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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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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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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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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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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
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Chihiro Kanagawa, Presidente de Shin-Etsu Chemical
Sáez, Francisco J.; Riquelme, Hernán; Kase, KimioCase DG-1483StrategyEste caso revisa la carrera profesional de Chihiro Kanagawa y explica cómo convirtió Shin-Etsu Chemicals en uno de los participantes más importantes a nivel internacional en un sector en el que históricamente las empresas japonesas no habían sido competitivas. El caso ilustra el estilo de gestión dinámico de Kanagawa y el sistema de valores en los que se basa y que denominamos política "profit- arithmetic" (PA). Asimismo se explica el éxito de la...Starting at €8.20
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Vet Center (B): 12 meses después.....
Rahnema Alavi, Ahmad; Vázquez- Dodero, Juan CarlosCase C-677Accounting and ControlEl caso presente la evolución del negocio de un centero veterinario fundado en 1989 por un juven recién graduado en la facultad. Seis años después y ya habiendo conseguido un apreciable desarrollo del negocio, empiez a dudar de si el negocio iba tan bien como debería, si era posible su expansión manteniendo la estructura financiera actual.Starting at €5.74