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El camino de la familia empresaria a la <i>family office</i>
Roure Alomar, Juan; Segurado Llorente, Juan LuisArticle ART-2596Corporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipDesde que estalló la crisis financiera global, el interés de las familias empresarias por las actividades de las family offices ha ido en aumento. Solo las cincuenta más importantes gestionan casi un billón de dólares y las perspectivas son que su importancia y poder económico se incrementen notablemente en los próximos años. Los autores han explorado por qué y cómo se implantan, y sugieren que la efectividad del proceso depende en gran me...Starting at €8.20
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Paths to Keep Wealth in Family Hands
Roure Alomar, Juan; Segurado Llorente, Juan LuisArticle ART-2596-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipSince the onset of the global financial crisis, there has been a surge of interest among family businesses in the activities of family offices -- special entities designed to manage and administer a family's portfolio of investments, while also making sure that future wealth-creation activities happen in sustainable ways for generations to come. With the combined wealth of the 50 largest family offices representing nearly $1 trillion, family busi...Starting at €8.20
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Religion and education clash at Hamline University (B)
de la Cierva, Yago;Case DPO-841-ECorporate Governance, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementIn October 2022, during an art history class at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota (United States), a professor showed a 16th-century Persian illustration depicting the Prophet Muhammad. One of the students in the course, who was the president of the campus Muslim Student Association, was offended and protested. This case study encompasses the evolution of the complaint, the rectorate's decisions on the matter, and the reactions of various...Starting at €5.74
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Religion and education clash at Hamline University (A): Academic freedom vs diversity and inclusion
; de la Cierva, YagoCase DPO-840-ECorporate Governance, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementIn October 2022, during an art history class at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota (United States), a professor showed a 16th-century Persian illustration depicting the Prophet Muhammad. One of the students in the course, who was the president of the campus Muslim Student Association, was offended and protested. This case study encompasses the evolution of the complaint, the rectorate's decisions on the matter, and the reactions of various...Starting at €8.20
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San Francisco Symphony
Meehan, W; McNamee, M; Soulon, DCase SGSB-SM63-ECorporate GovernanceThe San Francisco Symphony is a major U.S. orchestra that took on ancillary activities as part of its mission to bring the best in music to the Bay Area. Despite increasing costs, SFS posted surpluses for 15 consecutive years. However, by the end of 1993 SFS faced a shift in its financial fortunes; forecasts indicated annual budget shortfalls of $25 million in total deficits by the end of the 1999-2000 season. In 1994, SFS had just signed a “supe...Starting at €8.20
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The Cascade on Broadway
Srinivas Krishnamoorthy; Kyle MacleanCase IVEY-9B13E031-ECorporate GovernanceIn 2009, the owner of a Broadway theatre has to figure out whether to switch to a new show or continue with the current one, which is not generating the revenue expected. He already has a new show booked to begin in five weeks; each new show requires a week of set-up time during which its producers pay rent to the theatre but there are no ticket sales. Is it worth closing the current show and replacing it with an unknown show for a very limited r...Starting at €8.20
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Shopster.com
Malcolm Munro; Sid L. HuffCase IVEY-9B07E005-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, StrategyShopster.com is a Calgary-based e-business company whose business is to assist other individuals or companies in setting up their own retail transactional websites. Shopster differs significantly from ordinary website developers in that retailers are able to select from a huge inventory of saleable products, through Shopster's network of goods providers. Shopster also provides software tools, and expertise, to allow anyone wishing to create an on...Starting at €8.20
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Elective Surgery Schedule
Lauren E. Cipriano; Vikram Tiwari; Warren S. Sandberg; Gregory S. ZaricCase IVEY-9B15E011-ECorporate GovernanceIn 2012, the newly appointed director of Surgical Business Analytics has been charged with the task of improving predictions of surgical case volume at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He is provided with 48 weeks of elective surgery schedule data that give the number of surgeries booked on specific dates prior to the surgery day and the actual number performed. Variation in daily operating room volumes is a major pro...Starting at €8.20
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Hamline University: Choque entre religión y educación (A): Libertad de cátedra vs. respeto a las minorías
; de la Cierva, YagoCase DPO-840Corporate Governance, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementEn octubre del 2022, durante una clase de Historia del Arte en la Hamline University de St. Paul (Minnesota, Estados Unidos), una profesora mostró una ilustración persa del siglo XVI que representaba al profeta Mahoma. Una de las estudiantes del curso, que era presidenta de la Asociación de Estudiantes Musulmanes del campus, se sintió ofendida y protestó. El caso estudia cómo evolucionó la reclamación: las decisiones de rectorado al respecto y la...Starting at €8.20
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Hamline University: Choque entre religión y educación (B)
de la Cierva, Yago;Case DPO-841Corporate Governance, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementEn octubre del 2022, durante una clase de Historia del Arte en la Hamline University de St. Paul (Minnesota, Estados Unidos), una profesora mostró una ilustración persa del siglo XVI que representaba al profeta Mahoma. Una de las estudiantes del curso, que era presidenta de la Asociación de Estudiantes Musulmanes del campus, se sintió ofendida y protestó. El caso estudia cómo evolucionó la reclamación: las decisiones de rectorado al respecto y la...Starting at €5.74