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What Does It Mean Being a Decent Boss (B)
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-190-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn March 2007, less than one year after his appointment as CEO, René Obermann received an e-mail from a 48-year old technician working in the T-Com Berlin department. The letter was carbon copied to some members of the Board of Management, union representatives and some other employees. It rapidly spread throughout the organization and become viral in Germany. The following is an extract of the letter: Your continuous messages to the workforce wi...Starting at €5.74
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What Does It Mean Being a Decent Boss (A)
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-189-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and CommunicationThis case analyzes a pre-crisis situation experienced by René Obermann, while he was serving as CEO of Deutsche Telekom. He received a letter from a technician, who complained about the top management style being focused on short-term results instead of on the company's long-term stability.Starting at €8.20
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It's Hard to Be Good
Beard, Alison; Hornik, RichardArticle HBS-R1111E-EExcellence in community engagement, labor relations, environmental protection, corporate governance, and supply chain accountability isn't easy to achieve. But in the long run, top performance in those areas strengthens an organization, as the five companies profiled in this article demonstrate. They prove that doing the right thing isn't at odds at all with building the bottom line, and in fact it can be integral to a firm's economic logic. Dutc...Starting at €8.20
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It's Hard to Be Good (Spanish version)
Beard, Alison; Hornik, RichardArticle HBS-R1111EStrategyExcellence in community engagement, labor relations, environmental protection, corporate governance, and supply chain accountability isn't easy to achieve. But in the long run, top performance in those areas strengthens an organization, as the five companies profiled in this article demonstrate. They prove that doing the right thing isn't at odds at all with building the bottom line, and in fact it can be integral to a firm's economic logic. Dutc...Starting at €8.20
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Can Big Tech Be Disrupted? (Spanish version)
Knee, Jonathan; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-S22014StrategyThe tech giants Facebook (now Meta), Amazon, Apple, Google (now Alphabet), Microsoft, and Netflix are all so successful--and generate so much cash--that they seem virtually unstoppable. Yet according to Jonathan Knee, a Columbia Business School professor and veteran investment banker specializing in media and tech, even the digital superpowers face threats. In this interview he shares an analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of the large tech ...Starting at €8.20
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El proyecto Africa Project (A y B): FInanzas
Plana Olías, Alicia; Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BES-1Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipMatt Mitro, a project finance attorney at an international law firm, and his father, Tom Mitro, founded INDEGO AFRICA (meaning INdependence, DEvelopment and GOvernance) on June 21, 2007. INDEGO started as an Africa-centered non-profit organization incorporated in Texas whose mission was to help Rwandan women through their economic empowerment. Matt chose the non-profit corporate form in order to emphasize the social mission and attract people to ...Starting at €8.20
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The Indego Africa Project (A and B): Financials
Plana Olías, Alicia; Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BES-1-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipStarting at €8.20
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El proyecto Indego Africa (B): Génesis y lanzamiento de una empresa social competitiva
Plana Olías, Alicia; Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-204Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipStarting at €5.74
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El proyecto Indego Africa (A): Génesis y lanzamiento de una empresa social competitiva
Plana Olías, Alicia; Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-203Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipMatt Mitro, un abogado especializado en finanzas de proyectos de un bufete internacional, y su padre, Tom Mitro, fundaron Indego Africa (Indego es un acrónimo de independencia, desarrollo y gobierno) el 21 de junio de 2007. Constituida como entidad sin ánimo de lucro en Texas pero centrada en África, su misión era empoderar económicamente a las mujeres de Ruanda. Matt optó por este tipo de persona jurídica para subrayar la misión social de la org...Starting at €8.20
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What Does It Mean Being a Decent Boss (A and B) - Teaching Note
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoTeaching Note BET-15-ERené Obermann knew it since his first day as Deutsche Telekom's CEO: he had to fire - or "outsource" as some top managers used to say politely - at least 50,000 people. Indeed, all the relevant indicators highlighted the need to reduce the enormous amount of workers at the company. In November 2006, when Mr. Obermann was appointed DT's CEO, the telecommunication group had around 250,000 employees, of whom 150,000 were located in Germany. This num...Starting at €0.00