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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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Cuidado con las trampas de su mente
Baucells Alibés, Manel; Weber, MartinArticle ART-1447Decision AnalysisEn los negocios, como en el resto de las facetas de la vida, la incertidumbre acecha detrás de cada esquina. ¿Qué pasará en el futuro? ¿Podemos estar preparados para lo imprevisto? ¿Cuál es la decisión correcta en momentos así? Los seres humanos hemos desarrollado una serie de mecansimos inconscientes que ayudan a sobrellevar esa inseguridad. Son útiles para no sentirnos abrumados e impiden que nos paralicemos, pero también pueden inhibir nuestra...Starting at €8.20
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Mind Your Mind Traps
Baucells Alibés, Manel; Weber, MartinArticle ART-1447-EDecision AnalysisIn business, as in other areas of life, uncertainty lurks around every corner. What does the future hold? How can we prepare for the unexpected? What is the right decision at times like this? We humans have developed a repertoire of unconscious mechanisms to help us cope with insecurity. While these mechanisms may assuage feelings of helplessness and paralysis, they can also cloud our judgment. The authors explain how three such mind traps work: ...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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Análisis del riesgo crediticio en ICAX Bank and Trust
Chatburn, Lucy; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-290Decision Analysis, EconomicsEl caso muestra el método utilizado por los bancos para establecer el cálculo del riesgo asociado a la cartera. El sistema está dividido en dos partes: la primera calcula el RAROC (Risk Adjusted Return on Capital) y la segunda parte establece el riesgo y rentabilidad asociado con toda la cartera de préstamos, asumiendo que parte del riesgo de morosidad está relacionado con tener en cuenta factores que afectan al riesgo, en este caso la economí...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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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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The Legacy
Lobanova A.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-302-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case illustrates, in the context of dividing a estate, the trade-off between efficiency (sum of benefits) and equality (distribution of benefits).Starting at €8.20
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Introduction to Optimization
Cabot, J.; Baucells Alibés, ManelTechnical Note ADN-265-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThis note introduces the available procedures to tackle three common types of optimization problems: Non-linear, linear, and integer optimization. In each case, we provide examples of real applications, and introduce the corresponding optimization procedures to solve them. It also reviews heuristic procedures to tackle more general problems. Three appendices explain (1) the graphical intuition of LP in the case of 2 decision variables, (2) the us...Starting at €8.20
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Fugesa Portuguesa
Murillo de Araoz J. F.; Torres R.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-275-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsA fast food chain has to design an optimal expansion plan of franchises in a new market. The case sets the stage to model this situation using integer programming. The situation includes constraints of a financial, human resources and strategic nature. In particular, the financial constraints limit the negative magnitude of both the annual and the cumulative cash flows.Starting at €8.20