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Don't Begin Your Business Plan Project Without Addressing These Issues!
Johnson, RobTechnical Note EN-8-EEntrepreneurshipThe note discusses important management team issues that should be sorted out when starting a new venture.Starting at €8.20
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Huawei: A Silent Chinese Telecom Multinational
Zhang, Yingying; Kase, KimioCase SM-1560-ECorporate Governance, Knowledge and CommunicationIn terms of sales, Huawei is the world's fourth-largest maker of network equipment, after Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent. It also ranked second in optical networking and third in mobile-network gear in 2008. It is one of the leading global telecommunications solution providers with a revenue of 18.33 billion USD in 2008 and a net income of 1.15 billion USD. Contrary to the typical image of Chinese companies that depicts them...Starting at €8.20
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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS)
Kase, Kimio; Nonaka, Ikujiro; Independent Investigation CommissioCase SM-1579-EDecision Analysis, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyThe questions may largely fall into two categories: (1) Did Japan or PM Kan and his team cope well with the crisis (i.e., questions regarding efficiency and effectiveness)? And, perhaps more importantly, (2) Have lessons been learned that would help Japan prepare for other natural or man-made catastrophes (i.e., questions regarding learning and knowledge-creation)?Starting at €8.20
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Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals: Dr. Beat Richner's Lifework
Olivares, Ignacio; Kase, KimioCase SM-1548-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementDr. Beat Richner, a 62-year-old Swiss pediatrician, set up children's hospitals in 1991 at the behest of the Cambodian King after the devastation brought about by the civil war. By 2009 he has managed to open and run four of them, both in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. They are almost entirely dependent on private donations, which, collected through his cello concerts and the Kantha Bopha Foundation, largely come from Europe and other parts of the wo...Starting at €8.20
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Sea Breeze Capital (B)
Menden, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Kelly, Peter; Johnson, RobCase F-889Entrepreneurship, FinanceEn la primavera de 2012, Jordi Alves estaba enfrentando algunas decisiones difíciles. Un año antes, tras un proceso que había durado más de lo esperado, había logrado recaudar el primer fondo de búsqueda en España. Así, había dedicado un año entero a buscar una empresa para adquirirla y ahora tenía lo que parecían dos buenas adquisiciones sobre la mesa. La cuestión ahora era qué hacer. ¿Qué adquisición debía emprender? ¿Debía hacerlo? Además, no ...Starting at €5.74
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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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Beltren
Johnson, RobCase E-143Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeJean-Marc Chardon, de Sofina Ventures, se encontraba frente al ordenador buscando formas alternativas de estructurar una ronda de financiación por parte de su sociedad de capital riesgo en Beltren, una empresa que había desarrollado un instrumento médico innovador utilizado en cirugía espinal.Starting at €8.20
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Beltren
Johnson, RobCase E-222-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeJean-Mar Chardon, of Sofina Ventures, was at his computer, looking at alternative ways to structure financing round by his venture capital firm in Beltren, the developer of an innovative medical instrument used in spinal surgery. This case is based on the case E-143-E with the same title from the same author.Starting at €8.20
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GeneRisk.com
Johnson, RobCase E-67Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeA mediados del año 2000, los inversores en Medical Sciences Limited (MSL) consolidaron una nueva compañía, GeneRisk.com, para concentrar su capital en una herramienta de software propiedad de MSL. La inmediata cuestión planteada a los inversores de MSL fue cómo evaluar esta nueva compañía para la siguiente tanda de financiación.Starting at €8.20
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Advanced Water Solutions, Inc.
Chatburn, Lucy; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-289-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsThe case describes the problem of how to arrange a combination of pipes into containers of fixed dimensions, each container also having a maximum space and weight allowance. This problem can be solved using linear programming (LP). The application of LP is not trivial because it requires a technique called column generation, or listing all the feasible combinations that might be used.Starting at €8.20