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Quarelli & Gabbianti (C)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Rodríguez, Cristina; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-113Leadership and People ManagementEste caso es el desenlace final del caso Q&G. La compañía decide prescindir de su mítico director creativo y reorientar su negocio enfocándose a lo que tradicionalmente ha sido su "core business". Se llega a un acuerdo entre el holding y la subsidiaria italiana que ayudará a reforzar el negocio y a dar coherencia al mismo.Starting at €5.74
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Aceites Borges Pont, S.A.
Vergés S.; Ricart, Joan Enric; Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1385-EStrategy2000 had been a difficult year for the olive oil industry in Spain, owing to the price cutting policy adopted by some companies, which had forced the rest of the industry to operate with very tight margins. In this context, Aceites Borges Pont, S.A. had to decide how to position its products, not only in Spain but also in the new international markets, in which the product was starting to be recognized, in order to achieve the profitability it ha...Starting at €8.20
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PanEuroSearch
Vergés S.; Ricart, Joan EnricCase DG-1412StrategyEn enero del año 2003, Joan Serra hacía balance de los seis primeros meses de actividad de su recién fundada firma, PanEuroSearch. Las últimas cifras indicaban que el año 2002 había sido uno de los peores para el sector del «executive search» a nivel mundial. En años anteriores, el sector había vivido un espectacular crecimiento a causa de la proliferación de los negocios de telecomunicaciones e Internet, así como por la alta competitividad por e...Starting at €8.20
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Quarelli & Gabbianti - Nota del instructor
Alonso, J.; Rodríguez, Cristina; Ortiz de Bethancourt R.; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-23Leadership and People ManagementEn la nota del instructor, tras hacer una breve sinopsis del caso, se presentan los temas de discusión: problemática de la dirección de personas en las empresas del lujo en el sector moda: gestión del ego/problemática organizativa en las empresas del lujo/ problemática de la gestión del conflicto y el negocio del creativo: valoración de intangibles frente a resultados económico. Se plantea un diseño de pizarras y el "timing" de la clase. ...Starting at €0.00
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ABPSA. Studying the Acquisition of a Big Competitor
Vergés S.; Ricart, Joan Enric; Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1452-EStrategyIn October 2001 the Board of Directors of the Borges Group held an extraordinary meeting. The reason for the meeting was well known to all present: Koipe, the leading Spanish olive and sunflower oil company, had become the target of a takeover bid by another Spanish company, SOS Cuétara (a producer of rice and biscuits). At that meeting, the Board of Directors would have to decide whether to respond with a counterbid. Koipe had been one of Borges...Starting at €8.20
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Grupo Prisa
Vergés S.; Rosenberg, Mike; Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1468-EStrategyThe Prisa Executive Committee is deciding on its strategy to compete with its main international rivals. The case describes Grupo Prisa's structure, the growth and diversification processes undertaken up to 2004, and its expansion into the Spanish-speaking world. It also analyzes the group's main rivals in Spain and beyond.Starting at €8.20
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Quarelli & Gabbianti - Teaching Note
Alonso, J.; Rodríguez, Cristina; Ortiz de Bethancourt R.; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-23-ELeadership and People ManagementThis teaching note provides a brief summary of the case and presents the discussion topics: the problems involved in managing people in companies in the luxury fashion industry: ego management, organization problems in luxury companies, conflict management and the creative business, and assessing intangibles compared with economic results. In addition it provides a description of blackboard presentations and class timings.Starting at €0.00
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Quarelli & Gabbianti (C)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Rodríguez, Cristina; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-113-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case study describes the ultimate outcome of the situation at Q&G. The company decides to let its renowned creative director go and to refocus the company on what has traditionally been its core business. An agreement is reached between the holding company and the Italian subsidiary that will help strengthen the business and make it more coherent.Starting at €5.74
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Quarelli & Gabbianti (B)
Rodríguez, Cristina; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Ortiz de Bethancourt R.; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-101-ELeadership and People ManagementThe outcome of the situation described in case study A. This case focuses on the problem of managing designers in the luxury fashion industry. It describes the interpersonal conflict that arises in the company between the creative director and a new designer who has a more business-oriented approach. The case examines the problems of managing egos and conflicts, and the different organizational design models for this kind of company, depending on...Starting at €5.74
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Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI)
Vergés S.; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1453-EStrategyThis is the first of a case series on Social Entrepreneurship written in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Comite para Democratizaçao da Informática (CDI) was a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded by Rodrigo Baggio in Brazil in 1995. Its mission was to set up schools to teach computer skills to low-income communities so that slum residents could begin to move into the mainstream of society and...Starting at €8.20