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Addiopizzo Travel: Fighting Mafia through market-based strategies
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, Tommaso; La Cara, BarbaraCase BE-188-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipAddiopizzo Travel is a travel agency and tour operator that pursues socially responsible tourism in Sicily (Italy) with a special focus on the fight against mafia. The mission of Addiopizzo Travel is to support a clean, anti-mafia economy by attracting non-Sicilian tourists (Italians and foreigners) and directing them to mafia-free facilities, i.e., hotels, restaurants, and other business activities that have obtained Addiopizzo anti-mafia certif...Starting at €8.20
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Brunello Cucinelli: Ethical luxury, the luxury of ethics or what
Vaccaro, Antonino; Potito, GianmicheleCase BE-196-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe company Brunello Cucinelli is an Italian fashion house operating in what it calls the "absolute luxury goods sector," specializing in cashmere. Over time, it has become one of the most exclusive brands in the international informal luxury prêt-à-porter sector. The company, founded in 1978 by the stylist and philanthropist Brunello Cucinelli, employs 1,200 people and reported ?355.9 million in revenue in 2014.Starting at €8.20
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Diagnostix (B): The dark side of a family business!
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-187-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementDiagnostix is a small family-owned business that provides medical services such as blood tests, services for patients with diabetes, cosmetic surgery services, etc. It was founded in 1982 by two siblings, Attilio and Romina Girgenti. Attilio, who graduated in electronic engineering, always worked on the technical side of the company and Romina, who was more entrepreneurial, managed the administrative and commercial operations. In February 2012, a...Starting at €5.74
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Diagnostix (A): The dark side of a family business!
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-186-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementDiagnostix is a small family-owned business that provides medical services such as blood tests, services for patients with diabetes, cosmetic surgery services, etc. It was founded in 1982 by two siblings, Attilio and Romina Girgenti. Attilio, who graduated in electronic engineering, always worked on the technical side of the company and Romina, who was more entrepreneurial, managed the administrative and commercial operations. In February 2012, a...Starting at €8.20
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Premià de Dalt (B): Privatization in the Name of Security
Giuseppe Giura; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-209-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2018, the people of Premià de Dalt, a small town north of Barcelona (Spain), started to be seriously concerned about security. Indeed, the local police (Policia Urbana) had received an anomalously high number of reports of home burglaries. The mayor of the city was urged to find an immediate and effective solution. This situation was part of a much larger problem affecting Barcelona's metropolitan area. Most of the responsibility for security ...Starting at €5.74
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ServiceForce: Scaling up Financing
Hitesh J Shukla; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B13N019-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThe founder of ServiceForce, a company that provides repair and maintenance for motorized two-wheel vehicles in India, has a dilemma about whether he should sell the rights of his franchisee business, join hands with a venture capitalist, borrow money for capacity building or see the business grow through franchising. The start-up was initiated with his own money and family investment. A mere 18 months has shown great success with two service sta...Starting at €8.20
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Nilco Pvt. Limited — The Technology Selection Process (A)
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B14M068-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy 2009, since the introduction of liberal economic policies by the government of India in 1991, many Indian companies manufacturing leather cloth were closing down due to cheap imports from China and Taiwan. There had been no new investment or expansion in this field at all. In such a business environment and against the advice of many trade analysts, the chief executive officer of Northern India Leather Cloth Manufacturing Company Pvt. Ltd., ba...Starting at €8.20
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Namo Alloys Pvt. Ltd. - A Drive to Sustainable Investment Decision
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B13D022-EService and Operations ManagementNamo Alloys, a medium-size, secondary-metal manufacturing firm, is seeking to expand by investing in new technology. The co-founder’s challenge is to select a technology that aligns with the company’s sustainable manufacturing philosophy by creating not only economic value but also sustainable societal and environmental values that will ensure triple bottom line value creation for all company stakeholders.Starting at €8.20
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Nilco Pvt. Limited — The Technology Selection Process (B)
Jitendar Khatri Bittoo; Ashutosh DashCase IVEY-9B14M069-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn this, the B case, the chief executive officer wonders how to enlist and prioritize important qualitative factors, along with financial factors in evaluating the shortlisted technologies from which he must choose. He consults a leading industrial pundit for his advice on multi-criteria decision-making techniques used by many practitioners in industry. They decide to use the analytic hierarchy process methodology, which had gained huge popularit...Starting at €5.74
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Addiopizzo Travel: Luchar contra la mafia con estrategias de mercado
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, Tommaso; La Cara, BarbaraCase BE-188Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipAddiopizzo Travel es una agencia de viajes y turoperador que se dedica al turismo socialmente responsable en Sicilia (Italia) y que hace especial hincapié en la lucha contra la mafia. La misión de Addiopizzo Travel es prestar apoyo a la economía limpia que se muestra contraria a la mafia, atrayendo a turistas no sicilianos (de la península italiana y extranjeros) para dirigirles a lugares que no colaboren con la mafia: hoteles, restaurantes y otr...Starting at €8.20