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Grupo Velázquez
Mozo, Enrique; Gallo, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1241-EStrategyThe founder of the Velázquez family group achieved an extraordinary level of development for its companies over a period of almost 30 years. But his devotion to the businesses was in detriment to the time and effort spent on bringing up his three children. On the founder's death, his children inherited the group, and one of them, Lorenzo, took over its executive management. Lorenzo continued to manage the family business with a certain degree of...Starting at €8.20
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The Almodóvar Brothers' Film Factory: Unbinding Art Through Tight Relationships
Svejenova, Silviya; Álvarez Alvarez, José LuisCase DG-1331-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyThe case describes the creation/development of film director Pedro Almodóvar's independent production company. It can be used to discuss the circumstances in which a creative person needs the support of his own company, which in this case is managed by a member of his own family and brings together external collaborators whom the director himself acknowledges as his second family.Starting at €8.20
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Bosch y Pliego, S.A. (A)
Faus, JosepCase F-720-EFinanceA small Knitwear manufacturing company is having liquidity problems. The case provides the basic information required to make a diagnosis of the problems and their causes. This is a typical introductory case for a course on operational finance.Starting at €8.20
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Zenit, S.A.
Gallo, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1362-EStrategyZenit is a second generation family business which, with a turnover of 120 million, is the leader in its product niche in Europe. In 1997, the company hired an engineer (an MBA with work experience in an important multinational in the sector) as its managing director. At the second level of the company hierarchy, composed of several engineers, there are also two members of the family who owns the company, whose career has been designed and follo...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona-Conservas Ubago: The intersupplier concept – Teaching Note
Audicana J.Teaching Note IIST-PINT-67-E-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note related to case IIST-0011-E.Starting at €0.00
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Preparing the Next Generation for a Career in the Family Business
Gallo, Miguel ÁngelTechnical Note DGN-626-EStrategyFamily firms can be very different from one another. Preparing successors involves deciding what kind of firm we want to be. (The five most significant types are described in the paper.) The preparation is in three stages: 1) education at home, at school and at university; 2) experience aimed basically at learning how to delegate to other people and build a cohesive team, how to coordinate their actions towards the achievement of goals, and how t...Starting at €8.20
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Mercadona-Conservas Ubago: The intersupplier concept
Audicana J.Case IIST-PI-67-E-EService and Operations ManagementThe case considers the decision that the President of Conservas Ugago, S.L. Eugenio Martínez de Ubago, ought to take regarding the suggestion that the receives to become an Intersupplier of Mercadona. Conservas Ubago is a small company that works in the canning and preserving of fish, in the South of Spain and competes in a mature market. Mercadona is the leader in Spanish retail in supermarket format and the second operator in commercial distrib...Starting at €8.20
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Mármoles del Sur, S.A. (A). Novamármol
González, Jorge; Segarra, José AntonioCase M-1162-EFinance, MarketingA group of businessmen, advised by a wealth manager, must decide on taking an equity stake in a marble fabrication company. The company has a patent and a productive process that could revolutionize the traditional marble sector. The factors determining the valuation of the business are under debate with the current family owners and the group of interested entrepreneurs and managers. The challenge is to assess the business opportunity of this ne...Starting at €8.20
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Käthe Kruse: An all-inclusive brand for kids
Fité, Rosa María; Nueno, PedroCase E-60-EEntrepreneurshipIn 1989 two entrepreneurs acquired Käthe Kruse GmbH, a company best known for its collectible dolls. Their concern was how to create the maximum possible value for the company. Since then they had grown the company by focusing more on play dolls and gradually introducing new product lines. As of 2003 Käthe Kruse sold almost 2000 references. All the products conformed to the original Käthe Kruse philosophy, which was used to differentiate the comp...Starting at €8.20