This website uses technical, customisation and analytical cookies, both first-party and third-party, to anonymously facilitate browsing and analyse statistics on use of the website. Learn more
Search results
-
Transformation at Telefónica: People as Drivers of Change
Quinn, Bernardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-732-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAfter the meeting, as the newly appointed global director of Human Resources, Bernardo Quinn, walked back to his office in the West 2 Building of the Telefónica District in Madrid, he thought about what role Human Resources should play in the changes that were coming. He thought that the effort it would take to mobilize a company the size of Telefónica would be enormous. They would have to take a close look at the planned talent agenda and the co...Starting at €8.20
-
Florián Coute: An EMBA at an Impasse (C)
Stein, GuidoCase DPO-302-ELeadership and People ManagementIt had been a year since Florian's last conversation with Rafael. At the time, he was considering whether to change companies or stay at IB, finally choosing to stay. Florian recalled... "In July I moved to the External Services Division, which deals with the parking lot, car rental, WiFi, telephony and advertising lines of business. I was given the responsibility of designing the strategic plan for car rentals without a driver. My adaptation to...Starting at €5.74
-
Embraer 2010: from a Dream to a Global Player
Cerquinho, Fábio; Barros, Renato; Sabrià, FredericCase P-1110-EService and Operations ManagementEn 1994 EMBRAER se encuentra ante una grave crisis financiera agravada por la situación del sector y de Brasil. La empresa, de capital público, es privatizada. El caso plantea la estrategia de turn-around a seguir. En Embraer 1994 permite discutir las opciones que se le abren a un fabricante de aviones en una economía emergente. En principio parecería que "este no es el tipo de producto a fabricar en Brasil". En principio solo respuestas poco con...Starting at €8.20
-
Global Climate Coorperation and Conflict: Brazil and the Paris Agreement
Clark, Richard; Gaikwad, Nikhar; Scheve, KennethCase SGSB-P98-EEconomicsIt is March 2019, and Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s newly elected president, is deciding what to do about Brazil’s participation in the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change. Bolsonaro must weigh the economic and political costs and benefits of taking drastic action to curb environmentalism and environmental protections in Brazil. Exiting from the Paris Agreement would provide far greater freedom to reboot Brazil’s economy, which is one of Bolsonaro’...Starting at €8.20
-
Fazenda Diamantina: ESG Dilemmas of a Brazilian Coffee Farm
Azevedo, Leonardo; Palencia, LuisCase ASN-96-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn 2022, two coffee growers in Matas de Minas, Brazil, were at a crossroads about the future of their coffee farm. Their original goal was to create an environmentally and socially responsible (ESG) coffee farm. However, due to low profitability and other challenges, they began to consider several alternatives. The options on the table included i) divesting from the farm altogether and returning to their corporate roles, ii) partially divesting t...Starting at €8.20
-
Developing the health services purchasing function in the Sao Paulo Health Secretariat
Vicente R.; García Prat, AntoniCase P-1041-EService and Operations ManagementAfter the initial stages of implementation of an innovative solution to solve the problem of launching several new hospitals under severe labor hiring constraints (achieved through new legal entities using the framework of the Philanthropic Organizations), the Health State Secretary faces new challenges: how to consolidate the different contracts of the Organizaciones Sociales de Salud, how to advance in the existing payment systems, and how to c...Starting at €8.20
-
Novocabos: Management of Working Capital
Carelli, Jose Paulo; Martínez Abascal, EduardoCase F-942-EFinanceNovocabos is the Brazilian subsidiary of a multinational in the automotive components sector, an extremely competitive sector. During the economic boom years (2006-2013) sales grew to 100 million Brazilian reais (R$). Novocabos made heavy CAPEX investments and also repurchased part of the shares from the former owner. In 2014-2016 the economic crisis hit the sector hard and led Novocabos into financial problems, which need a solution. This case i...Starting at €8.20
-
Committee for Democracy in Information Technology (CDI)
Vergés S.; Mair, JohannaCase DG-1453-EStrategyThis is the first of a case series on Social Entrepreneurship written in collaboration with the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. The Comite para Democratizaçao da Informática (CDI) was a non-governmental, non-profit organization founded by Rodrigo Baggio in Brazil in 1995. Its mission was to set up schools to teach computer skills to low-income communities so that slum residents could begin to move into the mainstream of society and...Starting at €8.20
-
Innovating through the participation of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs): the Aids/HIV Program
Garrison J.; Abreu, A.; Sánchez, J.; Rosenmöller, MagdaCase P-1000-EService and Operations ManagementThis case analyzes the problems encountered in the development and implementation of the national program to fight AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) and STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) in Brazil, with high levels NGO involvement in activities of prevention and treatment support, thanks to their great effectiveness and capacity to reach high-risk groups. It describes the process of rapid growth and development of AIDS-related NGOs, w...Starting at €8.20