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Oasis Lanz Club
Fernández, Juan Antonio; Álvarez Alvarez, José LuisCase FH-577Leadership and People ManagementOasis Lanz Club se trata de una empresa de venta y gestión de un complejo de apartamentos bajo la modalidad de tiempo compartido (time sharing). En él se plantea las posibles incertidumbres que la nueva legislación supone para el negocio. También se relata el nacimiento de la organización y su desarrollo posterior.Starting at €8.20
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El desastre del Mann Gulch
Montes, J. S.; Álvarez Alvarez, José LuisCase DG-1328Leadership and People Management, StrategyEl caso relata una situación de crisis extrema. Un grupo de bomberos forestales intenta apagar un fuego en el valle de Mann Gulch, Estados Unidos. El fuego es muy superior a la valoración inicial y la situación se convierte en una verdadera carrera por salvar sus vidas. Como resultado, mueren 13 bomberos y sólo el jefe y dos más consiguen escapar con vida. El caso permite discutir temas relacionados con el comportamiento de organizaciones y equi...Starting at €8.20
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Encuesta del paro directivo
Knief C.; Álvarez Alvarez, José LuisTechnical Note FHN-302Leadership and People ManagementThis note studies how Spanish managersperceive the security of their jobs, which measures they take to protect their careers and how their employers help them to find new employment opportunities. This study undertakes a first cut analysis of the phenomenon. The sample is drawn from alumni of IESE'sdifferent program. The 447 repondens represent all age groups and hierarchical levels. Key conclusions are:Spanish managers are healthy optimists rega...Starting at €8.20
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Managerial unemployment survey - Part II: Spanish managers' reaction to unemployment
Knief C.; Álvarez Alvarez, José LuisTechnical Note FHN-305-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note studies how Spanish managers react to unemployment. This study is a first cut analysis of the phenomenon. The sample is drawn from alumni of IESE's different programs. The 70 respondents represent all groups of managers. Key conclusion are: All groups of managers are affected by unemployment. The most often reason given for managerial unemployment is the lack of understanding with the superior. Only 25% of the respondents believe that t...Starting at €8.20
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Managerial unemployment survey - Part III: Spanish managers experience with self-employment
Knief C.; Álvarez Alvarez, José LuisTechnical Note FHN-306-ELeadership and People ManagementThis note studies the characteristics of managers that have decided to become self-employed and their experience with self-employment. The sample is drawn from alumni of IESE's different programs. The 91 respondents represent all different age groups and sexes. My conclusions are: Entrepreneurs tended to be youngers than their peers. Self-employed managers enter a large variety of industries, however the largest number starts a consulting busines...Starting at €8.20
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Atlantic Resort Management S.L. (B)
Álvarez Alvarez, José Luis; Fernández, Juan AntonioCase FH-546Leadership and People ManagementEste caso trata de un problema concreto de una empresa del sector turístico que trabaja bajo la modalidad de Time Share (Tiempo Compartido). En esta parte el Director General de la Empresa que gestiona los apartamentos relata los problemas que se encuentran en el proceso de reajuste de su organización y, en concreto, el conflicto que surge con el presidente de la empresa.Starting at €5.74
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La misión de las misiones corporativas
Álvarez Alvarez, José Luis; Mazza, CarmeloTechnical Note FHN-287Leadership and People ManagementThe note discusses the meaning, typologies and applications of corporate missions and their relationship with business strategiesStarting at €8.20
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Luminopia: Improving Treatment for Visual Disorders
Chung, Doug J.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-517065-EMarketingLuminopia-a start-up founded in January 2016 by three Harvard College freshmen-uses virtual reality technology to treat amblyopia (more commonly called "lazy eye"), the single biggest cause of visual disorders among children. By February 2017, the three founders had raised $950,000 in angel funding and developed a prototype of their virtual reality product, which was in use in clinical trials at Boston Children's Hospital. As the founders prepare...Starting at €8.20
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Alvarez, Jose B.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-518034-ELeadership and People ManagementIt is July 2017, and Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, the director general of the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), is making progress toward two of his primary strategic objectives for the nonprofit research Institute: 1) to scale the impact and reach of some of the IITA's most commercially viable products and technologies by working with the private sector, and 2) to address Nigeria's massive youth unemployment problem...Starting at €8.20
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Gender and Free Speech at Google (A), (B), & (C), Teaching Note
Hsieh, Nien-he; Mehta, SarahTeaching Note HBS-319038-ETeaching note for cases 318085, 319095, and 319097.Starting at €0.00