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Barloworld: Action Learning in Argentina, Brazil and Chile: The ABC Programme (A)
Mitchell, Jordan; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-36-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case deals with the CEO Tony Phillips trying to achieve several objectives through a fact finding country analysis using an action learning programme. For Phillips the programme not only gives his executives exposure to the ABC countries (Argentina, Brazil and Chile), but also allows him to get them together with their potential successors.Starting at €8.20
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Con Roux Limited - Company Culture - Teaching Note
Miller, Paddy; Dovey K.Teaching Note FHT-31-ELeadership and People Management(See case FH-615-E)Starting at €0.00
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Stealth Sports - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-122-EFinanceEarly in 2020, Pamela Taggart, the recently-appointed CFO of Stealth Sports (a non-publicly-trade company), had one overriding task and little time to waste: She needed to estimate a hurdle rate to force some discipline in the decision-making process of the company. Her problem was that unlike some of the companies she had worked for before, Stealth was not publicly traded; that complicated her job but did not make it impossible. This case is des...Starting at €0.00
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The Essential Financial Toolkit: Tool 2 - Mean Returns
Estrada, JavierTechnical Note FN-553-EFinanceThis note discusses three definitions of mean returns and highlights their different interpretations and uses. In many cases, particularly when evaluating risky assets, the concept of "mean return"¿ is meaningless and stating the type of mean return discussed, arithmetic or geometric, is essential. Also, when investors trade actively, their mean return and that of the asset in which they invest may differ, which requires yet another concept, the ...Starting at €8.20
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Queue Management: Methodology for Basic Queue Analysis
Lago, Alejandro; Martínez de Albéniz, VictorTechnical Note PN-441-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note gives a brief account of the methodology for dealing with stochastic queue problems in an analytic way. It is intended to be a guide for the reader to follow the process step by step. This document complements technical note PN-427 which gives a more detailed description of queue phenomena.Starting at €8.20
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Project Evaluation in Emerging Markets: Exxon Mobil, Oil, and Argentina - Teaching Note
Estrada, JavierTeaching Note FT-70-EFinanceEarly in 2006 a brief report arrived at Exxon Mobil's headquarters in Irving, Texas, with the results of geological tests in the south of Argentina. The tests determined that the area explored seemed to be rich in oil and that, subject to a proper cost-benefit analysis, it could be worth investing in the necessary production facilities to extract oil from the ground. You have been asked to evaluate this investment opportunity and report to manage...Starting at €0.00
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Michael Eisner at Disney - Teaching Note
Mitchell, Jordan; Miller, PaddyTeaching Note DPOT-17-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case deals with a proven successful leader in entertainment (Michael Eisner) in a time of leadership crisis. In order to help students to discover the key points of Eisner's leadership, we provide a list of assingment questions and session prompters that assist the instructor. For example, we suggest classifying Eisner as a autocrat or democrat and then work through the implications of that. In looking at Eisner's leadership, students will ha...Starting at €0.00
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Con Roux Construction (B)
Miller, PaddyCase FH-498-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €5.74
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Team Briefing - A system of communication
Miller, PaddyTechnical Note FHN-164-ELeadership and People ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Allianz: The Iberian Project
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, PhilipCase P-1107-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementIn December 2007, the Allianz Group created a special taskforce to study the possible integration of the subsidiaries in Spain and Portugal. The different alternatives to be analyzed ranged from a complete merger of the two companies to sharing only some key back-office operations. Although companies in both countries had similar products and structures, their operational philosophies were rather different, since Spain had decentralized many acti...Starting at €8.20