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Forming Ties That Will Free Your Firm
Eisenhardt, K.M.; Ozcan, PinarArticle ART-1533-EStrategyStrategic alliances provide opportunities to strengthen your market position, gain new capabilities and resources, and enable you to grow and expand during difficult times. Many large, highly resourced companies already know this and are leveraging it to their advantage. But how can a small firm with fewer resources obtain and manage a high-performing alliance portfolio? Getting the alliance portfolio you dreamed of, and then managing it well ove...Starting at €8.20
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The British Parbaked Bread Ltd.
Ormazabal, Gaizka; Soler, EdiCase C-782-EAccounting and ControlFounded in 2010 by its current CEO, Alisha Balasubramanian, The British Parbaked Bread Ltd. (BPB) manufactured parbaked bread in the United Kingdom. Since the start of its operations, BPB had experienced spectacular growth. In the fiscal year 2013 the firm's sales were £13 million. Prompted by the company's rapid growth, Alisha and Li Yan Chen - the firm's CFO - had decided to implement a new information system to measure BPB's performance on a m...Starting at €8.20
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The British Parbaked Bread Ltd.
Ormazabal, Gaizka; Soler, EdiCase C-782Accounting and ControlFundada en 2010 por su actual directora general, Alisha Balasubramanian, The British Parbaked Bread (BPB) fabricaba pan precocido en el Reino Unido. Desde el inicio de sus operaciones, BPB había experimentado un crecimiento espectacular. En el año fiscal 2013 las ventas de la compañía fueron de 13 millones de libras. Debido al rápido crecimiento de la empresa, Alisha y Li Yan Chen -la directora financiera- habían decidido implementar un nuevo sis...Starting at €8.20
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The E-Line Cityboard
Soler, Edi; Peñalva, FernandoCase C-784-EAccounting and Control, EntrepreneurshipSix months after incorporating the company, the two founders of the firm E-Line Cityboard Supply Ltd. (ELC) were preparing the first Board of Directors meeting. ELC was a London-based distributor and online retailer of the E-Line Cityboard, a portable and rechargeable battery-powered self-balancing wheeled board, commonly referred to in the market as a "hoverboard." Increased competition and legislation prohibiting the use of hoverboards in publi...Starting at €8.20
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Los lazos que harán despegar su empresa
Eisenhardt, K.M.; Ozcan, PinarArticle ART-1533StrategyLas alianzas estratégicas son idóneas para fortalecer la posición en el mercado, ganar capacidades y recursos nuevos y crecer y expandirse en tiempos de crisis. Muchas grandes empresas lo saben y les sacan un gran partido. Pero en el caso de las pequeñas, sin tantos recursos, ¿cómo puede forjar y gestionar una cartera de alianzas de alto rendimiento? Conseguir la cartera de sus sueños y gestionarla bien no es tan inalcanzable como parece si actúa...Starting at €8.20
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Salers Dairy Products
Soler, Edi; Esteves, Joel; Ormazabal, GaizkaCase C-781-EAccounting and Control"We could revisit the cream issue but I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. The Spaniards will never accept the deal?" Manuel Da Silva, sales manager of the Portuguese division of Salers Dairy Products, said these words at a meeting held in January 2013 at the factory in Fundão, a beautiful town located in eastern Portugal. That morning, Paulo Moreira (the CEO of the Portuguese division) and the rest of the Fundão factory's top management team wer...Starting at €8.20
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Retail Display Solutions Inc.
Klueter, Thomas Maximilian; Soler, EdiCase ASN-103-EDecision Analysis, Innovation and Change, MarketingRetail Display Solutions (RDS), Inc. was a fully integrated point-of-sales (PoS) display manufacturer for a broad range of industries. In 2022, as part of the company's continuous innovation efforts, RDS made the decision to introduce a "PoS Engager" by incorporating QR code information into its complete range of displays. The executive in charge of the plastics division who was responsible for these products, believed that this enhancement would...Starting at €8.20