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Unilever (2017): The Board of Directors and the CEO in Governance and Strategy (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Canals, JordiCase SM-1671-PBCorporate GovernanceThe Kraft Heinz takeover offer to buy Unilever in February 2017 is an inflection point for a leading company in the global consumer goods industry that has been doing quite well for the past few years. Unilever is a multi-stakeholder company that has become the leader in sustainability strategy in the fast moving consumer goods landscape. This case allows for a discussion on what the board and the CEO should do in facing and preparing a formal a...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo la IA cambiará (o no) tu modo de dirigir
Canals, Jordi; Cassiman, Bruno; Elvira, Marta; Sieber, Sandra; Raes, AnneloesArticle ART-3203Information Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAl expandir los límites de lo que las máquinas son capaces de hacer, la inteligencia artificial (IA) plantea nuevos retos a los directivos, desde entender esta tecnología en constante evolución hasta darle un uso práctico o resolver los dilemas éticos asociados a sus crecientes cualidades humanas. Para muchos, se trata de un mundo completamente nuevo. ¿Cómo deben prepararse los directivos para afrontarlo?Starting at €8.20
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How AI Will - and Won't - Change the Way You Manage
Canals, Jordi; Cassiman, Bruno; Elvira, Marta; Sieber, Sandra; Raes, AnneloesArticle ART-3203-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyDigitalization, big data, machine learning, robotics and artificial intelligence are reshaping industries, making once strong business models obsolete, growing new enterprises with different capabilities and skill sets, disrupting companies and communities, and ushering in social change. What are the key issues for leadership, governance and management? What new competencies are needed? How should executives respond? In this article, IESE profess...Starting at €8.20
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(Water) Public–Private Partnerships: The Economics
Debaere, Peter; Kapral, AndrewTechnical Note DARDEN-GEM-0183-EEconomicsWith frequent water main breaks, leaking pipes, and lead contamination, the water infrastructure of many countries is in bad shape, and improvements are urgent in light of climate change and increasing water stress. Discussion in recent years has focused on the role of private companies in a sector that has traditionally been in public hands. Since the privatization of the United Kingdom’s water infrastructure in the late 1980s, a whole range of ...Starting at €8.20
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Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium: The Algebra
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0592-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis technical note refreshes the algebraic representation of linear demand and supply, how to account for shifting curves, and how to include taxes. This is part of the refresher course in Economics at Darden.Starting at €8.20
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Supply, Demand, and Equilibrium: A Class Experiment
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0593-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis note explains the intuition and analytics behind the class experiment that is commonly called "Trading in a Pit." Following the experiment, we derive supply and demand and discuss market efficiency. This note is part of the refresher course in economics at Darden.Starting at €8.20
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The Effects of Tariffs and Quotas
Debaere, PeterTechnical Note DARDEN-G-0595-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis note discusses the welfare implications of tariffs for consumers, producers, and the government. A brief survey of the state of protectionism in recent years is included.Starting at €8.20
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Zimbabwe: Grappling with Hyperinflation
Debaere, PeterCase DARDEN-G-0599-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case will lead students to a discussion of the causes and effects of hyperinflation. The link with fiscal deficits is explored, and so is the link with societal changes. The particular focus is on the hyperinflation in Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe whose government implemented a controversial land redistribution program. The case can be taught with a class experiment-see teaching note.Starting at €8.20
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Fishy Issues: The U.S. Shrimp Antidumping Case
Debaere, PeterCase DARDEN-G-0600-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case features a prominent antidumping case in the United States against six of its major foreign shrimp suppliers. The case fits well in a discussion and analysis of the (welfare) consequences of protectionism, the basic case for free trade, and the political economy of protectionism.Starting at €8.20
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The IMF's Coordinated Growth Strategy of 1977/1978
Debaere, PeterCase DARDEN-G-0601-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe case documents the growth strategy that the IMF wanted to orchestrate after the first oil crisis and as the world economy did not return to the growth rates of the 1960s. The case illustrates the pinnacle of Keynesian thinking that prevailed at the time: a view of the international economy as an almost hydraulic system that could be manipulated by government policies at will to reach desirable aggregate targets. The failure of the strategy, a...Starting at €8.20