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Untapping Innovation
IESE InsightArticle ART-2795-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeWhy do some innovations take off, while others languish? "Things cannot happen before their time," cautions Igal Aisenberg, a dairy farmer turned agricultural businessman who worked for Netafim, maker of drip irrigation systems. In this article he discusses the conflux of conditions that leads to the adoption of disruptive technology, and he underscores the importance of a business having social ends.Starting at €8.20
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Myer and Flanagan (A): High-Stake Recruitment at the Top
Reiche, Sebastian; Akkan, ErenCase DPO-352-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis 2-case series focuses on the challenges of senior executive replacements at Australian department store Myer. In late spring of 2014, Myer was going through a major reshuffle of its senior management team. More than 20 senior managers had left the company over the past 2 years, and the exodus of some key members of the executive team was continuing. The turnover had accelerated after CEO Bernie Brookes decided in February 2014 to remain in h...Starting at €8.20
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Ashby Pharmaceuticals
Muñoz-Cobo, Diego; Villanueva, JulianCase M-1208-EMarketingJames Conica had just been appointed new sales director of the company Ashby Pharmaceuticals, which sold pharmaceutical products. His task was to substantially improve the performance of the sales force, which according to company director Ian Thompson, had ample scope for improvement.Starting at €8.20
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APY Art Centre Collective: Taking Indigenous Art to the City
Theodore L. Hill; Sheri Lambert; Kathryn ReadyCase IVEY-9B21M019-EStrategyIn early 2019, just a year after opening a gallery in Sydney, Australia, the elders of the APY Art Centre Collective proposed opening a second gallery in Adelaide, a much smaller city. The first year in Sydney had been profitable, in part due to an aggressive digital presence. The Collective had some seed money, an offer of a small gallery space, and the draw of serving a large number of the APY community who were residents in Adelaide. But the A...Starting at €8.20
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Zip: In Need of Growth-Oriented Competitive Strategies
Arpita Agnihotri; Saurabh BhattacharyaCase IVEY-9B21M025-EStrategyZip Co Limited (Zip) was a market follower in the Australian buy now, pay later (BNPL) sector. In September 2020, PayPal Holdings Inc. entered the growing sector, which was expected to disrupt the credit card industry, with better incentives for retailers and consumers. Although investors were concerned, Zip’s chief executive officer remained confident about the company’s future growth. How could he combat competition against large players like P...Starting at €8.20
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Domino’s Pizza Enterprises (Australia): Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Colette Southam; Paul W. Beamish; Matthew WinklerCase IVEY-W25568-EFinanceOn November 4, 2020, the group chief financial officer of Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited was tasked with determining the cost of capital in preparation for the corporate response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In planning for 2021, the company would need to make considerable investments throughout its franchises in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Europe. The cost of capital would be integral to these investment decisions. In the previous year, ...Starting at €8.20
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From BoysTown to yourtown: Rebranding an Iconic Australian Charity
Vishal Mehrotra; Alex BeamishCase IVEY-9B20A083-EMarketingyourtown was an Australian non-profit organization offering a variety of services to children, young people, and families, supported by a range of stakeholders including federal and state governments, corporations, and, most significantly, members of the public. It was best known for its art union initiative in which supporters bought tickets to a raffle for luxury homes and automobiles.
In 2016, the organization rebranded from BoysTown, which...Starting at €8.20
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Straumur Bank: The Forever Changing Landscape (A)
Mitchell, Jordan; Sigurjónsson, Şröstur Olaf; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-855-EFinanceThis case traces Straumur Bank's dynamic international growth from a small investment bank to Iceland's fourth largest bank with operations in 10 countries. Case A deals with Straumur's situation as of the third quarter of 2007 when the global financial and banking industry was starting to show significant signs of weakness. The bank's new foreign CEO must decide whether Straumur should continue on its trajectory of aggressive international growt...Starting at €8.20
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Carbfix: Storing CO2 forever - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Sigurjonsson, Throstur OlafTeaching Note FT-123-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyIn March 2021, the team at Carbfix -a start-up born out of the culmination of more than 15 years of work by universities and parent company Reykjavik Energy- believed it had a game-changing technology to fight against climate change: eliminating CO2 permanently and safely from the atmosphere by storing it in basalt rock. In an aim to scale, they were considering three options to commercialize the concept: licensing the technology to other countri...Starting at €0.00
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Desconcierto en Islandia
Carrasquero C.; Argandoña, AntonioCase ECON-418EconomicsEn los primeros meses de 2006 la corona islandesa se depreció fuertemente, al tiempo que la bolsa caía, creando una importante conmoción en los mercados financieros internacionales. El caso explica el fuerte crecimiento de la economía islandesa, los desequilibrios que se produjeron, las medidas de política económica y sus consecuencias.Starting at €8.20