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Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG
Villalonga, Belen; Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Dessain, VincentCase HBS-208096-EDer Spiegel is Germany's most influential political news magazine. In the 1970's, its founder Rudolf Augstein gave a 50% ownership stake to his employees and sold another 25% to rival publisher Gruner+Jahr, but retained significant control during his lifetime by stipulating in the bylaws that every important business decision would require a 76% shareholder approval. When Augstein died in 2002, however, his co-owners exercised the option the same...Starting at €8.20
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Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference
Rose, Clayton; Lenhardt, Jerome; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-315016-ELeadership and People ManagementFor Kai Teckentrup, the owner and co-CEO of the German "Mittelstand" door manufacturer Teckentrup, balancing competitive pressures, demographic realities and values were at the heart of the diversity program that he had started and championed at the company. Beyond this, attracting skilled workers to Germany was a national imperative; as the native population aged and its numbers in the workforce shrank, it would be critical to find new workers t...Starting at €8.20
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A. Lange & Sohne
Thomke, Stefan; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-617058-EService and Operations ManagementThe case describes how A. Lange & Sohne became one of world's leading watch companies. Its obsession with quality and innovation were behind its initial rise in the 19th century and, after a 40-year involuntary hiatus under the East German regime, again at the end of the 20th century. In 2016 its current CEO Wilhelm Schmid and the heads of product development and production have to decide on how to price its innovative watch collection and how to...Starting at €8.20
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Corruption in Germany
Abdelal, Rawi; Di Tella, Rafael; Schlefer, JonathanCase HBS-709006-EWhy do managers become corrupt? Does corruption ever pay? When do friendly relations cross into bribery? How can CEOs manage and prevent outbreaks of corruption? These and other questions are raised by three short case studies of corruption in Germany: at the global engineering firm Siemens, the automaker VW, and the chemical giant BASF. While German law not only permitted overseas bribery but even made it tax deductible until 1999, it was not we...Starting at €8.20
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Fiscal Responses to COVID-19
Abdelal, Rawi; Di Tella, Rafael; Pons, Vincent; Goldstein, GalitCase HBS-721011-EEconomicsFor the first half of 2020, the COVID-19 crisis seemed on the verge of spiraling out of control. The business world struggled to figure out what COVID meant for macroeconomics. Extended restrictions limiting human interaction meant an end to normal economStarting at €8.20