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Five Keys That Will Make or Break Your Business
Kuemmerle, WalterArticle ART-2712-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyWhy do some entrepreneurial enterprises and business ideas thrive in some countries but not in others? Context, says the author, is key. Drawing on research of 51 enterprises in more than 20 countries, the author identifies five dimensions of the archetypical entrepreneurial society that increase the likelihood that ventures will be started and a higher proportion will flourish, not just growing domestically but expanding internationally. But don...Starting at €8.20
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Risk Oversight: What Every Director Should Know
Ormazabal, GaizkaArticle ART-2818-EAccounting and Control, Corporate Governance, StrategyThe public and political perception that excessive risk-taking was to blame for the global financial crisis has led to a number of legislative and regulatory actions concerning the role of the board in risk oversight. This article discusses the main factors driving the pressure on boards to oversee corporate risk and the potential consequences of this emphasis on risk oversight. The author describes how companies are responding to the higher dema...Starting at €8.20
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Variance Analysis
Ormazabal, Gaizka; Soler, EdiTechnical Note CN-226-EAccounting and ControlIn this technical note we explain how to analyze deviations from a budget. We call this procedure variance analysis. The purpose of this analysis is to better understand the sources of variation between the budget and the actual performance of a company. To illustrate the methodology, we use an example of a company in the textile industry. In the second part of the technical note, we explain how to conduct a variance analysis when there is a vari...Starting at €8.20
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An Overview of Service Design
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Arenas, RocioTechnical Note PN-478-EService and Operations ManagementThe purpose of this note is to review service design and new service development literature. In order to provide a comprehensive outlook on the subject, the note starts by reviewing the main concepts of product development and their applicability to service design. It then proceeds to describe the main ideas regarding service design and their linkage to the world of operations.Starting at €8.20
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The Service Activity Sequence in Healthcare
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Arenas, RocioTechnical Note PN-485-EService and Operations ManagementImprovement in service operations is a key element in Health Care. Starting from the frame of reference provided by the Service Activity Sequence (SAS)[ [Muñoz-Seca, 2011], this note presents experiences on SAS activities. This note provides a brief summary of SAS and expands on examples on how health care providers are dealing with some of the SAS activities.Starting at €8.20
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El Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música, INAEM
Munoz-Seca, Beatriz; Riverola, JosepCase P-1129Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementEl caso expone los retos de Miguel Ángel Recio, director general del INAEM (Instituto Nacional de las Artes Escénicas y de la Música) para lograr que la institución se guíe por operaciones del siglo XXI. El INAEM es una institución pública con 14 unidades diferentes, que van desde el Teatro de la Zarzuela (TZ) hasta la Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España (OCNE). El caso se desarrolla principalmente mediante una conversación entre Miguel Ángel y ...Starting at €8.20
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AVE: ¿sostenibilidad en el servicio o reinventarse
Munoz-Seca, BeatrizCase P-1168Service and Operations ManagementEl caso narra las actuaciones llevadas a cabo por la Unidad de Negocio (UN) de la Alta Velocidad de Renfe desde su creación hasta la consecución del Premio Europeo para la Calidad. La UN afronta ahora nuevos retos en un marco desregularizado y con la ampliación de sus servicios. Este caso está basado en el caso "AVE y la búsqueda de la excelencia en el servicio" de la misma autora (P-1017).Starting at €8.20
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Precios de transferencia
Ormazabal, Gaizka; Soler, EdiTechnical Note CN-227Accounting and ControlEn las empresas multidivisionales, es frecuente la transferencia de productos entre sus divisiones. Por ejemplo, algunas divisiones están especializadas en la fabricación de productos intermedios, que después se transfieren a otras divisiones especializadas en productos terminados. El precio que la división de fabricación cobra a otras divisiones por los productos intermedios se denomina "precio de transferencia". Aunque pueda parecer que las tra...Starting at €8.20
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Monetary Incentives
Ormazabal, Gaizka; Soler, EdiTechnical Note CN-229-EAccounting and Control, Corporate GovernanceWhen designing incentive systems, companies seek to induce employees to act in the best interest of the firm. Among other things, incentive systems tackle the following issues: (1) How can firms retain talent?; (2) How can firms motivate managers to do their best?; and (3) How can firms incentivize managers to take risks without inducing excessive risk-taking? In this technical note, we illustrate how these issues can be dealt with using monetar...Starting at €8.20
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Compitiendo desde las operaciones: la implantación de la nueva cultura operativa
Munoz-Seca, BeatrizTechnical Note PN-456Service and Operations Management¿Cómo se logra la implantación de la cultura nueva operativa? Ése es el gran reto de la alta dirección (AD), y tenemos que reconocer que no es sencillo. Es necesario dar un camino estructurado de aplicación. No vamos a darles un manual de procedimiento. Sinceramente, eso se nos quedaría corto. Vamos a proponer una guía de implantación para que cada lector adapte sus necesidades y se haga su propia composición de implantación. Es como un puzzle q...Starting at €8.20