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What Kind of Leader Will Thrive in Africa?
Ovadje, FrancaArticle ART-2672-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article discusses the context-specific factors that leaders must take into account when managing people and doing business in Africa, mainly sub-Saharan Africa and in particular, Nigeria. The author draws on several studies she has done as director of the Center for Research in Leadership and Ethics at Lagos Business School. First, she describes the general sociocultural context of sub-Saharan Africa. Then, she highlights the appropriate lea...Starting at €8.20
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Los desafíos de <i>compliance</i> en los mercados emergentes
Kleinhempel, MatthiasArticle ART-2791Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementAunque el objetivo de los directores de cumplimiento en cualquier empresa es asegurar el cumplimiento de la legislación e impulsar el comportamiento ético de todos sus miembros, la investigación del autor evidencia que la realidad a la que se enfrentan en los países desarrollados y los emergentes suele ser algo distinta. Por tanto, aunque hay una serie de aspectos comunes a cualquier programa de ética y cumplimiento, las prioridades, el enfoque d...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 10. Third Quarter 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-10-EEconomics, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyMauro F. Guillén and Esteban García-Canal highlight what managers of traditional, established MNCs can learn from their emerging market counterparts. Arnoud De Meyer considers the global innovation trends that have been heavily influenced by China, India and Southeast Asia. Francesc Prior and Javier Santomá take lessons from the banking sector to help all companies adapt their offer to the customers and circumstances of low-income segments. Alici...Starting at €22.00
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La crisis del peso mexicano de 1994
Videla, PedroCase ASE-379EconomicsEl caso analiza las distintas potenciales causas de la crisis cambiaria mexicana de diciembre 1994.Starting at €8.20
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México: el programa de cobertura de petróleo
Roig, Guillem; Carbonell, Oscar; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadCase F-915Economics, FinanceEl caso describe la decisión de Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), la empresa petrolera estatal de México, de emplear un sistema de cobertura basado en la utilización de derivados financieros. Desde el bum del petróleo en la década de los ochenta, México se alzó como unos de los actores principales de este ámbito. Al tratarse de un sector nacionalizado, el riesgo operacional se puede propagar hasta los contribuyentes y, siendo el petróleo un activo cuy...Starting at €8.20
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Peepoople Kibera: Providing Sanitation Through Social Business
Obst, Nicole; Moreno, Victoria; Rosenberg, MikeCase SM-1606-EEntrepreneurship, MarketingIn Nairobi's Kibera slum, a small Swedish company with a social mission and a business mindset is attempting nothing less than solving one of the biggest problems worldwide: insufficient sanitation. Their proposal is simple yet genius, and possibly too radical in terms of classic NGO thinking: a self-sanitizing and biodegradable personal toilet. The solution includes its own sales and waste-collection systems, providing slum dwellers with much-ne...Starting at €8.20
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Ampliación y desarrollo de servicios de salud en áreas con alta marginación y sin cobertura
Lee, Gabriel Manuel; Ribera, Jaume; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1008Service and Operations ManagementEl caso describe el desarrollo del PAC - Programa de Ampliación de Cobertura, desde su inicio en 1994 hasta principios del 2000. El PAC ha conseguido alcanzar una cobertura casi universal de la población que habita pequeñas comunidades rurales remotas. El caso describe la situación en 1994, las alternativas disponibles al Ministerio, y las características del programa diseñado. También presenta su desarrollo operativo, repasa las acciones emprend...Starting at €8.20
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The Lithuanian Free Market Institute
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-192-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThe Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) is a non-profit private think tank established in November of 1990, following Lithuania's independence from the Soviet empire, with the purpose of promoting a free market in Lithuania. Since then and up to this day, the LFMI's "conducts research on key economic and policy issues, develops conceptual reform packages, drafts and evaluates legislative proposals, and aids Lithuanian government institutions ...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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CVO Group: la expansión europea
Mitchell, Jordan; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-102Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementNorrie Sinclair, consejero delegado de CVO Group, una empresa de contratación de personal con sede en Budapest (Hungría) que opera en toda Europa del Este, está barajando dos tipos de expansión: una ampliación geográfica a Londres (Reino Unido) y una expansión hacia el alquiler de personal a través de la adquisición. En su búsqueda por un objetivo a adquirir, ha dado con Center Group, una empresa polaca dedicada al alquiler de personal y a la sub...Starting at €8.20