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Albert "Jack" Stanley in Nigeria (A)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Carr, Chad M.Case HBS-312034-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe international joint venture that successfully bid for $6 billion in contracts to build LNG trains on Nigeria's Bonny Island became entangled in a widening bribery and corruption probe triggered by an unrelated accusation against an employee of one ofStarting at €8.20
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Albert "Jack" Stanley in Nigeria (B)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Carr, Chad M.Case HBS-312035-EThe case describes Albert "Jack" Stanley's response to actions initiated against him by the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC.Starting at €5.74
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Albert "Jack" Stanley in Nigeria (C)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Lobb, AnnelenaCase HBS-313019-EThe international joint venture that successfully bid for $6 billion in contracts to build LNG trains on Nigeria's Bonny Island became entangled in a widening bribery and corruption probe triggered by an unrelated accusation against an employee of one of the JV partners. The (A) case discusses the JV's "business as usual" approach to doing business in the context of Nigeria's political culture and the involvement of Albert "Jack" Stanley, the JV'...Starting at €5.74
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Ilva Steel Taranto: Providing and Polluting (A)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Dessain, Vincent; Pesce, Ottavia; Misztal, KarolCase HBS-314045-ENearly 27,000 people depended on Ilva Steel Taranto, the largest steel-making plant in Europe, for their livelihoods, but the plant's pollution fouled the environment and increased the incidence of tumors, respiratory illnesses and deaths. In July 2012, faced with a court-ordered partial shut-down and a possibly unaffordable remediation plan, the company's newly appointed head must decide what to do next.Starting at €8.20
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Avinent
Nueno, José Luis; Rodríguez, Silvia; Llano, Miguel AngelCase M-1262Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyAlbert Giralt, Director General del Grup Vilardell Purtí, repasaba el borrador del plan estratégico 2011-2013 de AVINENT Implant System, la división biomédica del Grupo. En poco más de tres años, habían desarrollado un producto propio, el sistema de implantes AVINENT, en el seno de una industria tradicional del sector metalmecánico. Muchos y muy rápidos habían sido los logros, pero aún quedaba mucho camino por recorrer. Había que consolidar posi...Starting at €8.20
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Avinent
Nueno, José Luis; Rodríguez, Silvia; Llano, Miguel AngelCase M-1262-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyAlbert Giralt, General Director of the Vilardell Purtí Group, was reviewing the draft of the 2011-2013 Strategic Plan for the AVINENT Implant System, the Group's biomedical division. In just over three years, they had developed their own product, the AVINENT Implant System, within a traditional company in the metalworking industry. Their achievements had come quickly and in abundance, but there was still a lot of ground to cover. They needed to c...Starting at €8.20
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Barclays Wealth: Reignite WAR or Launch AlphaStream
Goldberg, Lena G.; Farri, ElisaCase HBS-310090-EIn late January 2009, Thomas Fekete, Managing Director at Barclays Wealth in London, redeemed the most illiquid positions in the so-called Wealth Absolute Return Fund (WAR), one of Barclays Wealth's most promising offshore funds of hedge funds, and halted the Fund's investment activities. For Fekete, the decision to declare the WAR funds a ''failed experiment" marked a turning-point. In May 2009, money from the redeemed underlying funds would bec...Starting at €8.20
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Embutidos Salgot S.A.
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José Luis; Llano, Miguel AngelCase M-1263Innovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyEl caso describe el cambio estratégico llevado a cabo por Embutidos Salgot S.A., posicionando sus productos en el segmento premium, dando el último paso con el lanzamiento de Eco Salgot, la gama de productos ecológicos. Dicho lanzamiento había reforzado las ventas de Reserva Salgot y Salgot, las otras dos líneas de producto. Sin embargo, el esfuerzo inversor había sido notable, cercano a los dos millones de euros, la crisis no favorecía el consum...Starting at €8.20
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Embutidos Salgot S.A.
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José Luis; Llano, Miguel AngelCase M-1263-EInnovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyThe case describes the change of strategy carried out by Embutidos Salgot S.A., positioning its products in the premium segment and taking the final step with the launch of Eco Salgot, its range of organic products. This launch reinforced the sales of Reserva Salgot and Salgot, the other two product lines. However, the investment was significant (nearly 2 million euros), the crisis did not favor the consumption of premium products (a price strugg...Starting at €8.20
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Albert "Jack" Stanley in Nigeria (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
Goldberg, Lena G.Teaching Note HBS-320020-ETeaching note for cases 312034, 312035, and 313019.Starting at €0.00