IESE (España)
-
Jack Campbell (B)
Carelli, Joao; Chinchilla, Nuria; Moragas Freixa, MarujaCase DPO-199Leadership and People ManagementJack Campbell es un profesional brasileño con una brillante preparación académica. El caso muestra la entrevista de trabajo y su incorporación a un banco en el que no encaja ni por motivos ni por cultura empresarial. Sus buenos resultados como profesional no son óbice para que, al cabo de un tiempo, haya un replanteamiento en su carrera.Starting at €5.74
-
SicherPro Security at Truckzeit
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-346-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementSicherPro offers global and specialized security services that, combined with the most advanced technologies, seek maximum efficiency for companies' business management. A typical problem the company faces is how to assign security officers in such a way that the customer's needs are met and, at the same time, the assignment is as efficient as possible. The case deals with the problem of assigning scarce resources (guards, in this case) in the mo...Starting at €8.20
-
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
-
WoKou Robotics
de Santiago, RafaelCase AD-372-EDecision Analysis, Service and Operations ManagementWoKou Robotics is a global artificial intelligence company that manufactures two of its most popular robots in the same plant. Manufacturing is divided into several processes: robotic design, 3D printing and wiring. The case provides a natural scenario to introduce linear optimization techniques. The last part of the case is designed to encourage discussion of optimization in the presence of uncertainty (simulation methods) using the simulation o...Starting at €8.20
-
Laia Bertran (C): Y ahora qué
Brossa, Jordi; Chinchilla, Nuria; Moragas Freixa, MarujaCase DPO-142Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementHistoria de Laia y Jordi, un joven matrimonio expatriado que se complementa y adapta a sus sucesivas demandas profesionales, acompañándose en los cambios geográficos que sus carreras profesionales les requieren. Laia, ingeniera industrial, decide dejar su empresa para seguir a su marido a París, su nuevo lugar de trabajo, ciudad en la que ella trabajará, a su vez, en una de las grandes empresas siderúrgicas europeas. Años más tarde, las carrer...Starting at €5.74
-
Language Exchange Club (LEC)
Baucells Alibés, Manel; de Santiago, Rafael; Malagrida, SergioCase AD-320-EService and Operations ManagementThe case deals with assigning people to jobs. It focuses particularly on how to streamline team creation as effectively as possible. Although the case deals specifically with forming groups in one of IESE's clubs, the methodology may be easily applied to any other type of team.Starting at €8.20
-
UEFA Euro 2008
de Santiago, Rafael; Martínez Pedraza, ManuelCase AD-322-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case deals with the valuation of the risk involved in a particular business situation, and how to hedge that risk by means of insurance. It allows to show the strength of Monte Carlo simulation when dealing with complex risks. It also allows to explain a frequent bias in the decision making process.Starting at €8.20
-
Bundesautobahnen Group
de Santiago, Rafael; García Centenera, Iñigo; Izquierdo, DavidCase AD-367-EDecision AnalysisBundesautobahnen Group, a German construction company, has won a public tender to build (the first stretch of) a freewayan expressway between Berlin and Bremen, with a budget of 170 million of euros. The company neededs to optimize the costs, matching the estimates offered in the tender and improving the project's margin. One of the most important stages was the optimization of the earthwork along the route.Starting at €8.20
-
Espresso House
de Santiago, Rafael; Carreras, Julián; Palaniswami, Ramesh; Vilà, JenniferCase AD-390-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, FinanceThe financial attractiveness of branded coffee shops attracted investments from the private equity industry in 2005. The case analyzes how Palamon Capital Partners, a private equity firm, used quantitative analysis to assess the risk of a 5-year growth investment in Espresso House, a branded coffee shop chain in Sweden.Starting at €8.20
-
Jack Campbell (C)
Carelli, Joao; Chinchilla, Nuria; Moragas Freixa, MarujaCase DPO-200Leadership and People ManagementJack Campbell es un profesional brasileño con una brillante preparación académica. El caso muestra la entrevista de trabajo y su incorporación a un banco en el que no encaja ni por motivos ni por cultural. Sus buenos resultados profesionales no son óbice para que, al cabo de un tiempo, haya un replanteamiento en su carrera.Starting at €5.74