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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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From Power to Influence
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note DPON-70-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis technical note discusses the distance there is between power and using it effectively. It does not aim to produce a theory based on logic, nor systematize a reality, but instead to give a brief description of the phenomenon of power among business people and executives, so as to focus on some strategic thoughts. The authors have tried to condense their own accumulated experiences from working as "Management" professors, executives and busine...Starting at €8.20
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Union Fenosa Gas: Human Resources Start-up - Teaching Note
García, Pilar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-22-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementAt the end of the 1990s, in response to new challenges and opportunities in the energy sector, Unión Fenosa made a strategic decision to enter the gas market. Its strategy was to diversify its sources of gas and become actively involved in all stages of supply. The start-up of the Damietta plant (Egypt) was a huge challenge not only in technical terms (it was completed in record time: just three years), but also in terms of human resources. Unión...Starting at €0.00
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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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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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La ética en los estilos de dirección y en las estructuras organizativas
Pin Arboledas, José RamónTechnical Note BEN-131Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityEsta nota técnica trata de relacionar los diferentes aspectos de la estructura y las políticas de recursos humanos de una empresa con su calidad ética y los comportamientos que dichos aspectos pueden generar. Para ello se analizan los aspectos éticos de los tres niveles organizativos: sistemas de dirección (retribución e incentivos, carreras o flujo de personas, diseño de puestos de trabajo y procesos de comunicación e influencia); estilos de dir...Starting at €8.20
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Karim Fayad (A)
González-Peralta, Oscar; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase BE-197-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementAlberto Cobo had been working in the Sales Department at Ferxam, a chemical products company, for one year. During that time, the behavior of his boss, Sales Manager Félix Ortega, had undergone changes that had Alberto worried, especially since the arrival of a new client, Karim Fayad. Alberto wondered whether he should do something about his boss's new attitude.Starting at €8.20
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Voltium, Inc. (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
del Potro, Eloy; Stein Martínez, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Vázquez-Dodero de Bonifaz, Juan CarlosCase BE-173-PBBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe manager at Voltium,a European company that was installing electricity in various parts of an African country, pondered whether it was justifiable to yield to the extortion of a local public official of the Dambo region, just as the company was about to finalize the project for the electrification of the area. This case was recognized by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) as the best publication in the 2012 Case Writing ...Starting at €8.20
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Digital Insurance: una estrategia de compensación (B)
Pin Arboledas, José Ramón; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-774Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyEl casi (A) expone las preocupaciones de Christian Presidente del Consejo de Administración, fundador y director del área de D+I+i de la compañía. DI es una compañía de software para apoyar a las compañías de seguros y reaseguros en el cálculo de los riesgos de transporte, aunque ya está ampliando sus servicios a otros sectores. Se basa en la utilización de Big Data, la Inteligencia Artificial, el Blockchain y la participación de varias compañías...Starting at €5.74
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Bisutería Elegante, S.A. (BiElSA) (B)
Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-271-EDecision Analysis, StrategyThe BiElSA case aims to analyze reactive change processes. It focuses on a company immersed in the economic crisis triggered by the subprime mortgage meltdown, with specific ramifications in Spain that have led to a drop in consumption. BiElSA, a company specializing in high-end fashion jewelry, has a brilliant track record. However, over the past three years, a decline in consumption and changes in the business model of its competitors and in co...Starting at €5.74