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Excelco Equipment: Attracting Young Talent in Singapore
Pei-Chuan Wu; Adelyn TohCase IVEY-9B20C022-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn August 2018, Excelco Equipment Pte. Ltd. (Excelco), based in Singapore, was facing challenges in recruiting talented young workers. The company’s senior staff would retire soon, and the majority of its workers were above the age of 40. Excelco had enjoyed a stable workforce flow for several decades, but now its employees were aging, and it needed to attract young workers. Excelco’s executive director was proud of the company’s family culture a...Starting at €8.20
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Un viaje transformador en tiempos inciertos (C)
Elvira, MartaCase DPO-744Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People ManagementTras aterrizar en Singapur a finales de 2020, mientras la epidemia de COVID-19 todavía afectaba la mayor parte del mundo, Cristina Ventura se encontraba inmersa en medio de una gran actividad. Su estancia en Singapur le había reportado tanto nuevas oportunidades como momentos de reflexión. Cada día meditaba sobre su propósito, sobre qué proyectos -y qué gente- podían ayudarla a maximizar su impacto. Cristina se veía a sí misma como una catalizado...Starting at €5.74
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Good Intentions Gone Awry at the National Kidney Foundation
Hwee Sing Khoo; Audrey Chia; Vivien K. G. LimCase IVEY-9B10M017-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThis case illustrates the rise and fall of the former chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Singapore, T.T. Durai. In June 2007, Durai was charged with corruption and sentenced to three months in jail. Just less than two years prior, he had been the prolific CEO who had transformed the NKF from a small foundation into Singapore's largest charity, with 21 dialysis centres. Durai spent 37 years of his life volunteeri...Starting at €8.20
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CFR Pharmaceuticals: Potential Synergies in Africa
Charlene C. LewCase IVEY-9B14C049-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe third-generation leader of CFR Pharmaceuticals had been successful in executing a strategy of consolidating pharmaceutical firms across Latin America. As part of the company’s expansion strategy, the CEO explored opportunities to develop multiple sources of growth and expand CFR Pharmaceutical’s footprint in emerging markets; to do this, he found a company in South Africa, Adcock Ingram, to acquire. The combined company would offer CFR produc...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Crisis at Steelworks' Xiamen Plant
Hwee Hoon Tan; Flocy JosephCase IVEY-9B16C005-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyIn April 2010, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Steelworks, a Singapore-based metals company recently acquired by an Indian conglomerate, embarked on a plan to realign the organization's structure and processes across its subsidiaries. However, he hadStarting at €8.20
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Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School: Educational Transplant
Audrey Chia; Hwee Sing KhooCase IVEY-9B13C030-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore was initially established with the intention of transplanting the Duke University School of Medicine curriculum to Singapore, where the British style of medical education had been dominant. A small team of pioneer faculty faced many challenges, including transplanting the U.S. model while trying to improve upon and adapt it to the local environment, facing skepticism from the local medical communi...Starting at €8.20
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Empresas La Polar, S.A. (B)
Edward Waltzer; Matko KoljaticCase IVEY-9B16C033-ELeadership and People Management, StrategySupplement for product 9B16C032.Starting at €5.74
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The 2010 Chilean Mining Rescue (A)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Rashid, Faaiza; Leonard, Herman B.Case HBS-612046-ELeadership and People ManagementOn August 5, 2010, 700,000 tons of some of the hardest rock in the world caved in Chile's century-old San Jos mine. The collapse buried 33 miners at a depth almost twice the height of the Empire State Building-over 600 meters (2000 feet) below ground. Never had a recovery been attempted at such depths, let alone in the face of challenges like those posed by the San Jos mine: unstable terrain, rock so hard it defied ordinary drill bits, severe...Starting at €8.20
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TrustSphere: Building a Market for Relationship Analytics, Teaching Note
Groysberg, Boris; Abrahams, Robin; Gregg, TriciaTeaching Note HBS-419015-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching note for case 418070.Starting at €0.00
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Bienvenido, Sr. Impatriado
Reiche, B. SebastianArticle ART-1789Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementLa impatriación temporal de directivos de filiales a las sedes centrales es un fenómeno en auge. Es más barato que la expatriación y la manera más rápida de conocer los países donde se opera y ganarse el favor de sus trabajadores. Además, aumenta las perspectivas profesionales del personal. Sin embargo, los distintos estudios realizados por el autor revelan que este intercambio sólo funciona si el impatriado y la empresa entienden cuáles son los ...Starting at €8.20