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The DIA of Tomorrow: Can New Ownership Turn Around the Business? (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Calleja Corujedo, Luis Manuel; Elvira Rojo, Marta; Proaño Vicente, Ángel; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1712-PPCorporate Governance, StrategyIn 2019, seven years after its IPO, DIA, the third largest supermarket chain in Spain in sales, was going through the most notable crisis in its history. That year they had narrowly avoided a situation of technical bankruptcy, thanks to the intervention of LetterOne, the investment fund of Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman who, after a long, complex, and controversial takeover, had become the largest shareholder in the company. One of LetterOne's fi...Starting at €8.20
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Cofinec: A Private Equity Acquisition in Central Europe (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Martínez Abascal, Eduardo; Lukasz U.Case F-792-PPFinanceThe case describes the decision by the CEO of a Central European Private Equity Fund on what share price to offer to take over a private listed company on the Hungarian stockmarket. The case presents the acquisition of a company as a particular type of an investment project. In order to reach the decision, it is important to analyze criteria unique to a private equity fund transaction in addition to the derivation of the company's value based o...Starting at €8.20
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Jeffrey Skilling, Bernie Madoff the Monster & the Other Smartest Guys of the Room (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-180-PPBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe case "Jeffrey Skilling, Bernie Madoff & the Other Smartest Guys in the Room" presents two micro cases that describe some critical situations associated with the bankruptcies of Enron and Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities in 2001 and 2008, respectively. The first micro case focuses on factors affecting the behavior of Arthur Andersen's managers and employees in the Enron scandal, while the second micro case describes variables leading th...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Mobsters: Innocent Monsters, Real Gangsters or Both?: How managers, teams and corporations can drive you crazy (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-179-PPBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe document "Corporate Mobsters: Innocent Monsters, Real Gangsters or Both?" presents three cases related to mobbing behavior performed by a top manager, a group and the top management of a multinational firm, respectively. The objective is to discuss mobbing in the workplace and ex ante and ex post strategies to prevent and fight it.Starting at €8.20
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Raunchy E-mails, Too much Drinking and Dirty Dancing: A trilogy of sexual harassment cases across personal freedom, respect and decency (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-175-PPBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis"Raunchy E-mails, Too Much Drinking and Dirty Dancing" presents three sexual harassment-related cases which took place in a leading consulting firm, a retail company and a private bank, respectively. In the first case, a group of male consultants prepared an e-mail featuring the name, photo and department affiliation of about 12 female colleagues and asking other people to evaluate the attractiveness of each photo in order to obtain a "top ten"...Starting at €8.20
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Somali, S.A. (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Vallejo, Luis Carlos; Chiner, AlfonsoCase SM-1527-PPLeadership and People ManagementThe case demonstrates the need to implement a professional system for the evaluation and assessment of executive management, both for family members and others, based on objectives and budgeting within the family business. It also highlights the need for tools and formal bodies to serve as a framework for debates regarding, on the one hand, business matters (shareholders' meetings, Board of Directors, Steering Committee) and, on the other, family...Starting at €8.20
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Fernández-Vega Eye Institute (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Serrano, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1137-PPInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementThe Fernández-Vega Eye Institute in Oviedo, Asturias, is possibly the most famous clinic in Spain in its specialty. It is not only notable for its high medical quality; the clinic has also optimized its provision of services using business criteria with the aim of improving the customer experience. Faced with a growing demand for its medical services, the institute's management has to decide between a series of specific options for increasing the...Starting at €8.20
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Abengoa, S.A. Should capital be increased in mid-2015 (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Suárez, José LuisCase F-925-PPAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, FinanceIn mid-2015, Abengoa, S.A. was highly indebted, in the opinion of both management and external analysts. A plan was launched to limit new investments and sett assets that were not performing. The level of debt was the result of a change in strategy with regards to the previous decade, from being an engineering services company to investing in infrastructure projects. Abengoa continued to do engineering, but mostly, at the time of writing, for the...Starting at €8.20
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Madrileña Red de Gas (B): Reinventing the Company With the Motto "Our Customers Must Not Suffer" (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Munoz-Seca, BeatrizCase P-1185-PPService and Operations ManagementThe CEO of MRG (Madrileña Red de Gas) wanted to reinvent his company as if it existed in an open market and not in the current regulated one. Using Professor Muñoz-Seca's SPDM (Service Problem Driven Management) framework, a conceptual scheme for operations in service companies, the MRG management team changed how they structured their service by establishing their own operational structure and working with the operational structure of their part...Starting at €5.74