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Roqueta origen (B): sucesión con raíces
Rosés, Maria; Chiner, Alfonso; Tàpies, JosepCase SM-1629StrategyDado que el problema fundamental en las empresas familiares es la sucesión, el presente caso expone un proceso de sucesión resuelto con éxito gracias a la elaboración de un protocolo familiar efectivo. A lo largo del caso, se explica cómo se han ido preparando los distintos protagonistas del proceso de sucesión, atendiendo especialmente a: - El predecesor: cómo se sensibiliza y cómo tiene la voluntad de iniciar el proceso y prepararse para la épo...Starting at €5.74
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Conservas Díaz S.A.
Chiner, Alfonso; González, M.; Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1520-ECorporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementAntonio Díaz, the director of the family-owned business Conservas Díaz S.A., had worked hard to make the firm one of the leading canning companies in the country. The excellent family management contrasted with the lax attitude toward family-company relations. When Conservas Díaz S.A. was taken over by the second generation of owners, it suffered a serious setback when one of the shareholders announced he would be selling his shares in the compa...Starting at €8.20
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Driving Motors Company
Chiner, Alfonso; Tàpies, JosepCase SM-1572Knowledge and CommunicationRicardo es la segunda generación de una familia que tuvo negocios en la primera generación, pero hubo que liquidar o transformar la mayor parte, cuando se hizo cargo de ellos. Ricardo acertó impulsando desde joven y desde cero un negocio de concesionario de automóviles y vehículos industriales, llegando a ser un referente en primeras marcas. Cuando sus dos hijos, Luis y Antonio, se incorporaron a la empresa familiar, elaboraron un protocolo famil...Starting at €8.20
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Driving Motors Company
Chiner, Alfonso; Tàpies, JosepCase SM-1572-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe first generation of Ricardo's family had been dedicated to business, but when it came time for Ricardo to take over, as a member of the second generation, most of their business interests had to be liquidated or transformed. He got off to a good start when he was young by founding a car dealership and an industrial vehicle business. He built it up from scratch into a reference for leading brands. When his sons Luis and Antonio joined the fami...Starting at €8.20
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CAA Roadside APP
Derrick NeufeldCase IVEY-9B10E022-EInformation TechnologiesThis case describes a real scenario in which an elderly couple's vehicle is stranded in a remote location, causing emergency services to be dispatched at significant effort and cost, whereas an inexpensive tow truck dispatch would have completely resolved the problem. To prevent these kinds of false alarm situations, the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) has developed a free iPhone application called CAA Roadside, which takes advantage of loc...Starting at €8.20
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1-888-Junk-Van
Derrick Neufeld; Liliana Lopez JimenezCase IVEY-9B11E025-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThe case describes the selection of an information technology (IT) product to support the operations of 1-888-Junk-Van, a small waste-collection business. Marcus Kingo, the business owner, has five alternatives from which to choose: a database upgrade, contracting out development of a new software application, using Google Docs, using an online tool framed as Platform as a Service (PaaS), or implementing a small-business enterprise resource-plann...Starting at €8.20
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1-888-Junk-Van (Spanish version)
Derrick Neufeld; Liliana Lopez JimenezCase IVEY-9B11ES025Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementThe case describes the selection of an information technology (IT) product to support the operations of 1-888-Junk-Van, a small waste-collection business. Marcus Kingo, the business owner, has five alternatives from which to choose: a database upgrade, contracting out development of a new software application, using Google Docs, using an online tool framed as Platform as a Service (PaaS), or implementing a small-business enterprise resource-plann...Starting at €8.20
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Keda’s SAP Implementation
Derrick Neufeld; Yulin Fang; Huaiqing Wang; Terrance FungCase IVEY-9B11E001-EInformation Technologies, StrategyKeda, a manufacturer of large-scale machinery in China, had successfully deployed an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that was paying for itself through more efficient inventory management. This was significant because despite China’s increasing demand for ERP systems, an estimated 80 per cent of ERP implementation efforts failed in the country. The vice general manager of Keda had a large backlog of other information technology projec...Starting at €8.20
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Disrupting Wall Street: High Frequency Trading
Derrick Neufeld; Brad EvansCase IVEY-9B14E021-EInformation TechnologiesMichael Lewis’s book Flash Boys, published in 2014, revealed to the public numerous controversial Wall Street trading practices made possible by advances in technology as well as regulatory changes that were (ironically) intended to improve pricing fairness in the financial markets. Lewis’s story focused on the man who blew the whistle: Brad Katsuyama, a Canadian banker who ran the New York trading desk for the Royal Bank of Canada. In 2010, he h...Starting at €8.20
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The Obamacare Website
Derrick Neufeld; Ning Su; Brad EvansCase IVEY-9B14E005-ECorporate GovernanceIn October 2013, the Health and Human Services Secretary of the United States is tasked with making decisions about a website project, Healthcare.gov, that is a critical component in delivering the Affordable Care Act, or “Obamacare,” to the American people. The act is a cornerstone but controversial policy of the Obama administration aimed at increasing access to health care services by providing health insurance to uninsured Americans. Unfortun...Starting at €8.20