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Bienvenido, Sr. Impatriado
Reiche, B. SebastianArticle ART-1789Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementLa impatriación temporal de directivos de filiales a las sedes centrales es un fenómeno en auge. Es más barato que la expatriación y la manera más rápida de conocer los países donde se opera y ganarse el favor de sus trabajadores. Además, aumenta las perspectivas profesionales del personal. Sin embargo, los distintos estudios realizados por el autor revelan que este intercambio sólo funciona si el impatriado y la empresa entienden cuáles son los ...Starting at €8.20
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Welcoming the Value That Inpatriates Bring
Reiche, B. SebastianArticle ART-1789-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe temporary inpatriation of foreign subsidiary managers to HQ is on the rise: it´s cheaper than expatriating staff, it´s often the best way to gain local knowledge fast, it wins over local workforces and it expands the prospects for staff development and promotion. However, the author´s various studies of subsidiary staff relocated to the headquarters of multinationals reveal that for inpatriation to work, both the individual inpatriate and the...Starting at €8.20
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Diving Into the New Innovation Landscape
De Meyer, ArnoudArticle ART-2009-EInnovation and ChangeToday when the business world asks where the next innovative product or process will come from, many people start looking East. Based on decades of interaction and interviews with privileged observers in Asia, the author starts by discussing four innovation trends that have been heavily influenced by the growing capabilities in the emerging economies of China, India and Southeast Asia. The sources of innovation have become much more dispersed, th...Starting at €8.20
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Peepoople Kibera: Providing Sanitation Through Social Business
Obst, Nicole; Moreno, Victoria; Rosenberg, MikeCase SM-1606-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn Nairobi's Kibera slum, a small Swedish company with a social mission and a business mindset is attempting nothing less than solving one of the biggest problems worldwide: insufficient sanitation. Their proposal is simple yet genius, and possibly too radical in terms of classic NGO thinking: a self-sanitizing and biodegradable personal toilet. The solution includes its own sales and waste-collection systems, providing slum dwellers with much-ne...Starting at €8.20
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Impulsando la transformación digital en DBS Bank
Káganer, Evgeny; Gregory, Robert Wayne; Codrean, CatalinCase SI-195Finance, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeDBS, la principal entidad bancaria del sudeste asiático, emprendió un recorrido hacia la transformación digital a finales de 2013. En paralelo a la creación de una nueva unidad organizativa llamada Digibank, que encabezó la expansión de DBS a nuevos mercados, el banco puso en marcha el programa Digital Mindset para ayudar a transformar la empresa desde dentro. En el presente caso, que toma como inicio el año 2015, se describen los momentos clave ...Starting at €8.20
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Dowry: A Price for a Bride
Olale, Esther; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-294-ELeadership and People ManagementWhile studying for an MBA in Washington, D.C., a Kenyan woman falls in love with a classmate from the United States. Eventually they get engaged and decide to marry and live in Nairobi, where she plans to take over her father's business. When the groom arrives in Nairobi to meet her fiancée's family, she explains to him that her family expects to receive a dowry, consisting of some gifts and cash, in keeping with the tradition of their tribe.Starting at €8.20
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A Catalyst Journey During Corona Times (C)
Elvira, MartaCase DPO-744-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementAfter landing in Singapore by the end of 2020, while the COVID-19 pandemic still raged through most of the world, Cristina Ventura was immersed in intense activity. Her time in Singapore brought both many new opportunities, and time for reflection. She meditated daily on her purpose, and which projects -- and what people -- could help her maximize her impact. Ultimately, she saw herself as a catalyst for impact, connecting human, financial, and s...Starting at €5.74
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David Dickens. The Last Ditch Decision
Miller, PaddyCase DPO-25-ELeadership and People ManagementDavid Dickens has been out of B-School for ten years and, to all intents and purposes, his career has prospered. However, like many multi-lingual, upwardly mobile MBA graduates, he finds himself on a treadmill of international assignments. He considers whether he should join friends in a local dairy business back in rural England. However, things are made more complicated by his also having to solve a global marketing problem.Starting at €8.20
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Transformación de Genor: La época de Keys
Ferreira, Anton; Miller, PaddyCase DG-1247Leadership and People ManagementThe case is part of a two case series dealing with the unbundling or breakup of the South African conglomerate Gencor. This first case details the preparation of the organisation, the nurturing phase, before the CEO Derek Keys starts with the breaking up of the business. The internal environment of the organisation before Keys' arrival is discussed - the inability of the main board members to resolve strategic issues and the consequences for the ...Starting at €8.20
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CFWshops
Friedman, Jared; Mungai, Edward; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1104-EService and Operations ManagementCFWshops is a network of pharmacy franchises in Kenya, managed by the Sustainable Healthcare Foundation (SHF). The parent company of SHF is the Healthstore Foundation based in Minnesota, US. The non-profit HealthStore Foundation (HS) (formerly Sustainable Healthcare Enterprise Foundation) was founded in 1997 by Scott Hillstrom to ¿prevent needless death and illness by improving access to essential medicines in a sustainable way¿. Based on the bas...Starting at €8.20