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Host Europe: Advancing CSR and Sustainability in a Medium-sized IT Company
Rüdiger HahnCase IVEY-9B10M042-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe case deals with issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability in the specific setting of a medium-sized enterprise (Host Europe) in the IT industry. Host Europe is the third largest webhosting company in German-speaking Europe. In recent years, the company has put substantial efforts into living up to its CSR and improving sustainability. The case presents the IT sector in Europe and Germany and highlights several industr...Starting at €8.20
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Dow's Acquisition Program
Koen H. Heimeriks; Stephen GatesCase IVEY-9B10M058-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case illustrates how Dow Chemical acquired and integrated Wolff Walsrode, a German specialty chemicals firm that was part of the Bayer Group. This acquisition, combined with Dow's existing cellulosics unit, helped it create a new specialty business with a forecasted $1.1 billion in annual sales and strengthen its footprint in Central and Eastern Europe. The main challenge in this case concerns the complexities of acquisition integration, whi...Starting at €8.20
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Good Intentions Gone Awry at the National Kidney Foundation
Hwee Sing Khoo; Audrey Chia; Vivien K. G. LimCase IVEY-9B10M017-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case illustrates the rise and fall of the former chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Singapore, T.T. Durai. In June 2007, Durai was charged with corruption and sentenced to three months in jail. Just less than two years prior, he had been the prolific CEO who had transformed the NKF from a small foundation into Singapore's largest charity, with 21 dialysis centres. Durai spent 37 years of his life volunteeri...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Crisis at Steelworks' Xiamen Plant
Hwee Hoon Tan; Flocy JosephCase IVEY-9B16C005-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn April 2010, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Steelworks, a Singapore-based metals company recently acquired by an Indian conglomerate, embarked on a plan to realign the organization's structure and processes across its subsidiaries. However, he hadStarting at €8.20
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Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School: Educational Transplant
Audrey Chia; Hwee Sing KhooCase IVEY-9B13C030-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore was initially established with the intention of transplanting the Duke University School of Medicine curriculum to Singapore, where the British style of medical education had been dominant. A small team of pioneer faculty faced many challenges, including transplanting the U.S. model while trying to improve upon and adapt it to the local environment, facing skepticism from the local medical communi...Starting at €8.20
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Excelco Equipment: Attracting Young Talent in Singapore
Pei-Chuan Wu; Adelyn TohCase IVEY-9B20C022-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn August 2018, Excelco Equipment Pte. Ltd. (Excelco), based in Singapore, was facing challenges in recruiting talented young workers. The company’s senior staff would retire soon, and the majority of its workers were above the age of 40. Excelco had enjoyed a stable workforce flow for several decades, but now its employees were aging, and it needed to attract young workers. Excelco’s executive director was proud of the company’s family culture a...Starting at €8.20
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Employer branding en Siemens: ¿quién lidera la marca (A)
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1368Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingEn 2015, Siemens se enfrentaba a una crisis de reclutamiento. En un momento en que la digitalización y la ciencia de datos eran claves para la ingeniería, se vio compitiendo con empresas como Google, Apple o Microsoft, mucho más atractivas para trabajar. De hecho, una encuesta de la propia compañía reveló que casi todos sus grupos de interés la veían como una empresa anticuada, poco atractiva y conservadora, una imagen que no reflejaba el trabajo...Starting at €8.20
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Siemens Employer Branding: Who Owns the Brand (A)
Oliver, Xavier; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase M-1368-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, MarketingIn 2015, Siemens was facing a recruitment crisis. In an era in which digitization and data science were key in engineering, it found itself competing for talent against the likes of Google, Apple and Microsoft, while being perceived as a much less attractive place to work than those hotshot companies. After carrying out a survey, Siemens discovered that it was seen by nearly all stakeholders as an old-fashioned, unattractive and conservative comp...Starting at €8.20
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Reiner Meinhold en el Kölner Bank (C)
Stein, GuidoCase DPO-229Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementAl volver de Hong Kong, el departamento de recursos humanos del Handels Bank le citó para hacerle una oferta. Las condiciones no fueron malas, pero distaban de las que Max le había anunciado. Sin embargo, Reiner no se sentía con fuerzas para negociarlas. La decisión acerca del sustituto se dilataba, pues recursos humanos de Kölner dijo que convendría que en ese caso también lo viesen el consejero delegado y el presidente. Reiner recordó que a él ...Starting at €5.74
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Reiner Meinhold en el Kölner Bank (A)
Stein, GuidoCase DPO-227Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementA finales de julio del 2010, Reiner Meinhold se encontraba en Beijing en una reunión interna del grupo al que pertenecía el banco en el que ocupaba el puesto de director de organización de medios: el Kölner Bank, líder en el mercado doméstico y de pequeñas y medianas empresas en el área de Renania. Era un banco que, tras una crisis debida a su exposición al trading de divisas y materias primas, había sido adquirido por el gigante Deutsche Handels...Starting at €8.20