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Milking Money out of Parmalat
Tàpies, JosepCase DG-1478-EFinanceAt Parmalat's headquarters in Collecchio (Parma), top management was desperately trying to rescue the Group, negotiating a cash infusion of 3 billion with LBO funds, Blackstone and KKR, and the investment banking arm of Deutsche Bank. At the end of 2003, Parmalat Group was Italy's eighth largest industrial concern and arguably one of its most international. With over 37,000 employees, 139 production sites in 30 countries in all 5 continents, rev...Starting at €8.20
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Spotify: Face the Music (Update 2019)
Vroom, Govert; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SM-1685-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyIn early 2019, Spotify announced an operating profit of $94 million for the fourth quarter of 2018. The world's largest streaming company was approaching profitability for the first time, after a decade of massive losses. Previously a staggering increase in revenue, which exceeded $5 billion at the end of 2018, had failed to get it out of the red. By the late 2010s, streaming had become the way to consume music, fueling the first global sustained...Starting at €8.20
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Sustaining Competitive Advantage: Competitive Strategy
Ly, Bryan S.; Vroom, GovertTechnical Note SMN-679-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementIn "Value Creation & Capture", we discussed how firms gain competitive advantage and create value by making choices and trade-offs, allowing them to capture more value than rivals, and hence, generate greater profit. This note focuses on the internal analysis of a firm, concentrating on how a firm can combat imitation by utilizing its unique resources, capabilities, and core competencies. This resource-based approach emphasizes that the key to pr...Starting at €8.20
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Competitive dynamics: Competitive Strategy
Ly, Bryan S.; Vroom, GovertTechnical Note SMN-680-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThis technical note will discuss some of the main strategies firms employ in close competition with other firms and how game theory can be used to help shape a firm's competitive strategy.Starting at €8.20
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Roqueta origen (B): sucesión con raíces
Rosés, Maria; Chiner, Alfonso; Tàpies, JosepCase SM-1629StrategyDado que el problema fundamental en las empresas familiares es la sucesión, el presente caso expone un proceso de sucesión resuelto con éxito gracias a la elaboración de un protocolo familiar efectivo. A lo largo del caso, se explica cómo se han ido preparando los distintos protagonistas del proceso de sucesión, atendiendo especialmente a: - El predecesor: cómo se sensibiliza y cómo tiene la voluntad de iniciar el proceso y prepararse para la épo...Starting at €5.74
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La función y las responsabilidades del Consejo de Administración en la empresa familiar
Ceja, Lucía; Tàpies, JosepTechnical Note SMN-693Corporate Governance, Decision Analysis, StrategyLas empresas familiares requieren mecanismos de buen gobierno para conseguir sus metas y tener éxito de generación en generación. Estas estructuras de gobierno contienen los planes, declaraciones, políticas, normas y acuerdos que permiten a las empresas familiares definir su razón de ser y su identidad. En esta nota técnica nos centraremos en una de las estructuras de gobierno empresarial más importantes de la empresa familiar: el Consejo de Admi...Starting at €8.20
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Guía para reflexionar sobre la entrada en la empresa familiar
Tàpies, Josep; Ceja, LucíaTechnical Note SMN-691Corporate Governance, StrategyEl marco de una empresa familiar puede servir de fuente de bienestar para las futuras generaciones, ya que ofrece un entorno seguro con multitud de recursos para encontrar el equilibro entre los distintos papeles en la vida (por ejemplo, el trabajo y la familia) y entre los desafíos y las habilidades. Los miembros de las generaciones venideras citan, entre otros, los siguientes motivos para incorporarse a sus respectivas empresas familiares: hora...Starting at €8.20
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Reaching Effective and Healthy Family Meetings: Some Reflections
Ceja, Lucía; Tàpies, JosepTechnical Note SMN-690-EStrategyThe shared values, mission and vision nurtured by the owner family are a potentially powerful source of strength and energy for a family business. A healthy owner family, with shared values and a mutual sense of purpose, may be the greatest resource that a family business can have.Starting at €8.20
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Spotify: Face the Music - Teaching Note
Vroom, Govert; Sastre Boquet, IsaacTeaching Note SMT-104-EStrategyStarting at €0.00
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