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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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Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsExercise CE-26Accounting and ControlEn julio de 2013, Pedro Torca y Marisa Mercader viajaron a Taxonia, un pequeño principado europeo, para celebrar su reciente graduación del programa Executive MBA. Pedro, que trabajaba en una ingeniería, y Marisa, que era responsable de Project Finance en un banco, hacía tiempo que se planteaban fundar su propia empresa, y estaban continuamente explorando oportunidades de negocio. Taxonia, situada entre Suecia y Portugal, era conocida por sus rec...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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Palencia, Luis; Grandes, Mª JesúsExercise CE-26-EAccounting and ControlIn July 2013, Pedro Torca and Marisa Mercader travelled to Taxonia, a small European principality, to celebrate their recent graduation from the Executive MBA program. Pedro, who worked at an engineering firm, and Marisa, who was in charge of Project Finance at a bank, had been thinking about starting their own company for a long time, and they were constantly exploring business opportunities. Taxonia, located between Sweden and Portugal, was kno...Starting at €8.20
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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (Entrepreneurs)
Ramírez Maz, Daniel; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-873-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is be...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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IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A) (Spanish version)
Christopher A. Bartlett; Vincent Dessain; Anders SjomanCase HBS-909S02StrategyTraces the history of IKEA's response to a TV report that its Indian carpet suppliers were using child labor. Describes IKEA's growth, including the importance of a sourcing strategy based on its close relationships with suppliers in developing countries. Details the development of IKEA's strong culture and values that include a commitment "to create a better everyday life for many people." Describes how, in response to regulatory and public pres...Starting at €8.20
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Asea Brown Boveri (Abreviado)
Simons, Robert L.Case HBS-116S06Accounting and ControlLa fusión de Asea AB y BBC Brown Boveri requiere una reestructuración de las operaciones y un cambio en las culturas organizacionales. El éxito competitivo también requirió los beneficios de escala sin dejar de ser "local" por razones políticas y el cliente de respuesta. El caso describe estas presiones competitivas, lo que resultó en la decisión de adoptar una organización matriz. Para ser utilizado con Asea Brown Boveri: El Sistema ábaco....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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El Estado de Bienestar y Su Impacto en la Competitividad Empresaria: Suecia S.A. en Venta
Pill, Huw; Vogel, Ingrid; Johnsson, Petter; Nordquist, OlaCase HBS-708S30EconomicsEl modelo sueco - a veces se presenta como una tercera vía entre el capitalismo salvaje y el socialismo realista - fue muy elogiado en la década de 1960. Que fue visto como una estrategia que aborda las preocupaciones sociales, mientras que el apoyo al crecimiento económico. Sin embargo, la crisis financiera y la moneda de la década de 1990 lanzó el modelo en duda y provocó mucho examen de conciencia y la reforma entre el establecimiento de Sueci...Starting at €8.20