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Escatsa: The UK and Hungary Decisions (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Castañosa, Carlos; Palencia, Luis; García Pont, CarlosCase ASN-33-PBLeadership and People ManagementA medium size Spanish company, manufacturing steel sheet jobs for the automobile industry, must decide on two alternatives to expand internationally. The choice of one or the other (or both) requires analysis of core competencies, customer base, risk, cost structures and project financing. Since time is an issue, the decision must be made with incomplete information.Starting at €8.20
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Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers R&D: Sustaining High Performance (Abridged)
Horniman, Alexander B.; Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OB-0918-ELeadership and People ManagementOnce considered a candidate for divesture, Dow Chemical Polyolefins and Elastomers has had 12 successful years in a row. The company has set the standard of excellence for new-product innovation, having launched an average of one new-product line each year with 10 of the 11 launches being a success. After winning awards and receiving recognition for his speed in developing and launching chemical products, the company’s COO now had a new concern t...Starting at €8.20
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Smoke and Mirrors (A)
Cross, TomCase DARDEN-OB-0948-ELeadership and People ManagementThe CEO of Exhaust Tech, the worldwide leader in exhaust systems, has directed the newly appointed head of marketing to advertise and market a new product that is less expensive to manufacture but has no real consumer benefits other than the lifetime guarantee that no longer offers any competitive differentiation. The head of marketing prefers another product and feels he is being pressured into inventing something out of nothing to launch this n...Starting at €8.20
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James Madison and "The Business of May Next" (B)
Cross, Tom; Newell, Terry; Rice, PeterCase DARDEN-OB-0969-ELeadership and People ManagementOn May 30, 1787, the second day of the Convention held in the Pennsylvania State House, six states voted “aye” and one “nay” to the proposal to establish “a national Government … consisting of a supreme Legislative, Executive and Judiciary.” In that moment, delegates who had gathered merely to revise the Articles of Confederation agreed to abolish it. In that moment, James Madison earned the title of Father of the Constitution, although he had no...Starting at €5.74
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Esasa (Española de Señalización del Automóvil, S.A.)
Fraguas, Rafael; García Pont, Carlos; Rodríguez-Llauder, María DoloresCase DG-1148Leadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Multinational organization: the middle manager
García-Pandiello J. M.; García Pont, CarlosTechnical Note DGN-618-ELeadership and People ManagementThis technical note combines three levels of analysis in an effort to contribute to knowledge of the management of multinational companies. First, it describes the organizational forms that multinational companies are adopting in response to the competitive pressures to which they find themselves exposed. Second, adopting the viewpoint of the subsidiaries, it analyses how the subsidiaries respond to these pressures. And third, it discusses the ro...Starting at €8.20
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Internacionalización de Telefónica España, S.A.
Knief C.; García Pont, Carlos; Ricart, Joan EnricCase DG-1136Leadership and People Management, StrategyEl caso describe la competitividad y la estrategia del proveedor español de servicio de telecomunicación. Inicialmente, la compañía tenía un monopolio y operaba en el mercado español. Debido a la innovación tecnológica y a la desregulación del sector en muchos países, el entorno competitivo ha cambiado radicalmente. Esta nueva situación ha conducido a más competencia y a la aparición de compañías multinacionales. También se ha observado una proli...Starting at €8.20
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Estrategia corporativa
García Pont, Carlos; Ricart, Joan EnricTechnical Note DGN-530Leadership and People Management, StrategyEsta nota describe los distintos enfoques al concepto de estrategia corporativa entendida como la forma en que la empresa decide relacionarse con los distintos estamentos sociales para crear valor a través de la configuración y coordinación de actividades en múltiples mercados. Se presenta un modelo integrador basado en cuatro elementos: La visión de la empresa; sus activos estratégicos; su configuración de negocios; y su coordinación organizativ...Starting at €8.20
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Internacionalización de Telefónica España, S.A. - Nota del Instructor
Ricart, Joan Enric; García Pont, Carlos; Knief C.Teaching Note DGT-15Leadership and People Management, Strategy(See case DG-1136)Starting at €0.00
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Internacionalization of Telefónica España, S.A. - Teaching Note
Ricart, Joan Enric; García Pont, Carlos; Knief C.Teaching Note DGT-15-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyStarting at €0.00