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Hotel Latvia: Sell Out, Hang In or Partner
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B14M170-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThree friends have followed their entrepreneurial dream to build a five-star hotel in Liepaja, a seaside city in Latvia. After a few early profitable years, the hotel is struggling, due to the massive downturn in the Latvian economy as a result of the European Union financial crisis and slow recovery. The hotel has declined from generating an annual profit to now making a loss or barely breaking even. On several occasions, the co-owners have cons...Starting at €8.20
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Forty Chinese Police to Five-Star Bali Conference: Scam
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B17M024-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn 2012, a real estate entrepreneur and his long-time friend and former neighbour, a police director, had enjoyed the profits of guanxi—a bilateral flow of personal favours—for many years. The use of guanxi in China had long been a core component of successful and sometimes illegal business. However, China’s new president had recently created a tough anti-corruption Disciplinary Committee. As a result, many respected citizens who had previously p...Starting at €8.20
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Roaring Dragon Hotel: A Second Attempt at Modernization
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B12C055-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH), a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE), was under pressure to become a profit generating 5-star hotel due to the continued development of the Chinese market economy. As for many SOEs, the RDH was overstaffed, filled with archaic work practices, internal cliques, unsystematic production systems and a dysfunctional motivation system unrelated to performance. During modernization, a number of human resource management...Starting at €8.20
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Roaring Dragon Hotel: Problems Adapting to the Chinese Market Economy
Stephen GraingerCase IVEY-9B17C049-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyBetween 1999 and 2017, the Roaring Dragon Hotel (RDH) evolved from a state-owned enterprise (SOE) into a modern, market-driven 5-star accommodation provider, experiencing a combination of market economy and privatization forces. Its initial operations under the new status progressed from the poor performance and management practices of China’s planned economy to a portfolio of operational and strategic reforms that saw it become semi-privatized i...Starting at €8.20
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Negotiating for Success in Asia: Adapting to a Multipolar World
Stephen Grainger; Per HintzeCase IVEY-9B19M015-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAn executive at a North American-based multinational company contacted an old friend and former business associate in Indonesia in hopes of collaborating with him to purchase Asian software companies. After several emails, the two disagreed and disengaged. The North American declined the Indonesian’s advice to invest time in developing the relationships required to access this market. Three months later, after realizing he had closed the door on ...Starting at €8.20
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Luis Canto
Rajaraman, Aarthi; Martín Cabiedes, Luis; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-131EntrepreneurshipHasta el accidente (un coche le había arrollado cuando iba en bicicleta) había sido durante seis años un exitoso consultor en Benson & Company. No obstante, después del accidente, y tras ser operado en dos ocasiones, Luis Canto dispuso de un montón de tiempo libre. El accidente le había obligado a revaluar lo que estaba haciendo con su vida y, casi inmediatamente, supo que no se reintegraría a su trabajo en Benson.Starting at €8.20
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Atam: Innovating in the Social Sector (A)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª Julia; Plaza López, LuisCase DPO-244-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeAtam is an association of Grupo Telefónica, which was founded in 1973 with the aim of providing assistance for the disabled and elderly dependents. It was the result of an agreement between the company and its labor unions. It is a nonprofit, national organization, declared to be serving the public interest, and has 60,000 members belonging to 28 companies of the group. Atam has three major areas of action: individual financial support, direct-ca...Starting at €8.20
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El Ganso Takes Flight (A)
Arana, Sergio; Echániz, Iñigo; Pascual, Julio; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-159-EEntrepreneurshipÁlvaro and Clemente, two brothers from Madrid with entrepreneurial spirits and creative mentalities, created the clothing brand El Ganso. The brand has a young vibe, and made a place for itself in the Spanish fashion market by pinpointing a niche that no one had filled. In January 2006, "Jeremy Stanford" shoes arrived in Madrid. In the wake of their success, the brothers opened their first store in Madrid and El Ganso underwent a "growth spurt." ...Starting at €8.20
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El Ganso levanta el vuelo (A)
Arana, Sergio; Echániz, Iñigo; Pascual, Julio; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-159EntrepreneurshipÁlvaro y Clemente, dos madrileños con alma emprendedora y mente creativa, crearon la marca de ropa El Ganso, con un toque juvenil, haciéndose un hueco en el mercado de la moda en España gracias a un nicho que nadie estaba cubriendo. En enero de 2006 llegaron a Madrid las zapatillas "Jeremy Stanford". Después de su éxito, abrieron su primera tienda en Madrid, y El Ganso "pegó el estirón". La última tienda abierta fue en 2012, en Carnaby Street, Lo...Starting at €8.20
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Atam: A New Model of Sustainable Social Welfare (C)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª JuliaCase DPO-389-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThe economic crisis and the successive redundancy plans of Telefónica in Spain were having an inexorable effect on the viability of Atam and its economic operations. The association had to complete its restructuring of the old service delivery system and concentrate on building a new model for a sustainable social welfare institution. A turning point was reached, from which point Atam began to speed up all the transformation processes. The case d...Starting at €5.74