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La Vaca Independiente: Should a Social Enterprise Adopt a For-Profit Business Model
Chris Laszlo; Anya BriggsCase IVEY-9B13C033-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThis case presents a social enterprise considering whether a for-profit model might be an effective way to scale its impact. Mexico City-based La Vaca Independiente (The Independent Cow) was founded to bring art to underprivileged children. The founder observed that many global problems are caused by humanity’s increasing state of isolation, with individuals disconnected from the planet and from each other. She concluded that most benefit corpora...Starting at €8.20
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Sarah James in Mexico: Often Wrong but Never in Doubt
William A. AndrewsCase IVEY-9B09C006-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyA college student, Sarah James, attends a Mexican university (INI) for the summer to develop her language and cross-cultural capabilities. At the end of a successful semester, she e-mails the director of international recruitment for the Mexican UniversitStarting at €8.20
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Lecciones de un secuestro
IESE InsightArticle ART-2275Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementEl arquitecto mexicano Bosco Gutiérrez fue secuestrado el 29 de agosto de 1990. Sus fuertes convicciones y resiliencia le permitieron afrontar la incertidumbre y escapar 257 días después.Starting at €8.20
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Ambushed by Adversity
IESE InsightArticle ART-2275-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe uncertainty, threats and uncontrollable situations faced by the average business person may never be as extreme as what the Mexican architect Bosco Gutiérrez went through. But his story of how he mustered the strength within himself to overcome his ordeal offers valuable lessons on how to keep your wits about you when you find yourself suddenly ambushed by adversity.Starting at €8.20
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Pasaporte al éxito global
IESE InsightArticle ART-2591Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyY además: la visión del presidente de Time Warner sobre la neutralidad de Internet, el peso de la relación previa a la hora de negociar, las oportunidades del marketing digital local, claves al asumir un nuevo cargo, el atractivo de España para las empresas extranjeras, los riesgos del greenwashing y la mejor fórmula para corregir una injusticia laboral.Starting at €8.20
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Passport to Global Success
IESE InsightArticle ART-2591-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyPlus: Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes on net neutrality; contract negotiation time; local digital marketing; preparing for an executive role; reasons for optimism in Spain; greenwashing; three powerful remedies to restore justice for organizational wrongdoing.Starting at €8.20
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Navigating the Realities of Emerging Markets
Kleinhempel, MatthiasArticle ART-2791-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementAll corporate compliance programs share a common feature: to ensure that the company obeys the law and that all organizational members behave ethically. However, multinational companies operating in a country like Mexico, for example, face issues very different from those of Germany -- a reality that many codes of conduct fail to recognize. The author's research on compliance programs in the emerging economies of Latin America reveals the special...Starting at €8.20
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We're Changing. Hope On the Change! (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Rodríguez-Lluesma, Carlos; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; De Orúe, IgnacioCase DPO-445-PBInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementOrange Spain embarks on organizational change with the arrival of a new CEO, Laurent Poillasot, and after a year launches an "agile" culture.Starting at €8.20
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The Leadership of Millennials at Microsoft (A): One generation amongst others (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Stein, Guido; Martín, MiguelCase DPO-417-PBInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThis case opened with the departure of Rocío, one of the people Microsoft was counting on to develop the company's immediate future. Ana, the Director of the Major Accounts and Partners Unit at Microsoft Ibérica, and Luisa, the Human Resources Director, couldn't believe what was happening. Rocío was 26 years old, a telecommunications engineer and a member of the MACH program, the Microsoft Academy for College Hires, which included 17 other promis...Starting at €8.20
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Diversidad e inclusión en XEROX Corporation: El caso de XEROX España
Hidalgo Pérez, A.; Hernández Rdguez-Mancheño, C.Case IIST-FHI-43Leadership and People ManagementEl caso describe, de forma detallada, las políticas y sistemas que Xerox Corporation, y su filial española tienen establecidas para lograr que la diversidad y la inclusión de esa diversidad sean una realidad. Se analizan las razones de fondo que mueven a la compañía a adoptar esas políticas, las exigencias de las mismas, su reflejo en los sistemas formales de RRHH y en el estilo de dirección y liderazgo, así como los retos que plantea a la direcc...Starting at €8.20