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Forming Ties That Will Free Your Firm
Eisenhardt, K.M.; Ozcan, PinarArticle ART-1533-EStrategyStrategic alliances provide opportunities to strengthen your market position, gain new capabilities and resources, and enable you to grow and expand during difficult times. Many large, highly resourced companies already know this and are leveraging it to their advantage. But how can a small firm with fewer resources obtain and manage a high-performing alliance portfolio? Getting the alliance portfolio you dreamed of, and then managing it well ove...Starting at €8.20
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Getting to Grips With Take-Back Laws
Atasu, Atalay; Van Wassenhove, LukArticle ART-1892-EService and Operations ManagementAs diverse environmental legislation is being formulated around the world, companies may find themselves in a ¿gray zone,¿ as the authors explain in a new paper on the subject. This presents challenges but also opportunities for companies to clarify operations in four areas: forming a network, rethinking product design, setting up a closed-loop supply chain, and adopting new technologies and business models. The authors believe that individual pr...Starting at €8.20
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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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Paths to Keep Wealth in Family Hands
Roure Alomar, Juan; Segurado Llorente, Juan LuisArticle ART-2596-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipSince the onset of the global financial crisis, there has been a surge of interest among family businesses in the activities of family offices -- special entities designed to manage and administer a family's portfolio of investments, while also making sure that future wealth-creation activities happen in sustainable ways for generations to come. With the combined wealth of the 50 largest family offices representing nearly $1 trillion, family busi...Starting at €8.20
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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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Warren Buffett e a Berkshire Hathaway
Lynce de Faria, L.; Caldart, Adrián A.Case AESE-DG-A-1081-PPEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeA Estrutura Corporativa da Berkshire Hathaway para gerir oitenta negócios muito díspares e sem qualquer sinergia entre eles, constitui um caso único na história da organização de empresas e de Grupos empresariais em particular. A dimensão deste grupo mede-se pelo volume de negócios da ordem de 136.000 milhões de dólares, com a participação de 260.000 colaboradores, e apenas 21 dos quais na Corporação. O grande desafio que se coloca é se a Berkshi...Starting at €8.20
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Warren Buffett y Berkshire Hathaway
Lynce de Faria, L.; Caldart, Adrián A.Case AESE-DG-A-1081-ESEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEl caso se centra en la actividad del grupo diversificado Berkshire Hathaway y en los principios y políticas de inversión y organización de su fundador y presidente, Warren Buffett. Esos principios y políticas le han permitido a Warren Buffett crear un grupo de empresas con más de 135.000 millones de dólares de facturación y 260.000 empleados dirigido desde un centro corporativo compuesto por 21 personas. A nivel de performance, Berkshire Hathawa...Starting at €8.20
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El Servicio de Bienestar Social en Malterías Nacional S.A. (A)
Mies, R.Case ESE-DP-C-ES-05-002AStrategyJuan Andrés Mercado, Gerente de Recursos Humanos de Malterías Nacional S.A., debe tomar la decisión de asumir la quiebra del Servicio de Bienestar Social, creado por la empresa y administrado en conjunto con el sindicato, o hacer cambios profundos en su gestión. El caso detalla el proceso de negociación con el sindicato, que se opone a los cambios y exige una pronta solución.Starting at €8.20
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El Servicio de Bienestar Social en Malterías Nacional S.A. (B)
Mies, R.Case ESE-DP-C-ES-05-002BStrategyJuan Andrés Mercado ve una oportunidad en la flexibilidad que muestra el sindicato y realiza una propuesta de trabajo. Se enfrenta ahora a la votación de esta propuesta que definirá el camino a seguir.Starting at €5.74
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El Servicio de Bienestar Social en Malterías Nacional S.A. (C)
Mies, R.Case ESE-DP-C-ES-05-002CStrategyA pesar de todos los pronósticos la sorpresa fue mayor: en la primera votación el sindicato acordó mantener el antiguo sistema. Juan Andrés Mercado se ve obligado a solicitar una nueva votación lo antes posible.Starting at €5.74