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How a Social Logic Can Transform Your Business
Santos, FilipeArticle ART-2594-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThough social entrepreneurship and traditional, commercial entrepreneurship have many things in common, there are some fundamental differences. The author, an expert in the field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation, believes social entrepreneurship offers a transformative grassroots alternative to the usual way of doing business. This article highlights four crucial ways in which social entrepreneurs differ from their traditional cou...Starting at €8.20
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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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Leopoldo López: una aventura personal
30|Álvarez de Mon, SantiagoCase DPO-829Leadership and People ManagementEl caso recoge la historia personal de Leopoldo López, líder político venezolano que estuvo siete años encarcelado por el régimen de Nicolás Maduro. El texto recorre su vida desde su infancia en su país hasta su actual situación de exiliado en España, pasando por sus años de formación en Estados Unidos, su incursión en la política, su experiencia de total aislamiento en la prisión y su reciente puesta en marcha del foro internacional World Lib...Starting at €8.20
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Lecciones de crecimiento de los mercados emergentes
Thurik, RoyArticle ART-1818EconomicsLos directivos de empresas en países emergentes se encuentran en un periodo de transición. Ante la perspectiva de un menor crecimiento, las empresas pequeñas y jóvenes lideran el paso del modelo económico industrial al nuevo motor del crecimiento: la economía emprendedora. Visto que las diferencias en las tasas de crecimiento de los distintos países en vías de desarrollo están relacionadas con el ritmo al que apuestan por la energía emprendedora,...Starting at €8.20
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Towards the Top End by Being Down Under: Haier's Acquisition of Fisher & Paykel Appliances
Reiche, Sebastian; Lee, Yih-Teen; Sánchez-Runde, CarlosCase DPO-420-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementHarry Hou, director and owner of the Oceania microenterprise for Haier Group, a leading multinational consumer electronics and home appliances company headquartered in Qingdao, was contemplating the future of the group's acquisition of Fisher & Paykel Appliances (FPA). A delegation of Haier representatives, with whom he had spent the day discussing collaborations between Haier and FPA, had just left, allowing him a few moments to reflect on the p...Starting at €8.20
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Muhammad Yunus, un liderazgo real
Sánchez, M. J.; Alvarez de Mon, SantiagoCase DPO-59Leadership and People ManagementEl caso recoge la trayectoria vital de Muhammad Yunus, fundador y presidente del Grameen Bank, desde su infancia, años de estudio, estancia en Estados Unidos, primeras iniciativas, etc. El caso analiza la personalidad, proyectos y motivaciones del profesor Yunus, hombre clave en el diseño, desarrollo y consolidación del Grameen Bank.Starting at €8.20
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Líbano: la reconstrucción económica de la posguerra
Talamàs Vilardaga, Eduard; Rifai, Joanna; Saade, JessicaCase ECON-427EconomicsLíbano -un país mediterráneo de casi siete millones de habitantes- sufre una de las peores crisis económicas jamás vistas en el mundo. La situación combina una severa crisis bancaria, de deuda y cambiaria con la crisis de los refugiados sirios, la pandemia de COVID-19, las secuelas de una explosión catastrófica en el puerto de Beirut y una parálisis política extrema. La libra libanesa -vinculada oficialmente al dólar estadounidense desde 1998- se...Starting at €8.20
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Lebanon's Post-War Economic Reconstruction
Talamàs Vilardaga, Eduard; Rifai, Joanna; Saade, JessicaCase ECON-427-EEconomicsLebanon - a Mediterranean country of nearly 7 million people - is going through one of the worst economic crises ever seen anywhere. The situation combines severe banking, debt and exchange rate crises with the Syrian refugee crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic, the aftermath of a cataclysmic blast in the port of Beirut, and extreme political paralysis. The Lebanese pound - officially pegged to the US dollar since 1998 - has depreciated by more than 90...Starting at €8.20