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Carlos López Otín: el espíritu de un investigador
Alvarez de Mon, Santiago; Flores Alonso, Juan EnriqueCase DPO-393Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEn un país "poco aficionado a la ciencia", obligado a competir con los más prestigiosos centros de investigación del mundo, el profesor Carlos López Otín apuesta por el talento de sus alumnos más brillantes. La confección, dirección y renovación de un equipo comprometido con el aprendizaje y el servicio a la humanidad constituye la clave de su liderazgo. Ese es el propósito último de su vocación y creatividad.Starting at €8.20
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Industry Canada: The Knowledge Infrastructure Program
Paul Boothe; Omar FayoumiCase IVEY-9B14M163-EStrategyIn late January 2009, the assistant deputy minister of Industry Canada was considering how to design the Knowledge Infrastructure Program, which had unexpectedly been assigned to the department in the recent federal budget. A $2 billion spending program focused on knowledge infrastructure, its projects were required to be completed within two years. The immediate goals were to provide a significant short-term economic stimulus and help create job...Starting at €8.20
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Rafael Nadal: The Champion and the Person (B)
Alvarez de Mon, Santiago; Flores Alonso, Juan EnriqueCase DPO-336-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is a historical continuation of the case "Rafael Nadal: The Champion and the Person (A)" and recounts the events occurring in the life of Rafael Nadal from the end of part A until the time of case B. All this is told from the perspective of his coach, his manager and Rafael himself, among others.Starting at €5.74
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Beyond the Border
Paul BootheCase IVEY-9B14M009-EStrategyIn February 2011, the senior associate deputy minister of Industry Canada was appointed as the Canadian prime minister’s personal representative to the bi-national team charged with developing the “Beyond the Border Action Plan” to both improve security and streamline cross-border commerce and travel between Canada and the United States. He was immediately faced with a range of decisions on how to proceed — whom to consult, which Canadian team me...Starting at €8.20
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Environment Canada
Paul BootheCase IVEY-9B14M011-EStrategyIn late January 2011, the assistant deputy minister of Environment Canada is contemplating the final report of the joint review panel conducting the environmental assessment of Total E&P Canada’s $10 billion oil sands project, the Joslyn Mine near Fort McMurray, Alberta. Although the report advised that the project would be in the public interest only if — and it was a big if — adverse effects on species at risk were fully mitigated, she was awar...Starting at €8.20
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Ontario Power Generation
Paul BootheCase IVEY-9B14M012-EStrategyIn late December 2003, the new acting CEO of Ontario Power Generation, the provincial Crown corporation responsible for the bulk of the province’s electrical power generation, was deeply worried. Three major events had led to a decline in the company’s revenues in 2003: a massive power failure that affected large portions of Ontario and the U.S. eastern seaboard in August, the maintenance-related planned outage at the Darlington Nuclear Station a...Starting at €8.20
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Devonian Coast Wineries: Overcoming Provincial Barriers
W. Glenn Rowe; Paul Boothe; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B16M111-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyBy late 2015, the chief executive officer of Devonian Coast Wineries in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia had invested in the business and had broadened the distribution of the wines he produced. His chief concern was growing sales beyond Nova Scotia’s provincial borders. Selling wines in other provinces was difficult because it required approaching the various provincial liquor control boards. He had three options: continue to engage with eac...Starting at €8.20
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Telesat Canada
Paul Boothe; Connor LyonsCase IVEY-9B14M164-EStrategyIn June 2007, the chief executive officer of Telesat Canada, headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, was considering his strategy following a decision by Industry Canada to reject four out of six of its applications for satellite slots. His largest concern was the decision to award the two most important licences for the Extended Ku-band network — which the company’s largest clients, Bell Canada Inc. and Shaw Communications, were both seeking — to a su...Starting at €8.20
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Rafael Nadal: el campeón y la persona (B)
Alvarez de Mon, Santiago; Flores Alonso, Juan EnriqueCase DPO-336Leadership and People ManagementEl caso es una continuación histórica del caso Rafael Nadal: el campeón y la persona (A) y narra los hechos acontecidos a la persona de Rafael Nadal desde que finalize la parte (A) hasta la fecha del caso (B). Todo ello desde la perspectiva de su entrenador, su manager y el propio Rafael, entre otros.Starting at €5.74
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Air Quality Management System
Paul Boothe; Bing FengCase IVEY-9B16M192-EStrategyIn late 2010,the director general of the Industrial Sectors Directorate at Environment Canada, was reviewing a draft work plan for the Air Quality Management System (AQMS), a regulatory project to deal with Canada’s transboundary air pollution problems. Though some of the key elements of AQMS were in place and director general had the support of co-chairs from Alberta and Ontario, she had to develop a series of briefings on her strategy before th...Starting at €8.20