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Supermarket Baqueira
Fernandes, NunoExercise FE-55-EFinanceThe supermarket chain Baqueira is considering investing in a new delivery service for online orders. The project will have a life span of five years.Starting at €8.20
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La estrategia corporativa de Ebro Foods en el 2021
Caldart, Adrian; Isaac Sastre BoquetCase SM-1734Corporate Governance, StrategyEl caso describe el desarrollo de la estrategia corporativa de Ebro Foods durante el periodo 2000-2021, caracterizada por un giro, desde un foco que estaba puesto esencialmente en España, alrededor de los negocios del azúcar y los lácteos, hacia un foco internacional con fuerte presencia en Estados Unidos y Francia en torno a los negocios de arroz, pasta y comidas ready made. El caso describe y aborda la reciente decisión de la empresa de vender ...Starting at €8.20
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The Corporate Strategy of Ebro Foods in 2021
Caldart, Adrian; Isaac Sastre BoquetCase SM-1734-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThe case describes the development of Ebro Foods' corporate strategy throughout the 2000-2021 period. During these years the strategy pivoted from a purely domestic focus in the Spanish market, around the sugar and milk industries, towards an international focus with a strong presence in France and the US, built around the rice, pasta, and ready-made foods industry. Lastly, the case describes and analyzes the recent decision of selling off a sign...Starting at €8.20
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Sony and the Activist Threat
Fernandes, NunoCase F-970-EFinanceThis case is about an activist shareholder attacking Sony. On May 14 2013, Third Point, the activist shareholder, delivered a letter to Kazuo Hirai, president and CEO of Sony Corporation (Sony). The letter revealed that Third Point had purchased a 6.9% stake in Sony and proposed that Sony spin off up to 20% of its Entertainment Division to reduce its debt and strengthen its ailing Electronics Division. Activist fund Third Point had a history of ...Starting at €8.20
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Retribución: Soluciones al rompecabezas
Bourne, Mike; Contreras, Ignacio; Edmans, Alex; Franco-Santos, Mónica; Gómez López-Egea, Sandalio; Marcos, Javier; Tosi, Henry L.Dossier DOS-7Finance, Leadership and People Management, StrategyEncajar todas las piezas del sistema de remuneraciones es posible. La solución pasa, en parte, por aprender de la crisis.Starting at €15.00
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Starbucks Reinvention Strategy: Store Automation and Growth
Moscoso, Philip; Isaac Sastre Boquet; Lago, AlejandroCase OIT-13-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementIn September 2022, Schultz presented Starbucks' new Reinvention strategy at the company's investor day in Seattle (U.S.). He claimed that the Reinvention strategy plan addressed the key issues the company faced, as follows: resolving the growing tensions with its U.S. workers, adjusting its value proposition to the shifts in consumer preferences, deploying more store automation, and reactivating its global expansion, primarily in China. During th...Starting at €8.20
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The International Airline Group Rights Issue
Fernandes, NunoCase F-965-EFinanceThis case is about the IAG capital increase, in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. COVID-19 had totally changed the airline sector, and worldwide all airlines were in despair. IAG was badly in need of additional capital. International Airlines Group (IAG), the owner of airlines such as Iberia and British Airways, had announced a capital increase, through a rights issue. According to the Board, the capital increase of almost ? 3 billion was de...Starting at €8.20
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El arte y la ciencia de fijar objetivos
Franco-Santos, Mónica; Marcos, Javier; Bourne, MikeArticle ART-1866Leadership and People ManagementLa reciente crisis económica y la quiebra de muchas instituciones financieras dan fe de los peligros de combinar unos objetivos de rendimiento excesivamente ambiciosos con bonus abultados. Los objetivos, en el mejor de los casos, pueden motivar positivamente a los empleados, pero, en el peor, empujarles a comportamientos disfuncionales, con resultados tan nefastos como los que hemos visto. ¿Qué pueden hacer las empresas para acertar con su...Starting at €8.20
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The Art and Science of Target Setting
Franco-Santos, Mónica; Marcos, Javier; Bourne, MikeArticle ART-1866-ELeadership and People ManagementThe recent economic crisis and the collapse of many financial institutions stand as living proof of the dangers of overly ambitious targets coupled with fat bonuses. Targets, at their best, can motivate people to succeed; at their worst, they induce employees to engage in dysfunctional behavior, leading to detrimental outcomes like those recently witnessed. How can companies get it right? The authors studied target-setting practices involving sal...Starting at €8.20
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Artificial Intelligence at Arriaga Asociados: Paralegal or partner
Zamora, Javier; Valor Sabatier, Josep; Calvo, Eduard; Isaac Sastre BoquetCase OIT-23-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn 2023, Jesús María Ruíz de Arriaga, founder and CEO of Arriaga Asociados, was debating with Alejandro López Berraquero, the general manager, and Pedro López, the director of Transformation, about the digital transformation process that the law firm was undergoing. Specifically, Arriaga had just successfully tested an AI model that could read the text of the thousands of judicial notifications that arrived at the firm weekly, and it was time to ...Starting at €8.20