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The Balance Sheet
Peñalva, Fernando; Badia, MarcTechnical Note CN-231-EAccounting and ControlThis note explains how to prepare, read and interpret the Balance Sheet, the first and most important financial statement. The Balance Sheet or Statement of Financial Position of a firm contains a list of its resources and of its sources of capital as of a particular day. All the business transactions recorded in the accounting system affect the Balance Sheet. The note illustrates the content and structure of the Balance Sheet.Starting at €8.20
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Liabilities: General Issues
Peñalva, Fernando; Badia, MarcTechnical Note CN-237-EAccounting and ControlThis note is an introduction to liabilities. It defines a liability and distinguishes it from contingent liabilities and commitments. It explains how to recognize and measure liabilities in general. Finally, the notes focuses its attention on provisions (i.e., estimated liabilities) and illustrates their accounting with two common examples: warranty liabilities and restructuring liabilities. The note "Long-Term Debt and Bonds" can be used to comp...Starting at €8.20
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Fernández-Vega Eye Institute
Serrano, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1137-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementThe Fernández-Vega Eye Institute in Oviedo, Asturias, is possibly the most famous clinic in Spain in its specialty. It is not only notable for its high medical quality; the clinic has also optimized its provision of services using business criteria with the aim of improving the customer experience. Faced with a growing demand for its medical services, the institute's management has to decide between a series of specific options for increasing the...Starting at €8.20
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Roche: The Investment Decision Dilemma
Serrano, Alejandro; Kraiselburd, SantiagoCase P-1171-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2015, Roche launched an internal improvement program aimed at reducing the cost of its products, with an emphasis on manufacturing costs. Paul de Wit, the group head in charge of product supply-chain management, was assigned the task of figuring out the appropriate production batch size for each product, with the help of two representatives from the financial and supply-chain management departments. They tested three different approaches on a ...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona and the Challenge of 2020
Serrano, Alejandro; Girbal, AlbertCase P-1176-EService and Operations ManagementAfter various decades of uninterrupted growth, Mercadona was completing its expansion in Spain and Portugal. Faced with this situation, it was natural in which direction the company strategy should head. Should it continue its expansion process into other countries, such as Italy? If so, what impact would the recent change of model from "integrated suppliers" to "totalers" have on the process?Starting at €8.20
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Fiore di Zucca
Serrano, Alejandro; Calvo, EduardCase P-1183-EService and Operations ManagementFiore di Zucca was one of Italy's leading producers of bags of ready-to-eat precooked vegetables. Francesco Ferrati, the chief operating officer, reviewed the results of a new policy of producing goods without waiting to receive orders from customers. He was satisfied with the improvement in customer response time. However, the inventory had expanded so much that one of the warehouses of finished products had almost come to a standstill twice due...Starting at €8.20
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Presscut (B)
Vázquez-Dodero F.; Badia, MarcCase ASN-30Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyTras las oportunas conversaciones con accionistas y la dirección ejecutiva, el presidente de la compañía considera las condiciones a poner ante una eventual fusión por absorción con el mayor competidor.Starting at €5.74
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Presscut (C)
Vázquez-Dodero F.; Badia, MarcCase ASN-31Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyResultado del proceso relatado en los casos (A) y (B).Starting at €5.74
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El proceso de negocio: un modelo de pensamiento útil
Lucas Tomás, J. L.Technical Note DGN-351El documento se fundamenta en una perspectiva clínica de la dirección de empresas, tratando de profundizar en la dimensión práctica de la misma. En concreto propone el desarrollo del modelo de pensamiento denominado el proceso de negocio, que se centra en la identificación de la base y de las operaciones de negocio, en la búsqueda de la base económica de las actividades de las empresas. La nota contiene una metodología para mejorar la visión del ...Starting at €8.20
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