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Conchi Martín: buscando trabajo (B)
Melé, DomènecCase BE-182Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementPoco tiempo después, Conchi recibió una oferta de una empresa farmacéutica como adjunta al director financiero, con funciones de control. Conchi apenas tenía dudas sobre el puesto tras las explicaciones recibidas y pensaba que, ahora sí, había encontrado el trabajo adecuado. En el momento final de la entrevista aprovechó para preguntar si se trataba de un puesto de nueva creación. Le respondieron que no, pero que les costaba encontrar a la person...Starting at €5.74
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Conchi Martín: Looking for a Job (B)
Melé, DomènecCase BE-182-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementA short time later, Conchi received an offer from a pharmaceutical company to take over as the assistant to the finance director, with control duties. Conchi had hardly any doubts about the position after the explanations she received, and she believed that she had finally found the right job. At the end of the interview, she took the opportunity to ask whether it was a newly created position. They said it was not, but that they had experienced s...Starting at €5.74
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What Does It Mean Being a Decent Boss (A)
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-189-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and CommunicationThis case analyzes a pre-crisis situation experienced by René Obermann, while he was serving as CEO of Deutsche Telekom. He received a letter from a technician, who complained about the top management style being focused on short-term results instead of on the company's long-term stability.Starting at €8.20
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What Does It Mean Being a Decent Boss (B)
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-190-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn March 2007, less than one year after his appointment as CEO, René Obermann received an e-mail from a 48-year old technician working in the T-Com Berlin department. The letter was carbon copied to some members of the Board of Management, union representatives and some other employees. It rapidly spread throughout the organization and become viral in Germany. The following is an extract of the letter: Your continuous messages to the workforce wi...Starting at €5.74
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Las colectas del banco de sangre de Tuixén
Ligero M.; Valor Sabatier, JosepCase AD-182EconomicsSe describe el procedimiento de colecta y recogida de sangre de un banco de sangre con los costes asociados. Se plantea la problemática de potenciar la recogida en el propio centro versus colectas mediante camión.Starting at €8.20
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Being Early Beats Being Better
Greve, Henrich R.; Seidel, Marc-David L.Article HBS-F1406D-EStrategyResearch on product adoption in the airline industry suggests that being first to market can make a big difference to an offering's success, even if the customers are companies rather than consumers.Starting at €8.20
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The Economics of Well-Being
Fox, JustinArticle HBS-R1201D-EGross domestic product has long been the chief measure of national success. But there's been a lot of talk lately about changing that, from economists and world leaders alike. GDP is under siege for three main reasons. First, it is flawed even on its own terms: It misses lots of economic activity (unpaid household work, for example) and, as a single-number representation of vast, complex systems, is inevitably skewed. Second, it fails to account ...Starting at €8.20
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Sistemas de costes basados en la actividad
Davila, Antonio; Fernández, Albert; Velilla, ManuelTechnical Note CN-182Accounting and ControlSe describe el modelo conceptual de los sistemas de costes basados en la actividad (Activity Based Costing) y los compara con los sistemas de costes convencionales, haciendo especial énfasis en las nuevas ideas aportadas por el sistema ABC.Starting at €8.20
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Being Monica
Gerard SeijtsArticle IVEY-9B16TB02-EStrategyIn this Ivey Business Journal Q&A, Monica Lewinsky — former White House intern and “patient zero” of online harassment — talks with Ivey Professor Gerard Seijts about what it takes to survive shame and bullying on a global scale. She offers two important considerations for victims of public humiliation. First, many people — those bullied and otherwise — suffer from shame or some form of public humiliation, and there is no reason to suffer in sile...Starting at €8.20
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Olapic en la nube de Amazon.com
Sieber, Sandra; Zamora, Javier; Sek, Tomasz; Goetschi, BeatCase SI-182Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeLa mañana del 21 de abril de 2011, Alex Dantart, director técnico de Olapic, estaba listo para dirigir la última prueba del nuevo servicio de la empresa start-up de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC) con sede en Nueva York, uPhoto. La fecha de lanzamiento de este innovador servicio de crowdsourcing de fotografías, encargado por el primer cliente corporativo de Olapic, el New York Daily News (NYDN), se anunció para finales de ab...Starting at €8.20