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IESE Insight. Issue 15. Fourth Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyClaus Rerup (Richard Ivey School of Business) presents a framework for companies to improve their capability to pick up on signals that impending crises give off before they happen. The corporate communications consultant Alfonso González-Herrero looks at the key issues that companies must address, with forecasting and planning, in order to safeguard their reputations. IESE's José R. Pin provides a guide to help managers lead and communicate, so ...Starting at €22.00
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Huawei: A Silent Chinese Telecom Multinational
Zhang, Yingying; Kase, KimioCase SM-1560-ECorporate Governance, Knowledge and CommunicationIn terms of sales, Huawei is the world's fourth-largest maker of network equipment, after Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Alcatel-Lucent. It also ranked second in optical networking and third in mobile-network gear in 2008. It is one of the leading global telecommunications solution providers with a revenue of 18.33 billion USD in 2008 and a net income of 1.15 billion USD. Contrary to the typical image of Chinese companies that depicts them...Starting at €8.20
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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS)
Kase, Kimio; Nonaka, Ikujiro; Independent Investigation CommissioCase SM-1579-EDecision Analysis, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyThe questions may largely fall into two categories: (1) Did Japan or PM Kan and his team cope well with the crisis (i.e., questions regarding efficiency and effectiveness)? And, perhaps more importantly, (2) Have lessons been learned that would help Japan prepare for other natural or man-made catastrophes (i.e., questions regarding learning and knowledge-creation)?Starting at €8.20
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What Does It Mean Being a Decent Boss (A)
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-189-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and CommunicationThis case analyzes a pre-crisis situation experienced by René Obermann, while he was serving as CEO of Deutsche Telekom. He received a letter from a technician, who complained about the top management style being focused on short-term results instead of on the company's long-term stability.Starting at €8.20
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HotSpotNet Wireless
Ghosh, Anindya; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-34Accounting and Control, Knowledge and CommunicationUna pequeña empresa emergente, pionera en la instalación de puntos de acceso inalámbrico a Internet en hoteles, debe decidir su futuro. Puede fusionarse con otra nueva empresa con un negocio complementario pero con menor potencial de crecimiento, o mantener su modelo de negocio actual y buscar financiación externa, con la consiguiente pérdida de control.Starting at €8.20
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RELE Rouen: Language Immersion in Normandy (B): The Family Council
Klueter, Thomas Maximilian; Soler, EdiCase ASN-79-ECorporate Governance, Decision Analysis, Knowledge and CommunicationThe case describes various members of the Demongeot family, the house and land that they currently rent from RELE Rouen, and the business in French language learning led by Béatrice and Maxime. An offer to take over the business and family property forced the two partners to call a family meeting and decide, among the five children of the family, whether to sell the house they had all grown up in. The difficulty arose from the need to individuall...Starting at €5.74
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Wolf GmbH
García-Castro, RobertoCase AD-325-EFinance, Knowledge and CommunicationIn a highly uncertain environment, Wolf GmbH must decide whether to launch a new prototype boiler, the CE-1. The company's managers must make their decision based on financial projections, using NPV and IRR as tools.Starting at €8.20
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Reiner Meinhold en el Kölner Bank (C)
Stein, GuidoCase DPO-229Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementAl volver de Hong Kong, el departamento de recursos humanos del Handels Bank le citó para hacerle una oferta. Las condiciones no fueron malas, pero distaban de las que Max le había anunciado. Sin embargo, Reiner no se sentía con fuerzas para negociarlas. La decisión acerca del sustituto se dilataba, pues recursos humanos de Kölner dijo que convendría que en ese caso también lo viesen el consejero delegado y el presidente. Reiner recordó que a él ...Starting at €5.74
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Reiner Meinhold en el Kölner Bank (A)
Stein, GuidoCase DPO-227Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementA finales de julio del 2010, Reiner Meinhold se encontraba en Beijing en una reunión interna del grupo al que pertenecía el banco en el que ocupaba el puesto de director de organización de medios: el Kölner Bank, líder en el mercado doméstico y de pequeñas y medianas empresas en el área de Renania. Era un banco que, tras una crisis debida a su exposición al trading de divisas y materias primas, había sido adquirido por el gigante Deutsche Handels...Starting at €8.20
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Max Müller en Betrieb und Beruf (A)
Elvira, MartaCase DPO-196Knowledge and CommunicationBetrieb und Beruf es un medio de comunicación escrito especializado en empleo, formación y recursos humanos, que nace en 2000 para completar la información dominical del periódico alemán Die Erde, empeñado en alcanzar a sus dos competidores directos. El caso describe el punto de inflexión que vive BunbB en 2003, con más de tres años en números rojos y sin poder mantener la situación. El director general del grupo, junto a los directores de public...Starting at €8.20