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Inalesa (A)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-112Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityUn experimentado directivo empresarial se incorpora en un a empresa en plena crisis como Director General. Pronto descubre un sin fin de irregularidades que incluyen sobornos, evasión de impuestos, extorsiones, cartel en varios productos, falsifiación de facturas, activos muy hinchados y otras. Por otra parte, el personal está muy desmotivato y la productividad es baja. Se plantea qué puede hacer ante las irregularidades y para sacar la empresa d...Starting at €8.20
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New England Wire and Cables (B)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-119Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityBill Coles, Consejero Delegado y Director General de New England Wire and Cables, recomienda aceptar la oferta de Garfield de cambiar sus acciones por la división y dejar que la liquide. Para él pide un contrato blindado de un millón de dólares.Starting at €5.74
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New England Wire and Cables (B)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-119-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityStarting at €5.74
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La planta de Union Carbide en Bhopal (B)
Kou, Julia; Spar, Debora L.Case HBS-704S19EconomicsDescribe las secuelas de la explosión en Bhopal.Starting at €5.74
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Nike and International Labor Practices (Spanish version)
Spar, Debora L.; Burns, JenniferCase HBS-712S17EconomicsNike and International Labor Practices' is set in the mid-1990s, when Nike, one of the world's most successful footwear companies, is hit by a spate of alarmingly bad publicity. After years of high-profile media attention as the company that can "just do it," Nike is suddenly being portrayed as a firm that relies on low-cost, exploited labor in its overseas plants. Nike officials vigorously deny the charges, claiming that Nike has no control ove...Starting at €8.20
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The Pharmaceutical Industry Faces AIDS in Africa (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Nicholas; Spar, Debora L.Case HBS-712S18EconomicsIn the final years of the 20th century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly immune to any cure or vaccine. In the developed nations of the West, AIDS was slowly brought under control through a combination of education, prevention, and cutting-edge medicines. But in the developing world, where health care expenditures were often paltry, AIDS continued to rampage. By the y...Starting at €8.20
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Extend Fertility: Conceiving the Market for Egg Preservation (A)
Spar, Debora L.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-719019-EStrategyThe case follows entrepreneur Christy Jones as she tries to imagine, and then build, a firm that will enable young women to preserve their eggs -- and thus extend their fertility. In April 2003, entrepreneur and MBA student Christy Jones was planning a new venture to help women preserve their fertility. Her company, Extend Fertility, would commercialize a technique known as egg freezing, in which a woman's eggs were extracted and stored at low te...Starting at €8.20
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Afghanistan 2006: Building a Brand New State
Maurer, Noel; Spar, Debora L.; Trumbull, GunnarCase HBS-707033-EEconomicsIn 2006, Afghanistan remains a country in turmoil. It has a newly elected democratic government, a rebounding economy, and considerable economic potential. But the country is still torn by rival factions and dominated by the opium trade. Explores how Afghanistan has been rebuilt since the U.S. invasion of 2001, and what it means to create a modern state. Can state institutions be imposed from the outside? And what are the prospects for democracy ...Starting at €8.20
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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (B)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case follows on from case A, and begins with Rob McKenzie's decision to fire the 11 recalcitrant staff, and shows how he does this in accord with the spiritual and humanistic values outlined in "Our Project". It then goes on to show how he gradually introduced the company's guiding values to all aspects of its daily management.Starting at €5.74
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Tormenta en Wall Street (A)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-22Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDenis Levine utiliza información confidencial procedente del departamento de Adquisiciones y Fusiones donde trabaja. Más tarde involucra a otras personas en la obtención de información reservada, con lo cual obtiene pingües beneficios. Ivan Boesky y Levine contactan en sus negocios afines, pero finalmente son descubiertos por la Securities & Exchange Commission.Starting at €8.20