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Inalesa (A)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-112Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityUn experimentado directivo empresarial se incorpora en un a empresa en plena crisis como Director General. Pronto descubre un sin fin de irregularidades que incluyen sobornos, evasión de impuestos, extorsiones, cartel en varios productos, falsifiación de facturas, activos muy hinchados y otras. Por otra parte, el personal está muy desmotivato y la productividad es baja. Se plantea qué puede hacer ante las irregularidades y para sacar la empresa d...Starting at €8.20
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Walmart around the World
Alcacer, Juan; Agrawal, Abhishek; Vaish, HarshitCase HBS-714431-EStrategyAfter reaching the limits of its successful expansion in the United States in the early 1990s, Walmart sought growth opportunities in markets abroad. This case describes Walmart's attempts to replicate its successful U.S. business model in Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Central America, China, South Korea, Japan, Germany, the U.K., and Africa. Students reflect on the mixed results of these ventures and identify elements in the company's locat...Starting at €8.20
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El cierre de la mina de Figols (B)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-115Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityExplica las decisiones tomadas y los acontecimientos que tuvieron lugar el año siguiente.Starting at €5.74
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Conchi Martín: Looking for a Job (A)
Melé, DomènecCase BE-181-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementConchi was 26 and had worked at an auditing firm for four years. However, she did not feel at home there and wanted to find another job. She considered herself a very capable and hardworking person and was eager to move forward in her professional career. Initially she had been given positive assessments from the company, but lately she had received poor evaluations and no promotions. But that was not her main reason for moving to a new company; ...Starting at €8.20
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Hamburgueserías frente a OCU (A)
Gimeno, A. J.; Melé, DomènecCase TD-58Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityUn informe de la Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU) recoge los resultados de unos análisis de hamburguesas de tres conocidas empresas multinacionales. Su conclusión es que hay desequilibrio nutritivo, mala calidad y frecuente contaminación bacteriana. Caen las ventas en todas las hamburgueserías. Material complementario: TD-88 Hamburgueserías frente a OCU (B).Starting at €8.20
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Walmart around the World (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Agrawal, Abhishek; Vaish, HarshitCase HBS-716S11StrategyAfter reaching the limits of its successful expansion in the United States in the early 1990s, Walmart sought growth opportunities in markets abroad. This case describes Walmart's attempts to replicate its successful U.S. business model in Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Central America, China, South Korea, Japan, Germany, the U.K., and Africa. Students reflect on the mixed results of these ventures and identify elements in the company's locat...Starting at €8.20
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El cierre de la mina de Figols (A)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-114Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilitySe plantea el cierre de una mina de carbón de lignito en una zona en fuerte regresión económica. Se plantean varias alternativas que pueden causar distinto impacto en el personal despedido. Al propio tiempo, se abordan los problemas ecológicos causados por una explotaciónde carbón a cielo abierto, que disminuye algo el impacto del desempleo, y por la contaminación de la central térmica que quema los lignitos producidos a pié de mina. El director...Starting at €8.20
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Edita: Making Choices in Uncertain Times
Elkins, Caroline; Alcacer, Juan; Thapar, Alpana; Abdel Aal, YoussefCase HBS-320026-EAfter 15 years of steady growth and expansion, Edita, a leading Egyptian snack producer, faced a series of challenges in the wake of the Arab Spring. In January 2011, the Egyptian Revolution sparked political and economic turmoil that reflected the waves of protest and violence already spreading throughout North Africa and parts of the Middle East. Hani Berzi, CEO of Edita, managed to navigate the company through this period, though the severe de...Starting at €8.20
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Agility Africa
Alcacer, Juan; Elkins, Caroline; Cekin, EselCase HBS-720357-EStrategyThis case illustrates the challenge and opportunities that firms face when developing and executing new business models in high-risk, low-infrastructure, low-trust countries. It features a global logistics group, Agility, that aimed to become the leader in supplying innovative solutions that provide the backbone to growing consumer markets across Africa. Agility's objective was to fill the institutional voids in the warehousing and logistics spac...Starting at €8.20
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La Central Térmica de Cercs (A)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-68Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityLa central térmica de Cercs es condenada por contaminación medioambiental, principalmente por emisiones de gases sulfurosos y "lluvia ácida". Aplicar las medidas necesarias para no contaminar puede representar el cierre de la central y/o el final de unas explotaciones de carbón que alimentan la central, las cuales dan actividad a gran parte de la comarca.Starting at €8.20