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Project Vishwamitra at T.P. Engineering Corporation
S. Ramnarayan; Rekha K.N.; Neha GuptaCase IVEY-9B11C041-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe case describes the introduction of a human resources (HR) system named Project Vishwamitra (PV) in 2000 in a large, public-sector manufacturing organization, T.P. Engineering Corporation (TPEC). PV was introduced with considerable leadership support and visibility. It was intended to provide every engineer trainee at TPEC a friend and guide to ease their entry and socialization into the organization. The senior managers assigned to guide the ...Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Restructuring of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation
Shubhabrata BasuCase IVEY-9B11M113-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case describes the restructuring initiatives undertaken at Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC) in India and the challenges faced by the managing director. As a consequence of partial deregulation, GSRTC faced mounting losses due to the activities of stage carriage and contract carriage operators from the private sector. The financial health of the corporation was further compromised by the state of Gujarat’s taxation policies an...Starting at €8.20
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Australian Miners and the Resource Super Profit Tax
Andrew Karl Delios; Donna Jimenez; Clarissa TurnerCase IVEY-9B12M042-EStrategyThis case presents a means by which students can explore how government policy is influenced by the actions of stakeholders in an economy: firms, taxpayers, voters, unions, and other organizations. It highlights how policy-making can be a process endogenous to the interests and influence of the private sector, and not an exogenous one, even in domains that are the power reserve of public policy makers. In 2010, the ruling party in Australia has d...Starting at €8.20
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Smart Cities, Sustainable Progress
Barrionuevo, Juan Manuel; Berrone, Pascual; Ricart Costa, Joan EnricArticle ART-2152-EStrategyWith urbanization on the rise globally, failure to adapt to the new urban reality could be disastrous for cities facing unprecedented demographic, economic, social and environmental challenges. Development models are needed to transform such challenges into opportunities. The authors outline the strategic planning methodologies needed to create smart cities sustainable, innovative, connected and socially cohesive places that enhance the quality...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 17. Second Quarter 2013
IESE InsightMagazine REV-39-EFinance, Information Technologies, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyPeter Fader (Wharton) debunks the myths surrounding customer centricity, urging managers to recontextualize the role of CRM as part of a wider customer-centric strategy. Julián Villanueva (IESE) explains how to design and implement a customer equity dashboard that will serve to pinpoint exactly where the company is gaining and losing value. A. Parasuraman (University of Miami) revisits the original SERVQUAL framework, showing how tried-and-tested...Starting at €22.00
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Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic Through Multi-partner Stakeholder Engagement
Margaret Sutherland; Anthony Wilson-Prangley; Verity HawardenCase IVEY-9B13C029-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (WRHI), a South African non-government organization, played a crucial role in turning the tide in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa. The organization significantly influenced the national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through its credibility, research output and multiple stakeholder engagement. The collaborative multiparty relationships between WRHI's stakeholders were a key component of the o...Starting at €8.20
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Bharat Petroleum's Upstream Strategy and Exploration Success
Noel Machado; G. Krishnakumar; Sanjeev Pillai; P.V.S.L. NarasimhamCase IVEY-9B13M128-EStrategyBharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is an Indian public-sector oil company that features among the Fortune Global 500. The company has historically been in the business of refining and marketing petroleum products. For about 25 years, BPCL operated in a protected environment where it was assured 12 per cent post-tax returns by the Indian government. In 2002, the government stopped guaranteeing returns to its oil companies, and BPCL found ...Starting at €8.20
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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Releasing New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening (B)
Gregory S. Zaric; Michael Sider; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M021-EStrategyIn late October 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of primary care experts, was preparing to release their updated guidelines for the use of screening mammograms, which were given to women in an attempt to detect evidence of breast cancer at a treatable stage. The new guidelines, based on rigorous scientific research and tests, now recommended routine screening starting at age 50 rather than at age 40. Th...Starting at €5.74
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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Releasing New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening (A)
Gregory S. Zaric; Michael Sider; Ken MarkCase IVEY-9B14M020-EStrategyIn late October 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent panel of primary care experts, was preparing to release their updated guidelines for the use of screening mammograms, which were given to women in an attempt to detect evidence of breast cancer at a treatable stage. The new guidelines, based on rigorous scientific research and tests, now recommended routine screening starting at age 50 rather than at age 40. Th...Starting at €8.20
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FedDev Ontario
Paul Boothe; Richard Dicerni; Connor LyonsCase IVEY-9B14M010-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn August 2009, the newly appointed president of the Federal Development Agency for Southern Ontario, FedDev Ontario, is contemplating the task in front of him. The region’s manufacturing sector, especially the auto industry, had been hit hard by the global recession of 2008; for the first time in its history, Ontario was now a “have not” province, and the federal government was hoping that enthusiasm for this new regional development agency woul...Starting at €8.20