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TeaBox - Running Tuck Shops in Hong Kong Schools (B)
Kevin Au; Mingles TsoiCase IVEY-9B08M033-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThis is a supplemental case to TeaBox - Running Tuck Shops in Hong Kong Schools (A), product 9B08M032. TeaBox management had identified employee dissatisfaction as a major reason for its poor first-year evaluation. Manpower reallocation was seen as a key success factor, and properly executed it could prove to the stakeholders that it was capable of running a successful social venture. The superintendent of TeaBox formed a committee to decide upon...Starting at €5.74
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Right Clients, Right Way: Successes and Challenges of Brand Consultant Tommy Li
Kevin Au; Bernard Suen; Na Shen; Justine TangCase IVEY-9B10M101-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyTommy Li was a designer and brand consultant renowned for his black humour and bold visual impact. With business spanning Hong Kong, China, Macau, Japan, and Italy, Tommy Li was one of the few Hong Kong designers to have entered the international market. In his ten years of experience as a design staff member, Li learned that getting the right clients was the key to a successful design consultancy business. Therefore, Li set up his own company to...Starting at €8.20
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Konica Minolta Business Solutions (HK) Ltd.: Pioneering Corporate Social Entrepreneurship
Kevin Au; Rebecca ChungCase IVEY-9B19M008-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyKonica Minolta Business Solutions (HK) Ltd. was likely the first multinational corporation in Hong Kong to put the ideas of corporate social enterprising into practice. Its new service business that was launched in 2014 (the i-Transform Station) employed so-called “hidden youths”—disadvantaged individuals who refrained from joining mainstream society—empowering them to reconnect with society. While the initiative drew the attention of the company...Starting at €8.20
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Ho Tak Kee Book Co. Ltd. - A Third Generation at a Crossroads (B)
Kevin Au; Barbara LiCase IVEY-9B09M033-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyHo Tak Kee, originally a professional publisher and printer that started back in the 1950s in Hong Kong, faced static performance for decades. This forced the founder and grandfather of the family to decide to close down the printing department. This decision pushed his youngest son, On-ping, to a critical point resolving whether and how to continue the family business. Under pressure, On-ping turned to his son John for support but the request pu...Starting at €5.74
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Ignacio Valente (C)
Ruizalba, José Luis; Las Heras, Mireia; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-183Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl Grupo Valente es una empresa familiar propietaria de concesionarios de automóviles de varias marcas. Un mando intermedio se presenta un día en el trabajo con un vehículo recién comprado a la competencia haciendo ostentación de este hecho ante sus compañeros. El motivo de la compra es que en otra empresa le han valorado algo mejor el vehículo a entregar como parte del precio de compra. A pesar de que en su empresa le habían dado facilidades, de...Starting at €5.74
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Olivia Baker recibe un e-mail
Ruizalba, José Luis; Las Heras, Mireia; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-251Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementOlivia sigue con sus planes de expansión, pero sin tener demasiado en cuenta a uno de los miembros de su equipo, George Foster, que fue el que la ayudó en sus inicios. Olivia ha personalizado demasiado su empresa, de forma que no delega y concentra en ella todo el poder, con las debidas consecuencias y sin dar protagonismo al resto del equipo.Starting at €8.20
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Jack Campbell (B)
Carelli, Joao; Chinchilla, Nuria; Moragas Freixa, MarujaCase DPO-199Leadership and People ManagementJack Campbell es un profesional brasileño con una brillante preparación académica. El caso muestra la entrevista de trabajo y su incorporación a un banco en el que no encaja ni por motivos ni por cultura empresarial. Sus buenos resultados como profesional no son óbice para que, al cabo de un tiempo, haya un replanteamiento en su carrera.Starting at €5.74
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Cofil, S.A. (C)
Cardona Soriano, Pablo; Chinchilla, NuriaCase FH-640Leadership and People ManagementEl Director General de Cofil, S.A. se ve desbordado por sus actividades directivas y contrata a un consultor externo para ayudarle a aliviar su carga de trabajo.Starting at €5.74
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Field Italia, S.p.A (B)
Chinchilla, Nuria; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-435-ELeadership and People ManagementAbstract A: A new regional manager in the telecommunications sector has to take a decision about a former technician who became a salesman who, according to the previous manager, should be fired. Abstract B: This case explains what the regional manager did to integrate him into the sales team. Caso basado en caso "Field Iberia" de los mismos autores FH-541.Starting at €5.74
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Laia Bertran (B): Time to Go Home
Brossa, Jordi; Chinchilla, Nuria; Moragas Freixa, MarujaCase DPO-141-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe story of Laia and Jordi, a young expat couple who operate as a team and adapt to successive changes they must make to pursue their respective careers, relocating together when necessary. Laia, an industrial engineer, decides to leave her company to follow her husband to Paris, where his new job is based. She finds a position in the city with one of Europe's biggest steel producers. Years later, the careers of both partners, their family plans...Starting at €5.74