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Dowry: A Price for a Bride
Olale, Esther; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-294-ELeadership and People ManagementWhile studying for an MBA in Washington, D.C., a Kenyan woman falls in love with a classmate from the United States. Eventually they get engaged and decide to marry and live in Nairobi, where she plans to take over her father's business. When the groom arrives in Nairobi to meet her fiancée's family, she explains to him that her family expects to receive a dowry, consisting of some gifts and cash, in keeping with the tradition of their tribe.Starting at €8.20
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Harvest Tech, Inc (C): Managing the Entrepreneur
Gibbings A.; Poelmans, StevenCase DPO-76-ELeadership and People ManagementClaire, even though she was no longer working at Harvest Tech, felt responsible for the team that she hired.Starting at €5.74
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Myer and Flanagan (A): High-Stake Recruitment at the Top
Reiche, Sebastian; Akkan, ErenCase DPO-352-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis 2-case series focuses on the challenges of senior executive replacements at Australian department store Myer. In late spring of 2014, Myer was going through a major reshuffle of its senior management team. More than 20 senior managers had left the company over the past 2 years, and the exodus of some key members of the executive team was continuing. The turnover had accelerated after CEO Bernie Brookes decided in February 2014 to remain in h...Starting at €8.20
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Myer y Flanagan (A): reclutamiento sénior con mucho en juego
Reiche, Sebastian; Akkan, ErenCase DPO-352Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEsta serie de dos casos se centra en los desafíos que los grandes almacenes australianos Myer afrontaron a la hora de encontrar sustitutos para sus directivos sénior. A finales de la primavera de 2014, el equipo directivo sénior de Myer estaba inmerso en una remodelación de primer orden. Aunque durante los dos años anteriores ya habían abandonado la compañía más de veinte directivos sénior, el éxodo de algunos miembros clave del equipo directivo ...Starting at €8.20
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Myer and Flanagan (B): High-Stake Recruitment at the Top
Reiche, Sebastian; Akkan, ErenCase DPO-353-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis two-case series focuses on the challenges of senior executive replacements at the Australian department store Myer. In the late spring of 2014, Myer was going through a major reshuffle of its senior management team. More than 20 senior managers had left the company over the previous two years, and the exodus of some key members of the executive team was continuing. The turnover had accelerated after CEO Bernie Brookes decided in February 201...Starting at €5.74
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The African Safari: Managing a Team in Crisis (A)
Mayank Dayal; Raes, AnneloesCase DPO-763-ELeadership and People ManagementProject leader Nimesh Kumar is facing a tough decision after his expat software development team is robbed from all their equipment. Should he abandon the project and return home to avoid the ongoing security threat, or stay in Kenya to finish the project and help their client and Kenya´s agricultural sector? Team members are divided into two groups, one group comprised of experienced team members aged in their late 30s and 40s who want to return...Starting at €8.20
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Towards the Top End by Being Down Under: Haier's Acquisition of Fisher & Paykel Appliances
Reiche, Sebastian; Lee, Yih-Teen; Sánchez-Runde, CarlosCase DPO-420-EDecision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementHarry Hou, director and owner of the Oceania microenterprise for Haier Group, a leading multinational consumer electronics and home appliances company headquartered in Qingdao, was contemplating the future of the group's acquisition of Fisher & Paykel Appliances (FPA). A delegation of Haier representatives, with whom he had spent the day discussing collaborations between Haier and FPA, had just left, allowing him a few moments to reflect on the p...Starting at €8.20
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The African Safari: Managing a Team in Crisis (B)
Mayank Dayal; Raes, AnneloesCase DPO-764-ELeadership and People ManagementProject leader Nimesh Kumar is facing a tough decision after his expat software development team is robbed from all their equipment. Should he abandon the project and return home to avoid the ongoing security threat, or stay in Kenya to finish the project and help their client and Kenya´s agricultural sector? Team members are divided into two groups, one group comprised of experienced team members aged in their late 30s and 40s who want to return...Starting at €5.74
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Statistical Quality Control for Process Improvement (Spanish version)
Bohn, Roger E.Case HBS-616S10Service and Operations ManagementDescribes systematic methods for process debugging and improvement, based on statistical quality control. Examples are from manufacturing settings, but techniques are also useful for services and sales, and to quantity improvement as well as quality improvement.Starting at €8.20
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Queensland Sugar Limited
Bell, David E.; Shelman, MaryCase HBS-508038-EMarketingUntil industry deregulation in 2006, Queensland Sugar ran Australia's single desk marketing system for raw sugar exports. Since deregulation, eight of the ten Queensland sugar millers have elected to continue collective marketing through QSL. However, several millers are threatening to leave the group and market on their own. Their primary objection is to QSL's board structure, which is currently divided equally between millers, growers, and inde...Starting at €8.20