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La Vaca Independiente: Should a Social Enterprise Adopt a For-Profit Business Model
Chris Laszlo; Anya BriggsCase IVEY-9B13C033-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case presents a social enterprise considering whether a for-profit model might be an effective way to scale its impact. Mexico City-based La Vaca Independiente (The Independent Cow) was founded to bring art to underprivileged children. The founder observed that many global problems are caused by humanity’s increasing state of isolation, with individuals disconnected from the planet and from each other. She concluded that most benefit corpora...Starting at €8.20
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Bancolombia: Talent, Culture and Value Creation Management in Mergers
Juanita Cajiao SaenzCase IVEY-9B11C040-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyThe case reviews the main facts related to the merger process of three financial institutions — Bancolombia, Conavi, and Corfinsura — in Colombia in 2005 and 2006. The merger decision emerges from directors and senior executives foreseeing a major upcoming market transformation, including adjustment in industry regulation, improvement in international competence, and consolidation of main players, and their response in order to adapt to the new e...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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Sarah James in Mexico: Often Wrong but Never in Doubt
William A. AndrewsCase IVEY-9B09C006-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyA college student, Sarah James, attends a Mexican university (INI) for the summer to develop her language and cross-cultural capabilities. At the end of a successful semester, she e-mails the director of international recruitment for the Mexican UniversitStarting 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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Amenazas globales: diagnóstico y acción
Done, Adrian A.Article ART-2076Service and Operations Management, Strategy¿Cuánto tiempo dedica a pensar en las grandes cuestiones que afectarán a su vida personal y profesional en los próximos 20 años? Si está tan ocupado como la mayoría de sus colegas, no mucho. Pero las perspectivas de la economía mundial son peores hoy que cuando la crisis crediticia tocó fondo, así que de nada sirve esconder la cabeza. Es mejor atisbar las tendencias globales que acechan en el horizonte, analizar a fondo las fuerzas subyacentes y ...Starting at €8.20
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Lecciones de un secuestro
IESE InsightArticle ART-2275Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementEl arquitecto mexicano Bosco Gutiérrez fue secuestrado el 29 de agosto de 1990. Sus fuertes convicciones y resiliencia le permitieron afrontar la incertidumbre y escapar 257 días después.Starting at €8.20
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Ambushed by Adversity
IESE InsightArticle ART-2275-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe uncertainty, threats and uncontrollable situations faced by the average business person may never be as extreme as what the Mexican architect Bosco Gutiérrez went through. But his story of how he mustered the strength within himself to overcome his ordeal offers valuable lessons on how to keep your wits about you when you find yourself suddenly ambushed by adversity.Starting at €8.20
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Samsung: ¿hasta dónde arriesgar en innovación?
IESE InsightArticle ART-2597Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementHace unos años Samsung decidió cambiar de estrategia y dejar de seguir a la competencia. Pero es más fácil decidirlo que hacerlo, como comprobó su equipo europeo de innovación en el desarrollo de tres nuevos productos. Henrik Werdelin, socio director de Prehype, Michael Boneham, director de Boneham Consulting y expresidente de Ford India, e Ignacio Aso, del área de desarrollo de negocio en Unify, aportan su punto de vista.Starting at €8.20
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Navigating the Realities of Emerging Markets
Kleinhempel, MatthiasArticle ART-2791-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementAll corporate compliance programs share a common feature: to ensure that the company obeys the law and that all organizational members behave ethically. However, multinational companies operating in a country like Mexico, for example, face issues very different from those of Germany -- a reality that many codes of conduct fail to recognize. The author's research on compliance programs in the emerging economies of Latin America reveals the special...Starting at €8.20