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Un viaje transformador en tiempos inciertos (B)
Elvira, Marta; Villamor, IsabelCase DPO-734Leadership and People ManagementEl caso introduce a Cristina Ventura, chief catalyst officer del minorista asiático de artículos de lujo Lane Crawford Joyce Group (LCJG). Ventura se encontraba en Nueva York cuando el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció la decisión del Gobierno de cerrar el tráfico aéreo internacional debido a que la COVID-19 se estaba propagando por el mundo. Si bien estaba asentada en Hong Kong, Ventura había pasado los últimos tres meses e...Starting at €5.74
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Un viaje transformador en tiempos inciertos (A)
Elvira, Marta; Villamor, MartaCase DPO-733Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementEl caso introduce a Cristina Ventura, chief catalyst officer del minorista asiático de artículos de lujo Lane Crawford Joyce Group (LCJG). Ventura se encontraba en Nueva York cuando el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció la decisión del Gobierno de cerrar el tráfico aéreo internacional debido a que la COVID-19 se estaba propagando por el mundo. Si bien estaba asentada en Hong Kong, Ventura había pasado los últimos tres meses e...Starting at €8.20
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Sony and the Activist Threat
Fernandes, NunoCase F-970-EFinanceThis case is about an activist shareholder attacking Sony. On May 14 2013, Third Point, the activist shareholder, delivered a letter to Kazuo Hirai, president and CEO of Sony Corporation (Sony). The letter revealed that Third Point had purchased a 6.9% stake in Sony and proposed that Sony spin off up to 20% of its Entertainment Division to reduce its debt and strengthen its ailing Electronics Division. Activist fund Third Point had a history of ...Starting at €8.20
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The Larsen Company (A): A purchasing decision
Velilla, Manuel; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-100-EDecision AnalysisThe Larsen Company is a small furniture manufacturing company in Norway. Its purchasing manager has to decide which one of two offers to accept, one from its traditional supplier (small and reliable but offering declining quality) or another from a larger supplier (2% more expensive, offering slightly higher quality, and able to serve higher volumes). Other factors are the incentive system of the purchasing manager, the relation between the owner...Starting at €8.20
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The Larsen Company (B): What ChatGPT would do
Velilla, Manuel; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-101-EInformation TechnologiesThe Larsen Company (B) case provides the answer that ChatGPT 4.0 gives to the question posed in the Larsen Company (A) case and to some additional prompts.Starting at €5.74
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La empresa Larsen: Una decisión de compra
Velilla, Manuel; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-100Decision AnalysisLa empresa noruega Larsen es un fabricante de muebles de tamaño mediano. Su directora de compras tiene que decidirse entre dos ofertas, una de su proveedor tradicional (pequeño y fiable pero cuya calidad ha decaído) y otra de un proveedor más grande (un 2% más caro, pero con una calidad ligeramente superior y capaz de servir pedidos de mayor volumen). Otros factores son el sistema de incentivos de la directora de compras, la relación entre los pr...Starting at €8.20
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Kansai Holding: Solicitud de préstamo a su filial Nara Beer (C)
López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1554Corporate Governance, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementSe trata de una historia novelada que pretende describir conflictos propios del gobierno de las empresas. Está ubicada en Japón, distinto y distante, pero con idénticos conflictos: entre los intereses de las empresas y el de sus ejecutivos, entre el de los accionistas mayoritarios y el de los minoritarios y, por último, entre los intereses públicos (reguladores, legisladores y gobiernos) y los privados (empresas e individuos). El ambiente en el q...Starting at €5.74
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Nacre (B): a Steep and Risky Climb to Success: Decisions & Consequences
Prats, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Darsch, DaveFocused Case EFC-7-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThis case B cannot be taught as a stand-alone case, but is a direct continuation of the FocusCase "Nacre: Turning a Lab Idea into a High-Growth Firm (A)" [EFC-2-E]. This case B describes the strategic decisions and actions of the CEO and how eventually, this firm - with only 12-15 employees at that time (plus a large contract manufacturer) - manages to land a US-$30 million deal with the US Marine Corp. Soon after, this company is acquired by a l...Starting at €8.20
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Restoring Japan: Abenomics - Teaching Note
Mas, Núria; Sastre Boquet, IsaacTeaching Note ECONT-12-EEconomicsThe case presents Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose economic policies, nicknamed "Abenomics," aim to remedy the economic malaise Japan has suffered since the 1990s. The case then jumps back to that era and describes the circumstances that surrounded the beginning of this "lost decade" and the actions of the Japanese authorities of the time in response to it. Those actions failed to prevent stagnation, which has plagued the Japanese economy ever si...Starting at €0.00
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Vancouver: The Challenge of Becoming the Greenest City
Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan Enric; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1612-EEconomics, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan that the City of Vancouver formally launched in 2011 and whose aim is to make Vancouver the greenest city on the planet. Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, is the main champion of the ambitious strategic plan. While he has had past success as a social entrepreneur and has implemented several green urban initiatives in his role as mayor, he struggles with some areas and aspects of the plan. ...Starting at €8.20