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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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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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Marco Aldany: La belleza de nuestro negocio (A)
Martín, María; Martín, Pilar; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-160Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl objetivo de este trabajo se centra en analizar, mediante un caso basado en la experiencia real de una empresa española perteneciente al sector de la peluquería y estética, y con una fuerte expansión, un ejemplo de buenas prácticas en la integración de los trabajadores inmigrantes en la empresa española. A través de la trayectoria y experiencia que ha ido acumulando esta empresa, se presenta la problemática a la que se ha enfrentado la misma, e...Starting at €8.20
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Marco Aldany: La belleza de nuestro negocio (C)
Martín, María; Martín, Pilar; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-162Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl caso presenta en este apartado cómo el fondo español MCH compra Marco Aldany con la vista puesta en la bolsa de la compañía. La firma inversora quiere convertir al líder nacional de peluquerías en un grupo multimarca con presencia en belleza y estética, que triplique su tamaño en cinco años con compras de empresas rivales antes de debutar en el parqué. Otro aspecto estratégico es la internacionalización de la empresa. Este proceso se pretende ...Starting at €5.74
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HR Analytics at Barney - Teaching Note
Alegre, InésTeaching Note ADT-42-EAccounting and Control, Decision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementBarney Consumer Products is a multinational company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company's performance has got worse in the past couple of years and the different departments blame each other. A board meeting is taking place and the HR manager suggests that the decrease in performance might be due to employee demotivation and stress. The other board members tell the HR manager to provide data to back up his suggestion. The HR manager ...Starting at €0.00
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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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Barend Linker en Nedpork (A): ¿Un salto hacia adelante
Nalda Clúa, Victor; Almandoz, JohnCase DPO-275Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementBarend, un ambicioso y prometedor alumno del EMBA, abandona una empresa floreciente para ser director general adjunto a un antiguo jefe en una empresa familiar con muchos conflictos. Tras mucho luchar, logran resultados espectaculares, pero no consiguen, a pesar de todo, ganarse la confianza del dueño. La pregunta que uno se puede hacer es si se equivocó Barend al dar el salto, y si podría haber liderado mejor a su jefe al dar sus primeros pasos ...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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Koji Yamada in India (B): Managing an India-Japan Joint Venture (Chinese Version)
Saka, Fuyuki; Lee, Yih-Teen; Almandoz, John; Cheely, MichaelCase DPO-348-ZHLeadership and People ManagementKoji Yamada, from Japan, needs to implement a revenue enhancement project (REP) in India in a JV formed by two important players from Japan and India. However, he encounters challenges in getting a clear commitment from his Indian counterparts, who feel that they know more about the Indian market and are not convinced by the relevance of the project led by Yamada. Moreover, there seem to be some cultural differences in the way they communicate. E...Starting at €5.74
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Palau de la Música Catalana: Management, Control and Fragility of Culture (Chinese Version)
Alegre, Inés; Davila, AntonioCase C-751-ZHAccounting and ControlThe case describes the events that led to a leadership renewal in the Palau de la Música Catalana. It deals with issues ranging from internal control, corporate governance, non-profit groups and management in the organization, as a resource for the institution.Starting at €8.20