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Creating a Cluster around a Clown: The Montreal Circus Cluster (A)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1597-EInnovation and Change, StrategyThe case examines the situation of Cirque du Soleil in its early years. Despite initial success, Guy Laliberté, founder and CEO of Cirque du Soleil, is facing a number of challenges, including aspects such as increasing competition, access to the pool of talent, location and growth. All of these elements are in Laliberté's mind just before meeting with Jean Doré, the mayor of Montreal. Laliberté thinks that it will be a great opportunity to ask f...Starting at €8.20
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Creating a Cluster around a Clown: The Montreal Circus Cluster (C)
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1599-EInnovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes the late developments of the circus cluster in Montreal. By 2007 an active community had been organized around the circus in Montreal, including forty circus companies, twenty schools, several production agencies and social-change organizations as well as hundreds of professional circus artists. The circus had also created an entire industry of specialized services including presenters, administrators, riggers, suppliers, techn...Starting at €5.74
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ExQuisit IV European Private Equity Fund: To Invest or Not
Grabenwarter, Uli; Liechtenstein, HeinrichCase F-826-EFinanceThis case introduces an in-class analysis of a private placement memorandum (PPM) of a new private equity fund. Students will evaluate the PPM along the following criteria: the fund's investment strategy, past financial performance, expected returns, the size of the fund's targets, the regions and sectors, holding periods, governance issues, the fund's team and benchmark data.Starting at €8.20
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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (B)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case follows on from case A, and begins with Rob McKenzie's decision to fire the 11 recalcitrant staff, and shows how he does this in accord with the spiritual and humanistic values outlined in "Our Project". It then goes on to show how he gradually introduced the company's guiding values to all aspects of its daily management.Starting at €5.74
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Tomasso Corporation: Incorporando espiritualidad en la cultura empresarial (A)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-154Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl director ejecutivo y propietario único de la compañía considera la empresa como apoyada en dos columnas, una edificada con aspectos económicos y otra con aspectos humanos. Ambas columnas están en continua tensión pero se equilibran, a modo de piedra angular, por fuerzas interiores que hay que buscar en la trascendencia. Esta piedra angular tiene que dar lugar a decisiones armónicas, justas y humanas, sin olvidar la necesidad primaria de obten...Starting at €8.20
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The African Safari: Managing a Team in Crisis (A)
Mayank Dayal; Raes, AnneloesCase DPO-763-ELeadership and People ManagementProject leader Nimesh Kumar is facing a tough decision after his expat software development team is robbed from all their equipment. Should he abandon the project and return home to avoid the ongoing security threat, or stay in Kenya to finish the project and help their client and Kenya´s agricultural sector? Team members are divided into two groups, one group comprised of experienced team members aged in their late 30s and 40s who want to return...Starting at €8.20
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Dowry: A Price for a Bride
Olale, Esther; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-294-ELeadership and People ManagementWhile studying for an MBA in Washington, D.C., a Kenyan woman falls in love with a classmate from the United States. Eventually they get engaged and decide to marry and live in Nairobi, where she plans to take over her father's business. When the groom arrives in Nairobi to meet her fiancée's family, she explains to him that her family expects to receive a dowry, consisting of some gifts and cash, in keeping with the tradition of their tribe.Starting at €8.20
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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
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Sidewalk Toronto: Are Smart Cities the Future of Urban Development
Peiret, Clara; Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan EnricCase SM-1696-EEconomics, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case describes Sidewalk Toronto project. It was a project first initiated by Waterfront Toronto in 2017 by issuing the request for proposal (RFP) on development of the Quayside area. Sidewalk Labs, which is a subsidiary company of Alphabet Inc. and a sister company of Google, won the bid in 2017. The Master Innovation Development Plan (MIDP) was created in 2019 through conversations with over 21,000 Torontonians and aimed to be an innovative ...Starting at €8.20
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Investment Advice for Grace Osbourne
Simon, JanCase F-904-EFinanceWhile looking at both Grace's estimated yearly expenses (Exhibit 1) and her investment portfolio (Exhibit 2) - divided into two funds - she tried to remember what her instructor in wealth management had said about portfolio diversification, traditional and alternative asset classes, financial advice, taxes and correlation coefficients (Exhibit 3). She wanted to give Grace her best advice.Starting at €8.20