Recognition at Cantaloupe Systems
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, RobertCase SGSB-E756-EEntrepreneurshipCantaloupe Systems expected to celebrate its first quarterly profit, and the company’s proprietary machine-to-machine communication technology was a hit with owners of vending machines—and investors. Cantaloupe’s systems provided real-time sales data, allowing vending machine operators to efficiently pre-pack the exact items needed for each machine before leaving the warehouse that day. But Cantaloupe’s auditors threw the company a curve ball dur...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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Roblox: The Path to Going Public
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, Robert; Bekele, GelilaCase SGSB-E795-EEntrepreneurshipThe leadership team of Roblox was contemplating a public offering in December 2020. Roblox was an online video game platform that offered developers a platform for building new games and a global social network for publishing and hosting online games. Roblox had filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC, and registered to go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with the ticker symbol “RBLX.” However, at the last minute, a series of market ev...Starting at €8.20
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FeelGood Pharmaceuticals
Esmanhoto L. G.; Pipkins S.; Pipkins L.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-293-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsUse of integer programming to take advantage of volume discounts of providers, while satisfying quality and volume contraints.Starting at €8.20
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Películas «on-line» (B)
Rata, Cristina; Ariño, Miguel Angel; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-278Decision Analysis, EconomicsLa parte (B) del caso describe cómo ajustar una distribución lognormal a los cinco percentiles dados en la parte (A). Con esta distribución lognormal se puede llevar a cabo un sencillo modelo de simulación de Monte Carlo para averiguar la alternativa con el menor coste esperado.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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FlexShyft: Term Sheet Negotiation
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, Robert; Mirabile; DominicCase SGSB-E774A-EEntrepreneurshipThis case describes a fictional company, FlexShyft, as its cofounders navigate and negotiate the terms of an offer to invest in the company’s Series B financing round. The cofounders review and evaluate each clause of the term sheet from the venture capital firm Storm Point Ventures to understand the implications for the company, FlexShyft’s existing investors, and themselves. The case is designed to be taught as a simulated negotiation, in whi...Starting at €8.20
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Pear VC: State of Early Venture in 2022
Beyer, Anne; Siegel, Robert; Bekele, GelilaCase SGSB-E783-EEntrepreneurshipMar Hershenson and Pejman Nozad founded Pear VC in 2014 to invest in early-stage start-ups in Pre-Seed and Seed funding rounds. Over the years, Pear developed numerous cohort-based programs to work with founders and build new ventures such as Pear Garage, Pear Competition, and Pear Fellows. The case examines the history and evolution of the early-stage venture capital industry over the last two decades. The case also explores the challenges asso...Starting at €8.20