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Ceranz Bau AG
Guinand C.; Heukamp, FranzCase AD-301-EDecision Analysis, FinanceThis case describes the bidding decision of a construction company to build a river crossing and manage it during 30 years. The decision revolves around the right bidding strategy trading off the chance of winning and potential profit. Used as a teaching vehicle for project evaluation and auctions.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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Raunchy E-mails, Too much Drinking and Dirty Dancing: A trilogy of sexual harassment cases across personal freedom, respect and decency (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-175-PPBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis"Raunchy E-mails, Too Much Drinking and Dirty Dancing" presents three sexual harassment-related cases which took place in a leading consulting firm, a retail company and a private bank, respectively. In the first case, a group of male consultants prepared an e-mail featuring the name, photo and department affiliation of about 12 female colleagues and asking other people to evaluate the attractiveness of each photo in order to obtain a "top ten"...Starting at €8.20
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Bundesautobahnen Group
de Santiago, Rafael; García Centenera, Iñigo; Izquierdo, DavidCase AD-367-EDecision AnalysisBundesautobahnen Group, a German construction company, has won a public tender to build (the first stretch of) a freewayan expressway between Berlin and Bremen, with a budget of 170 million of euros. The company neededs to optimize the costs, matching the estimates offered in the tender and improving the project's margin. One of the most important stages was the optimization of the earthwork along the route.Starting at €8.20
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Typhoon Computers GmbH (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Go L.; Fraguas, RafaelCase ASN-18-PPDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeTyphoon Computers sells PC components in Eastern Europe. Almost three years after it was formed, the company finds itself facing a number of problems due to its rapid growth. It now has to decide how to make the transition from an entrepreneurial to a more professional style of organization.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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Typhoon Computers GmbH (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Go L.; Fraguas, RafaelCase ASN-18-PBDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeTyphoon Computers sells PC components in Eastern Europe. Almost three years after it was formed, the company finds itself facing a number of problems due to its rapid growth. It now has to decide how to make the transition from an entrepreneurial to a more professional style of organization.Starting at €8.20
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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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Opportunity Network (A): una startup no disruptiva revoluciona las redes empresariales
Amigó i Navarro, Pau; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-185Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyBrian Pallas, un joven italiano que había trabajado en una famosa consultora, decidió lanzar una startup después de que su compañía le patrocinase cursar un programa MBA. Hijo de un empresario del mundo del espectáculo, enseguida encontró un target al que ofrecer servicios: empresas familiares como la de su padre. Logró conformar un gran equipo directivo, refrendando con éxito su idea en distintos países. Sin embargo, para poder seguir creciendo,...Starting at €8.20
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San Francisco: valoración inmobiliaria
Ibarra, Alberto; Alegre, Inés; Moleskis, MelinaFocused Case ADFC-6Decision AnalysisUn MBA tiene que ayudar a un amigo a identificar propiedades inmobiliarias que podrían ser una buena inversión para obtener rentabilidad a medio o largo plazo. El MBA accede a listados de propiedades, que pueden añadirse a un modelo de regresión para predecir los precios y, al compararlos con los precios de mercado, permiten identificar posibles oportunidades de inversión.Starting at €8.20