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LIPA (A): Impacto de una fusión
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-172Corporate GovernanceEl director de recursos humanos de OLTRA, líder industrial en España que acababa de adquirir una de las mayores compañías argentinas, LIPA, no tenía todavía ideas claras sobre la mejor manera de conducirse para el desembarco. Creía que en primera línea poco importaba lo que pudiese arrojar un ejercicio de evaluación de este tipo; las decisiones se tomarían fuera de su ámbito y sujetas a otros motivos. ¿Cómo conjugar la experiencia ya validada en ...Starting at €8.20
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Venturanza Hoteles (A)
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-184Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementVenturanza Hoteles estaba experimentando un fuerte crecimiento orgánico e inorgánico y se enfrentaba al reto de disponer de directivos adecuados. ¿Cómo vamos a ser capaces de desarrollar tantos directores de hotel como necesitamos al ritmo que crecemos? se preguntaba Juan Morillo, director de recursos humanos de Venturanza Hoteles. Acaba de regresar de un proceso de evaluación de candidatos internos y las cosas no habían transcurrido como deseaba...Starting at €8.20
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American Valley Insurances Inc.
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-230Corporate GovernanceAquella no iba a ser una entrevista fácil para Louis Stevenson, un prometedor empleado de la división de tecnología de American Valley. Louis trabajaba como analista sénior en proyectos de la plataforma de contratación, bajo las órdenes de un gerente de proyectos. Sin embargo, esa mañana se vería con Sandra Paulson, la business partner de recursos humanos de su área, a quien ya le había adelantado por teléfono su próxima salida de la empresa. La ...Starting at €8.20
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Maison Lumineuse: An Online Assessment Process
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-731-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementMaison Lumineuse is a retailer of home and decor products with a history that goes back over 40 years. The company is a leader in its sector, with 12,000 employees and 120 stores. In mid-2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is planning to reassign 120 staff currently employed as store-level HR heads. To this end, a decision is made to modify the assessment center method by doing the assessments online and partly automating sc...Starting at €8.20
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LIPA (B): Decisions about People
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-173-ECorporate GovernanceOLTRA, a leading Spanish manufacturer, has acquired the Argentinean firm LIPA. Before any other measures are taken, the acquirer wishes to carry out an assessment of the second-level executives at LIPA. OLTRAs human resources director decides to use assessment centers, which reveal significant differences between the two companies and call for decisions to be made about specific individuals.Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Pacific's Bid for Norfolk Southern, Teaching Note
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottTeaching Note HBS-218035-EFinanceTeaching note for case 216057.Starting at €0.00
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Compass Maritime Services, LLC: Valuing Ships, Teaching Note
Esty, Benjamin C.; Sheen, AlbertTeaching Note HBS-211015-EFinanceTeaching Note for 211014.Starting at €0.00
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The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal
White, Lucy; Esty, Benjamin C.; Mazzanti, LisaCase HBS-214001-EFinanceOn February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general meeting (AGM) on May 9, 2013. Despite strong support from management, the board, two proxy advisory firms, and several large shareholders, the proposal was opposed by Mason Capital Mana...Starting at €8.20
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Molycorp: Financing the Production of Rare Earth Minerals (A)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-214054-EFinanceMolycorp, the western hemisphere's only producer of rare earth minerals, was in the middle of a $1 billion capital expenditure project in its effort to become a vertically integrated supplier of rare earth minerals, oxides, and metals. Yet it had just repStarting at €8.20
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Molycorp: Morgan Brothers' Reverse Convertible Notes (C)
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. ScottCase HBS-215002-EFinanceIn August 2011, Morgan Brothers Bank was issuing a $2.5 million reverse convertible note with payoffs linked to the price of Molycorp's common stock. These financially engineered securities were just one of many kinds of structured notes available in the retail market. Investors must decide whether the notes were fairly priced and whether they offered a favorable risk-return trade-off.Starting at €5.74