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Fast Building (A)
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-193-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThis is a two-part case study that describes a situation of passive extortion faced by Andrew Smith, the director of the Military Construction division at Fast Building, a small European company operating in the construction sector. Fast Building works in two sectors: the restructuring of ancient buildings and the construction of military installations. It has operated for more than 15 years, having participated in and won international competit...Starting at €8.20
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La Fageda: A Crazy Initiative (B): Challenges of Growth and Governance in 2014
Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1325-ECorporate Governance, StrategyCase (B) details the important legal changes made to the initiative. Cristóbal Colón, chairman of La Fageda, reflects on the reinforcement of the organization and the corporate governance to ensure the continuity of the project and its depersonalization.Starting at €5.74
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La Fageda 1982-2008: An Outrageous Initiative
Segarra, Montse; Ochoa, I.; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1218-ECorporate GovernanceLa Fageda is a social initiative which employs the mentally disabled and mentally ill in the Garrotxa region (Girona), helping them integrate into society through production and marketing of top quality yogurt. The case study raises growth alternatives and their consequences. La Fageda and its leadership are epitomized in the person of Cristóbal Colón, its founder and chairman. What started as a work cooperative is now a complex structure consist...Starting at €8.20
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Sociedad Deportiva Eibar S. A. D.: A Modest Club in the Elite of a Unique Sector
Segarra, José Antonio; Fernández, Albert; Aguirreamalloa Arizaga, JavierCase SM-1626-ECorporate Governance, StrategyIt was the summer of 2015. Sociedad Deportiva Eibar S.A.D. was playing in the First Division in the same years it was celebrating the 75th anniversary of its founding--a unique case in the history of Spanish football. The club had several characteristics that set it apart: the town where it was based was smaller than any other that had produced a First Division team; austerity was a defining feature of the club, which strived to live and dissemin...Starting at €8.20
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Fast Building (B):
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-194-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThis is a two-part case study that describes a situation of passive extortion faced by Andrew Smith, the director of the Military Construction division at Fast Building, a small European company operating in the construction sector. Fast Building works in two sectors: the restructuring of ancient buildings and the construction of military installations. It has operated for more than 15 years, having participated in and won international competit...Starting at €5.74
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Ana Llopis (C): A Race to the Top
Jiménez, Esther; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-358-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyOver the years, Ana Llopis has made decisions at different points in her professional career and personal life. Her good work and her good relationships with headhunters have helped her to open doors to become chairwoman of the Board at Dia.Starting at €5.74
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Ana Llopis (A): A Race to the Top
Jiménez, Esther; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-356-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementOver the years, Ana Llopis has made decisions at different points in her professional career and personal life. Her good work and her good relationships with headhunters have helped her to open doors to become chairwoman of the Board at Dia.Starting at €8.20
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Amadeus: Boosting Long-Term Growth
Roger Masclans; Canals, JordiCase SM-1691-ECorporate Governance, Innovation and Change, StrategyAmadeus, founded in 1988, had become the largest technology service provider for the travel & tourism (T&T) industry and one of the world's largest software companies, thanks to its global distribution system and its ability to adapt to a changing market. Thirty years later, in the summer of 2018, the company was facing a turning point, one of several in its history. That July, Amadeus CEO Luis Maroto was preparing a meeting with the board of dir...Starting at €8.20
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Conservas Díaz S.A.
Chiner, Alfonso; González, M.; Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1520-ECorporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementAntonio Díaz, the director of the family-owned business Conservas Díaz S.A., had worked hard to make the firm one of the leading canning companies in the country. The excellent family management contrasted with the lax attitude toward family-company relations. When Conservas Díaz S.A. was taken over by the second generation of owners, it suffered a serious setback when one of the shareholders announced he would be selling his shares in the compa...Starting at €8.20
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RELE Rouen: Language Immersion in Normandy (B): The Family Council
Klueter, Thomas Maximilian; Soler, EdiCase ASN-79-ECorporate Governance, Decision Analysis, Knowledge and CommunicationThe case describes various members of the Demongeot family, the house and land that they currently rent from RELE Rouen, and the business in French language learning led by Béatrice and Maxime. An offer to take over the business and family property forced the two partners to call a family meeting and decide, among the five children of the family, whether to sell the house they had all grown up in. The difficulty arose from the need to individuall...Starting at €5.74