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The Dream Team (B): Second term as a milestone
Pathak, Richa; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-235-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is part B of a case that narrates the story of two teams within the MBA class. The incidents described in this part occur in the second term of the MBA. The case is intended for focusing on developing team-building skills, to discuss how the members could have approached stressful situations in better ways.Starting at €5.74
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The Dream Team (C): The final straw
Pathak, Richa; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-236-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is part C of a case that narrates the story of two teams within the MBA class. The incident described in this part occurs in the third term of the MBA and marks a turning point in the team dynamics. The case is intended for focusing on developing team-building skills, to discuss how the members could have approached stressful situations in better ways.Starting at €5.74
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The Dream Team: A Recurring Story
Pathak, Richa; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-233-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case narrates the story of two teams within the MBA class. These two teams faced some stressful situations and the members approached them in different ways. The case is intended for a discussion on how the members could have better approached these situations, such as by focusing on the development of cooperative habits and interpersonal and team-building skills.Starting at €8.20
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Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH: Do Department Stores Have a Future
Robin Dresenkamp; Johannes Effenberger; Max Meinhövel; Friedrich Sommer; Carolin Taprogge; Miriam Varón Romero; Arnt WöhrmannCase IVEY-9B15M089-EStrategyAt the end of 2013, Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH, the second-biggest German department store chain and one of the most traditional and well-known companies in Germany, was in a highly challenging strategic position. Following recent mismanagement, it had narrowly escaped insolvency. By the end of 2013, however, Karstadt was still struggling against competition in the retail sector. Could the newly appointed chief executive officer come up with a busin...Starting at €8.20
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The Dream Team (A): Evaluating Expectations
Pathak, Richa; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-234-ELeadership and People ManagementThis is part A of a case that narrates the story of two teams within the MBA class. The incidents described in this part occur in the first term of the MBA. The case is intended for focusing on developing team-building skills, to discuss how the members could have approached stressful situations in better ways.Starting at €8.20
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Vossloh: Restoring Trust after Two Consecutive Profit Warnings
Jan Diebecker; Alexander Flügel; Thorsten Knauer; Tea Luhtanen; Friedrich SommerCase IVEY-9B12M113-EStrategyVossloh AG is preparing for its annual December conference with investors and analysts. The company, whose core business has always been the railway engineering sector, had to issue two consecutive profit warnings in 2011, which sent its stock back to levels last seen only in the aftermath of the economic crisis of 2009–10. The company’s primary task is to find the right arguments to satisfy the conference participants and regain their trust. Vos...Starting at €8.20
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Random House: Shifting to E-Books in a Globalized World
Sarah Bickert; Volker Diestegge; Thorsten Knauer; Katja Möslang; Andrea Schroer; Friedrich SommerCase IVEY-9B13M083-EStrategyThe publisher Random House, a fully owned subsidiary of the German family company Bertelsmann SE & Co. KgaA, faces significant changes in its markets and internal structure. While printed books have been the company’s core competence from its earliest years, with the advent of the Internet, customers, especially in the West, are beginning to prefer electronic books. Will printed books be completely replaced by digital ones, or will e-books remain...Starting at €8.20