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Ambushed by Adversity
IESE InsightArticle ART-2275-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe uncertainty, threats and uncontrollable situations faced by the average business person may never be as extreme as what the Mexican architect Bosco Gutiérrez went through. But his story of how he mustered the strength within himself to overcome his ordeal offers valuable lessons on how to keep your wits about you when you find yourself suddenly ambushed by adversity.Starting at €8.20
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Leading by Letting Go
IESE InsightArticle ART-2598-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do you avoid giving orders if you are the leader in charge? The story of how a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine crew went from being worst to first provides useful lessons for other managers who find themselves with disempowered teams and without all the answers.Starting at €8.20
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Navigating the Realities of Emerging Markets
Kleinhempel, MatthiasArticle ART-2791-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementAll corporate compliance programs share a common feature: to ensure that the company obeys the law and that all organizational members behave ethically. However, multinational companies operating in a country like Mexico, for example, face issues very different from those of Germany -- a reality that many codes of conduct fail to recognize. The author's research on compliance programs in the emerging economies of Latin America reveals the special...Starting at €8.20
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Deepwater Horizon: Spilling oil, money and trust
Vaccaro, Antonino; Machado, AnaCase BE-174-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis, StrategyOn April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon¿a floating, semi-submersible, dynamically-positioned drilling unit¿exploded after a massive natural gas gusher from a natural reservoir located more than 13,000 feet under the sea floor. The explosion killed 11 people working on the platform and injured 17 others. After the explosion, an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico over a period of 87 days, causing unprecedented damage ...Starting at €8.20
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Michael Eisner at Disney
Mitchell, Jordan; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-61-ECorporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementThis case deals with a proven successful leader in entertainment (Michael Eisner) in a time of leadership crisis. At the time of this case, Eisner is managing an internal and external revolt. Students must unearth the key points of Eisner's leadership, including how he manages people, his communication ability, his propensity to risk taking and his track record in developing other leaders. In looking at Eisner's leadership, students will have t...Starting at €8.20
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Bill Ackman's Big Short of Herbalife
Vandebroek, Tom; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Simon, JanCase SM-1611-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyThis case describes how hedge fund activist Bill Ackman took a $1 billion short position on the shares of the nutrition company Herbalife. Ackman is convinced that Herbalife's business model is essentially a pyramid scheme, rendering it unsustainable as well as illegal. The case describes his arguments and the evidence he builds on. Other hedge fund titans soon took the opposite position on Herbalife, possibly because they fundamentally disagree ...Starting at €8.20
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United Breaks Guitars
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-202-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementUnited Continental Holdings, generally referred to as United for short, is one of the largest airlines in the world. Although it has its headquarters in Chicago (Illinois, United States), it operates nine different hubs, the other eight being Denver, Guam, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark (New Jersey), San Francisco, Tokyo (Japan) and Washington D.C. Like many companies in the transport sector, United claims: ?Our goal is to make every flight a posit...Starting at €8.20
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Guidant Corporation (C): Don't Get a Heart Attack! Difficult Decisions in a Pacemaker Firm
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-171-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeGuidant Corporation is an high tech star up. After a couple of years of activities, it launches new high tech products such as pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, etc. After some time Guidant's top management discovers that one of its products, implanted in 24.000 patients, has a serious defect. After the death of a patient due to the fault of a Guidant's product, the firm enter into fire. Case C provides the epilogue of the long crisis.Starting at €5.74
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Guidant Corporation (A): Don't Get a Heart Attack! Difficult Decisions in a Pacemaker Firm
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-169-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeGuidant Corporation is a high tech start up. After a couple of years of activities, it launches new high tech products such as pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, etc. After some time Guidant's top management discovers that one of its products, implanted in 24.000 patients, has a serious defect. Manager has to choose whether to disclose the information only to the FDA as requested by the law, or also to inform the patients and doctors.Starting at €8.20
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki: Can She Deliver Again?
Elvira, Marta; Villamor, IsabelCase SM-1649-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn September 2014, Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing website, discovered that Facebook - one of the leaders in the technology industry - had announced a strategic shift toward online videos. Wojcicki had been appointed YouTube's CEO in February that year, with the goal of making the website profitable. Even though YouTube's revenues had hit $5.6 billion in 2013, the website had not yet turned a profit.Starting at €8.20