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Rudolf Schwarz at Ariadna AG (B)
Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-110-ELeadership and People ManagementIn October 2007 Rudolf Schwarz (53 years old) was appointed public sector director for Western Europe at GB Telecom. His appointment was part of a reorganization of the directors' committee at Ariadna AG, a German company bought by GB Telecom at the end of 2003. Rudolf continued to have a good relationship with Christoph Reifers, a consultant who had been his coach for over six months in 2006. They used to meet regularly. Not long after Rudolf's ...Starting at €5.74
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Telefónica I+D
Porta, J.; Gómez, SandalioCase DP-110Leadership and People ManagementEl caso muestra el impacto de un sistema de valoración de puestos de trabajo (método HAY), en las políticas de RR.HH. (Retribución, Desarrollo profesional) y en los empleados de la empresa. Se cuestiona la validez de este enfoque, de valoración de puestos de trabajo, en una empresa puntera en el sector de telecomunicaciones y dedicada a la investigación y desarrollo, actividad donde la motivación de los empleados juega un papel que afecta directa...Starting at €8.20
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Rudolf Schwarz en Ariadna AG (B)
Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-110Leadership and People ManagementEn octubre de 2007, Rudolf Schwarz (53 años) fue nombrado director de sector público para Europa Occidental de GB Telecom. El nombramiento se produjo dentro de una reorganización del comité de dirección de Ariadna AG, empresa alemana adquirida por GB Telecom a finales de 2003. Rudolf siguió manteniendo una relación muy cordial con Cristoph Reifers, consultor que había sido su coach durante más de medio año en 2006. Se veían con regularidad. Poco ...Starting at €5.74
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Telefónica I+D
Porta, J.; Gómez, SandalioCase DP-110-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case shows the impact of a job evaluation system (HAY method), HR policies (Compensation, Professional development) and employees of the company. It is questioned the validity of this approach, valuation of jobs, in a leading company in the telecommunications sector and dedicated to research and development, activity where employee motivation plays a role that directly affects creativity, initiative and necessary teamwork in an R & D company....Starting at €8.20
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Pfizer: Letter from the Chairman (B)
Simons, Robert L.; Rosenberg, KathrynCase HBS-110004-EAccounting and ControlThis case continues the story begun in "Pfizer: A Letter From The Chairman" (HBS No. 9-110-003), revealing the letter Chairman and CEO Jeff Kindler wrote for the 2008 Annual Report.Starting at €5.74
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Akshaya Patra: Impact at Scale
Rangan, V. Kasturi; Appleby, SarahCase HBS-517028-EAkshaya Patra, an Indian NGO, had set an ambitious goal of serving 5 million free meals daily to India's schoolchildren. Founded in 2000, Akshaya Patra had thus far opened 25 high-capacity kitchens in 10 different States to provide a midday meal to nearly 1.65 million school children every day. With 110 million children in 1 million schools eligible for a mandatory midday meal, there was room to grow. Shridhar Venkat, its CEO, had to devise a pla...Starting at €8.20
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Tesco PLC: Strategy for India
Christopher Williams; Ramasastry ChandrasekharCase IVEY-9B14M096-EStrategyAs multinational enterprises expand operations in emerging economies, identifying and responding to unique marketing challenges may require strategy that focuses on local adaptation and global integration on a country by country basis. In March 2014, Tesco PLC (Tesco), the largest retailer in the United Kingdom and the third largest supermarket group in the world, has signed an agreement with Trent Hypermarkets, the retail division of the Tata Gr...Starting at €8.20
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Tencent, Teaching Note
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielTeaching Note HBS-718457-EStrategyTeaching Note for HBS No. 718426.Starting at €0.00
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Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World
Wells, John R.; Winkler, Carole A.Case HBS-717473-EStrategyIn January 2017, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The election of Donald Trump as the next president of the United States in November 2016 had triggered a national storm of protests, and many attributed Trump's victory to fake news stories served up on Facebook's Trending News Feed. Zuckerberg was unapologetic. The word that came to define this spread of misinformation was "post-truth," which became so ...Starting at €8.20
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Tencent
Wells, John R.; Ellsworth, GabrielCase HBS-718426-EStrategyTencent had undergone many transformations since it was founded in 1998 as a simple messaging service. In 2017, it was the largest online games provider in China with a wide range of game types, China's largest social networking service provider with several of the largest social networking applications in the world, and China's favorite Internet portal. It was challenging Alibaba's Alipay as the leader in online payments systems, and it had esta...Starting at €8.20