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Billy Beane and the Oakland Athletics (A): Disruptive Innovation in Major League Baseball
Foster, G; O'Reilly, N,, Lippert, R,, Shimizu, C,, Udseth, KCase SGSB-SPM53A-ECorporate Governance, StrategyBilly Beane and the Oakland A’s have ‘changed the game’ in terms of talent identification, analytics, and player investment in Major League Baseball (MLB). Cases A and B are designed to provide and inspire learning on these topics by recounting Billy Beane’s success as the Oakland A’s General Manager over the past 16 seasons (1998 to 2013). The case, through analysis of performance and financial data over this time period, establishes Beane as ...Starting at €8.20
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Company Culture in a Family-owned Businesses (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Gallo, Miguel ÁngelTechnical Note DGN-457-PBStrategyThis technical note is in four parts. The first section looks at the elements that make up the culture of a company, how culture is formed, transmitted and evolves. The second section discusses the differences between family and non-family businesses, and identifies the four generic types of family business. The third section delves into the causes of elements peculiar to the culture of family businesses. Finally, section four looks at specific e...Starting at €8.20
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Indona, S.A. (A)
Gallo, Miguel Ángel; Regueras E.; Ricart, Joan Enric; Ruiz, AntonioCase DG-1159StrategyEl sector del automóvil está pasando por intensos cambios: dificultades en el conocimiento en la Unión Europea; necesidades de reducción de costes y aumento de la fiabilidad; globalización, etc. La empresa, líder europea en tapacubos con un 26% del mercado, se enfrentó con la necesidad de implantar una estrategia de globalización, incrementar el servicio de diseño e industrialización al fabricante, y dar énfasis en el desarrollo de una nueva unid...Starting at €8.20
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Indona, S.A. (B)
Gallo, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1181StrategyEl "Consejo de Familia" de la familia Echave, propietaria de la empresa familiar INDONA, de acuerdo con lo establecido en el Protocolo Familiar ha de preparar sugerencias sobre las carreras profesionales de los hijos Mikel, Iñigo y Karlos. INDONA empresa líder en Europa en tapacubos para automóviles está teniendo un importante desarrollo e incorporando directivos externos. En los próximos dos años es previsible la compra de una planta en Francia ...Starting at €5.74
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Sistemas de alta dirección
Gallo, Miguel ÁngelTechnical Note DGN-535StrategyUna Organización es "algo" más que una Estructura de Responsabilidades. La Organización también incluye los Sistemas de Alta Dirección como medios que (1)"Ayudan" a que los directivos implanten la estrategia (2)"Logran" el incremento de las capacidades de las personas que lideran las unidades de estructura. Los sistemas descritos en esta N.T. son: - Comunicación: Comprehensión de los objetivos de que se es responsable y el grado de autonomía reci...Starting at €8.20
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Órganos de gobierno de la empresa familiar
Gallo, Miguel ÁngelTechnical Note DGN-467StrategyEn la nota se analizan dos órganos de gobierno: el comité de dirección, cuya principal misión es la integración de los directivos, y el consejo de administración, cuyas principales tareas consisten en la supervisión, el desarrollo del equipo directivo y la aportación de conocimientos. Una vez comentadas sus posibilidades en las empresas familiares, se estudia cuál debe ser la composición del consejo de administración (directivos, propietarios, in...Starting at €8.20
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Life Cycles in the Family Business
Tàpies, Josep; Gallo, Miguel ÁngelTechnical Note DGN-652-EStrategyDepending on a family business's stage of development, the types of conflicts that may arise, as well as the best ways of dealing with them, can vary greatly. Proper resolution of the issues associated with each stage should be undertaken far enough in advance. Many common problems can be anticipated and there are well-known methods for managing them. This technical note provides an analysis of the following four typical situations: 1) The tripl...Starting at €8.20
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Botero, S.A.: Problems of Succession in a Family Business
Gallo, Miguel ÁngelCase DG-1364-EStrategyThis case describes the actions of a 63-year-old non-family manager, Yáñez, who owns 10% of the capital in a family firm with third generation members already involved. The rest of the capital is divided among two families, each with 45%. No one from these families works in the company except José Sáez (third generation). Nor do the families know the company, which has always paid them good dividends. José Sáez tells his mother (a second generat...Starting at €8.20
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KITEA (A): Democratizing Furniture in Morocco
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-719420-EStrategyThe case opens in 2013 as Amine Benkirane, founder and CEO of the leading Moroccan furniture company KITEA, contemplates the loss his company has incurred for the first time in its 20-year history. The case then describes KITEA's origins and provides a detailed overview of the business plan that enabled Benkirane to bring affordable modern furniture in flatpacks to the Moroccan market, which had previously been dominated by unorganized artisans. ...Starting at €8.20
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KITEA (B): Getting Ready to Face IKEA
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-719421-EStrategyThe case opens in September 2015, when IKEA is about to open its first store in Morocco. It then chronicles the efforts of KITEA CEO Amine Benkirane and his son Othman between 2013 and 2015 to prepare KITEA for IKEA's entry. After incurring losses for the first time in 2013, KITEA had bounced back and recorded profits and growth in 2014 and 2015. The improvements in supply chain management, product range, and relationships with stakeholders that ...Starting at €5.74