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Macquarie Bank Limited: Executive Compensation
Murray J. BryantCase IVEY-9B07M072-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyA managing director of international equities for a large public sector pension fund has to decide how the pension fund would vote on say for pay. Say for pay represents a vote held at the annual general meeting whereby shareholders have an annual and non-binding (thus it has no legal effect on the board or the corporation) opportunity to vote on executive compensation. Such a vote is obligatory in Australia and the United Kingdom and is starting...Starting at €8.20
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Browne: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum (A)
Murray J. Bryant; Trevor HunterCase IVEY-9B08M002-EStrategyThe year 2007 had to have been one of the worst in the history of British Petroleum plc (BP). In the span of four months, two separate independent reports (the first one commissioned by BP itself) had identified a deeply rooted "culture of risk" within BP where money and profits were valued above worker and environmental safety. These reports were in response to an explosion in 2005 at an oil refinery in Texas City, in the United States, which ki...Starting at €8.20
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Fiat and Chrysler: Gaining on Global Automakers?
Spekman, Robert E.; Fritz, JackiCase DARDEN-M-0780-EMarketingThis case examines the formation of an alliance between Fiat and Chrysler during the height of the financial crisis as a mechanism to save Chrysler from liquidation. The case traces the events leading up to the alliance, discusses the early stage issues with which the partners have to deal, addresses some of the governance issues, and examines the past merger between Chrysler and Daimler that ended in a failure. The case presents a normative appr...Starting at €8.20
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Robb Fitzgerald at Comvia Networks
Bruner, Robert F.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-0996-ELeadership and People ManagementIntended for MBA and executive education classes, this case explores the role of the CEO and the complex relationships that come with it. The story of the dramatic turnaround of this publicly-listed firm, although disguised, is true. When a scandal forces a CEO to step down, Robb Fitzgerald is hired to calm the crisis and rebuild trust among employees, shareholders, and analysts. Under extreme pressure to significantly improve the bottom line and...Starting at €8.20
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Gemstar-TV Guide International
McNichols, M; Blair, NCase SGSB-A208-EAccounting and ControlNormally, serving on a company's board of directors is not a full-time job, but in the summer of 2002, Nick Donatiello (GSB 1986) found himself in exactly that position. As a member of Gemstar-TV Guide International's (Gemstar's or the Company's) board of directors and its Audit Committee, Donatiello was caught up in a storm of accounting issues, shareholder lawsuits and a power struggle between the Company's largest shareholders. Donatiello, one...Starting at €8.20
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British Petroleum (PLC) and John Brown: A Culture of Risk Beyond Petroleum (A) (Spanish version)
Murray J. Bryant; Trevor HunterCase IVEY-9B08MS02StrategyEl ano 2007 tuvo que haber sido uno del peor de la historia de British-Petroleum plc (BP). En el palmo de cuatro meses, dos informes independientes separados (el primero comisionado por BP si mismo) habian identificado una “cultura profundamente arraigada del riesgo” dentro de BP donde el dinero y los beneficios fueron valorados sobre trabajador y seguridad ambiental. Estos informes estaban en respuesta a una explosion en 2005 en una refineria de...Starting at €8.20
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How to Structure Companies for High Growth
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Foster, GeorgeArticle ART-1815-EAccounting and ControlThe old belief that management systems kill the entrepreneurial spirit is wrong. Perhaps when a company has fewer than 100 employees, a business can get by on less. But as the authors point out in this article, companies are actually able to grow faster provided that they have strong internal planning and control systems in place early on. They identify eight main categories that demand managerial attention if companies are ever to achieve high g...Starting at €8.20
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De Kuyper Royal Distillers: Three Centuries of Succession
Vanessa M. StrikeCase IVEY-9B11M067-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyDe Kuyper Royal Distillers was a 300-year-old family firm in the Netherlands and produced the largest variety of liqueurs in the world. The firm had always been owned and controlled by the De Kuyper family. In 2009, Bob de Kuyper, the 10th generation to own and run the firm, retired from his position as managing director and an outsider was brought in as the interim managing director. In January 2010, Marc de Kuyper, the eldest son of Bob de Kuyp...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 13. Second Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-31-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIESE's Rafael Andreu and Josep M. Rosanas make seven key recommendations to move us toward a more humanistic model of management. Claudia Peus (TUM School of Management, Technische Universität München) looks at some humanistic leadership principles underpinning successful organizations, and offers guidelines for managers on the factors that are hugely important for managing organizational change initiatives effectively. Michael Pirson (Fordham Un...Starting at €22.00
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A New Approach to Fix Broken Governance
Pirson, Michael; Turnbull, ShannArticle ART-2129-ECorporate GovernanceMany attempts are being made to improve corporate governance in the wake of the financial crisis. But few seem to be tackling the real issue: that our top-down paradigms, rooted in transactional, unitary, economistic notions, need to be completely rewritten in favor of a more humanistic model. Citing examples such as the John Lewis Partnership and Mondragón Corporation, the authors propose the adoption of network governance, which they say would ...Starting at €8.20