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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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Untapping Innovation
IESE InsightArticle ART-2795-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeWhy do some innovations take off, while others languish? "Things cannot happen before their time," cautions Igal Aisenberg, a dairy farmer turned agricultural businessman who worked for Netafim, maker of drip irrigation systems. In this article he discusses the conflux of conditions that leads to the adoption of disruptive technology, and he underscores the importance of a business having social ends.Starting at €8.20
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Ignacio Valente (C)
Ruizalba, José Luis; Las Heras, Mireia; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-183Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl Grupo Valente es una empresa familiar propietaria de concesionarios de automóviles de varias marcas. Un mando intermedio se presenta un día en el trabajo con un vehículo recién comprado a la competencia haciendo ostentación de este hecho ante sus compañeros. El motivo de la compra es que en otra empresa le han valorado algo mejor el vehículo a entregar como parte del precio de compra. A pesar de que en su empresa le habían dado facilidades, de...Starting at €5.74
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El liderazgo de los millennials en Microsoft (A): Una generación entre otras generaciones
Stein, Guido; Martín, MiguelCase DPO-417Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEste caso comienza con la marcha de Rocío, una de las personas por las que Microsoft estaba apostando para desarrollar el futuro inmediato de la compañía. Ana, directora de la Unidad de Grandes Cuentas y Partners de Microsoft Ibérica y Luisa, directora de Recursos Humanos no dan crédito de lo que estaba sucediendo. Rocío tenía 26 años, era ingeniera de Telecomunicaciones e integrante del programa de jóvenes altos potenciales MACH, del que formaba...Starting at €8.20
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FC Barcelona: más que un club, más que datos
Zamora, Javier; Sastre Boquet, Isaac; Ana María ViletCase SI-206Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyA finales de la década de 2010, el Fútbol Club Barcelona se había convertido en uno de los clubs deportivos más importantes del mundo, cuyo éxito deportivo se acompañaba de unos ingresos que habían crecido a mucho en poco tiempo, rozando la cifra de los 1000 millones de euros. La organización del club había ido creciendo y adaptándose, a veces con dificultades, a la nueva realidad del fútbol, un gigantesco negocio global que ya no podía gestionar...Starting at €8.20
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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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Additive Manufacturing at Etnia Barcelona
Calvo, Eduard; Lago, Alejandro; Sabrià, FedeCase P-1155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Service and Operations ManagementEtnia Barcelona, a niche manufacturer of high-quality fashion eyewear, is considering its next move in light of the advances being made in additive manufacturing, which could require the company to rethink everything from product design to capacity footprint and logistics. The case covers the company's design-to-sale process, raw material procurement, and manufacturing operations. Etnia Barcelona has seen steady growth in revenues since its found...Starting at €8.20
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Casa de América virtual: "Disfruta, descubre, piensa, ven"
Zamora, Javier; Díez, SusanaCase SI-183Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationImma Turbau, directora general de Casa de América, se encontraba en su despacho, en la primera planta del Palacio de Linares, en la plaza de Cibeles de Madrid, revisando los últimos datos de seguimiento de audiencias de Casa de América Virtual. El festival VivAmérica acababa de concluir de forma exitosa; éste había sido el tercer festival desde que Turbau había asumido la dirección general y había impulsado el proyecto Casa de América Virtual. La...Starting at €8.20
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Fluidra Connect: The Internet of Pools
Rodríguez, Silvia; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1349-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, MarketingConnect Fluidra is a smart solution for pool industry professionals to remotely manage and diagnose pool-related issues. It was one of the most innovative initiatives by Fluidra and would require a different business model than what the company had traditionally developed. After running a controlled product launch in Spain, approached as a lab, things did not go as expected: They had only installed one hundred devices when the target was five hun...Starting at €8.20
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Laia Bertran (B): Time to Go Home
Brossa, Jordi; Chinchilla, Nuria; Moragas Freixa, MarujaCase DPO-141-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe story of Laia and Jordi, a young expat couple who operate as a team and adapt to successive changes they must make to pursue their respective careers, relocating together when necessary. Laia, an industrial engineer, decides to leave her company to follow her husband to Paris, where his new job is based. She finds a position in the city with one of Europe's biggest steel producers. Years later, the careers of both partners, their family plans...Starting at €5.74