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Betty's Wines - Teaching Note: Ethical problems of an "organic" narcissistic entrepreneur
Vaccaro, AntoninoTeaching Note BET-26-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementBetty is a very famous wine entrepreneur who works in the natural/organic wine sector. Although she has gained outstanding international success, she struggles to manage her team. The case is based on the notes of interviews made with Betty and one of her collaborators as a part of a 4-year project in which IESE's Center for Business in Society explored ethical and responsibility issues in the organic wine-making sector. Any kind of personal, org...Starting at €0.00
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Betting on DraftKings
Mark SimonsonCase IVEY-W27949-EAccounting and Control, FinanceARK Investment Management LLC (ARK)’s Next Generation Internet ETF (exchange traded fund) accumulated over 5 per cent of the outstanding shares of DraftKings Inc. (DraftKings), which held 24 per cent of the emerging US online sports betting market. Following the legalization of sports betting in May 2018, DraftKings faced escalating competition as competitors spent heavily on advertising and promotions to attract customers. This spending led to i...Starting at €8.20
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Elon Musk's Big Bets, Teaching Note
Yoffie, David B.; Baldwin, EricTeaching Note HBS-717511-EStrategyThis teaching note is designed for the Elon Musk's Big Bets case (717431).Starting at €0.00
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IESE Insight. Issue 26. Third Quarter 2015
IESE InsightMagazine REV-57-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyFeeling adrift? The illuminating ideas in this magazine will help you set a course to take your leadership higher. Herminia Ibarra maps out a strategy for you to reach your long-term career goals, so your identity as a leader will be clear. Yih-teen Lee and Yuan Liao explain how companies might make better use of multiculturals, suggesting how cultural intelligence might be developed as a vital managerial competence. Giuseppe Auricchio and Evgeny...Starting at €22.00
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Get Ahead by Betting Wrong
Eggers, J.P.Article HBS-F1407B-EStrategyCompanies that invest heavily in R&D are often torn between emerging technologies, wondering which will win in the marketplace and is therefore the one to develop (remember VHS versus Betamax). Conventional wisdom suggests there's a steep price for getting it wrong. But new research shows that betting on a losing technology and then switching to the winner can position a company to come out ahead, because it forces a steep learning curve.Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Número 26. Tercer trimestre 2015
IESE InsightMagazine REV-57Information Technologies, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAprendemos cuando encaramos nuevos retos, así que ningún número de horas en un programa formativo puede garantizarle el desarrollo como líder si no le sitúa ante los desafíos adecuados. Es más, como señalan los tres artículos del dossier, las actividades de su día a día pueden suponer un gran estímulo para el crecimiento profesional: Herminia Ibarra recomienda dedicar parte de su tiempo a proyectos multifuncionales o externos a la empresa;...Starting at €22.00
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How to Hedge Your Strategic Bets
Stalk, George , Jr.; Iyer, AshishArticle HBS-R1605F-EStrategyToday companies grapple constantly with the unexpected: disruptive advances in technology, the rise of new markets, sudden swings in demand, surprise moves by competitors. To cope, firms try to improve their forecasting and their agility, but those efforts take them only so far. A complementary--and perhaps more effective--approach is to use "strategic options." These are small bets that allow businesses to test the waters and build their experie...Starting at €8.20
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Doubling Down: Elon Musk's Big Bets in 2022
Yoffie, David B.; Fisher, DanielCase HBS-722439-EStrategy2021 was a banner year for Elon Musk. CEO of the electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, the aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, and a few smaller startups, Musk became the richest person on Earth after Tesla reached a market capitalization of $1 trillion and SpaceX a private valuation of $100 billion. Both companies made bet big on risky technologies. Now that they were leaders in booming industries, the task was to retain their lead. Musk had proposed ...Starting at €8.20
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Raunchy E-mails, too Much Drinking and Dirty Dancing - Teaching Note: A trilogy of sexual harassment cases covering personal freedom, respect and decency
Vaccaro, AntoninoTeaching Note BET-6-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision AnalysisThe document "Raunchy E-mails, Too Much Drinking and Dirty Dancing" presents three cases related to sexual harassment that occurred in a leading consulting firm, a retail company and a private bank, respectively. In the first case, a group of male consultants prepared an e-mail including the name, photo, and department affiliation of about 12 female colleagues and asking other people to evaluate the attractiveness of each photo i...Starting at €0.00
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Bet on One Big Idea--or Diversify (HBR Case Study)
Stuart, TobyArticle HBS-R1311X-EStrategyA unique probiotic formulation, L-39, has great promise as a pharmaceutical treatment for a common illness. When it hits a stumbling block in its latest clinical trial, Hilde Dach, the scientist leading the research at German drug maker Caliska, faces the prospect that the company may want to reimagine her product as a nutraceutical, because the regulatory hurdles would be easier to clear. Is the company merely hedging its bets to avoid big losse...Starting at €8.20