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Delhaize Group: Developing Leaders
Groysberg, Boris; Abbott, Sarah L.Case HBS-415019-ELeadership and People ManagementDelhaize Group, the Belgian-based global food retailer, was focused on competing in the food retailing industry by developing leading positions in key markets via localized retailing strategies. Delhaize was committed to offering its customers superior value while maintaining high social, environmental, and ethical standards. For Frans Muller, Delhaize's president and CEO, the key to executing on this strategy was ensuring that the Group was deve...Starting at €8.20
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Clusterland Upper Austria
Berrone, Pascual; Blázquez, María LuisaCase SM-1590-EDecision Analysis, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case describes the origins and functioning of Clusterland Upper Austria, a company created by the regional government of Upper Austria to manage a group of clusters and networks already existing in the region. The organization has been regarded as a best practice example for managing cluster projects. The case examines the specific nature of the region in terms of industrial structure and government policy and its implication in cluster dev...Starting at €8.20
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Scrums, Sprints, Spikes and Poker: Agility in a Bulgarian Software Company
Lucia F. Miree; John E. GalletlyCase IVEY-9B12M007-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case is about a software development company, Telerik, which was based in Bulgaria and had international offices. The company was founded in 2002 and had become a world leader in user interface (UI) components for Microsoft’s .NET framework. It was still managed by its original four founders and had grown to 400 employees. In 2006, in response to fast growth and to retain its rapid development product process, Telerik adopted agile developme...Starting at €8.20
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Monnikenheide
Mei Qi; Lieven DemeesterCase IVEY-9B13D020-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyFounded in 1973 with a vision of inclusion, integration and normalization, Monnikenheide had pioneered a series of innovative approaches to improve the quality of life of people with mental disabilities. It had introduced some of its practices to local partners in China, India and Indonesia and now had the most sought-after facilities in Belgium for families with special-needs children and other family members. At the age of 69, the co-founder of...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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Vienna Neubau GmbH (A): CEO and Shareholder
Baselga, Antonio; Stein, Guido; Roure, JuanCase E-129-ELeadership and People ManagementNeubau Vienna GmbH (VN) is a mid-sized company and leading distributor of wood derivatives in the Austrian market. CEO Walter Anzenbruger had decided to hire a general manager who could help steer the company in its new stage. Walter finally decided on Hans Macher, 34, an industrial engineer with an MBA and current director of the Price Waterhouse Office in Graz. He thought that Hans was pulling very heavily on some of his strengths in the negot...Starting at €8.20
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Mint Tax: Identifying Capabilities for Developing a Strategy Perspective
Renate Kratochvil; Christina SchweigerCase IVEY-9B20C002-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyMint Tax was founded in Vienna in 1960. By 2019, the company had approximately 80 employees and a broad client base in the areas of taxation, accounting, and payroll services. Over the previous decade, the company had experienced many successes and failures, including mergers, acquisitions, separations, firm structure changes, and financial losses. However, it had always managed to recover. Mint Tax was considering an expansion of its digital pro...Starting at €8.20
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Vienna Neubau GmbH (B): Candidate for General Manager
Baselga, Antonio; Stein, Guido; Roure, JuanCase E-130-ELeadership and People ManagementAt age 34, Hans Macher had enjoyed a successful career in one of the world's best-known consulting firms. In November 2008, he received a call from his friend Michael Prosl, a professor at one of Austria's top business schools, who told him about the possibility of joining Vienna Neubau as general manager. His prospects at his current company had been looking less bright recently and there was even some doubt about his position in Graz. Hans knew...Starting at €5.74
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ITT Automotive: Global Manufacturing Strategy--1994 (Spanish Version)
Pisano, Gary P.; Rossi, SharonCase HBS-603S10Service and Operations ManagementITT Automotive está en el proceso de desarrollar un sistema de nueva generación de frenos antibloqueo (ABS), designado el MK-20. El caso se centra en el nivel de automatización que se utilizan en la producción de este nuevo sistema, y si todas las plantas deben utilizar la misma tecnología de proceso. Debido a la intensificación de la presión de costes y creciente demanda de menor costo ABS, el equipo de desarrollo y la administración superior ...Starting at €8.20
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Shaping the Vaccine Manufacturing Ecosystem
Shih, WillyCase HBS-620021-EService and Operations ManagementVaccines for children has been a long-standing focus for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and their critical role in public health made their production an important economic and political issue. This case describes the Foundation's investment in a breakthrough vaccine manufacturing platform for the Sabin inactivated polio virus. While the new technology promised a much lower cost per dose, it also raised questions about the consequences of l...Starting at €8.20