This website uses technical, customisation and analytical cookies, both first-party and third-party, to anonymously facilitate browsing and analyse statistics on use of the website. Learn more
AESE (Portugal)
-
The Launching of the Super Bock Mini (A). Market Studies in the Food Industry
Martins, Ramiro; Porfírio, Mario; Vilares Morgado, AndréCase AESE-M-A-686(I)-EMarketingThis case is divided into two parts, A and B. The first should be given to the students for preliminary study, while the second should be kept for class distribution.In the first part the situation is placed in context and described. The qualitative and quantitative market studies are presented, as well as the four proposed decisions. In the second part of the case we find an additional study, the ?Conjoint Analysis?, which allows an evaluation o...Starting at €8.20
-
VIVO. Portugal Telecom and Telefónica de España in Brazil
Caldart, Adrián A.Case AESE-DG-A-551(I)-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThe case refers to the strategic alliance between Portugal Telecom (PT) and Telefonica de Espana, to jointly develop their mobile phone business in Brazil. Although the case contains information on both partners, it is written from the PT perspective. Specifically, the case refers to: (1) the evolution of PT's presence in Brazil; (2) the motivations that led PT and Telefonica to establish their alliance; (3) the competitive positions of both ...Starting at €8.20
-
The "Jaipur foot"
de Matos, Luis; Viassa Monteiro, EugénioCase AESE-DG-A-773(I)-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeThe case presents a new business model to produce low cost prosthesis, made and adapted in less than a day and with no need of maintenance for several years. Also, the low cost makes the prosthesis accessible to just about anybody.The case describes a company which produces and places foot or leg prosthesis, as a way to alleviate people suffering from a deficiency which seriously impairs their quality of life. They are people who for some reason ...Starting at €8.20
-
Growth and Diversification on Martifer
Caldart, Adrián A.Case AESE-DG-A-886(I)-EStrategyThe case describes the fast process of international growth and diversification of the Portuguese firm Martifer. Originally an Iberian leader in the metallic structures business, Martifer became a relevant actor in renewable energies-related businesses in only four years. In doing so, the firm invested heavily in businesses related to wind energy, solar energy and bio fuels throughout 15 countries across the 5 continents. The case describes the p...Starting at €8.20
-
Integration Project. GALP in Spain
Caldart, Adrián A.; Leão, PedroCase AESE-DG-A-958(I)-EStrategyThe case refers to Galp´s decision to strengthen significantly its competitive position in the Iberian Peninsula through the acquisition of the operations of Agip and Exxon in 2008. The singularity of the case results from the fact that, as both acquisitions were done almost simultaneously, the process of integration involved three firms with rather different organizational cultures at the same time. The case documents how the integration process...Starting at €8.20
-
Myojo Foods, Co. LTD1
Pinto do Santos, José MiguelCase AESE-F-A-683(I)-EFinanceThis case presents the tender offer made by Steel Partners to buy the stock of Myojo Foods, a Japanese noodle maker. It may be used to present the dynamics of prices after tender offers and the impact that the emergence of a white knight has on the market. It may also be used to discuss different cultural views on corporate ownership and culturally based reactions to hostile bids.Starting at €8.20
-
GALP Energia - The move into Iberian retail
Dias Ferreira, ManuelCase AESE-M-A-508(I)-EMarketingThe case describes the strategy of GALP to give its retail an Iberian dimension. Realising that its market quota in Portugal of nearly 40% can only decrease, the company wishes to swap about one hundred of its filling stations in Portugal, for a similar number of Total’s stations in Spain. GALP considers that a Spanish market quota of less than 6% will prevent it from being a player with any weight in the Spanish market. GALP wishes to concentrat...Starting at €8.20
-
Vêgê (A) - Brand Repositioning in the Food Industry
Martins, Ramiro; Mendo, Susana; Vilares Morgado, AndréCase AESE-M-A-876(I)-EMarketingThe case studies the positioning of a brand within the food oils and fats industry, the business area of Sovena Consumer Goods, S,A. and the events occur in Portugal in 2006. The main character in the case, marketing manager Luis Pereira Santos, is faced with the necessity of taking a decision about the repositioning of one of the brands, VêGê oil. The case illustrates the principles of marketing positioning and presents two tools available to th...Starting at €8.20
-
eConstroy - An electronic buying platform for the construction sector
Mira Delgado, Bernardo; Ramalho J.; Ribeiro, PaulaCase AESE-P-A-594(I)-EStrategyThe case presents the first years of Econstroi, an electronic trade platform born in 2000, a short time before the fall of NASDAQ which marked the bursting of the digital bubble. The case describes what happened since its launching until the end of 2004, and mentions the problems the management team presented to the shareholders in the annual general meeting for that year. This platform was launched by a group of some of the main Portuguese const...Starting at €8.20
-
Aravind Eye Care System (English)
Janeiro Dias, A.; Viassa Monteiro, EugénioCase AESE-DG-A-503(I)-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis is the story of an ophthalmology surgeon, who, after having obtained a specialisation in obstetrics, was struck down by rheumatoid arthritis in his thirties. He decided after his illness, to give up his speciality and start training in another medical specialisation, ophthalmology surgery. In his career as a surgeon, he had been in charge of the more demanding management functions in State hospitals, as well as performing surgery. When he re...Starting at €8.20