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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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Vienna Neubau GmbH (A): CEO and Shareholder
Baselga, Antonio; Stein, Guido; Roure, JuanCase E-129-ELeadership and People ManagementNeubau Vienna GmbH (VN) is a mid-sized company and leading distributor of wood derivatives in the Austrian market. CEO Walter Anzenbruger had decided to hire a general manager who could help steer the company in its new stage. Walter finally decided on Hans Macher, 34, an industrial engineer with an MBA and current director of the Price Waterhouse Office in Graz. He thought that Hans was pulling very heavily on some of his strengths in the negot...Starting at €8.20
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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (Entrepreneurs)
Ramírez Maz, Daniel; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-873-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is be...Starting at €8.20
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La expropiación de Repsol - YPF: "una resurrección con sabor a epopeya": El punto de vista argentino
Costamagna, Rodrigo; Rodríguez Fernández-Hidalgo, Enriqu; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-261Decision Analysis, Economics, StrategyEl 17 de abril de 2012, el Gobierno argentino decide expropiar la mayor compañía de Argentina. La presidenta del país, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, invitó a la Casa Rosada a gobernadores y empresarios afines para anunciar que el Estado declaraba de utilidad pública y sujeto a la expropiación el 51% de las acciones pertenecientes a Repsol-YPF. La disputa por la indemnización no tendrá una salida diplomática, a pesar de los fuertes lazos cultura...Starting at €8.20
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Clusterland Upper Austria
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1590-EDecision Analysis, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case describes the origins and functioning of Clusterland Upper Austria, a company created by the regional government of Upper Austria to manage a group of clusters and networks already existing in the region. The organization has been regarded as a best practice example for managing cluster projects. The case examines the specific nature of the region in terms of industrial structure and government policy and its implication in cluster dev...Starting at €8.20
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Argentina in Crisis (B)
Caldart, Adrian; Gual, JordiCase ASE-410-EEconomicsThe case analyzes the evolution of the Argentine economy after the political and economic crisis which leads to the abandonment of convertibility at the beginning of 2002. The case studies the economic policies implemented during 2002 and up to the election of the new president, Néstor Kirchner in May 2003.Starting at €5.74
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Monsanto y la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (C): El precio de la mala reputación: La resolución
Fitz Herbert, Arturo; de la Cierva, YagoCase DPO-800Corporate GovernanceEl sector agroalimenticio de Argentina vivió un boom a partir del 2011, y la superficie cultivable del país se duplicó en apenas cinco años. Para abastecer la demanda, Monsanto -primer productor mundial de semillas genéticamente modificadas y de herbicidas- decidió construir una planta en la provincia de Córdoba y firmar un convenio de colaboración con la Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, la institución aca...Starting at €5.74
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Monsanto y la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (A): El precio de la mala reputación: La perspectiva universitaria
Fitz Herbert, Arturo; de la Cierva, YagoCase DPO-798Corporate GovernanceEl sector agroalimenticio de Argentina vivió un boom a partir del 2011, y la superficie cultivable del país se duplicó en apenas cinco años. Para abastecer la demanda, Monsanto -primer productor mundial de semillas genéticamente modificadas y de herbicidas- decidió construir una planta en la provincia de Córdoba y firmar un convenio de colaboración con la Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, la institución aca...Starting at €8.20
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Monsanto and the National University of Córdoba (C): The Price of a Bad Reputation: The Resolution
Fitz Herbert, Arturo; de la Cierva, YagoCase DPO-800-ECorporate GovernanceArgentina's agri-food sector experienced a boom starting 2011, and the country's arable land doubled in just five years. To meet the demand, Monsanto - the world's leading producer of genetically modified seeds and herbicides - decided to build a plant in the province of Córdoba and sign a collaboration agreement with the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the National University of Córdoba, the oldest and most prestigious academic institution i...Starting at €5.74
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Typhoon Computers GmbH (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Go L.; Fraguas, RafaelCase ASN-18-PPDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeTyphoon Computers sells PC components in Eastern Europe. Almost three years after it was formed, the company finds itself facing a number of problems due to its rapid growth. It now has to decide how to make the transition from an entrepreneurial to a more professional style of organization.Starting at €8.20