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Confidential Information for Elcer Products Division President (Spanish version)
Sebenius, James K.; Subramanian, GuhanCase HBS-910S03StrategyIn a six-party negotiation exercise, the TNDA Corp. plans to sell Elcer Products Division to one of four potential buyers (industrial, financial, U.S., German). This case contains confidential information for the Elcer Divisional management role. Challenges include how to set up and implement the most promising sales process, come up with the right deal, and choose the best tactical approach given each party's role and objectives. This negotiatio...Starting at €8.20
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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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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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Eólica de Composites, S.A. (ECSA) - Teaching Note
Palencia, Luis; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosTeaching Note ASNT-12-EService and Operations ManagementA company suddenly wins a substantial contract, but doesn't have sufficient capacity in its existing plants to execute it. The search for a new plant location yields two final alternatives for a possible location, with similar costs but very different situations. One of them favors a policy of outsourcing but with few qualified workers, and the other is opposed to such a policy. The prioritization, analysis and explicit description of selection c...Starting at €0.00
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Jesús de Benito at S&P (B): The sale and subsequent integration in Gedas
Stein, Guido; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase ASN-54-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipJesús decided to sell the company. Due diligence started in February 2000. The first predictions suggested that the deal would be closed in the fall, as the German partners had to give its approval. Jesús urged the buyer to speed up the process, as, according to him, the company was completely sound, with no debt or hidden liabilities. He faced the future without neglecting the commitment he had acquired to a workforce that had helped him get to ...Starting at €5.74
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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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Tomasso Corporation: Incorporando espiritualidad en la cultura empresarial (A)
Corrales A.; Melé, DomènecCase BE-154Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementEl director ejecutivo y propietario único de la compañía considera la empresa como apoyada en dos columnas, una edificada con aspectos económicos y otra con aspectos humanos. Ambas columnas están en continua tensión pero se equilibran, a modo de piedra angular, por fuerzas interiores que hay que buscar en la trascendencia. Esta piedra angular tiene que dar lugar a decisiones armónicas, justas y humanas, sin olvidar la necesidad primaria de obten...Starting at €8.20
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La plataforma «Brent Spar» de Shell (B)
Melé, Domènec; Jardí L.Case TD-126Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAnte las presiones recibidas desde varios sectores, la multinacional Shell decide replantearse su decisión inicial de hundir la plataforma Brent Spar. Shell encarga un estudio a una consultora independiente para verificar los datos sobre la cantidad de resudios tóxicos que contenía la plataforma. Se reafirma que los datos alegados por Greenpeace eran erróneos, y así lo reconoce publicamente. Sin embargo, sigue insistiendo en su oposición al hund...Starting at €5.74
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La Central Térmica de Cercs (B)
Melé, DomènecCase TD-69Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilitySe toman varias medidas anticontaminantes. Otra empresa minera se plantea la construcción de una nueva central termoeléctrica en un lugar de gran valor ecológico. Las minas de Figols que alimentan la central térmica de Cercs pueden cerrar en un breve plazo.Starting at €5.74