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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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IESE Insight. Issue 15. Fourth Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyClaus Rerup (Richard Ivey School of Business) presents a framework for companies to improve their capability to pick up on signals that impending crises give off before they happen. The corporate communications consultant Alfonso González-Herrero looks at the key issues that companies must address, with forecasting and planning, in order to safeguard their reputations. IESE's José R. Pin provides a guide to help managers lead and communicate, so ...Starting at €22.00
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Almacenes París (A)
Aznarez, J.Case ESE-DF-C-ES-06-007AStrategyEn agosto de 2004, un consorcio de empresas financieras chilenas lideradas por Quiñenco analiza la posibilidad de entrar en el negocio del retail. Una de las empresas que mostraba atractivos para ser adquirida era Almacenes Paris, actualmente en manos de la familia fundadora, y debían tomar una decisión. El caso ilustra un proceso de valorización por múltiplos y las oportunidades de sinergias que existen por parte del consorcio comprador.En agost...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
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WholeMeaning Inc. - Making your Strategic Bet
CROUTHAMEL, MICHELLE; DIAZ-MOLINA, IVAN; Sorich, DavidCase ESE-ES-C-ES-20-363-EStrategyThe case describes a technology start-up and its difficulties to define a product and a successful business model. It describes the struggle the founders went through in trying to harness the unlimited applications of NLP into a specific product.Starting at €8.20
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Ruaha Farm (T) Ltd: Engaging Local Beekeeping Communities in Tanzania
Wim Vanhaverbeke; Nicholaus Tutuba; Jasinta Msamula; Pulkeria Pascoe; Jerum Kilumile; Hawa Petro TunduiCase IVEY-9B20M220-EStrategyThe chief executive officer of Ruaha Farm (T) Ltd (Ruaha Farm), in Iringa, Tanzania, established his honey business, in 2012. The company’s business model relied on the engagement and empowerment of neighbouring communities of low-income beekeepers, creating mutually beneficial relationships with local beekeeping communities in the Iringa region. The business model was unique, asset-light, and scalable. In contrast with an integrated business mod...Starting at €8.20
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South African Chefs Association: Maintaining a Non-Profit Organization
Anastacia Mamabolo; Charlene LewCase IVEY-9B20M222-EStrategyIn February 2020, the president of South African Chefs Association was exploring ways to ensure a sustained revenue stream for the association, which relied primarily on membership fees for survival. As a non-profit organization, South African Chefs Association had a rich history of representing chefs, enabling them to compete on the international stage, supporting their training and education, and providing members with networking opportunities ...Starting at €8.20
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GE South Africa: Londvolota’s Contextual Leadership for Creating Shared Value
Caren Scheepers; Abdullah Verachia; Ingrid TruslerCase IVEY-9B21M007-EStrategyIn January 2019, one of the founding members and current board members of Londvolota, a South African trust formed by General Electric South Africa (GESA) in 2015, faced a challenge. Londvolota needed to improve the establishment and growth of entrepreneurial South African businesses as part of GESA’s development of local suppliers, which aimed to enable the best of these businesses to supply the global GE network. The initiative represented a ma...Starting at €8.20