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Micoderm: Prevention and treatment of diaper's dermatitis
Fernández, Albert; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-49-EDecision AnalysisA pharmaceutical company, LIDERM, has to decide the status of one of its more traditional products, Micoderm. Micoderm is currently among the medicines heavily subsidized by the Spanish health system, which ensures the product an important volume. On the other hand, the price the company can charge the end consumer is quite low, to the point that due to lack of price revision, it is currently loosing money. The company has to decide whether to wi...Starting at €8.20
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Morgan Components
Palencia, Luis; Fernández, AlbertCase C-730-EAccounting and ControlA product manager of a large automobile supplier has to decide whether to reduce by 25% the price of a component for a large automobile manufacturer. Production has not started yet, but substantial resources have been put into place. On the other hand, the customer is key to the company's strategy. Lastly, the information system does not clearly measure the economic impact of the decision. Will Morgan Components be better off accepting the contra...Starting at €8.20
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Cusomoto, S.A. 2018 (A)
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Palencia, LuisCase C-789-EAccounting and ControlThis is a basic case for introducing students to financial accounting. It presents a company that, despite profits, has cash flow problems. The case provides a review of fundamental concepts such as assets and liabilities, net equity, revenue and expenses, and collections and payments. It also more specifically covers the preparation and usefulness of the cash flow statement. This publication is based on the case Cusomoto 2008, S.A. from the same...Starting at €8.20
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NESA
Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsExercise CE-26-EAccounting and ControlIn July 2013, Pedro Torca and Marisa Mercader travelled to Taxonia, a small European principality, to celebrate their recent graduation from the Executive MBA program. Pedro, who worked at an engineering firm, and Marisa, who was in charge of Project Finance at a bank, had been thinking about starting their own company for a long time, and they were constantly exploring business opportunities. Taxonia, located between Sweden and Portugal, was kno...Starting at €8.20
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Transaction Analysis: the Balance Sheet
Grandes, Mª Jesús; Palencia, LuisExercise CE-30-EAccounting and ControlThis exercise is divided into three parts in order to introduce and encourage reflection on basic concepts and items in a balance sheet: assets, liabilities, net equity, loss of value of assets, bookkeeping, and valuation, among others.Starting at €8.20
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Ian Choo: Objectives in a Course Design
Choo, Ian; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-64-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe case describes the context in which a business school course, Contemporary Business Issues, is designed, as a basis to discuss issues related to course design in general (objectives, constraints and trade-offs). The Danish educational system, the university's alliance with De Montfort University, the geographical origin of participants, and the professors assigned are described so these issues can be discussed in class, with the eventual prop...Starting at €8.20
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EPO: Electricidade Portuguesa Online (B)
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Soler, EdiCase ASN-62-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyTen months after rejecting an investment fund's offer to become a shareholder in Electricidade Portuguesa Online (EPO), the partners meet with their chief financial officer, Carla Ferreira, to analyze the results of the first three quarters of the year and the forecasts for the following two. Carla must also decide whether to accept the offer of the two partners for her to become a shareholder in the company: they are prepared to offer her 10% of...Starting at €5.74
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Rick's Café Americain
Palencia, Luis; Portillo, J.Case ASN-26-EDecision AnalysisAlbert Serra wants to open a themed coffee shop in Castelldefels, Barcelona. He has several options and needs to consider a number of issues such as: type of business (franchised or own concept), coffee distributor, target consumers, products served, pricing, staff, financing, risks incurred, etc. Above all, he needs to make up his mind as to whether he is really prepared for this type of business.Starting at €8.20
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Costa Valente
Gómez Pajares, Alberto; Urrutia, Josu; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-72-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA businessman based in Barcelona and dedicated to the textile sector (selling T-shirts to sponsors) is presented with the opportunity to buy a small textile manufacturing company in Guimarães, Portugal. He has to decide whether to take on this project or not. The analysis that he carries out includes a study of the value chain and of the possibility of outsourcing part of the business, as well as the approach the entrepreneur will take to integra...Starting at €8.20
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Chemises en Coton: From Distributor to Manufacturer
Urrutia, Josu; Gómez Pajares, Alberto; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-65-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyA Barcelona-based entrepreneur in the textile sector (providing T-shirts to promoters) is presented with the opportunity to take over a small textile manufacturing company located in Tangier, Morocco, and he has to decide whether to take the opportunity or not. The analysis includes the study of the value chain and whether any part of it can be outsourced, alignment with the entrepreneur's current business, and how the plan fits in with his lifes...Starting at €8.20