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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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The KLM Approach to Alliances
Mitchell, Jordan; Ariño, Africa; Ozcan, PinarCase SM-1530-EStrategyWhen it teamed up with Northwest Airlines of the US in 1989, KLM became Europe¿s first airline to begin a major cross-border airline alliance. What followed was a series of pan-continental alliances resulting in the formation of Star Alliance, oneworld and Skyteam. This case study highlights the main milestones in the development of KLM¿s major alliances focusing primarily on Northwest with additional details on relationships with Kenya Airways, ...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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Rabobank Corporate Netherlands: Turning the Smartphone into an Engine of Bottom-Line Growth
Stremersch, Stefan; Camacho, NunoCase M-1286-EMarketingSet in late 2011, this case study enables the discussion of a bank's possibilities to develop new business amid drastic technological and macroeconomic changes promising to revolutionize the whole payment value chain. In particular, several emerging technologies - such as near-field communication (NFC) - promised to turn mobile payments into a trillion-dollar industry in a period of less than five years. The case invites students to step into the...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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Exportflowers BV
Zantinga J.Case P-653-EService and Operations ManagementA small export company in the Dutch cut flower industry finds itself confronted with a series of demands from a large UK supermarket. Issues include channel integration and control, the types of risks encountered in this type of industry, as well as purchasing policies at an auction center and large company. The case includes a description of the Dutch Auction System as used in the flower trade. A video can be supplied through the Flower Bureau i...Starting at €8.20
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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
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Endemol Entertainment
Lupo D.; Mendez M.; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-736-EFinanceThis case deals with financial analysis of a fast growing company. It highlights the relationships between the firm´s growth rate and its short-term financial needs.Starting at €8.20
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Lindberg Capital
Johnson, RobCase E-197EntrepreneurshipEl caso describe cinco oportunidades de inversión en start-ups enviadas a una empresa de capital riesgo. La empresa recibe demasiados planes de negocio como para reunirse con todos los equipos directivos, por lo que deben seleccionar cuidadosamente las ideas con el fin de decidir con qué equipos vale la pena reunirse. Caso basado en el caso E-68 («Nova Capital») del mismo autor.Starting at €8.20