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Grupo Velázquez
Mozo, Enrique; Gallo, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1241StrategyEl fundador del grupo familiar Velázquez logró un extraordinario desarrollo de sus empresas a lo largo de casi treinta años. Pero su dedicación a los negocios fue en detrimento del tiempo y esfuerzo empleados en la educación de sus tres hijos. A la muerte del fundador, heredaron sus hijos y uno de ellos, Lorenzo, se hizo cargo de la dirección ejecutiva del grupo. Lorenzo continuó con cierto éxito los negocios familiares, al tiempo que llevaba un ...Starting at €8.20
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Kimpton Hotels - Setting Prices on Priceline (A)
Chris K. Anderson; John G. Wilson; Joel ReadCase IVEY-9B09E027-EDecision Analysis, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementIn June 2008, the Kimpton Hotels' area director of revenue management (director) for Washington, D.C. was trying to process the most recent customer information report from Priceline.com (Priceline). In an attempt to improve revenues during periods of lowStarting at €8.20
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Kimpton Hotels — Setting Prices on Priceline (C)
Chris K. Anderson; John G. Wilson; Joel ReadCase IVEY-9B09E029-ECorporate Governance, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementThe Kimpton Hotels' area director of revenue management (director) for Washington, D.C. was excited about using Priceline.com to help fill rooms on some of Kimpton's low-demand weekends. He estimated the coming weeks' demand across three rate classes and across three lengths of stay (LOS), and he wanted to make sure he did not use Priceline.com too aggressively by releasing too many rooms onto the site.Starting at €5.74
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Family Protocol (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Gallo, Miguel Ángel; Ward, John L.Technical Note DGN-448-PBStrategyThe note includes three examples of protocol in family businesses, with explanations of the different types of relationships between managers, owners, and family members. It also includes a variety of ways of allocating power and property.Starting at €8.20
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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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Protocolo familiar
Gallo, Miguel Ángel; Ward, John L.Technical Note DGN-448StrategyLa nota incluye tres ejemplos de protocolo en empresas familiares, con diversos grados de explicitación en las relaciones entre directivos, propietarios y familiares. Asimismo, incluye varias formas de ver la asignación del poder y de la propiedad. Sugiere un índice de capítulos de un protocolo familiar.Starting at €8.20
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Maurice Segall
Gallo, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-962StrategyEl caso describe la carrera profesional de Maurice Segall desde su inicio en la Administración Pública de Canadá, en 1952, hasta su retiro como presidente y director general de Zayre Corporation en 1989. Zayre Corporation, bajo la dirección de Maurice Segall, pasó a ser una de las mayores empresas de Estados Unidos en la industria de cadenas de almacenes, de productos de alta rotación y bajo margen. En 1987 empezó a tener problemas en su principa...Starting at €8.20
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The University of Wyoming Men’s Basketball Team
John G. Wilson; Craig SorochukCase IVEY-9B11E034-ECorporate Governance, MarketingAt the University of Wyoming, home games played by the men’s basketball team generated significant revenues for the athletics department through ticket and concession sales. With the 2009-2010 season ending, it was time to forecast revenues for the upcoming season. Even though ticket prices were already set, providing a revenue forecast was difficult, as the schedule of home games for the 2010-2011 season was not yet known, and both ticket and co...Starting at €8.20
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Space Shuttle
John G. Wilson; Chris K. AndersonCase IVEY-9B09E009-ECorporate GovernanceAfter the successful Apollo series NASA formulated a new vision for the space program, incorporating a space station and guaranteeing routine access to space via a reusable space shuttle. In 1986, the space shuttle design included two solid-rocket launchers which required the use of O-rings to seal the joints. After each launch the launchers were retrieved, inspected and possibly reused if they did not display evidence of O-ring distress. The spa...Starting at €8.20