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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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Implantación de SAP en Celsa (B)
Jiménez F.; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Sieber, Sandra; Subirana Vilanova, Brian; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-140Information Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationEl caso (B) describe la solución adoptada que llevó a una mejora de la situación competitiva de la empresa.Starting at €5.74
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Netscape Corporation IPO: Managing Risk and Uncertainty
Oguledo O.; Santomá, Javier; Subirana Vilanova, BrianCase SI-95-EKnowledge and CommunicationThis case analyses the various risks that Netscape Co faced during its growth, focussing on the events that occurred during their Initial Public Offering. The case is centred around the decision to purchase stock by an investment firm. Various revenue scenarios are confounded by the risk factors that revolve around the company and the Internet industry as a whole.Starting at €8.20
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¿Qué hay detrás del fracaso de los CEOs
Capapé, Javier; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-83Corporate Governance, EconomicsLas decisiones sobre la destitución de un CEO adolecen de fundamentos sólidos en la bibliografía científica. Revistas como Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Academy of Management o Journal of Management han publicado artículos de conclusiones enfrentadas durante los últimos 30 años. Existe un conjunto de variables con poder explicativo que son estudiadas de manera recurrente. Variables como la procedencia del CEO ("insider-outs...Starting at €8.20
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Implementation of SAP at Celsa (A)
Jiménez F.; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Sieber, Sandra; Subirana Vilanova, Brian; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-139-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationThe case describes the situation of a company with a large number of centres of operations, as a result of acquisitions and takeovers, that decides to implement SAP. It presents the problems associated with the implementation of a complex system in a distributed environment. Case (A) should be accompanied by case (B), to be handed out in class, which describes the solution eventually adopted, which leads to an improvement in the company's competi...Starting at €8.20
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Implementation of SAP at Celsa (B)
Jiménez F.; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Sieber, Sandra; Subirana Vilanova, Brian; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-140-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationCase (B) describes the solution eventually adopted, which leads to an improvement in the company's competitive situation.Starting at €5.74
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OPI de Netscape Corporation: Gestión de riesgo e incertidumbre
Oguledo O.; Santomá, Javier; Subirana Vilanova, BrianCase SI-95Knowledge and CommunicationEste caso analiza los distintos riesgos que corrió Netscape Corporation durante su crecimiento, centrándose en los hechos que tuvieron lugar durante su oferta pública inicial. El caso gira en torno a la decisión de una sociedad de inversiones de comprar acciones. Varios escenarios de ingresos son frustrados por los factores de riesgo que acompañan a la compañía y al sector de Internet en su conjunto.Starting at €8.20
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Implantación de SAP en Celsa (A)
Jiménez F.; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Sieber, Sandra; Subirana Vilanova, Brian; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase SI-139Information Technologies, Knowledge and CommunicationEl caso plantea la situación de una empresa con múltiples centros de trabajo, fruto de adquisiciones y absorciones, que decide implantar SAP. Presenta la problemática de puesta en marcha de un sistema complejo en un entorno distribuido. El caso (A) debe ir acompañado del caso (B), a entregar en clase, donde se describe la solución adoptada que llevó a una mejora de la situación competitiva de la empresa.Starting at €8.20