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Sibanye: Changing Mindsets in Mining through Contextual Leadership
Caren Scheepers; Ken MathuCase IVEY-9B16C026-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn 2016, the executive vice-president of commercial services for Sibanye Gold, Westonaria (Sibanye), the largest gold producer in South Africa, faced a challenge. The company’s latest acquisition had been particularly difficult, with much resistance from the acquired management team. Although the executive vice-president tried to empathize with the management team who had done things a certain way for decades, he was frustrated with their lack of...Starting at €8.20
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FNB codeFest: Fostering Corporate Innovation through In-House Hackathons
Jeff Yu-Jen Chen; Caren ScheepersCase IVEY-9B19M030-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyPeter Alkema, chief information officer of Business Banking at First National Bank in Johannesburg, was puzzling over ways to ensure that codeFest, the event he had inaugurated, would continue to thrive beyond 2018 without his direct involvement. His brainchild had begun in 2015 as a one-day hackathon with 100 participants. Three years later, it had grown to become a six-day coding and innovation extravaganza. Now, in May 2018, Alkema wondered wh...Starting at €8.20
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SweepSouth South Africa: Contextually Intelligent Female Leadership of Entrepreneurial Domestic Services
Tracey Toefy; Caren ScheepersCase IVEY-9B19C010-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn 2014, an entrepreneur in Cape Town, South Africa, started SweepSouth with her husband. Their mission was to enable dignified home cleaning work for the most vulnerable blue-collar workers, and they offered several services to empower them. When the company struggled to meet the demand for domestic services over the December holiday period, the founders realized the extent of the market’s need to connect domestic workers with potential clients....Starting at €8.20
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Laree Verbindungen GmbH
Ariño, Miguel Angel; Heukamp, FranzCase AD-361Decision AnalysisLaree es una compañía alemana que fabrica y suministra las fijaciones que se utilizan en las construcciones para sujetar los vidrios a las paredes de los edificios. Sus ejecutivos deben decidir si aceptar un contrato que podría ser una gran oportunidad para abrir un nuevo mercado para la empresa o resultar en una pérdida importante de dinero. Este caso está basado en el caso "Berfest AG" de los mismos autores (AD-314) y en el caso Thurman Indust...Starting at €8.20
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BEMBI: A Modern Indian Culinary Experience (B): Growth Options in Difficult Times
Borwankar, Anjaney; Heukamp, FranzCase ASN-45-EDecision Analysis, Economics, EntrepreneurshipThis case describes the situation following the opening of the BEMBI restaurant, described in the A-case. (ASN-44-E). Different ways to expand are described along with the difficult external economic environment that puts stress on the team of founders.Starting at €5.74
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Rattunde & Co GmbH
Guinand C.; Heukamp, FranzCase ASN-38Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeUna joven empresa de maquinaria germano-oriental necesita tomar una decisión sobre si especializarse en el negocio de maquinaria para tubos o seguir ofreciendo todo tipo de máquinas distintas. La empresa se creó en la década de los noventa en Alemania del Este, con todo lo que ello conlleva.Starting at €8.20
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BEMBI: A Modern Indian Culinary Experience (A)
Borwankar, Anjaney; Heukamp, FranzCase ASN-44-EDecision Analysis, Economics, EntrepreneurshipThe case narrates the opening of an Indian restaurant in Barcelona. One of the key players is Indian and has done his MBA in Barcelona. Other members of the team are from India with experience in the restaurant business in London and Hungary. The case deals with all the typical issues of setting up a new restaurant such as location, pricing, ambience etc. In addition, it opens up to a cross-cultural discussion as Indian food and traditions have t...Starting at €8.20
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GE South Africa: Londvolota’s Contextual Leadership for Creating Shared Value
Caren Scheepers; Abdullah Verachia; Ingrid TruslerCase IVEY-9B21M007-EStrategyIn January 2019, one of the founding members and current board members of Londvolota, a South African trust formed by General Electric South Africa (GESA) in 2015, faced a challenge. Londvolota needed to improve the establishment and growth of entrepreneurial South African businesses as part of GESA’s development of local suppliers, which aimed to enable the best of these businesses to supply the global GE network. The initiative represented a ma...Starting at €8.20
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Sasol Fuel Retail Franchise: Contextualizing Entrepreneurship’s Role in Women Empowerment
Caren Scheepers; Motshedisi MathibeCase IVEY-9B21M070-EStrategyIn 2018, the owner of a Sasol Limited (Sasol) fuel retail franchise in Pretoria, South Africa, was facing the challenge of how to continue growing her business by retaining her existing customers and offering the products and services they expected. A woman entrepreneur in a male-dominated industry, the franchisee had worked her way up the corporate ladder in the financial services industry and, after being retrenched from her position at a bank,...Starting at €8.20
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Miguel Castaño at Seat
Montoliu, A.; Ballabriga, A.; Torrents J.; Guasch J.; Heukamp, FranzCase AD-286-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsSales forecast for a car sector based on past sales and related macroeconomic data.Starting at €8.20