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HotSpotNet Wireless
Ghosh, Anindya; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-34Accounting and Control, Knowledge and CommunicationUna pequeña empresa emergente, pionera en la instalación de puntos de acceso inalámbrico a Internet en hoteles, debe decidir su futuro. Puede fusionarse con otra nueva empresa con un negocio complementario pero con menor potencial de crecimiento, o mantener su modelo de negocio actual y buscar financiación externa, con la consiguiente pérdida de control.Starting at €8.20
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What Lies Behind CEO Failure
Capapé, Javier; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-83-ECorporate Governance, EconomicsManagement literature has no clear answer to the question of what causes CEO dismissal. Articles published over the last 30 years in journals such as The Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Academy of Management and Journal of Management come to opposite conclusions. The same explanatory variables have been worked through time and again: CEO origin (insider-outsider); director selection; CEO age and length of service; company typ...Starting at €8.20
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La caída de los dioses
Stein Martínez, Guido; Capapé, JavierArticle ART-1648Leadership and People ManagementLa estadística dice que durante las recesiones se despiden el doble de CEO que en un período normal. Hoy, por tanto, muchos altos ejecutivos están perdiendo su trabajo. Pero esta última ola esconde una corriente de más alcance: en las últimas décadas el mandato medio de un CEO se ha reducido a la mitad. Y lo sorprendente es que los malos resultados explican menos de la mitad de relevos. No hay unanimidad entre los expertos sobre cuáles son los v...Starting at €8.20
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How the Mighty Are Fallen
Stein Martínez, Guido; Capapé, JavierArticle ART-1648-ELeadership and People ManagementCompanies statistically dismiss twice as many CEOs in bad economic times as in good. Certainly, many senior executives have lost their jobs lately. Yet this new wave of dismissals masks a deeper trend: In the past two decades, the average tenure of a CEO has halved, and yet, in fewer than half the cases, the reason for their departure was solely because of poor performance. Experts disagree on the reasons for CEO failure, but the variables can be...Starting at €8.20
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HotSpotNet Wireless
Ghosh, Anindya; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-34-EAccounting and Control, Knowledge and CommunicationA small start up, pioneer in deploying wireless Internet access hotspots in hotels must decide on its future. It can merge with another start up with a complemenmtary business but lower growth potential, or keep its existing business model seeking external financing and losing control in the process.Starting at €8.20
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Kubi Wireless (A)
Ghosh, Anindya; Malaspina, K.; Cassidy, D.; Nueno, PedroCase E-41EntrepreneurshipKubi Wireless pretende ofrecer, mediante tecnología de redes de área local inalámbricas, a quienes viajan por motivos de negocios, acceso inalámbrico a Internet de alta velocidad que resulta práctico, fácil de utilizar y económico, liberando al usuario de conexiones físicas e hilos.Starting at €8.20
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Kozmo.com - "We'll Be Right Over"
Ghosh, AnindyaCase E-164-EEntrepreneurshipJoseph Park, co-founder of Kozmo.com, was euphoric. It was December 23, 1999 and he had just received a phone call about what he called the best Christmas gift of his life. A group of investors led by Amazon had decided to invest more that $100 million in his fledgling start-up. The capital markets were buoyant about all things related to the Internet and the NASDAQ was scaling to new heights every month. A quick IPO, which could help raise the c...Starting at €8.20
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Kubi Wireless (B)
Ghosh, Anindya; Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-87EntrepreneurshipEl 15 de julio de 2005 era un día muy especial en la breve historia de KubiWireless. Por fin se había puesto en marcha el servicio WiFi en los aeropuertos de Madrid-Barajas y Barcelona-El Prat. Ésta era una importante victoria para Kubi, y el equipo directivo (véase esquema de la organización en el Anexo 1) tenía motivos para sentirse satisfecho. Era la culminación de cuatro años de perseverancia y trabajo duro. Los ingresos habían aumentado a bu...Starting at €5.74
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Kubi Wireless (B)
Ghosh, Anindya; Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-87-EEntrepreneurshipJuly 15th 2005 was a red-letter day in the short history of KubiWireless. The WiFi service at Madrid Barajas and Barcelona El Prat airports had finally been launched. It was a big victory for Kubi, and the management team (see Exhibit 1 for the organizational chart) had reasons to be satisfied. It was the culmination of four years of hard work and perseverance. Revenues had grown at a fair clip over the previous year, and profitability was even c...Starting at €5.74
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Kubi Wireless (A)
Ghosh, Anindya; Malaspina, K.; Cassidy, D.; Nueno, PedroCase E-41-EEntrepreneurshipKubi Wireless wants to established Wireless Area Networking technology to offer business travellers easy to use and cost effective high speed wireless Internet Access.Starting at €8.20