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Del poder a la influencia: Reflexiones para directivos
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-70Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEsta nota técnica versa sobre la distancia entre el poder y su efectiva utilización. No pretende elaborar una teoría lógicamente fundada, ni sistematizar una realidad, sino apuntar a una descripción breve del fenómeno del poder de los empresarios y directivos, para centrarse en unas reflexiones de índole táctica. Los autores han tratado de condensar una serie de evidencias acumuladas en su trabajo como profesores de "Management", como directivos ...Starting at €8.20
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From Power to Influence
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-70-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis technical note discusses the distance there is between power and using it effectively. It does not aim to produce a theory based on logic, nor systematize a reality, but instead to give a brief description of the phenomenon of power among business people and executives, so as to focus on some strategic thoughts. The authors have tried to condense their own accumulated experiences from working as "Management" professors, executives and busine...Starting at €8.20
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Jesús de Benito at S&P (A)
Stein, Guido; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-53-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipIn November 1999, after years of hard work, Jesús de Benito, owner and CEO of S&P, a company that implemented SAP and other IT services, saw an opportunity to turn the company he had created into a large sum of money.Starting at €8.20
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Human Decisions: The Role of the Will
Stein, Guido; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTechnical Note ASNN-10-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThe objective of this teaching note is to explain why making good executive decisions does not just stem from intelligence, but more importantly from the will of the decision maker. To decide cleverly you have to think cleverly, but above all you need to have strong will. Current thinking about the significance of feelings and their influence on intelligence, usually known as emotional, has led to the anthropological foundations upon which manage...Starting at €8.20
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Jesús de Benito en S&P (C): Outcome
Stein, Guido; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-55-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipIn April 2004 Jesús received 15%, instead of the 50% of the selling price that had been deferred. Although under his contract Jesús could be dismissed because of poor company performance, he remained in his post. The two months he was off work on account of an accident gave him time to think. Lately there had been further setbacks: the business was not going according to plan and the financial situation in Gedas had got more complicated. Jesús th...Starting at €5.74
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Jesús de Benito at S&P (B): The sale and subsequent integration in Gedas
Stein, Guido; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-54-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipJesús decided to sell the company. Due diligence started in February 2000. The first predictions suggested that the deal would be closed in the fall, as the German partners had to give its approval. Jesús urged the buyer to speed up the process, as, according to him, the company was completely sound, with no debt or hidden liabilities. He faced the future without neglecting the commitment he had acquired to a workforce that had helped him get to ...Starting at €5.74
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Voltium, Inc.
del Potro, Eloy; Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase BE-173-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe manager at Voltium,a European company that was installing electricity in various parts of an African country, pondered whether it was justifiable to yield to the extortion of a local public official of the Dambo region, just as the company was about to finalize the project for the electrification of the area. This case was recognized by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) as the best publication in the 2012 Case Writing ...Starting at €8.20
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Notes on Personal Risk and Prudence
Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Vázquez-Dodero, Juan CarlosTechnical Note BEN-129-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityEvery decision has a different impact on the decision maker. Some of these impacts are related to personal risks assumed by the decision maker, in particular in the interpretation of whether the decision is delegated. But other, more substantial risks have to do with the moral improvement or deterioration of the person making the decisionStarting at €8.20
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The Fusion of Banca Popolare (B): Lights and Shadows From the South
Stein, Guido; Cuadrado, MartaCase DPO-313-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Leadership and People ManagementBack in his office, Massimo took a few minutes to tidy up his desk; he did not like to leave papers lying around. He stored the folder containing all the presentations and official documents relating to the merger in the bottom drawer. "I won't need that until next month," he thought. But after a quick glance, he found an official communication from Banca Popolare del Norte dated October 5, 2010, addressed to the entire workforce of the Bank: ...Starting at €5.74
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Voltium, Inc. - Teaching Note
del Potro, Eloy; Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTeaching Note BET-3-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe case discusses a decision that needs to be made by Daniel Ragot, a manager for the company Voltium in an African country. Ragot must decide how to respond to a request from a senior official with the local body that is responsible for approving the electrical installations Voltium is building. The case describes the system of local government - in which traditional authorities are intermixed with official forces, a frequent reality in many pa...Starting at €0.00