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Practical Wisdom in Decision Making
Melé, DomènecTechnical Note TDN-87-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn everyday language, practical wisdom is often equated with "being cautious" or "wary". The concept of "practical wisdom" is much richer than that, however, and is crucially important in ethics. Practical wisdom impels a person into action, not only to avoid obstacles or dangers, but, above all, to do right. Practical wisdom plays a part in decision making, where it helps us to grasp the problem; in deliberative analysis of the problem; in the d...Starting at €8.20
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Banco Santander: CEOs as Leaders and Strategy Designers
Kase, Kimio; Marinelli, FedericoCase SM-1534-ECorporate Governance, Service and Operations ManagementThe case describes Santander's three pronged business model, including the strategic use of IT and the persuance of the growth in size through cross-border M&A strategy, while concentrating single-mindedly on the retail banking activities. CEOs cognition process is analyzed based on Kase and Jacopin 2007 and Kase et al. 2005.Starting at €8.20
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Norio Ohga: The Fifth President of Sony Corporation
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1481-EStrategyThe case analyses the conceptual scheme or model identified in Norio Ohga's management style, which we call the proto-image of the firm (PIF) approach. Sony's success in its diversification strategy is explained on the basis of PIF.Starting at €8.20
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Chihiro Kanagawa, President of Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483-EStrategyThis case examines the professional career of Chihiro Kanagawa, and shows how he turned Shin-Etsu Chemicals into a major international player in a sector in which Japanese companies had traditionally been uncompetitive. The case illustrates Kanagawa's dynamic management style and the value system on which it is based and we call the profit- arithmetic (PA) approach. Shin-Etsu Chemical's success by not spending money on projects not generating imm...Starting at €8.20
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Tomasso Corporation: Including Spirituality in the Organizational Culture (B)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-155-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementThis case follows on from case A, and begins with Rob McKenzie's decision to fire the 11 recalcitrant staff, and shows how he does this in accord with the spiritual and humanistic values outlined in "Our Project". It then goes on to show how he gradually introduced the company's guiding values to all aspects of its daily management.Starting at €5.74
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Stan Shih: Acer's Founder - Teaching Note
Guerrero, Antonio; Kase, KimioTeaching Note SMT-74-ECorporate GovernanceStan Shih along with his wife and other five people started a computer-related business in 1976 after visiting Silicon Valley. Thirty years on his firm, Acer, is ranked one of the top five PC manufacturer in the world successfully beating Japanese, American and European competitors. In the process personal computers have become a commodity. Because of its open architecture the competition is fought on the basis of cost leadership. Instead of com...Starting at €0.00
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La prudencia en la toma de decisiones
Melé, DomènecTechnical Note TDN-87Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilitySe expone la noción de prudencia, virtud clave para la toma de decisiones éticamente correctas. La prudencia no es racionalidad ni emotivismo, sino búsqueda de la verdad práctica para la acción. La prudencia ayuda a deliberar, juzgar e impulsar rectamente para la decisión, y para su ejecución. La prudencia se facilita con la rectitud de vida, y se desarrolla por repetición de actos de prudencia y de otras virtudes estrechamente relacionadas con e...Starting at €8.20
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Tormenta en Wall Street (A)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-22Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityDenis Levine utiliza información confidencial procedente del departamento de Adquisiciones y Fusiones donde trabaja. Más tarde involucra a otras personas en la obtención de información reservada, con lo cual obtiene pingües beneficios. Ivan Boesky y Levine contactan en sus negocios afines, pero finalmente son descubiertos por la Securities & Exchange Commission.Starting at €8.20
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Banco Santander: Los consejeros delegados como líderes y diseñadores de estrategias
Kase, Kimio; Marinelli, FedericoCase SM-1534Corporate Governance, Service and Operations Managementl caso describe el modelo de negocio del Santander, basado en tres pilares: un uso estratégico de la TI, el crecimiento en tamaño por medio de una estrategia de fusiones y adquisiciones internacionales, y un foco claro en las actividades de la banca comercial. El proceso de cognición de los consejeros delegados se analiza tomando como base Kase y Jacopin, 2007, y Kase et al. 2005.Starting at €8.20
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La capacidad negociadora del agente
Urrutia de Hoyos, Ignacio; Kase, KimioTechnical Note CN-216Accounting and ControlTime Out presenta el problema de la selección de jugadores en una agencia de representación, en la que tras unos comienzos duros han logrado afianzar una imagen de agencia prestigiosa. La discusión se centra en cuales deben ser los criterios para determinar los perfiles que deben tener los jugadores jóvenes, que en el futuro deben sustituir a los más senior.Starting at €8.20