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UBS and Climate Change--Warming Up to Global Action?
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix; Reinhardt, Forest L.; Raabe, Elizabeth A.Case HBS-707511-ELeadership and People ManagementMarco Suter, Executive Vice-Chairman, UBS Board of Directors, carefully studied the chart on his desk. It showed the public commitment of major financial institutions to help mitigate global warming. Evidently, UBS lagged behind its competitors. The graph was part of a report that environmental specialists and senior executives at UBS had compiled. It suggested the company adopt a more progressive policy on climate change. Suter thought about the...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation and Growth at Actelion Ltd.
Pisano, Gary P.; Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Dittrich, RuthCase HBS-611065-ELeadership and People ManagementIn late 2010, Jean-Paul Clozel, CEO of the Swiss biotech pharmaceuticals firm Actelion, looks back on a successful decade. The small venture that he had started with a few of his scientist colleagues in the late 1990s to discover novel medicine in a research-driven organisation had grown into one of Europe's largest biotech firms by revenues. Their success was mainly founded on their orphan indication drug Tracleer, which Actelion sold and market...Starting at €8.20
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Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, DavidTeaching Note HBS-411015-ELeadership and People ManagementTeaching Note for 408023 and 408058.Starting at €0.00
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GE Money Bank: The M-Budget Card Initiative
Tushman, Michael L.; Raisch, Sebastian; Welling, ChristianCase HBS-410052-ELeadership and People ManagementThe M-Budget Card case study is about mastering the challenges of an exploratory strategic initiative in a context marked by time pressure and frequent change. M-Budget was the first of a series of highly successful projects that established GE Money Bank as a leader in the Swiss credit card market. The business concept was to cooperate with the country's leading retailer MIGROS to develop an innovative credit card offering, the M-Budget card. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Perfect Storm over Zurich Airport (A)
Tushman, Michael L.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-408023-ELeadership and People ManagementJosef Felder, CEO of Zurich Airport, faces several crises as he tries to transform the Airport from a slow-moving, conflict-ridden, government-owned entity into a privatized, world-class airport.Starting at €8.20
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Andrew Ryan at VC Brakes (Spanish version)
Cespedes, Frank V.; Yong, SunruCase HBS-915S01Leadership and People ManagementAn aftermarket brake component manufacturer, VC Brakes, is bought out by a global automotive parts corporation after the 2008 financial crisis. Unlike its previous parent company, the new owner attempts to change VC Brakes' autocratic management style and finger-pointing culture with a Total Quality Management (TQM) program. Andrew Ryan is a senior manager at VC Brakes. With the guidance of a strong mentor and a reputation as a successful change ...Starting at €8.20
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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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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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Crisis Management (A): North American Sporting League Visits Mexico City
Foster, GeorgeCase SGSB-SPM40A-ELeadership and People ManagementA major sports league has decided to run its season opening game in Mexico City. When the teams arrive in the country four days before the event, two of Team A’s star players are kidnapped. The (A) case provides relevant background information about the league, the team, the players, and the planned activities surrounding the season opening game. It also describes what is initially known about the crisis situation. In cases (B) through (F), a...Starting at €8.20
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Crisis Management (C): North American Sporting League Visits Mexico City
Foster, GeorgeCase SGSB-SPM40C-ELeadership and People ManagementA major sports league has decided to run its season opening game in Mexico City. When the teams arrive in the country four days before the event, two of Team A’s star players are kidnapped. The (A) case provides relevant background information about the league, the team, the players, and the planned activities surrounding the season opening game. It also describes what is initially known about the crisis situation. In cases (B) through (F), a...Starting at €5.74