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Somali, S.A. (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Vallejo, Luis Carlos; Chiner, AlfonsoCase SM-1527-PPLeadership and People ManagementThe case demonstrates the need to implement a professional system for the evaluation and assessment of executive management, both for family members and others, based on objectives and budgeting within the family business. It also highlights the need for tools and formal bodies to serve as a framework for debates regarding, on the one hand, business matters (shareholders' meetings, Board of Directors, Steering Committee) and, on the other, family...Starting at €8.20
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki: Can She Deliver Again (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Elvira, Marta; Isabel VillamorCase SM-1649-PPInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyIn September 2014, Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing website, discovered that Facebook - one of the leaders in the technology industry - had announced a strategic shift toward online videos. Wojcicki had been appointed YouTube's CEO in February that year, with the goal of making the website profitable. Even though YouTube's revenues had hit $5.6 billion in 2013, the website had not yet turned a profit.Starting at €8.20
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Constructors & Co. Chicago, USA (B) (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Rus, Salvador; Tàpies, JosepCase SM-1545-PPInnovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyConstructors & Co. is a construction company that has managed to establish itself in the market over the generations and has also been able to diversify. For three generations the company has been successful over the years. But in the transition from the third to the fourth generation, the company has been stagnant, without the ability to generate profits and without a clear succession plan for the leader. The shareholding of the company Construc...Starting at €5.74
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BARBUSS Global S.A. Globalizing an SME (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Caldart, AdrianCase SM-1652-PPEntrepreneurship, StrategyBarbuss Global is an Argentine company dedicated to the management of insurance recoveries. The company started its activities in Argentina as part of the Zass International group in 2002 and expanded its operations throughout Latin America. In 2013, Zass sold its Argentine operation to the CEO in that country, who strengthened the international bet by opening operations in Antwerp, Johannesburg and Mumbai. Barbuss' management was founded on a ve...Starting at €8.20
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Borges Agricultural & Industrial Nuts: A Paradigm Shift (Portuguese version, Portugal)
Tàpies, Josep; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1679-PPDecision Analysis, StrategyIn 2016, the management team of Borges International, one of the leading groups in the production and distribution of Mediterranean diet products, continued to take steps in the new strategy for their nut-producing subsidiary. This strategy was to bring about a total paradigm shift in that division, one of the most important within the holding. The growth of consumption of almond products, particularly in the emerging Asian markets, had highlight...Starting at €8.20
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The DIA of Tomorrow: Can New Ownership Turn Around the Business? (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Calleja Corujedo, Luis Manuel; Elvira Rojo, Marta; Proaño Vicente, Ángel; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1712-PPCorporate Governance, StrategyIn 2019, seven years after its IPO, DIA, the third largest supermarket chain in Spain in sales, was going through the most notable crisis in its history. That year they had narrowly avoided a situation of technical bankruptcy, thanks to the intervention of LetterOne, the investment fund of Russian tycoon Mikhail Fridman who, after a long, complex, and controversial takeover, had become the largest shareholder in the company. One of LetterOne's fi...Starting at €8.20