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Paths to Keep Wealth in Family Hands
Roure Alomar, Juan; Segurado Llorente, Juan LuisArticle ART-2596-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipSince the onset of the global financial crisis, there has been a surge of interest among family businesses in the activities of family offices -- special entities designed to manage and administer a family's portfolio of investments, while also making sure that future wealth-creation activities happen in sustainable ways for generations to come. With the combined wealth of the 50 largest family offices representing nearly $1 trillion, family busi...Starting at €8.20
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Navigating the Realities of Emerging Markets
Kleinhempel, MatthiasArticle ART-2791-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementAll corporate compliance programs share a common feature: to ensure that the company obeys the law and that all organizational members behave ethically. However, multinational companies operating in a country like Mexico, for example, face issues very different from those of Germany -- a reality that many codes of conduct fail to recognize. The author's research on compliance programs in the emerging economies of Latin America reveals the special...Starting at €8.20
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Ambushed by Adversity
IESE InsightArticle ART-2275-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe uncertainty, threats and uncontrollable situations faced by the average business person may never be as extreme as what the Mexican architect Bosco Gutiérrez went through. But his story of how he mustered the strength within himself to overcome his ordeal offers valuable lessons on how to keep your wits about you when you find yourself suddenly ambushed by adversity.Starting at €8.20
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Santander-Serfín: Revitalizing the Payment Systems Business
Díez J.; Villanueva, Julian; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1190-EMarketingIn June 2001, Ramón Tellaeche, director of products and marketing at Banco Santander Serfín in Mexico, was considering the commercial strategy which the means of payments division should follow over the following months in order to achieve its ambitious commercial objectives. Marcial Portela, general manager of Grupo Santander's Americas Division, had set the objective of doubling the credit card market share in a year and a half, and capturing 2...Starting at €8.20
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Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsExercise CE-26-EAccounting and ControlIn July 2013, Pedro Torca and Marisa Mercader travelled to Taxonia, a small European principality, to celebrate their recent graduation from the Executive MBA program. Pedro, who worked at an engineering firm, and Marisa, who was in charge of Project Finance at a bank, had been thinking about starting their own company for a long time, and they were constantly exploring business opportunities. Taxonia, located between Sweden and Portugal, was kno...Starting at €8.20
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Large-Scale Government Contracting of NGOs to Extend Basic Health Services to Poor Populations in Guatemala
Nieves I.; La Forgia G. M.; Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1006-EService and Operations ManagementThe case discusses the situation of the Basic Services Coverage Extension Program (PECSB) in Guatemala at the beginning of 2000. During its three years of existence, the program has proven to be successful in persuading a large number of NGOs to work with the government in extending health services coverage to poor native populations living in rural areas. The new government is wondering whether the existing "agreements" should be upgraded to con...Starting at €8.20
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The Learning process in the Health Care Reform in Estonia
Soone I.; Ribera, JaumeCase P-1042-EService and Operations ManagementThe Chairman of the Board of the Tartu University Clinics Foundation reflects on the changes his institution has undergone in the last few years. The 17 clinics that existed under the Soviet system have been brought together under the Tartu University Clinics Foundation and now have a unified organization with a Governing Council that includes government representatives. The dual managerial structure (reporting to the Ministry of Higher Education...Starting at €8.20
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The San Miguel Arcángel Hospital
Bitrán, Ricardo; Vergara, Carles; Má C.; Sánchez, Loppacher J.Case P-1045-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes a Panamanian public hospital's efforts to overcome two of the most important weaknesses of the health system in Panama: the lack of investment coordination between the ministry of health and social security hospitals, and the divorce between budget and performance. The approach involves sharing hospital financing between the ministry of health and the social security, and linking the hospital budget to the quantity and quality ...Starting at €8.20
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Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. and the Prodigy Internet Plus decision
Lamyin, M.; Bertini, Marco; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1124-EInformation Technologies, MarketingThe case analyzes the strategy Telmex must follow in order to increase the customer base of its ISP service in Mexico. The low disposable income of the Mexican population and the inability to afford computers must be taken into account. The company must also consider its recent acquisition of Prodigy (one of the leading ISPs in the U.S.) and analyze the role it should play in the new marketing strategy.Starting at €8.20