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John Galliano: Defiant Success (B)
Rodríguez Fernández-Hidalgo, Enriqu; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-288-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe company Christian Dior decided to break definitively with John Galliano, accused of going on an anti-Semitic rant. A short video posted on the website of The Sun was what tipped the scale. The video stigmatized Galliano - who was famous among Hollywood celebrities and in the fashion world - as an anti-Semite. Natalie Portman, a Jewish American Oscar-winning actress, stated that she was disgusted after watching the videoStarting at €5.74
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ET&T CO. Lucca's Decision (B)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-78-ELeadership and People ManagementThe objective of this case study is to describe the conflicts that can happen between different sectors of a company: the managers at corporate headquarters and the managers of the business units.Starting at €5.74
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Repsol - YPF: An "Illegal" Expropriation: The Spanish Point of View
Costamagna, Rodrigo; Rodríguez Fernández-Hidalgo, Enriqu; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-260-EDecision Analysis, Economics, StrategyOn April 17, 2012, the Argentinian government decided to expropriate the largest company in Argentina. The country's president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, invited like-minded governors and business leaders to the Casa Rosada, where she announced that the state was declaring 51% of the shares belonging to Repsol-YPF as the public's property and subject to expropriation. The dispute over compensation will not have a diplomatic solution, despit...Starting at €8.20
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The Expropriation of Repsol - YPF - Teaching Note
Costamagna, Rodrigo; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Rodríguez Fernández-Hidalgo, Enriqu; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-58-EDecision Analysis, Economics, Leadership and People Management, StrategyOn April 17, 2012, the Argentinian government decided to expropriate the largest company in Argentina. The country's president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, invited like-minded governors and business leaders to the Casa Rosada, where she announced that the state was declaring 51% of the shares belonging to Repsol-YPF as the public's property and subject to expropriation. The dispute over compensation will not have a diplomatic solution, despit...Starting at €0.00
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BrightStar Care: The Evolution of a Leadership Team, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Ammerman, Colleen; Hull, OliviaTeaching Note HBS-417074-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching note for case 417020.Starting at €0.00
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Global Sourcing at Nike
Hsieh, Nien-he; Toffel, Michael W.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-619008-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). This case explores the evolution of Nike's global product sourcing strategy, in particular ongoing efforts to improve working conditions at its suppliers' factories. When the case opens in July 2018, Vice President of Sourcing Amanda Tucker and her colleagues in Nike's Global Sourcing and Manufacturing...Starting at €8.20
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Extend Fertility: Conceiving the Market for Egg Preservation (A)
Spar, Debora L.; Hull, OliviaCase HBS-719019-EStrategyThe case follows entrepreneur Christy Jones as she tries to imagine, and then build, a firm that will enable young women to preserve their eggs -- and thus extend their fertility. In April 2003, entrepreneur and MBA student Christy Jones was planning a new venture to help women preserve their fertility. Her company, Extend Fertility, would commercialize a technique known as egg freezing, in which a woman's eggs were extracted and stored at low te...Starting at €8.20
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DMR España (D)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-56-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case reproduces the e-mail that Fernando Francés sent to all the company employees explaining the reorganization required to achieve the aim of getting the company listed on the stock market.Starting at €5.74
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John Galliano: Defiant Success (D)
Rodríguez Fernández-Hidalgo, Enriqu; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-290-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementDior opted for unbroken continuity when it came to replacing its star designer. Dior said good-bye to John Galliano and hired Bill Gaytten. A year later, Galliano issued an apology and recognized that, at the time of the events, he was very ill. That opened up a moving story about his difficult childhood and his inner demonsStarting at €5.74
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John Galliano: Defiant Success (C)
Rodríguez Fernández-Hidalgo, Enriqu; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-289-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThough they had not yet chosen a successor to John Galliano (the company's former creative director), Dior presented its new fantasy jewelry collection, inspired by dance, as the natural continuation of its high-fashion runway show. The dilemma concerning who Galliano's successor at the firm would be was still up in the airStarting at €5.74