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Cinco pasos para motivar a tus empleados
Almandoz, John; Lee, Yih-Teen; Ribera, AlbertoArticle ART-3171Leadership and People Management¿Cuál es el propósito más importante de tu empresa? Si se reduce a ganar dinero, podría ser insuficiente; en general, ni inspira a los trabajadores ni genera un impacto duradero. Además del económico, deberías tener otro objetivo. Este debería estar centrado en los demás y regir e inspirar el comportamiento y la motivación de los actores de la empresa en pos de una finalidad ligada sobre todo a sus beneficiarios, incluidos los clientes y la socie...Starting at €8.20
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Nuevos tiempos: Haier en Japón (A)
Sánchez-Runde, Carlos; Lee, Yih-Teen; Reiche, Sebastian; Chen, Yen-Tung; Kotake, YukiCase DPO-264Leadership and People ManagementFundada en 1984 por Zhang Ruimin, CEO actual de la compañía, Haier ha crecido rápidamente y ha pasado de ser una pequeña fábrica de frigoríficos en Qingdao, China, a ser un líder mundial en el sector de los electrodomésticos. Como una de las marcas más valoradas de China, Haier diseña, fabrica y comercializa diversas líneas de electrodomésticos, como frigoríficos, aparatos de aire acondicionado y lavadoras, en más de cien países. Desde 2006 Haier...Starting at €8.20
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Marimekko
Alison Konrad; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B06C014-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyKirsti Paakkanen has achieved a celebrity status in Finland for her enigmatic leadership of the Finnish design company Marimekko. Purchasing the company in a state of near bankruptcy in 1991, Paakkanen took several actions to restore profitability and realize growth. As of 2006, the company has sales of $64 million (of which 80 per cent are from Finland) and net profits of $8.4 million. Over the last few years, Paakkanen and her team have focused...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Development With Impact
Ibarra, Herminia; Lee, Yih-Teen; Liao, Yuan; Auricchio, Giuseppe; Káganer, EvgenyDossier DOS-26-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementFeeling adrift? The illuminating ideas in this dossier will help you set a course to take your leadership higher.Starting at €15.00
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Private Media Group (B)
Jean-Philippe Vergne; Mary M. Crossan; Ken Mark; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B15M026-EEntrepreneurship, StrategySupplement to 9B15M025.Starting at €5.74
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Canadian Solar
Paul W. Beamish; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B10M019-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyIn late September 2009, the CEO of the Nasdaq-traded solar cell and module manufacturer, Canadian Solar, was at an inflection point in the formation of its international strategy. The company had experienced dynamic growth during the past five years buoyed largely by aggressive incentive schemes to install solar photovoltaic (PV) technology in Germany and Spain. The credit crunch, coupled with changes in government incentive programs, caused a ma...Starting at €8.20
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Elite Rent-a-Car
Gregory S. Zaric; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B07E011-ECorporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThe president and founder of a premier luxury car rental agency located throughout Europe must decide on the composition of the fleet of cars for the upcoming summer season. She has to balance a desire for high utilization versus the possibility of having to turn away clients if they request a car that is not in stock. The case can be used to introduce or reinforce a number of concepts including break-even analysis, basic descriptive statistics a...Starting at €8.20
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Alara Agri: Fresh Cherry Production
Chris J. Piper; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B09D004-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyAlara Agri, based in Bursa, Turkey, is one of the world's foremost cherry and fig producers. The president and chief executive officer (CEO) was concerned about a recurring capacity problem at the end of the process where cherries were packed. On some of the plant's conveyor belts, piles of cherries of one size waited to be packed while other belts had too few cherries to keep workers busy, and thus delayed order fulfillment. Diverting excess che...Starting at €8.20
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Private Media Group (A)
Mary M. Crossan; Jean-Philippe Vergne; Ken Mark; Jordan MitchellCase IVEY-9B15M025-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyAn executive has just joined adult entertainment producer Private Media Group Inc. (PMG) as a strategy consultant. Despite being a highly controversial industry, adult entertainment has been credited with furthering the widespread adoption of major technologies such as the VCR, Internet and digital transmissions over hand-held devices.In preparing for his first meeting with PMG’s president, the executive wonders if he should recommend pursuing la...Starting at €8.20
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Richter: Information Technology at Hungary’s Largest Pharma
Deborah Compeau; Jordan Mitchell; Gyorgy Drotos; Emma Incze; Gyorgy VasCase IVEY-9B07E021-EInformation Technologies, StrategyThe director of information technology (IT) at Ritcher, a major Hungarian pharmaceutical company with operations throughout Eastern Europe, is planning for the IT department for the near future. The three main considerations for the coming year are: Is the current IT structure appropriate to meet the growing demands of the organization? To what extent should IT affiliates be centrally controlled? How can IT best serve the rest of the company?Starting at €8.20