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Lara Castro (A): A Coaching Process
García, Pilar; Cardona Soriano, PabloCase DPO-22-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case illustrates the professional and personal development process of a young manager with excellent technical training but little background in people management.Starting at €8.20
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Lara Castro (B)
García, Pilar; Cardona Soriano, PabloCase DPO-23-ELeadership and People ManagementLara Castro, a young manager at a telecommunications company, began a coaching process hoping to improve her managerial skills. The case details the improvement plan developed jointly by Lara and her coach and the vicissitudes surrounding its implementation.Starting at €5.74
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A Bowl of Good: Defining the Partnership
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Rourke, BradCase DARDEN-ENT-0183-EEntrepreneurshipKatrina Didot is founder and owner of A Bowl of Good, an organic soup business in Harrisonburg, Virginia. A Bowl of Good has been part of a café selling original soups and other foods, and has also sold soups at farmers markets, through distributors, and through other restaurants. Didot believes her business has plateaued and is seeking a partner in order to grow. However, she has had bad experiences with a number of partnerships and agreements, ...Starting at €8.20
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New River Apparel: Trot or Gallop?
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Tucker, CharlesCase DARDEN-ENT-0194-EEntrepreneurshipMarjorie Burnett, who runs a clothing outlet with lagging revenues in Tennessee, is considering taking a gamble on starting a new business. She has to decide whether expansion—offering even more products—is the answer to increasing her revenue, and whether would that decision be more profitable than her present business, given that the storefront she's considering is in a relatively unpopulated rural area. Would a new business be worth the invest...Starting at €8.20
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Selling a New Old Idea: Virginia Business Ventures
Fairchild, Gregory B.; Johnson, MarcCase DARDEN-ENT-0193-EEntrepreneurshipElizabeth Franks, CEO of Virginia Business Ventures Inc. (VBV), has a week until her July 2010 board meeting. VBV just completed a six-month marketing and advertising campaign for a new product line and strategic rebranding, and early responses from the board indicated mixed feelings. Franks knows that the board is looking to her for keen analysis and a way forward. What should she recommend?Starting at €8.20
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Crisis: From Insomnia to Challenge (Inforpress 2009-2013) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Vilanova, Núria; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-277-PBLeadership and People ManagementIn this case study, Nuria Vilanova, president of Inforpress, describes her concerns in 2009 due to the climate of economic crisis in her main markets. Her decision to deal with the situation by turning the bumps in her path into opportunities for growth is the mark of her strategy's success. It presents a decalogue she prepared to combat the "pandemic," the term she uses to refer to the crisis.Starting at €8.20
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Woman at a Crossroads (B)
Fernández-Figueroa, A.; Ciriquián Costí, R.; García Juliá, I.; Chinchilla, Nuria; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-335-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe company CEO meets with the purchasing manager to prepare for her upcoming business trip to finalize a contract with suppliers abroad. They have a maximum deadline of one month, and they know that time is money in the business world. The company is in a critical position, so it has focused on an international expansion strategy with the hopes of guaranteeing a more sustainable future. Isabel, who is from a low-income family, has made a great...Starting at €5.74
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Woman at a Crossroads (A)
Fernández-Figueroa, A.; Ciriquián Costí, R.; García Juliá, I.; Chinchilla, Nuria; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-334-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe company CEO meets with the purchasing manager to prepare for her upcoming business trip to finalize a contract with suppliers abroad. They have a maximum deadline of one month, and they know that time is money in the business world. The company is in a critical position, so it has focused on an international expansion strategy with the hopes of guaranteeing a more sustainable future. Isabel, who is from a low-income family, has made a great...Starting at €8.20
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Doctor Kubber
Jimenez Lopez, Esther; Chinchilla Albiol, NuriaCase DPO-351-ELeadership and People ManagementDr. Kubber directs the internal medicine ward of a hospital. His pace of work and his management style trigger a series of reactions and consequences in and among his team of doctors that reflect the lower level of productivity, despite the professionalism of many of them. Katy, an assistant doctor at a hospital in Madrid, begins to get tired of the work pace and management style of Dr. Kubber, head of the Internal Medicine plant where she works....Starting at €8.20
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Ana Llopis (C): A Race to the Top
Jiménez, Esther; Chinchilla, NuriaCase DPO-358-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyOver the years, Ana Llopis has made decisions at different points in her professional career and personal life. Her good work and her good relationships with headhunters have helped her to open doors to become chairwoman of the Board at Dia.Starting at €5.74