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Islamic Banking Lessons for the Financial Sector
Etzold, Veit M.; Ribera, Alberto; Wackerbeck, PhilippArticle ART-2012-EFinanceThe financial crisis that started with the demise of Lehman Brothers in 2008 and almost brought the world economy to its knees has prompted many international financial institutions to do some serious soul-searching. As they try to strengthen their capital and reduce their risk operations, whom should governments, regulators and financial bosses turn to for inspiration? A good place to start would be to study those banks that have performed best ...Starting at €8.20
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Defining Moments: Pay Scales
Detert, James R.; Black, ChristinaCase DARDEN-OB-1215-ELeadership and People ManagementThe only female senior partner at a boutique management consulting firm has found out that she is paid less than half of what male partners were making who were younger, less experienced, and contributing less overall to the business. When she presented her case to the senior partners and explicitly asked if the pay discrepancy is become she was a woman, they would only respond to her through lawyers. The case is designed to bring students’ inst...Starting at €8.20
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Defining Moments: Fair to Whom?
Detert, James R.; Black, Christina; Taubenfeld, BrittonCase DARDEN-OB-1261-ELeadership and People ManagementThe head of an R&D unit in a high-tech firm in India faces a tough decision about whether to recommend firing and replacing or investing even larger amounts of time and resources into training employees who have come up through India’s “reservation system.” Similar to “affirmative action” policies in the United States and Brazil (where the focus is on race), the reservation system in India is meant to counteract inequalities resulting from the hi...Starting at €8.20
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Defining Moments: MBA Hackers
Detert, James R.Case DARDEN-OB-1275-ELeadership and People ManagementThe dean of a prominent business school has learned that the system that his—and many other—business schools use to help select and notify MBA students has been hacked. The hacker posted instructions for applicants to gain access to schools’ decisions ahead of time. During the 10 hours MyMBA’s system was compromised, several hundred applicants viewed their admission status at multiple top-tier schools. MyMBA now has offered the names of the appli...Starting at €8.20
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Defining Moments: Personnel Problems - Teaching Note
Detert, James R.; Black, ChristinaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1209TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for product OB-1209Starting at €0.00
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Defining Moments: Fair to Whom? - Teaching Note
Detert, James R.; Black, ChristinaTeaching Note DARDEN-OB-1261TN-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for product OB-1261Starting at €0.00
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Defining Moments: Is It Worth It?
Detert, James R.; Black, ChristinaCase DARDEN-OB-1276-ELeadership and People ManagementAfter finishing a PhD in immunology and working for a few years for a large pharmaceutical company, Eric Lafferty entered an executive MBA program intending to reorient his career toward more meaningful work. Thus he leapt at the chance to work in a significant leadership position at a government agency where he would be in charge of a group that vetted academic proposals to work toward experimental vaccines and drugs. However, he begins to recon...Starting at €8.20
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Dirección estratégica de recursos humanos en la pequeña y mediana empresa
Sánchez-Runde, CarlosTechnical Note DPN-42Leadership and People ManagementSe establecen pautas para la creación y desarrollo inicial del departamento de recursos humanos en empresas pequeñas y medianasStarting at €8.20
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Hervé Rousseau: auge y caída de un joven consultor (A)
Proust E.; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-66Leadership and People ManagementEl contexto es el proyecto de integración tras la fusión de dos bancos europeos. GlobalOne (una gran consultoría multinacional) se puso al frente de la transformación de las TI, adaptando los procesos de producción y dirección y procediendo con un proyecto de cambio de dirección para una fuerza de venta unificada. El caso lo escribe un joven director que toma parte activa en el proyecto. Describe cómo las condiciones del mercado y los cambios glo...Starting at €8.20
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Receiving Feedback
Elghanayan, Ruben; Gallego, Sheila; Ribera, AlbertoTechnical Note DPON-140-ELeadership and People ManagementThe main objective of this technical note is to examine in depth the theoretical bases that enable a better understanding of the different reactions there are to feedback, as well as to improve the effectiveness and quality of communication in the work environment. The intention is to answer the following questions: What is the ideal state to get the most out of feedback? What makes us react defensively to feedback? What happens to a person who g...Starting at €8.20