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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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MasterCard: Driving Financial Inclusion
Gupta, Sunil; Lal, Rajiv; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-515035-EMarketingMasterCard CEO Ajay Banga was investing significant time and attention to increase financial inclusion among individuals with historically no access to banking or financial services in countries around the world with large underserved populations. The effort included partnerships with governments and banks to issue MasterCard branded debit cards to millions of individuals. Financial inclusion could potentially help these individuals by increasing...Starting at €8.20
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MitiMeth: A Nigerian Social Enterprise Goes Global
Makarand GulawaniCase IVEY-W26019-EMarketing, StrategyIn January 2022, MitiMeth was a Nigeria-based innovative social enterprise that produces handcrafted products made from natural fibres—agricultural waste and aquatic weeds—that are otherwise considered to be waste or a hazard to the environment. MitiMeth added value to this material by transforming it into well-designed furniture and home furnishings, storage boxes, lamps, kitchen and dinner ware, stationery, and souvenir items. Mitimeth’s initia...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 10. Third Quarter 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-10-EEconomics, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyMauro F. Guillén and Esteban García-Canal highlight what managers of traditional, established MNCs can learn from their emerging market counterparts. Arnoud De Meyer considers the global innovation trends that have been heavily influenced by China, India and Southeast Asia. Francesc Prior and Javier Santomá take lessons from the banking sector to help all companies adapt their offer to the customers and circumstances of low-income segments. Alici...Starting at €22.00
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Wendy's: A Plan for International Expansion
Fabrizio Di MuroCase IVEY-9B18A052-EMarketing, StrategyIn the summer of 2018 in the United States, Wendy’s faced an important decision related to its international markets. The company had a small international presence; of its 6,537 restaurants worldwide, only 637 restaurants were located in international markets. The company was faced with a saturated and stagnating U.S. market and fierce competition from a number of fast food rivals, including McDonald’s Corporation, Burger King Corporation, and C...Starting at €8.20
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Global Brand Management of Anheuser Busch InBev's Budweiser
Avery, JillCase HBS-518105-EMarketingBrian Perkins, chief architect of the $6 billion Budweiser brand, was excited about 2018, in which the company would launch Budweiser into several new markets in Africa and Latin America. He was also feeling the pressure to finalize a global brand strategy that would define Budweiser's value proposition and guide its development and execution around the world. The problem was that Budweiser actually had two distinct brand realities that differed ...Starting at €8.20
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VP Group: Vegpro Grows Beyond Kenya
Alvarez, Jose B.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-514055-EMarketingIn 2013, Kenyan horticulture producer and exporter VP Group is weighing potential expansion opportunities against the growing risks in its production and export markets. With $121 million in 2012 revenues, VP Group has grown rapidly in recent years by expanding its vegetable and flower production beyond Kenya into Ethiopia and Ghana; exploring new products such as sugar; and vertically integrating by bringing marketing and logistics operations in...Starting at €8.20
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To Kill a Tweeting Bird: The Suspension of Twitter Operations in Nigeria
Harvinder SinghCase IVEY-W27320-EMarketing, StrategyOn the evening of June 4, 2021, the Nigerian government ordered the suspension of business operations for Twitter in Nigeria, accusing the social media company of spreading misinformation and fake news and allowing activities that could undermine the corporate existence of Nigeria. The suspension caused anger and outrage in Nigeria and sparked reactions around the world. Four months later, on October 1, 2021, the Nigerian government stated that i...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Número 10. Tercer trimestre 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-10Economics, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyHoy, las empresas que piensan en internacionalizarse, innovar y crecer tienen muy claro que deben dirigirse a los mercados que llamábamos emergentes, y que ahora se conocen como de alto crecimiento. Pero las realidades de estos mercados ya no son como hace una década. Los artículos de este número de IESE Insight apuntan algunos aspectos que las empresas harían bien en tener en cuenta. Mauro F. Guillen y Esteban García-Canal repasan la...Starting at €22.00
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IESE Insight. Número 15. Cuarto trimestre 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36Accounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyLas crisis golpean a cualquier empresa en el momento menos esperado, por lo que deben integrarse como un elemento más de la gestión diaria de la empresa. El número 15 de la revista IESE Insight repasa algunos aspectos clave para que la empresa esté a la altura de las circunstancias. Antes de que estalle una crisis, hay que estar atento a los indicios previos, ya que eso condicionará la capacidad de respuesta de la empresa. Claus Rerup prop...Starting at €22.00