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Clearing the Path to Innovation
Miller, Paddy; Wedell-Wedellsborg, ThomasArticle ART-2316-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementFostering innovation is not just about getting people to think differently. If you want to make innovation happen, you need to change the way people act or behave in their daily work. And the best way to do that is to change the environment they work in. This article will help managers take a new approach to the leadership role and think differently about how to foster innovation in their companies. The authors present five key behaviors, which t...Starting at €8.20
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Fútbol Club Barcelona: El tiki-taka en quiebra
Duro, Miguel; Soler, Edi; Rivera de Asis, JavierCase C-796Accounting and Control, Corporate Governance, FinanceSandro Rosell, el nuevo presidente del Fútbol Club Barcelona (FCB), había tomado posesión del cargo el 1 de julio de 2010, un día después de que la anterior Junta y su presidente, Joan Laporta, formulasen las cuentas de la temporada 2009/2010, que abarcaba del 1 de julio de 2009 al 30 de junio de 2010. Pocas semanas después de la formulación de las cuentas por parte de la Junta de Laporta, Rosell y su Junta habían realizado una reformulación de d...Starting at €8.20
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Bill Ackman's Big Short of Herbalife
Vandebroek, Tom; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Simon, JanCase SM-1611-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyThis case describes how hedge fund activist Bill Ackman took a $1 billion short position on the shares of the nutrition company Herbalife. Ackman is convinced that Herbalife's business model is essentially a pyramid scheme, rendering it unsustainable as well as illegal. The case describes his arguments and the evidence he builds on. Other hedge fund titans soon took the opposite position on Herbalife, possibly because they fundamentally disagree ...Starting at €8.20
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La bolsa en España: Funcionamiento y magnitudes
Martínez Abascal, Eduardo; Fernández, Pablo; Simon, JanTechnical Note FN-423FinanceDescripción de la Bolsa: funcionamiento, principales magnitudes y evolución en los últimos años.Starting at €8.20
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Preparación y auditoría de las cuentas anuales
Cobo, Esteban; Duro, Miguel; Soler, EdiTechnical Note CN-242Accounting and ControlNota técnica sobre la preparación y auditoría de las cuentas anuales, con una explicación detallada de cómo contabilizar los hechos acaecidos con posterioridad al cierre contable. Se detalla la estructura del nuevo informe de auditoría, poniendo más énfasis en el nuevo apartado de cuestiones clave de auditoría, y se comenta la responsibilidad legal (civil y penal) del directivo ante errores en las cuentas anuales.Starting at €8.20
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Preparation and Audit of the Annual Financial Statements
Cobo, Esteban; Duro, Miguel; Soler, EdiTechnical Note CN-242-EAccounting and ControlTechnical note on the preparation and auditing of annual accounts, with a detailed explanation of how to account for events occurring after the accounting close. The structure of the new audit report is detailed, placing more emphasis on the new section on key audit issues; the manager's legal (civil and criminal) responsibility for any errors in the annual accounts is also discussed.Starting at €8.20
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Letter to a Young Operator on Managing During a Crisis
Simon, JanTechnical Note EN-34-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyOver recent years an increasing number of MBAs have decided to follow the search fund route as knowledge around the subject has been disseminated in business schools. At the same time, new investors have accessed the asset class, attracted by high historical returns. The success of the asset class is a function of combining young, ambitious talent with great companies and experienced, yet collaborative, investors. From a risk point of view, th...Starting at €8.20
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Startup as a Service: The Prehype Model - Teaching Note
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyTeaching Note DPOT-88-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case outlines how Henrik Werdelin, the founder of Prehype, launched a new model for large companies to create growth through innovation, based on the idea of "start-up as a service." The case describes Prehype's core offering, namely a predefined process for building new ventures, combining the client's internal resources with Prehype's entrepreneurial expertise. The underlying business model was aimed at providing long-term, shared-interest ...Starting at €0.00
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Jordan Cohen en Pfizer Works: construyendo la oficina del futuro
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-187Service and Operations ManagementJordan Cohen es director de Eficacia Organizativa en la importante compañía farmacéutica Pfizer. Ha establecido un sistema denominado pfizerWorks mediante el cual se externalizan tareas como la preparación de documentos Excel y PowerPoint o la investigación. En el caso se analiza su evolución a lo largo de un periodo de cinco años en el que se crea pfizerWorks partiendo de cero y se incorpora el sistema a la corporación.Starting at €8.20
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AB InBev, Valuation - Teaching Note
Simon, JanTeaching Note FT-117-EThis case is centered on a young recently graduated MBA, Maddox Marcus who works in the Finance Department of AB InBev. The protagonist is tasked with valuing the company and coming up with some shareholder value creating ideas. Note that there also exists an AB InBev case where the central theme is cost of capital and EVA. Both cases can be taught as part of the same course, though this is not necessary as both can be taught separately. Using...Starting at €0.00