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Vivienne Cox at BP Alternative Energy (Portuguese)
Hunter, M.Case INSEAD-5473PT-PPLeadership and People ManagementA team led by Vivienne Cox, Executive Vice President of Gas, Power & Reneewables, identifies and launches a new business, BP Alternative Energy. Investing such a high amount in a green energy business? had been a radical starting point for BPStarting at €8.20
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Ricardo Semler: A Revolutionary Model of Leadership (Portuguese Version)
Betania, Tanure; Maddux, William; Swaab, Roderick; Williams, ElinCase INSEAD-5982PT-PPLeadership and People ManagementThe case follows the story of Brazilian business leader, Ricardo Semler, who took over the family marine pump business, Semco, the multi-national, multi-sector success. To do this, Ricardo Semler radically changed his own leadership style by relinquishing control and working less hard, and subsequently transformed culture into Semco through a radical process of workplace democratization. Finally, he successfully applied the same leadership princi...Starting at €8.20
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Profitability of Investments (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Faus, JosepTechnical Note FN-201-PPFinanceAn informal, non-algebraic presentation of the techniques used for measuring the profitability of investments, especially the methods (NPV and IRR), based on discounted cash flows. This note is an amplification of note TMN-157, (also available in English).Starting at €8.20
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Cofinec: A Private Equity Acquisition in Central Europe (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Martínez Abascal, Eduardo; Lukasz U.Case F-792-PPFinanceThe case describes the decision by the CEO of a Central European Private Equity Fund on what share price to offer to take over a private listed company on the Hungarian stockmarket. The case presents the acquisition of a company as a particular type of an investment project. In order to reach the decision, it is important to analyze criteria unique to a private equity fund transaction in addition to the derivation of the company's value based o...Starting at €8.20
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Jeffrey Skilling, Bernie Madoff the Monster & the Other Smartest Guys of the Room (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-180-PPBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe case "Jeffrey Skilling, Bernie Madoff & the Other Smartest Guys in the Room" presents two micro cases that describe some critical situations associated with the bankruptcies of Enron and Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities in 2001 and 2008, respectively. The first micro case focuses on factors affecting the behavior of Arthur Andersen's managers and employees in the Enron scandal, while the second micro case describes variables leading th...Starting at €8.20
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The Club (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Sabrià, FredericCase ASN-76-PPDecision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementA golf course in Madrid is changing its payment system for hairdressing services. A seemingly innocuos measure leads to issues related to control systems, motivation and ethics. This case is based on the case "The Club", ASN-12, from the same author.Starting at €8.20
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AZA Group. Investment in a Hotel: Investment in Times of Crisis (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Martínez Abascal, Eduardo; Franco, AlejandroCase F-957-PPFinanceIn January 2014, the AZA Group had to decide definitively whether to undertake the construction of a hotel in the center of Valencia, for its subsequent rental or sale or if it opted for other real estate investments on the same site. The expected investment was 15 million euros. This case replaces the AC Hotels case F-760 from the same author.Starting at €8.20
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Abengoa, S.A. Should capital be increased in mid-2015 (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Suárez, José LuisCase F-925-PPAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, FinanceIn mid-2015, Abengoa, S.A. was highly indebted, in the opinion of both management and external analysts. A plan was launched to limit new investments and sett assets that were not performing. The level of debt was the result of a change in strategy with regards to the previous decade, from being an engineering services company to investing in infrastructure projects. Abengoa continued to do engineering, but mostly, at the time of writing, for the...Starting at €8.20
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Somali, S.A. (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Vallejo, Luis Carlos; Chiner, AlfonsoCase SM-1527-PPLeadership and People ManagementThe case demonstrates the need to implement a professional system for the evaluation and assessment of executive management, both for family members and others, based on objectives and budgeting within the family business. It also highlights the need for tools and formal bodies to serve as a framework for debates regarding, on the one hand, business matters (shareholders' meetings, Board of Directors, Steering Committee) and, on the other, family...Starting at €8.20
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Shere Khan - Seller (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Mehta, KandarpExercise NEGE-2-PPDecision Analysis, Leadership and People ManagementA typical positional bargaining situation for an antique ceramic statuette of Shere Khan, the tiger character from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.Starting at €8.20