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Responsible Investing Takes Root
Ferraro, FabrizioArticle ART-2314-EFinance, StrategyResponsible investment is moving from being a niche in the asset management universe to increasingly becoming mainstream. In Europe, especially, it appears to be taking off. This article identifies some of the key drivers and the challenges that responsible investment poses to investors and managers as they try to take this novel field and embed it into their institutional practices. Looking to the future, the author highlights three areas that h...Starting at €8.20
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Three Trends That Will Change How You Manage
Ferraro, Fabrizio; Cassiman, BrunoArticle ART-2640-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyBuilding on research in the field of strategic management, this article develops a framework to think about three emerging challenges: Globalization, Digitization and Politicization. How can corporate leaders confront this 21st century brand of "GDP"? CEOs will have to change how they allocate resources by becoming Arbitrageurs; adopt the mind-set of strategic Experimenters; and become Orchestrators of Hybrid Organizations, h...Starting at €8.20
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Hoja de ruta para ejecutar con éxito la estrategia
Ferraro, Fabrizio; Argüelles, José Miguel; Maoret, MassimoArticle ART-3127Strategy¿Cómo ejecutar la estrategia eficazmente? Según concluyen los autores tras analizar la literatura académica, cientos de casos empresariales y entrevistas a altos directivos, no basta con tomar decisiones económicas bien razonadas. Este artículo define el concepto de "liderazgo estratégico" tal y como lo entienden los profesores del departamento de Dirección estratégica del IESE. También presentan una hoja de ruta para ejecutar con éxito la estrat...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo redefinir un sector en beneficio propio
Ferraro, FabrizioArticle ART-1646Innovation and Change, StrategyEn 1939, a los 26 años, Lew Wasserman llegó a Los Ángeles con la agencia de artistas MCA. Durante los siguientes treinta años convirtió esta firma periférica en el estudio más importante de Hollywood. ¿Cómo se las apañó un intruso como él para cambiar totalmente el panorama competitivo de la industria cinematográfica? El análisis de su fascinante trayectoria revela el proceso por el que una empresa puede alcanzar la llamada ventaja arquitectónic...Starting at €8.20
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Shaping an Industry in Your Favor
Ferraro, FabrizioArticle ART-1646-EInnovation and Change, StrategyIn 1939, at the age of 26, Lew Wasserman arrived in Los Angeles with the talent agency MCA. Over the next three decades, he took MCA from a peripheral player to becoming the dominant studio in Hollywood. How did an outsider manage to change the competitive landscape of the entire moviemaking industry so completely? A study of this fascinating historical account reveals the process by which a firm can achieve architectural advantage. Managers ma...Starting at €8.20
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Morgan Components
Palencia, Luis; Fernández, AlbertCase C-730Accounting and ControlUn directivo de producción de una importante empresa de componentes de automóvil debe decidir si rebajar en un 25% el precio de un componente en las ventas a un fabricante de automóviles. La producción aun no ha empezado, aunque ya se han invertido recursos sustanciales en el proyecto. Por otro lado, el cliente es un factor clave en la estrategia de la compañía. Finalmente, el sistema de infomación no distingue con claridad el impacto económico d...Starting at €8.20
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Pigsa (B)
García, David; Segarra, José Antonio; Fernández, AlbertCase M-1243Knowledge and CommunicationEl caso (B) plantea la reunión que en la sede central de Pigsa tienen, por un lado, los representantes de la sociedad y, por el otro, los Bancos y Entidades Financieras que conforman la lista de acreedores de Pigsa. La reunión tiene por objetivo sentar las bases de la firma de un Convenio o en su defecto adaptar la decisión de liquidar los activos de la compañía.Starting at €5.74
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Micoderm: Prevention and treatment of diaper's dermatitis
Fernández, Albert; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-49-EDecision AnalysisA pharmaceutical company, LIDERM, has to decide the status of one of its more traditional products, Micoderm. Micoderm is currently among the medicines heavily subsidized by the Spanish health system, which ensures the product an important volume. On the other hand, the price the company can charge the end consumer is quite low, to the point that due to lack of price revision, it is currently loosing money. The company has to decide whether to wi...Starting at €8.20
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Morgan Components
Palencia, Luis; Fernández, AlbertCase C-730-EAccounting and ControlA product manager of a large automobile supplier has to decide whether to reduce by 25% the price of a component for a large automobile manufacturer. Production has not started yet, but substantial resources have been put into place. On the other hand, the customer is key to the company's strategy. Lastly, the information system does not clearly measure the economic impact of the decision. Will Morgan Components be better off accepting the contra...Starting at €8.20
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Bill Ackman's Big Short of Herbalife
Vandebroek, Tom; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Simon, JanCase SM-1611-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyThis case describes how hedge fund activist Bill Ackman took a $1 billion short position on the shares of the nutrition company Herbalife. Ackman is convinced that Herbalife's business model is essentially a pyramid scheme, rendering it unsustainable as well as illegal. The case describes his arguments and the evidence he builds on. Other hedge fund titans soon took the opposite position on Herbalife, possibly because they fundamentally disagree ...Starting at €8.20