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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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Deepwater Horizon: Spilling oil, money and trust
Vaccaro, Antonino; Machado, AnaCase BE-174-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, StrategyOn April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon¿a floating, semi-submersible, dynamically-positioned drilling unit¿exploded after a massive natural gas gusher from a natural reservoir located more than 13,000 feet under the sea floor. The explosion killed 11 people working on the platform and injured 17 others. After the explosion, an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days, causing unprecedented damage ...Starting at €8.20
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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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Deepwater Horizon: Vertido de crudo, dinero y confianza
Vaccaro, Antonino; Machado, AnaCase BE-174Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, StrategyStarting 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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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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Contra Costa Shopping Mall
Vergara, CarlesCase F-865Decision Analysis, FinanceEn este caso donde se discute la posible inversión en un centro comercial (shopping mall) en el condado de Contra Costa, Estados Unidos, utilizando la terminología propia del sector. En el trascurso de la discusión se hace hincapié en el análisis y la gestión de riesgos.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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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