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Atam: Innovating in the Social Sector (A)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª Julia; Plaza López, LuisCase DPO-244-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeAtam is an association of Grupo Telefónica, which was founded in 1973 with the aim of providing assistance for the disabled and elderly dependents. It was the result of an agreement between the company and its labor unions. It is a nonprofit, national organization, declared to be serving the public interest, and has 60,000 members belonging to 28 companies of the group. Atam has three major areas of action: individual financial support, direct-ca...Starting at €8.20
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Atam: A New Model of Sustainable Social Welfare (C)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª JuliaCase DPO-389-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThe economic crisis and the successive redundancy plans of Telefónica in Spain were having an inexorable effect on the viability of Atam and its economic operations. The association had to complete its restructuring of the old service delivery system and concentrate on building a new model for a sustainable social welfare institution. A turning point was reached, from which point Atam began to speed up all the transformation processes. The case d...Starting at €5.74
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UFINET Telecom: un nuevo cambio en la propiedad (B)
Calleja, Luis Manuel; Elvira, Marta; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1680Corporate Governance, Information Technologies, StrategyEl presente caso relata la venta de la compañía de telecomunicaciones Ufinet en 2018, que divide el negocio en dos compañías: una para el mercado español (Lyntia Networks) y otra para el latinoamericano (Ufinet International). Aunque el fondo de inversión Cinven continuaba siendo el propietario mayoritario de Ufinet International, se incorporó al accionariado Enel, una multinacional italiana de gas y energía, con vistas a, posiblemente, adquirir ...Starting at €5.74
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Atam: el día después (B)
Elvira, Marta; Prats, Mª Julia; Plaza López, LuisCase DPO-245Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeIgnacio Aizpún (CEO) y su equipo idearon una solución que otorgó a Atam una mayor viabilidad. La estrategia principal consistía en concentrar las actividades económicas y en crear spin-offs con ánimo de lucro; es decir, siguiendo la tradición de innovar en todos sus aspectos de gestión, la Asociación lanzaría al mercado sociedades con ánimo de lucro provenientes del sector social. Así, a partir de entonces, Atam creó tres sociedades mercantiles a...Starting at €5.74
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Max Müller en Betrieb und Beruf (A)
Elvira, MartaCase DPO-196Knowledge and CommunicationBetrieb und Beruf es un medio de comunicación escrito especializado en empleo, formación y recursos humanos, que nace en 2000 para completar la información dominical del periódico alemán Die Erde, empeñado en alcanzar a sus dos competidores directos. El caso describe el punto de inflexión que vive BunbB en 2003, con más de tres años en números rojos y sin poder mantener la situación. El director general del grupo, junto a los directores de public...Starting at €8.20
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Cobertura del riesgo cambiario en EADS
Kester, W. Carl; Dessain, Vincent; Misztal, KarolCase HBS-218S03FinanceEn 2008, EADS, el grupo aeroespacial europeo que posee Airbus, se enfrentan a la decisión de la mejor manera de cubrir un desajuste importante y creciente entre sus ingresos en dólares y en euros sus costes de fabricación. En concreto, la empresa necesitaba para decidir si continuaría cobertura principalmente con contratos a plazo, pero en cantidades mucho más altas y a tasas cada vez más desfavorables, o para romper con la práctica anterior y co...Starting at €8.20
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Reinventing Brainlab
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Dessain, Vincent; Misztal, KarolCase HBS-313069-EStrategyThe management of Germany's Brainlab AG, a leading provider of software-driven oncology and surgery solutions, needs to evaluate strategic options for proceeding without an exclusive hardware partner in its most profitable business segment.Starting at €8.20
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Ilva Steel Taranto: Providing and Polluting (A)
Goldberg, Lena G.; Dessain, Vincent; Pesce, Ottavia; Misztal, KarolCase HBS-314045-ENearly 27,000 people depended on Ilva Steel Taranto, the largest steel-making plant in Europe, for their livelihoods, but the plant's pollution fouled the environment and increased the incidence of tumors, respiratory illnesses and deaths. In July 2012, faced with a court-ordered partial shut-down and a possibly unaffordable remediation plan, the company's newly appointed head must decide what to do next.Starting at €8.20
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HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (A)
Gompers, Paul A.; Misztal, Karol; Van Gool, JorisCase HBS-214018-EFinanceThis case concerns the negotiations of a deal by HgCapital, a UK-based private equity firm, to buy Visma, ASA, a Norwegian software company. Visma has received an offer from Sage Group, a strategic acquirer. HgCapital must determine if it wants to bid and how to outbid a potential strategic acquirer. The case concerns bidding and negotiations strategies as well as deal structuring issues. In particular, the cross border nature of the investment, ...Starting at €8.20
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HgCapital and the Visma Transaction (B-1): Nic Humphries
Gompers, Paul A.; Misztal, Karol; Van Gool, JorisCase HBS-214019-EFinanceStarting at €8.20