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A Lesson in Extreme Negotiation: Negotiating With Kidnappers
Parmar, Ajay; Mehta, Kandarp; Stein, GuidoCase NEG-10-EThis is a negotiation where a hostage negotiates with kidnappers and gets out of a life threatening situation unscathed.Starting at €8.20
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Nacre (A): Turning a Lab Idea into a High-Growth Firm: The challenges of bringing an innovative device technology to market
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-2-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase is about a CEO who took over a spin-off from a research institute, became the new firm's employee #1 and tried to turn this lab idea into a prototype, then get it ready for industrialization, and finally sell it to a very demanding client, while facing some significant crises on this way. Beside the challenge of getting the product (an integrated hearing protection and communication device) working and a painful failure with a cont...Starting at €8.20
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Laszlo and his Paradoxical Relationships
Sortheix, Florencia; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-126-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is based in on compilation of self-development exercises and reflections from a 35-year old successful manager. It describes his interpersonal skills and attitudes, both for professional and personal relationships. It focuses mainly on his concerns about his close intimate relationships and their influence on work-life balance and personal well-being. It may be useful to discuss some personality traits like attachment, dependence, or em...Starting at €8.20
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Fugesa Portuguesa
Murillo de Araoz J. F.; Torres R.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-275-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsA fast food chain has to design an optimal expansion plan of franchises in a new market. The case sets the stage to model this situation using integer programming. The situation includes constraints of a financial, human resources and strategic nature. In particular, the financial constraints limit the negative magnitude of both the annual and the cumulative cash flows.Starting at €8.20
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Forensic Speaking: The Case of Margaret Thatcher: Primer Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1979-1990)
Leggett, Brian O'ConnorCase DPO-109-ELeadership and People ManagementAccording to the classical writer Quintilian, "The orator should use the plain style to instruct, the grand style to move, and the intermediate style to charm." When Margaret Thatcher became Britain's prime minister in 1979, she arrived at Downing Street with an argumentative style, authoritative manner and a whole new ideological package. Her style was built on knowing the facts, analyzing them, and then using this analysis to support her conten...Starting at €8.20
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The British Parbaked Bread Ltd.
Ormazabal, Gaizka; Soler, EdiCase C-782-EAccounting and ControlFounded in 2010 by its current CEO, Alisha Balasubramanian, The British Parbaked Bread Ltd. (BPB) manufactured parbaked bread in the United Kingdom. Since the start of its operations, BPB had experienced spectacular growth. In the fiscal year 2013 the firm's sales were £13 million. Prompted by the company's rapid growth, Alisha and Li Yan Chen - the firm's CFO - had decided to implement a new information system to measure BPB's performance on a m...Starting at €8.20
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GeneRisk.com
Johnson, RobCase E-67Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeA mediados del año 2000, los inversores en Medical Sciences Limited (MSL) consolidaron una nueva compañía, GeneRisk.com, para concentrar su capital en una herramienta de software propiedad de MSL. La inmediata cuestión planteada a los inversores de MSL fue cómo evaluar esta nueva compañía para la siguiente tanda de financiación.Starting at €8.20
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Innovación en la contratación pública en el sector salud (C): Cómo proporcionar mejores servicios con un presupuesto inferior en uno de los hospitales más importantes de Portugal
Valadares Tavares, L.; Gato Andeyro, P.; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-240Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEl caso C describe las diferentes etapas de implantación del cambio que siguieron, una vez aprobado el proyecto de licitación electrónica. También se resume en anexos las mejoras producidas después de un año de implantación con resultados espectaculares.Starting at €5.74
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BMW-British Aerospace: The Rover Deal
Miller, PaddyCase FH-522-ELeadership and People ManagementIn February 1994, British Aerospace announced the sale of Rover Group Holdings to BMW, the German automobile manufacturer. This case deals with the events leading up to the announcement and the implications for Rover's partner, Honda. The reaction of politicians, the media, the Stock Exchange and the trades unions was varied and posed difficult problems for Rover's management. This case won an award in the European Case Clearing House's 1994 Ente...Starting at €8.20
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JacobsRimell (A): Leading out of Bankruptcy: A CEO takes on the role of "bad cop" to save a failing UK software company
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-8-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis FocusCase is about a young VC-backed technology company in the UK, trying to turn around from a near-death crisis. The company offered a technology related to the management of broadband access, VoIP and digital television (DTV) services to large TelCos and cable providers, but is on the verge of bankruptcy after they have unexpectedly lost two large contracts within a very short time. The VC firm is bringing in a new (first-time) CEO in ord...Starting at €8.20