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How a Social Logic Can Transform Your Business
Santos, FilipeArticle ART-2594-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThough social entrepreneurship and traditional, commercial entrepreneurship have many things in common, there are some fundamental differences. The author, an expert in the field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation, believes social entrepreneurship offers a transformative grassroots alternative to the usual way of doing business. This article highlights four crucial ways in which social entrepreneurs differ from their traditional cou...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Número 11. Cuarto trimestre 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-25Economics, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyExisten mejores caminos para gestionar la carrera profesional que los que hemos seguido hasta ahora. Douglas T. Hall y Elana R. Feldman (Universidad de Boston) animan a las empresas a que ayuden a los empleados a alcanzar sus sueños y encuentren un significado a su vida personal y profesional. La profesora del IESE Mireia Las Heras describe varios recursos con los que impulsar el desarrollo profesional y personal en nuestras empresas: flexibilida...Starting at €22.00
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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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Scoot: Singapore Airlines’ Low-Cost Carrier Strategy
Carroll, Glenn; Sørensen, Jesper; Schifrin, DebraCase SGSB-SM321-EStrategyIn December 2019, Scoot, the low-cost carrier (LCC) launched by Singapore Airlines Limited in 2011, had successfully established itself in the Asian market, having flown over 65 million passengers to 68 destinations with a fleet of 48 aircraft. Scoot accounted for 14 percent of seat capacity in Singapore, and 43 percent of LCC capacity out of the country. In 2016, SIA fully acquired and integrated the local LCC Tigerair into Scoot. Scoot’s gr...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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Hella India Lighting Limited: Transforming Human Resources
Akhil Pratap Singh; Raghav GargCase IVEY-9B19C016-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyStriving for Great Place to Work (GPTW) culture enabled Hella India Lighting Limited (HIL), a company that manufactured automotive lighting, to recover from huge losses and become profitable. Although the company’s German management had decided to stop further investment in India after the setback of the 2008 recession, in 2018 HIL became the number one Hella location worldwide. It was also recognized as one of the best places to work at the nati...Starting at €8.20
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Indraprastha Gas Limited: Overcoming the Odd-Even Challenge
Amandeep Singh Narang; Vivek Pani Gumparthi; Somnath ChakrabartiCase IVEY-9B19A020-EMarketing, StrategyIn late 2015, the government of Delhi, India, took a radical step to curb traffic congestion and pollution, by restricting the use of private automobile vehicles in Delhi’s National Capital Region. Drivers of vehicles whose licence plate numbers ended in odd numbers would be able to drive only on odd-numbered days, and drivers of vehicles whose licence plate numbers ended in even numbers would be able to drive only on even-numbered days. All rest...Starting at €8.20
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Striders: Running Toward or Away from Growth
Gayathri Sampath; Akarsh MahendraCase IVEY-9B19M045-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe founders of Strider Miles (Striders), a running club headquartered in Mumbai, India, faced a dilemma. Over 14 years, they had built a business based on their love for sport and their own entrepreneurial inclination. The growth of Striders was an outcome of both a growing interest in running for fitness as well as the promoters’ efforts. The founders had, thus far, made minimal investments in fixed assets and marketing and promotion. Going for...Starting at €8.20
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Unicommerce eSolutions: The Exit Decision
Nilesh Gupta; Shantam ShuklaCase IVEY-9B19M039-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn a late evening in December 2014, three co-founders of Unicommerce eSolutions Pvt. Ltd. (Unicommerce) assembled for a meeting. A couple of months earlier, Unicommerce, an India-based software-as-a-service solution provider for order- and warehouse-management activities in the e-commerce industry, had received an offer of US$10 million in series-B funding from Tiger Global Management to fund their business growth. The offer seemed fair, and the ...Starting at €8.20
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Toyota Kirloskar Motors: Evaluating a CSR Project
Utkarsh Majmudar; Namrata RanaCase IVEY-9B19M043-EStrategyToyota Kirloskar Motor Company Private Limited (TKM) was a leading car manufacturer in India, one engaged in a significant level of corporate social responsibility activities. TKM focused on health and hygiene issues in rural and semi-urban districts in India, as sanitation was a significant concern there. TKM's efforts to facilitate the improvement of health and hygiene among its program beneficiaries had met with considerable success. The compa...Starting at €8.20