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Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsExercise CE-26Accounting and ControlEn julio de 2013, Pedro Torca y Marisa Mercader viajaron a Taxonia, un pequeño principado europeo, para celebrar su reciente graduación del programa Executive MBA. Pedro, que trabajaba en una ingeniería, y Marisa, que era responsable de Project Finance en un banco, hacía tiempo que se planteaban fundar su propia empresa, y estaban continuamente explorando oportunidades de negocio. Taxonia, situada entre Suecia y Portugal, era conocida por sus rec...Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (A): la transformación de una idea de laboratorio a una empresa de alto crecimiento: Los retos de comercializar un dispositivo tecnológico innovador
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-2Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEste caso habla sobre un director general que se puso al frente de una spin-off creada a partir de un instituto de investigación, se convirtió en el primer empleado de la nueva empresa y trató de convertir esa idea de laboratorio en un prototipo con el objetivo de producirlo industrialmente y venderlo finalmente a un cliente muy exigente, afrontando entre tanto varias crisis notables. Además de las dificultades para conseguir que el producto (un...Starting at €8.20
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Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsExercise CE-26-EAccounting and ControlIn July 2013, Pedro Torca and Marisa Mercader travelled to Taxonia, a small European principality, to celebrate their recent graduation from the Executive MBA program. Pedro, who worked at an engineering firm, and Marisa, who was in charge of Project Finance at a bank, had been thinking about starting their own company for a long time, and they were constantly exploring business opportunities. Taxonia, located between Sweden and Portugal, was kno...Starting at €8.20
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JacobsRimell (B): una apuesta única que da sus resultados: Decisiones y consecuencias
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-9Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEste caso B sobre una joven compañía tecnológica del Reino Unido respaldada por capital riesgo que trata de recuperarse de una crisis casi definitiva no puede impartirse de forma aislada, pues es una continuación directa del caso "JacobsRimell (A): cómo evitar la quiebra". En esta segunda parte se comentan las decisiones que adoptó la empresa durante y después de su casi definitiva crisis (provocada por la pérdida de dos contratos importantes en...Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (B): una cuesta empinada y arriesgada hacia el éxito: Decisiones y consecuencias
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-7Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEste caso B no puede impartirse de manera aislada, pues es una continuación directa del caso "Nacre: cómo convertir una idea de laboratorio en una empresa de alto crecimiento" (A) [EFC-2-E]. En el caso B se describen las decisiones y medidas estratégicas del director general y cómo esta empresa (que tan sólo tenía entre 12 y 15 empleados en aquel momento y subcontrataba los servicios de un gran fabricante) consiguió finalmente cerrar un contrato...Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (A): Turning a Lab Idea into a High-Growth Firm: The challenges of bringing an innovative device technology to market
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-2-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase is about a CEO who took over a spin-off from a research institute, became the new firm's employee #1 and tried to turn this lab idea into a prototype, then get it ready for industrialization, and finally sell it to a very demanding client, while facing some significant crises on this way. Beside the challenge of getting the product (an integrated hearing protection and communication device) working and a painful failure with a cont...Starting at €8.20
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JacobsRimell (A): Leading out of Bankruptcy: A CEO takes on the role of "bad cop" to save a failing UK software company
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-8-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase is about a young VC-backed technology company in the UK, trying to turn around from a near-death crisis. The company offered a technology related to the management of broadband access, VoIP and digital television (DTV) services to large TelCos and cable providers, but is on the verge of bankruptcy after they have unexpectedly lost two large contracts within a very short time. The VC firm is bringing in a new (first-time) CEO in ord...Starting at €8.20
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JacobsRimell (B): A One-Shot Bet Pays Off: Decisions & Consequences
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-9-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case B about a young VC-backed technology company in the UK, trying to turn around from a near-death crisis cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "JacobsRimell (A): Leading out of Bankruptcy". This second part illustrated the decisions the firm took during and after the crisis (caused by having unexpectedly lost two large contracts within a very short time) with regard to financing, market focu...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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The Larsen Company (A): A purchasing decision
Velilla, Manuel; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-100-EDecision AnalysisThe Larsen Company is a small furniture manufacturing company in Norway. Its purchasing manager has to decide which one of two offers to accept, one from its traditional supplier (small and reliable but offering declining quality) or another from a larger supplier (2% more expensive, offering slightly higher quality, and able to serve higher volumes). Other factors are the incentive system of the purchasing manager, the relation between the owner...Starting at €8.20