IESE (España)
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The Long Process Toward Specialization in the Catalan Leather Industry (A)
Subirà, Antoni; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1593-EInnovation and Change, StrategyThe leather industry had had more than five centuries of history in Catalonia.Spain was incurring the risk of being sanctioned by the European Union if it didn't adhere to strict environmental standards. However, industry representatives claimed to be at a disadvantage with respect to developing countries. The case explains the technical solution implemented in the 1990s. The answer Subirá found to the environmental dilemma was to develop a joint...Starting at €8.20
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Iceland: From Financial Meltdown to Geothermal Energy
Subirà, Antoni; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1591-EEconomics, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case describes the origins of a cluster initiative in the geothermal energy industry in Iceland and its initial steps in 2010. The case examines the specific characteristics of the country and recent events in its history, and it describes the geothermal industry and the traditional "cluster approach" up to 2010. It then describes the actions undertaken by Gekon, the company that is leading the cluster initiative, the steps in the process, ...Starting at €8.20
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The Agro Food Cluster in Central Denmark - Teaching Note
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María LuisaTeaching Note SMT-95-EStrategyThe case describes an initiative in Central Denmark that consists of a business park that has aspirations of becoming a (micro) cluster. Soren Madsen, the "clusterpreneur" in charge of running the park, has ambitious growth plans but he faces a number of challenges including aspects such as financing, positioning of the park, lack of recognition as a true cluster, attraction of talent and little interest from big companies, among others. All the...Starting at €0.00
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Struggling with Competition in the Catalan Leather Industry (B)
Subirà, Antoni; Blázquez, María Luisa; Diego, Enrique deCase SM-1594-EInnovation and Change, StrategyFrom 2005 on, tanners from Igualada made a successful move from the traditional production of shoe soles to a new market of high-quality leather products sold to clients on the luxury market. However, the number of Chinese tanners had been growing at an increased rate during the previous years, and the Catalan companies knew that their shift to high-quality products would not provide long-term protection against their Chinese rivals.Starting at €5.74
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Contrataciones en entornos de alta demanda: ¿un asunto de retribución
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-91Leadership and People ManagementLa retribución ha dejado progresivamente de asentarse sobre bases como la estimación de la valía profesional de la persona o de las características intrínsecas del propio puesto y ha pasado a ser un concepto que opera dentro de un mercado. En este contexto regido por leyes de oferta y demanda, ocurre en ocasiones que determinados perfiles y colectivos profesionales se convierten en altamente demandados y ello produce un encarecimiento en las cond...Starting at €8.20
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Los Assessments Centres: más allá de una técnica de evaluación de directivos
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-85Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementEl Assessment Centre es, pues, una técnica estandarizada que persigue minimizar los sesgos y la subjetividad inherentes a los procesos de evaluación de personas y que consiste en que la persona o personas que van a ser evaluadas afrontan simulaciones de situaciones profesionales en las que han de poner en juego unas competencias objeto de estudio. Este estudio no lo practica un único observador, sino varios, y las observaciones se plasman en un...Starting at €8.20
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Banco de Iberia (A)
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-217-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementBanco de Iberia was founded by an investor group at the end of the 19th century, with capital of six million pesetas (36,000 euros). Since then, the bank has maintained a stable stock price and a reputation as a sound institution with proven expertise in universal banking services for personal, corporate and institutional customers. In 2009 the bank needs to adapt its management structure to the new circumstances, so as to tighten control of expe...Starting at €8.20
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LIPA (A): Impact of a Merger
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-172-ECorporate GovernanceThe human resources director of OLTRA, a leading Spanish manufacturer that has recently acquired one of the largest Argentinean companies, LIPA, must decide how to approach the task of integrating LIPAs existing employees. As far as the top-level executives are concerned, he feels that assessment results hardly count, as the decisions will be made elsewhere and for other reasons. How can the experience gained in Spain be combined with the chall...Starting at €8.20
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Maison Lumineuse: una evaluación online
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-731Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementMaison Lumineuse es una compañía de distribución de productos para decoración y hogar que es referente en su sector, con más de cuarenta años de existencia, 12.000 empleados y 120 tiendas. A mediados de 2020, en pleno estallido de la pandemia de COVID-19, se plantea la reubicación de sus actuales 120 jefes de Recursos Humanos de tienda. Con ese fin, se decide modificar la metodología del assessment con una evaluación online y automatizada en part...Starting at €8.20
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Maison Lumineuse: una evaluación online - Nota del instructor
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoTeaching Note DPOT-109Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementMaison Lumineuse es una compañía de distribución de productos para decoración y hogar que es referente en su sector, con más de cuarenta años de existencia, 12.000 empleados y 120 tiendas. A mediados de 2020, en pleno estallido de la pandemia de COVID-19, se plantea la reubicación de sus actuales 120 jefes de Recursos Humanos de tienda. Con ese fin, se decide modificar la metodología del assessment centre con una evaluación online y automatizada ...Starting at €0.00