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Grupo Velázquez
Mozo, Enrique; Gallo, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1241-EStrategyThe founder of the Velázquez family group achieved an extraordinary level of development for its companies over a period of almost 30 years. But his devotion to the businesses was in detriment to the time and effort spent on bringing up his three children. On the founder's death, his children inherited the group, and one of them, Lorenzo, took over its executive management. Lorenzo continued to manage the family business with a certain degree of...Starting at €8.20
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Learning to Navigate the Rough Seas of Ethics
Kusyk, SophiaArticle ART-1788-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIs our reasoning sound when we justify using sweatshops in Asian countries, paying bribes to secure contracts, and tolerating social and environmental degradation based on the argument that everyone else is doing it, and if we dont, a competitor will? Doing business across borders presents a minefield of ethical dilemmas that many managers are ill-equipped to deal with. This article tackles three main myths surrounding cross-cultural management:...Starting at €8.20
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Diving Into the New Innovation Landscape
De Meyer, ArnoudArticle ART-2009-EInnovation and ChangeToday when the business world asks where the next innovative product or process will come from, many people start looking East. Based on decades of interaction and interviews with privileged observers in Asia, the author starts by discussing four innovation trends that have been heavily influenced by the growing capabilities in the emerging economies of China, India and Southeast Asia. The sources of innovation have become much more dispersed, th...Starting at €8.20
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Using Scenarios to Plan for Tomorrow
Rosenberg, MikeArticle ART-2079-EStrategyWhile business planners often resort to forecasting to estimate outcomes at some future point in time, the author believes forecasting has serious limitations and is not a reliable guide for the long-term future. Instead, he recommends scenario planning as a superior way of envisaging the future, in order to help managers see the business environment more clearly and make better strategic choices. Using the considerable experience of Shell in thi...Starting at €8.20
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Untangling the Knots in the New Silk Route
Ribera Segura, Jaume; Castillo, CristinaArticle ART-2081-EService and Operations ManagementWhile China remains the worlds factory, some companies are starting to realize that the extraordinary margins they once enjoyed are steadily being eroded. Why? The rising costs of raw materials and labor only partially explain why a growing number of companies are opting to bring back part or all of the production that they had previously outsourced to China. More likely, the disjointed and inefficient supply chain between China and Europe is th...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