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Amorim: The Future of Natural Cork
Chris Laszlo; Katherine Gullett; Tim KruegerCase IVEY-9B17M019-EStrategyIn 2015, Corticeira Amorim, S.G.P.S., S.A. (Amorim), the world’s largest cork manufacturer, was facing multiple strategic dilemmas. After enjoying a near-monopoly in the wine stopper market for over 300 years, cork’s reputation had been damaged in the 20th century by concerns over “cork taint,” and the cork industry had been challenged by the resulting disruptive technologies of screw caps and synthetic corks. Amorim needed to rethink its core as...Starting at €8.20
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LifeNet International's Transformation of African Healthcare via Social Franchising
Ilan Alon; Raul CarrilCase IVEY-9B14M131-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyLifeNet International was a social conversion franchise concept aiming to provide basic, quality and sustainable healthcare to poor and underserved populations in sub-Saharan Africa. The founder and president had relied on the assistance of others to help bring about his idea of affordable healthcare. In 2012, the executive director for LifeNet International’s operations in Burundi, began focussing on developing the company in Burundi. She was ex...Starting at €8.20
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Brand Israel: Marketing in Crisis
Ilan Alon; Rommey Hassman; Meredith Lohwasser; Jennifer DugoshCase IVEY-9B13A016-EMarketing, StrategyIsrael had experienced great change since its founding in 1948 to become arguably the most prosperous nation in the Middle East. With the exception of the United States and more recently China, Israel had more companies listed on the NASDAQ than any other. It spent a larger percentage of its budget on research and development than any other country in the world. Multinational companies like Intel, Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Motorola, Mitsubishi, H...Starting at €8.20
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Israeli Wines in China: Reaching for New Heights
Ilan Alon; Jennifer Dugosh; Meredith LohwasserCase IVEY-9B14M006-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2012, Golan Heights Wines wanted to take advantage of the Chinese market. In recent years, China had demonstrated incredible growth in the wine market. Consumers’ growing interest in wine products had made wineries and vineyards like Golan Heights hungry for entry. The CEO of Golan Heights Winery had gone to China with her products in 2009. She had chosen distributorships as the mode of entry because of their expertise and experience in the Ch...Starting at €8.20
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Fixing the Payment System at Alvalade XXI
O'Callaghan, RamónCase SI-153-EService and Operations ManagementThis case outlines the situation at the Alvalade XXI football stadium in Lisbon, with the planned introduction of an electronic payment system in the restaurant concessions. The system is based on networked technology to avoid using cash payments in all the stadiums's instalation.Starting at €8.20
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Kantha Bopha Children's Hospitals: Dr. Beat Richner's Lifework
Olivares, Ignacio; Kase, KimioCase SM-1548-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementDr. Beat Richner, a 62-year-old Swiss pediatrician, set up children's hospitals in 1991 at the behest of the Cambodian King after the devastation brought about by the civil war. By 2009 he has managed to open and run four of them, both in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. They are almost entirely dependent on private donations, which, collected through his cello concerts and the Kantha Bopha Foundation, largely come from Europe and other parts of the wo...Starting at €8.20
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El nuevo sistema de pago en el estadio Alvalade XXI
O'Callaghan, RamónCase SI-153Service and Operations ManagementEste caso presenta la situación en el estadio de fútbol Alvalade XXI de Lisboa, en el que se planifica un sistema electrónico de pago en las concesiones de restauración, basado en tecnologías de redes para evitar el manejo de dinero en todas las instalaciones del estadio.Starting at €8.20
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EPO: Electricidade Portuguesa Online (B)
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan Carlos; Soler, EdiCase ASN-62-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, StrategyTen months after rejecting an investment fund's offer to become a shareholder in Electricidade Portuguesa Online (EPO), the partners meet with their chief financial officer, Carla Ferreira, to analyze the results of the first three quarters of the year and the forecasts for the following two. Carla must also decide whether to accept the offer of the two partners for her to become a shareholder in the company: they are prepared to offer her 10% of...Starting at €5.74
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Fugesa Portuguesa
Murillo de Araoz J. F.; Torres R.; Baucells Alibés, ManelCase AD-275-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsA fast food chain has to design an optimal expansion plan of franchises in a new market. The case sets the stage to model this situation using integer programming. The situation includes constraints of a financial, human resources and strategic nature. In particular, the financial constraints limit the negative magnitude of both the annual and the cumulative cash flows.Starting at €8.20
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Innovación en la contratación pública en el sector salud (C): Cómo proporcionar mejores servicios con un presupuesto inferior en uno de los hospitales más importantes de Portugal
Valadares Tavares, L.; Gato Andeyro, P.; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-240Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEl caso C describe las diferentes etapas de implantación del cambio que siguieron, una vez aprobado el proyecto de licitación electrónica. También se resume en anexos las mejoras producidas después de un año de implantación con resultados espectaculares.Starting at €5.74