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The EMBI Investor
Ariño, Miguel Angel; Canela, Miguel Ángel; Gorecka-Pietrucha, JustynaFocused Case ADFC-2-EDecision Analysis, FinanceThe EMBI Investor case is a practical application of statistical analysis in financial analysis. It uses the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to introduce some basic aspects of statistics and finance and presents how these two aspects, the financial and the statistical, can be connected. This fosters interest in statistical tools through their use in financial analysis. The objectives of the case are: (a) to introduce the concepts of the regres...Starting at €8.20
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The Sales Trend at Guarini
Osuna, Ignacio; Alegre, Inés; Canela, Miguel ÁngelCase AD-370-EDecision AnalysisGuarini, a European supermarket brand, has about 150 stores in Spain. Being able to track about a 70% of the purchases through customer debit cards, Julia García, Guarini's marketing director for Spain, feels herself compelled to exploit Guarini's database, which still remains largely underused. She plans a pilot study using data from one of the stores located in Barcelona. She collects weekly sales data covering two years and tries to estimate f...Starting at €8.20
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HR Analytics at Barney
N'Guessan, Marie Noelle; Alegre, Inés; Canela, Miguel ÁngelCase AD-369-EAccounting and Control, Decision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementBarney Consumer Products (BCP) is a large company based in South Africa. The company's performance has worsened in the last couple of years, and the different departments blame each other. The Human Resources (HR) department manager suggest that the decrease in performance could be driven by a decrease in employee performance due to lack of motivation and stress. The board asks the HR manager to provide some data to back up his intuition. The HR ...Starting at €8.20
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Kapoor's Portfolio
Canela, Miguel Ángel; Alegre, Inés; Moleskis, MelinaFocused Case ADFC-5-EDecision AnalysisThe case follows a trainee portfolio manager in her attempt to build an investment portfolio using stocks on India's National Stock Exchange (NSE). Within the framework of the capital asset pricing model, this note focuses on the computation of financial returns, risk and diversification strategies.Starting at €8.20
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The EMBI Investor - Teaching Note
Ariño, Miguel Angel; Canela, Miguel Ángel; Gorecka-Pietrucha, JustynaTeaching Note ADT-30-EDecision Analysis, FinanceThe EMBI Investor case is a practical application of statistical analysis in financial analysis. It uses the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) to introduce some basic aspects of statistics and finance and presents how these two aspects, the financial and the statistical, can be connected. This fosters interest in statistical tools through their use in financial analysis. The objectives of the case are: (a) to introduce the concepts of the regres...Starting at €0.00
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Anglo-Bharat (AB): The Rubicon International Port Limited (RIPL) Dilemma
Barcelona, Ricardo G.; Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-841-EFinanceThe commercial finance director of Anglo-Bharat (AB), a major oil and gas company based in London, UK, needs to recommend whether to invest an additional $150 million to expand a port project in India. Thus far, $480 million has been invested in the port, RIPL (Rubicon International Port Limited). The port, RIPL, is attached to another $600 million LNG (liquefied natural gas) re-gasification plant. If the investment is not made, AB runs the risk ...Starting at €8.20
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Jia Wu goes West - Teaching Note
Alegre, Inés; Canela, Miguel Ángel; Güçlü, BurçinTeaching Note ADT-33-EDecision Analysis, MarketingThe objective of this note is to illustrate forecasting with monthly sales data. It is based on historical data of household goods sales in United Kingdom, from January 1997 to December 2011. The student is challenged to develop a model for these data and to calculate a forecast for 2012 sales, based on this model. There is a companion IESE focus case, - ADFC-003 -"The Jia Wu Expansion", that covers the prior expansion of Jia Wu to Australia. The...Starting at €0.00
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Nuevas herramientas para atrapar al consumidor verde
Barcelona, Ricardo G.Article ART-1891MarketingHay quienes creen que una de las razones por las que el boom ecológico de los años noventa no alcanzó todo su potencial fue que no se entendió el significado de consumidor verde. En este artículo, el autor completa esta visión con un estudio de la actitud de ejecutivos de 26 países hacia las prácticas de sostenibilidad tanto en casa como en el trabajo. La investigación revela algunas diferencias sorprendentes con retratos anteriores de l...Starting at €8.20
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New Tools to Capture the Elusive Green Consumer
Barcelona, Ricardo G.Article ART-1891-EMarketingSome feel the reason that the green boom of the ¿90s failed to realize its full potential was partly due to a lack of understanding of what constituted the ¿green consumer¿ in the first place. In this article, the author fleshes out this fragmented picture, using the results of a study of executives from 26 countries to discern their attitudes toward sustainability practices, both at home and at work. The research reveals some surprising differen...Starting at €8.20
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The Jia Wu Expansion
Alegre, Inés; Canela, Miguel ÁngelFocused Case ADFC-3-EDecision Analysis, MarketingSales forecasting is needed for planning. This case describes a situation in which monthly sales forecasts can be produced using very elementary methods. The case may be used as an introduction to this topic. Ideally, it should be followed by other cases in which more advanced methods should be employed. The objective of the case is to illustrate a simple forecasting method for monthly sales data. The data set, supplied in an Excel file (jiawu-a...Starting at €8.20