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IESE Insight. Issue 15. Fourth Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyClaus Rerup (Richard Ivey School of Business) presents a framework for companies to improve their capability to pick up on signals that impending crises give off before they happen. The corporate communications consultant Alfonso González-Herrero looks at the key issues that companies must address, with forecasting and planning, in order to safeguard their reputations. IESE's José R. Pin provides a guide to help managers lead and communicate, so ...Starting at €22.00
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Urban Water Partners (A)
Ramanna, Karthik; Serafeim, George; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-111016-EAccounting and ControlThe case explores a new business venture to bring clean water to residents of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who otherwise cannot afford it. Management has enough money to get the company through August 2010 but needs more capital thereafter. An HBS alumnus isStarting at €8.20
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Urban Water Partners (B)
Ramanna, Karthik; Serafeim, George; Sesia, AldoCase HBS-111029-EAccounting and ControlThe case explores a new business venture to bring clean water to residents of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, who otherwise cannot afford it. Management has enough money to get their company through August 2010, but needs more capital thereafter. An HBS alumnus is interested in investing in the company. Management needs to revisit their financial assumptions, decide on an incentive structure for their proposed network of local water vendors, and put tog...Starting at €5.74
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Urban Water Partners (A) and (B), Teaching Note
Ramanna, Karthik; Serafeim, GeorgeTeaching Note HBS-111067-EAccounting and ControlTeaching Note for 111016 and 111029.Starting at €0.00
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T-Systems South Africa: Contextual Leadership of Shared Value
Caren Scheepers; Abdullah Verachia; Sheila MotsepeCase IVEY-9B18C024-EAccounting and ControlIn June 2017, the managing director of T-Systems South Africa (TSSA) was considering how best to inspire stakeholders to join his movement towards contributing positively to nation building in South Africa. TSSA had experienced some success in setting up information and communication technology systems and academies to create jobs and to create shared value, but it needed to overcome a threshold to exert its influence over a broader level within ...Starting at €8.20
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Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd: Linking Compensation to Sustainability Metrics
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Li, Shelley Xin; Knight, AlanCase HBS-412075-EAccounting and ControlRobert Venter, second-generation Chief Executive (CE) of family-owned Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd (Altron), considered the pros and cons of more clearly linking the firm's compensation system to sustainability performance. In June 2011, Altron, a conglomerate headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, controlled more than 200 companies in Africa, Europe, the US, the UK, Australia, and the Far East. More than 14,000 employees designed, de...Starting at €8.20
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Integrated Reporting in South Africa
Eccles, Robert G.; Serafeim, George; Armbrester, PippaCase HBS-413038-EAccounting and ControlThis case presents a 20-year history of the evolution of corporate governance and corporate reporting in South Africa starting in 1992 with a focus on the three King codes of corporate governance (King I in 1994, King II in 2000, and King III in 2009). From a reporting perspective these reforms culminated in the "apply to explain why not" mandate for integrated reporting by all companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.Starting at €8.20
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Adoption of IFRS in Ethiopia
Hawkins, David F.; Senbetta, ShaniCase HBS-112010-EAccounting and ControlEthiopia lacks the institutional resources to adopt full IFRS so opts for IFRS for small & medium entities.Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Número 15. Cuarto trimestre 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36Accounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyLas crisis golpean a cualquier empresa en el momento menos esperado, por lo que deben integrarse como un elemento más de la gestión diaria de la empresa. El número 15 de la revista IESE Insight repasa algunos aspectos clave para que la empresa esté a la altura de las circunstancias. Antes de que estalle una crisis, hay que estar atento a los indicios previos, ya que eso condicionará la capacidad de respuesta de la empresa. Claus Rerup prop...Starting at €22.00
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Asante Teaching Hospital: Activity-Based Costing
Melissa Jean; Courtney YoungCase IVEY-9B16B012-EAccounting and Control, StrategyIn August 2015, an intern at Asante Teaching Hospital, a prestigious not-for-profit hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, wanted to organize the cost data she had gathered from staff interviews into clear recommendations for the hospital's chief executive officer. Asante Teaching Hospital's maternity ward competitors had begun offering bundled pricing for natural births, and the intern wondered if Asante Teaching Hospital should do the same. In...Starting at €8.20