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Lucía Bertola (A)
Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-192-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyHow to select a person responsible for a small business? In the case of a pharmacy, the decision hinges on two criteria: family relationships and professional skills. These professional skills must include business skills to boost the company's parapharmacy division. Everything seems to indicate that margins for drugs are going to shrink due to the pressure to cut costs faced by the welfare system in Spain.Starting at €8.20
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Rudolf Schwarz at Ariadna AG (B)
Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-110-ELeadership and People ManagementIn October 2007 Rudolf Schwarz (53 years old) was appointed public sector director for Western Europe at GB Telecom. His appointment was part of a reorganization of the directors' committee at Ariadna AG, a German company bought by GB Telecom at the end of 2003. Rudolf continued to have a good relationship with Christoph Reifers, a consultant who had been his coach for over six months in 2006. They used to meet regularly. Not long after Rudolf's ...Starting at €5.74
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DMR España (D)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-56-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case reproduces the e-mail that Fernando Francés sent to all the company employees explaining the reorganization required to achieve the aim of getting the company listed on the stock market.Starting at €5.74
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John Galliano: Defiant Success (D)
Rodríguez Fernández-Hidalgo, Enriqu; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-290-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementDior opted for unbroken continuity when it came to replacing its star designer. Dior said good-bye to John Galliano and hired Bill Gaytten. A year later, Galliano issued an apology and recognized that, at the time of the events, he was very ill. That opened up a moving story about his difficult childhood and his inner demonsStarting at €5.74
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (A): The gestation of the project
Azua, J.; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Suárez Ruz, EsperanzaCase FH-644-ELeadership and People ManagementThe U.S.-based Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is looking for a European city to house a modern and contemporary art museum under the Guggenheim brand. The authorities in the Basque Country find out and try to contact the foundation's director in New York, Thomas Krens. The interest of the Basque public administration goes beyond the cultural sphere: it is part of an ambitious plan to attract investors with the aim of regenerating metropolitan B...Starting at €8.20
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (C): First Year Results
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Suárez Ruz, Esperanza; Azua, J.Case FH-646-ELeadership and People ManagementA continuation of Cases A and B on the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.Starting at €5.74
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John Galliano: Defiant Success (C)
Rodríguez Fernández-Hidalgo, Enriqu; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-289-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThough they had not yet chosen a successor to John Galliano (the company's former creative director), Dior presented its new fantasy jewelry collection, inspired by dance, as the natural continuation of its high-fashion runway show. The dilemma concerning who Galliano's successor at the firm would be was still up in the airStarting at €5.74
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Quarelli & Gabbianti - Teaching Note
Alonso, J.; Rodríguez, Cristina; Ortiz de Bethancourt R.; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-23-ELeadership and People ManagementThis teaching note provides a brief summary of the case and presents the discussion topics: the problems involved in managing people in companies in the luxury fashion industry: ego management, organization problems in luxury companies, conflict management and the creative business, and assessing intangibles compared with economic results. In addition it provides a description of blackboard presentations and class timings.Starting at €0.00
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Quarelli & Gabbianti (C)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Rodríguez, Cristina; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-113-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case study describes the ultimate outcome of the situation at Q&G. The company decides to let its renowned creative director go and to refocus the company on what has traditionally been its core business. An agreement is reached between the holding company and the Italian subsidiary that will help strengthen the business and make it more coherent.Starting at €5.74
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Quarelli & Gabbianti (B)
Rodríguez, Cristina; Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Ortiz de Bethancourt R.; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-101-ELeadership and People ManagementThe outcome of the situation described in case study A. This case focuses on the problem of managing designers in the luxury fashion industry. It describes the interpersonal conflict that arises in the company between the creative director and a new designer who has a more business-oriented approach. The case examines the problems of managing egos and conflicts, and the different organizational design models for this kind of company, depending on...Starting at €5.74