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Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A)
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-408023-ELeadership and People ManagementJosef Felder, CEO of Zurich Airport, faces several crises as he tries to transform the Airport from a slow-moving, conflict-ridden, government-owned entity into a privatized, world-class airport.Starting at €8.20
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UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Raabe, Elizabeth A.Case HBS-707511-ELeadership and People ManagementMarco Suter, Executive Vice-Chairman, UBS Board of Directors, carefully studied the chart on his desk. It showed the public commitment of major financial institutions to help mitigate global warming. Evidently, UBS lagged behind its competitors. The graph was part of a report that environmental specialists and senior executives at UBS had compiled. It suggested the company adopt a more progressive policy on climate change. Suter thought about the...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation and Growth at Actelion Ltd.
Pisano, Gary P.; Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Dittrich, RuthCase HBS-611065-ELeadership and People ManagementIn late 2010, Jean-Paul Clozel, CEO of the Swiss biotech pharmaceuticals firm Actelion, looks back on a successful decade. The small venture that he had started with a few of his scientist colleagues in the late 1990s to discover novel medicine in a research-driven organisation had grown into one of Europe's largest biotech firms by revenues. Their success was mainly founded on their orphan indication drug Tracleer, which Actelion sold and market...Starting at €8.20
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Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, DavidTeaching Note HBS-411015-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 408023 and 408058.Starting at €0.00
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GE Money Bank: The M-Budget Card Initiative
Tushman, Michael L.; Raisch, Sebastian; Welling, ChristianCase HBS-410052-ELeadership and People ManagementThe M-Budget Card case study is about mastering the challenges of an exploratory strategic initiative in a context marked by time pressure and frequent change. M-Budget was the first of a series of highly successful projects that established GE Money Bank as a leader in the Swiss credit card market. The business concept was to cooperate with the country's leading retailer MIGROS to develop an innovative credit card offering, the M-Budget card. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Andrew Ryan at VC Brakes (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Yong, SunruCase HBS-915S01Leadership and People ManagementAn aftermarket brake component manufacturer, VC Brakes, is bought out by a global automotive parts corporation after the 2008 financial crisis. Unlike its previous parent company, the new owner attempts to change VC Brakes' autocratic management style and finger-pointing culture with a Total Quality Management (TQM) program. Andrew Ryan is a senior manager at VC Brakes. With the guidance of a strong mentor and a reputation as a successful change ...Starting at €8.20
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Precista Tools AG (C) (Spanish Version)
Barnes, Louis B.Case HBS-408S24Leadership and People ManagementDiseñado para ser utilizado con Precista Herramientas AG (A) y (B) en un período de clase.Starting at €5.74
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Sophia Tannis: The European Transfer
Gerard Seijts; Kanina BlanchardCase IVEY-9B13C027-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyA multinational company’s first senior female leader is assigned to the European headquarters. The assignment is a professional coup, and she is primed to meet the challenge. However, her new colleagues’ predominant view is that she is a non-European woman who represents the corporate head office. She has the opportunity to fly high or fail.Starting at €8.20
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SMA: División de productos microelectrónicos (C)
Beer, Michael; Tushman, Michael L.Case HBS-407S08Leadership and People ManagementComplementa el caso (B). Una versión reescrita de un suplemento antes.Starting at €5.74
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The Case of the Floundering Expatriate (HBR Case and Commentary)
Adler, Gordon; Ready, Douglas A.; Schneider, Susan; Johansson, Bjorn; Trompenaars, Fons; Borboa, RomanArticle HBS-95401-ELeadership and People ManagementFrank Waterhouse, CEO of Argos Diesel, Europe, is exasperated. Bert Donaldson, who arrived in Zurich a year ago to create a European team--to facilitate communication among the parts suppliers that Argos has acquired over the past two years--just isn't working out. Although he has excellent credentials, both as a successful team builder at Argos International in Detroit and as a teacher in Cairo, his style seems abrasive here and he is behind sch...Starting at €8.20