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Cinco estrategias para sumar en las negociaciones
Mehta, KandarpArticle ART-2273Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeDe los pasillos del poder político a los consejos de administración, es fundamental saber manejar bien una negociación. En parte, el fracaso de muchas de ellas se debe a la incapacidad para poner sobre la mesa ofertas creativas e integradoras. La investigación existente muestra que esta habilidad es muy importante para cerrar un trato satisfactorio para ambas partes. Tras analizar 207 negociaciones diádicas realizadas durante un juego de rol, el ...Starting at €8.20
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Five Essential Strategies for Creative Negotiations
Mehta, KandarpArticle ART-2273-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeFrom the corridors of political power to the boardroom, the ability to hold your own around the negotiating table is a vital element of success in today's world. Unfortunately, many negotiations end in deadlock. This is partly because many negotiators are unable to come up with creative, integrative deals, which research shows are a significant variable in reaching a conclusion satisfactory to both parties. Using a role-play-based experiment, the...Starting at €8.20
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Consejos para resolver conflictos en la empresa
Mehta, Kandarp; Ripol, IgnacioArticle ART-3056Leadership and People ManagementMuchos líderes creen ser expertos negociadores por el mero hecho de negociar con frecuencia. Pero negociar mucho no significa necesariamente hacerlo de forma eficaz y, en muchas ocasiones, las dificultades que se presentan durante el proceso pueden impedir llegar a un acuerdo cuando se carece de las habilidades adecuadas. Dado que la mediación es un recurso muy útil para superar estos momentos de bloqueo, conocer las capacidades propias de un med...Starting at €8.20
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5 Ways Managers Can Enhance Their Mediating Skills
Mehta, Kandarp; Ripol, IgnacioArticle ART-3056-ELeadership and People ManagementNegotiating is a skill that every manager needs to master, not only because it can help to solve problems and create value, but because thwarted negotiations undermine value, sap morale, waste resources and even escalate into greater conflict. But there is more to negotiation than just wearing down the other side. The use of mediation in corporate settings yields useful lessons for every manager in resolving disputes and negotiating positive outc...Starting at €8.20
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Nelson Nurseries
Schill, Michael J.Case DARDEN-F-1944-EFinanceThis case captures the problems concerning cash flow and working-capital management typical of small, growing businesses. At the end of 2020, Roger and Christine Barton have completed their third year of operating Nelson Nurseries, a $1-million-revenue woody-shrub nursery in central Virginia. While experiencing booming demand and improving margins, the Bartons are puzzled by their plummeting cash balance. The case highlights the difference betwee...Starting at €8.20
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Understanding Risk: Systemic versus Idiosyncratic
Schill, Michael J.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1973-EFinanceUsing the fictional situation of two brothers facing the challenge of managing a commodity business in central Africa, this note explores different metrics for risk and related considerations for investors. The note considers measures of volatility, including the difference between systematic risk and idiosyncratic risk, and how diversification reduces idiosyncratic risk. The note uses these concepts to motivate the foundations of portfolio risk ...Starting at €8.20
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The Profitability Index
Schill, Michael J.Technical Note DARDEN-F-1945-EFinanceThe well-known net present value (NPV) rule advocates accepting all investment projects that have a positive NPV. The NPV rule makes economic sense since positive-NPV projects are expected to create economic value. But what should a manager do if the totaStarting at €8.20
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Chestnut Foods (B)
Schill, Michael J.; Briceno, Frank; Stevenson, DonaldCase DARDEN-F-1974-EFinanceAfter a period of poor stock-market performance, conglomerate Chestnut Foods (Chestnut) faces the acquisition of its stock by an activist investor. The new investor demands the sale of Chestnut’s high-growth division, which contrasts with the CFO’s turnaround plan to expand this same division. To disentangle the way forward for Chestnut, students are invited to grapple with the risk-adjusted performance of each division and the estimation of divi...Starting at €5.74
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Chestnut Foods (B) - Teaching Note
Schill, Michael J.Teaching Note DARDEN-F-1974TN-EFinanceTeaching note of product F-1974Starting at €0.00
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Britannia Chemicals PLC (B): The Merseyside and Antwerp Projects
Schill, Michael J.; Bruner, Robert F.; McTigue, Frank H.Case DARDEN-F-1976FinanceBritannia Chemicals was under pressure from investors to improve its financial performance because of the accumulation of the firm’s common shares by a well-known corporate raider. Earnings had fallen to 180 pence per share at the end of 2017 from around 250 pence per share at the end of 2016. This B case reviews the same project as the A case (F-1906) but from one level higher: the executive vice president faces an either/or investment decisio...Starting at €5.74