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You Are no Longer a Technical Specialist: Senior Managers and Technical Specialists: Two Ways of Working
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Fraguas, Rafael; Palencia, Luis; Rosenberg, Mike; Weber, Eric; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note ASNN-14-ELeadership and People ManagementManagers take decisions whose contents are the everyday work of the people they manage. By their very nature, managers deal with their subordinates' liberty; as such their decisions must be prudential. This case is based on the case from Juan Carlos Vázquez-Dodero, Rafael Fraguas, Luis Palencia, Mike Rosenberg y Eric Weber, "You are not a Technician", ASNN8, IESE, 2005.Starting at €8.20
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Decide cómo actuar y piensa por ti mismo
Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Fraguas, Rafael; Palencia, Luis; Rosenberg, Mike; Stein, Guido; Weber, EricTechnical Note ASNN-13Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementLa complejidad y discrecionalidad de las decisiones directivas aconsejan dejarse de esquemas mentales preconcebidos, y usando lo que pueden tener de buenos, generar el propio "aparato de mirar" para las cuestiones no técnicas o de alta incertidumbre. Esta nota está basada en la nota "Piensa por ti mismo" de los mismos autores, ASNN-7.Starting at €8.20
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Voltar, S.A.
Palencia, LuisExercise CE-24Accounting and ControlSe trata de un ejercicio sencillo, de aplicación de conceptos de margen de contribución, punto muerto, apalancamiento operativo y estructuras de costes en general.Starting at €8.20
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Visteon (A)
Boulent, M.; Palencia, Luis; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase C-721-EAccounting and ControlIn 1997, the Visteon management has to decide on the pricing of a door panel (DP) to be manufactured for the Nissan Almera. The company information system is used as a base for the pricing decision. The case explains the pricing process used.Starting at €8.20
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Investment Strategies and Berkshire Hathaway
Palencia, LuisCase C-734-EAccounting and ControlAn average investor, Josu Short, reviews Berkshire Hathaway's 13-plus-one points of the "contract with shareholders" present in each of the company's annual reports. Apparent inconsistencies and financial paradoxes are presented.Starting at €8.20
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Determinants of Valuation Multiples: Companies in the Toy Industry in 2005
Palencia, LuisCase C-741-EFinanceThe case presents information in four companies in the toy industry in 2005. The purpose is to ilustrate the calculation, adjustment and interpretation of multiples (basically, PER and P/B) for purposes of valuation.Starting at €8.20
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Vicarsa (B): What Went Wrong with the Sale
Torres, Óscar; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-37-EService and Operations ManagementPart (B) of this case provides information not previously available in Part (A), leading to a chance to reflect on the caution necessary in solving problems with incomplete information.Starting at €5.74
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Doctor Music Networks
Bernal, J.; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-27-EInformation TechnologiesIn November 2000, an Internet start-up has to decide how to manage its advertising policy. One of the main shareholders of the company would prefer to hire a sales force, while the other would prefer to subcontract the operation to a specialized agency. Both have business and self-interested reasons for their choices. The case serves to analyze and weight different criteria and to asses risk in the highly volatile environment of Internet start-up...Starting at €8.20
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Eólica de Composites, S.A. (ECSA) - Teaching Note
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTeaching Note ASNT-12-EService and Operations ManagementA company suddenly wins a substantial contract, but doesn't have sufficient capacity in its existing plants to execute it. The search for a new plant location yields two final alternatives for a possible location, with similar costs but very different situations. One of them favors a policy of outsourcing but with few qualified workers, and the other is opposed to such a policy. The prioritization, analysis and explicit description of selection c...Starting at €0.00
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The Coffee Cup (A)
Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsCase C-756-EAccounting and ControlThe case presents an incomplete balance sheet, profit and loss statement and cash flow statement. The objective is to provide an understanding of the mechanics of accounting and to strengthen basic accounting concepts through the preparation of financial statements.Starting at €8.20