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Compagnie Financiere Richemont S.A.
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B11B003-EAccounting and Control, StrategyA consumer goods analyst has been asked to understand the governance structure and various risks facing Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA, a Swiss-based luxury goods conglomerate. Richemont has emerged as one of the premier luxury brand houses in the world and is controlled by a single person, Johann Rupert. The case describes the development of Richemont and provides information on various aspects of the firm, including its many luxury brand hou...Starting at €8.20
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum (B)
Murray J. Bryant; Trevor HunterCase IVEY-9B08M003-EStrategyThis supplement to product 9B08M002 examines the role played by the board with respect to the personal integrity of Lord Browne, who had been several times identified as the chief executive officer of the year by the Financial Times.Starting at €5.74
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Gentera S.A.B. de C.V.: The Evolution of an Organization and Its Board of Directors
Juan Romero McCarthy; Murray J. BryantCase IVEY-9B17M173-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyFinancial holding company Gentera S.A.B. de C.V., located in Mexico City and operating in Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru, offered microlending, financial payment, insurance, and money transfer services to individuals at the bottom of the financial pyramid. The company was founded and operated on strong social values—reduce financial exclusion, focus on human and social values (including self-actualization), and enhance economic value—which pervaded ...Starting at €8.20
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Kaupthing Bank hf Acquires Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Spanish version)
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07BS13Accounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe managing director of investment banking for Kaupthing Bank hf (Kaupthing) was considering what he would need to do if he accepted a new appointment as chief executive officer of Kaupthing's latest acquisition, U.K.-based investment bank Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Singer). He would have to deal with the fact that the two merging companies had very different cultures, the possibility that some employees may leave as a result of the change ...Starting at €8.20
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Brown: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum (A) (Spanish version)
Murray J. Bryant; Trevor HunterCase IVEY-9B08MS02StrategyEl ano 2007 tuvo que haber sido uno del peor de la historia de British-Petroleum plc (BP). En el palmo de cuatro meses, dos informes independientes separados (el primero comisionado por BP si mismo) habian identificado una “cultura profundamente arraigada del riesgo” dentro de BP donde el dinero y los beneficios fueron valorados sobre trabajador y seguridad ambiental. Estos informes estaban en respuesta a una explosion en 2005 en una refineria de...Starting at €8.20
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Finning International Inc.: Management Systems in 2009
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B10B001-EAccounting and Control, StrategyA stock analyst is reviewing information about Finning International Inc. He wonders how strategy at Finning's business unit-level is translated into financial and individual performance metrics at the line of business level. The case study describes Finning's internal management systems and shows how the metrics at the various levels are in alignment with the company's overall objectives.Starting at €8.20
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MK II: Building an American Watch Company
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B09M073-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyAgainst all odds, the founder of Mk II Corporation (Mk II) has started an American watch company. The founder, a former investment banker and a Wharton MBA graduate, began his venture in 2002 with no prior experience in the watchmaking trade. He started his company to produce watches in the United States during an era when U.S. manufacturing was in decline and the country had no indigenous watchmaking firms to speak of. In addition, the economy w...Starting at €8.20
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Kaupthing Bank hf Acquires Singer & Friedlander Group plc
Murray J. Bryant; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B07B013-EAccounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe managing director of investment banking for Kaupthing Bank hf (Kaupthing) was considering what he would need to do if he accepted a new appointment as chief executive officer of Kaupthing's latest acquisition, U.K.-based investment bank Singer & Friedlander Group plc (Singer). He would have to deal with the fact that the two merging companies had very different cultures, the possibility that some employees may leave as a result of the change ...Starting at €8.20
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Trevor HunterCase IVEY-9B08M002-EStrategyThe year 2007 had to have been one of the worst in the history of British Petroleum plc (BP). In the span of four months, two separate independent reports (the first one commissioned by BP itself) had identified a deeply rooted "culture of risk" within BP where money and profits were valued above worker and environmental safety. These reports were in response to an explosion in 2005 at an oil refinery in Texas City, in the United States, which ki...Starting at €8.20