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Banco de Iberia - Teaching Note
Stein, Guido; Pin Arboledas, José RamónTeaching Note DPOT-45-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThe case presents the changes that take place in Banco de Iberia between 2003 and 2008 and the decisions the CEO must adopt in order to deal with the economic crisis. Between 2003 and 2007 the economic environment is one of sustained growth, with an increasing GDP (3% per year), low interest rates and a steady increase in turnover and margins in absolute terms. The main drivers are real estate development and construction. The strategy of Banco d...Starting at €0.00
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Beltren - Teaching Note
Johnson, RobTeaching Note ET-21-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeJean-Marc Chardon, of Sofina Ventures, considers alternative ways to structure a financing round by his venture capital firm in Beltren, which develops an innovative medical instrument used in spinal surgery.Starting at €0.00
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Vueling: The New Generation Airline (A)
Mitchell, Jordan; Ferraro, FabrizioCase SM-1561-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyVueling (A) case follows start-up and growth of a Spanish low-cost carrier from 2004 until 2007. Barcelona-based Vueling set out to offer "high quality at low price" to travellers in South-Western Europe. The case describes the strategy and competitive situation, Vueling's business model, and the challenges the company faced in an increasingly competitive environment.Starting at €8.20
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Barman: The Amazon Opportunity
Javier Pijoan; Villanueva, Julian; Balmaseda, CarmenCase M-1383-EInnovation and Change, Marketing, StrategyBarman was one of the four leading players in the spirits industry. Due to the pressure of sales and objectives, the commercial directors of some countries, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, or Germany, had decided to establish business relationships with the prominent e-commerce clients, among others, Amazon. The result was a boost in sales in the last two years. Spain, however, had not entered Amazon until then. In the last business review with...Starting at €8.20
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Maison Lumineuse: An Online Assessment Process
Rábago, Eduardo; Stein, GuidoCase DPO-731-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementMaison Lumineuse is a retailer of home and decor products with a history that goes back over 40 years. The company is a leader in its sector, with 12,000 employees and 120 stores. In mid-2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company is planning to reassign 120 staff currently employed as store-level HR heads. To this end, a decision is made to modify the assessment center method by doing the assessments online and partly automating sc...Starting at €8.20
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New Immuno-Oncology Solutions (NIOS): Aligning Stakeholders in the Biotech Industry
Vroom, Govert; Maribel Berges; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1701-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis case focuses on a small biotech company (NIOS), located in Barcelona, Spain, that is developing a new immune-oncology product for treating pancreatic cancer. The drug that the company is developing has recently finished Phase I of clinical trials successfully and is now preparing for Phase II and III. At this point, the CEO is approached by her former PhD director, a university professor, who asks if the company is interested in licensing a ...Starting at €8.20
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Telefónica: 95 Years of Innovation
Prats, Mª Julia; Bria, Vittoria EmanuelaCase E-217-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeIt was another hot sunny day in Madrid. Miguel Arias was sitting in his office. On the Global Entrepreneurship Director's desk was a list of questions to address during an interview that afternoon. It had been a long road to open innovation in Telefónica, characterized by the many challenges the company faced: innovation in products, the rise of new competitors in new economies; as well as by the many goals reached, especially in the last ten yea...Starting at €8.20
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Ambar: From a Guild Mentality to "Liquid Lawyers"
Stein, Guido; Stein, JaimeCase DPO-730-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyAs of October 2020, the internal teams were closed and running smoothly, with 60 attorneys covering all areas of business law practice. But this was only the beginning. Manuel Deó and Rosa Espín knew that there were bigger challenges ahead for their "on-demand" law firm that was challenging predominant business models in the sector. They were busy managing projects with their sixty lawyers, and wondered how it would be when there were two hundre...Starting at €8.20
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Note on Scenario Planning in High-Uncertainty Environments: The Disruption Matrix
Costa, Carlos; Nueno, José LuisTechnical Note MN-405-EDecision Analysis, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe coronavirus pandemic is an unexpected external event with a profound impact on demand in all sectors that is highly conditioned by decisions that correspond to external stakeholders. After overcoming their initial shock, within this context companies have to think about their future in two or three years; however, it is very difficult for the management team to plan and define a clear strategy when it remains unknown when and how they will be...Starting at €8.20
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Guidant Corporation: Disclosure or non Disclosure Dilemmas in the Pacemaker Industry
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-168-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeGuidant Corporation is a high-tech startup producing medical devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators and coronary stent systems. Toward the middle of 2002, Guidant discovers that some of its pacemakers and defibrillators, which had been sold and implanted in thousands of patients, had a technical problem and could fail to deliver an electric shock when one was needed. The company faces the dilemma of whether or not to disclose the information ...Starting at €8.20