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Addiopizzo - Teaching Note: Mafia, Anti-Mafia or Hiding in the Grey Area
Vaccaro, Antonino; Ribera, AlbertoTeaching Note BET-5-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis teaching note discusses the Addiopizzo case study. It is a relatively flexible case that can be used in several courses, for example, business ethics, corporate social responsibility, leadership, entrepreneurship, small and medium-size business management, and geopolitics.Starting at €0.00
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Omneya Farag: From Cairo to Seattle
Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-231-ELeadership and People ManagementA young Egyptian software specialist, who works in the Cairo office of a multinational, moves to Seattle to assist in solving some technical problems for which she is amply qualified. The case describes the interaction between the young Egyptian worker and the team in the U.S. (including another expatriate, a Brazilian), and the various styles of assertiveness.Starting at €8.20
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Pulled by New Life
Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-175-ELeadership and People ManagementA 36-year old manager employed by a big international investment bank feels quite frustrated with his job. Unexpectedly his wife learns that she is going to give birth to their first child. From being trapped by the stressful situation he changes his internal attitude towards the future. The case includes a letter he writes to his unborn baby where he expresses his views and feelings, his motivation and his values.Starting at €8.20
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Lamb or Lion
Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-174-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementReflections from a young manager on his first ten months of work after graduating from an MBA course. He is employed by an international consulting firm, expatriated in Hong Kong but managing projects in Seoul. He describes the impact of these months of work on his motivation and values.Starting at €8.20
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Working Hard, Playing Hard
Arvanitou, S.; Ribera, AlbertoCase DPO-83-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe central character is a former MBA student who feels skeptical after observing the lifestyles that some of his former classmates are leading. He thinks that many of them are so overwhelmed by the will power to achieve their goals that they have the problem of not knowing how to relax (leisure needs to be productive and efficient for them). He is also thinking of the life style many of his classmates led during the MBA (mainly immature) and th...Starting at €8.20
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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Alvarez, Jose B.; Mehta, SarahCase HBS-518034-ELeadership and People ManagementIt is July 2017, and Dr. Nteranya Sanginga, the director general of the Nigeria-based International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), is making progress toward two of his primary strategic objectives for the nonprofit research Institute: 1) to scale the impact and reach of some of the IITA's most commercially viable products and technologies by working with the private sector, and 2) to address Nigeria's massive youth unemployment problem...Starting at €8.20
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Soybean Production in Argentina: The Duhau Group
Alvarez, Jose B.; Cal, MarianaCase HBS-519033-EStrategyCrop-planning was affected by macroeconomic factors including international disputes, commodity prices, local tax and agricultural policies, etc. Enrique and Alejandro Duhau, co-owners of the Duhau Group, analyzed these factors, as well as technical and financial aspects, as they planned their 2019/2020 production. The Duhau Group was an agribusiness holding with $112 in revenues for 2018. That year, the Group harvested 112,000 hectares, produced...Starting at €8.20
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U.S. Food Retail During the Pandemic: March 2020
Alvarez, Jose B.; Kindred, NatalieCase HBS-520098-EMarketingThis note, written in late March 2020 and mainly U.S. focused, looks at the unfolding impact of the coronavirus pandemic on food retailers and their suppliers. It allows student to consider the challenges facing food retail executives as they navigate urgent supply chain challenges amid rapidly changing information and circumstances. It touches on developments in various segments of the supply chain, including farms, manufacturers, the trucking i...Starting at €8.20