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The case describes the recent creation of an Italian foundation whose mission is to foster and promote...

The case describes the recent creation of an Italian foundation whose mission is to foster and promote the preservation of historic gardens and parks. When the manager is asked to brief the City Council about the foundation¿s financial situation, he creates a tool to generate the financial reports simplifying the accounting process to a minimum. The case is meant to exploit the power of Microsoft Excel PivotTables and advanced Excel functions....

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This teaching note discusses the Addiopizzo case study. It is a relatively flexible case that can be...

This 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. ...

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Robert Venter, second-generation Chief Executive (CE) of family-owned Allied Electronics Corporation...

Robert Venter, second-generation Chief Executive (CE) of family-owned Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd (Altron), considered the pros and cons of more clearly linking the firm's compensation system to sustainability performance. In June 2011, Altron, a conglomerate headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, controlled more than 200 companies in Africa, Europe, the US, the UK, Australia, and the Far East. More than 14,000 employees designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed a range of telecommunications, electronics, power electronics, and information technology systems and products. Having made a clear commitment to sustainable development, Venter was confident that the commitment was shared across the senior management team. However, there appeared to be more acceptance in the operating units for meeting financial targets than for meeting sustainability targets. Did the existing incentive structure send the correct message about the sustainability-oriented corporate strategy? Looking at the reshaped strategic themes, Venter considered the pros and cons of more clearly linking the firm's compensation system to sustainability performance....

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Style, meaning how we use language, was emphasized by the Roman rhetor Cicero as one of the key dimension...

Style, meaning how we use language, was emphasized by the Roman rhetor Cicero as one of the key dimension of classical rhetoric. Cicero saw ¿Style of Language¿ in terms not only of the words we use, but also in the order that we use them. If invention addresses what is to be said; style addresses how this will be said. This connection between style and invention essentially links style and content. But not everyone agrees with Cicero on this point. The famous 16th century rhetor, Petrus Ramus, was the main proponent of dividing language (style) from argumentation and this has resulted in rhetoric becoming associated with flowery language in people¿s minds today. However, from a classical rhetorical perspective, ¿style is not incidental, superficial, or supplementary: style names how ideas are embodied in language and customized to communicative contexts¿ . In this note we shall look at five language devices which Barack Obama used as the current master of the ¿grand¿ style during his first election campaign, with a view of illustrating the importance of the connection between language and content to the communication process. ...

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¿The orator should use the plain style to instruct, the grand style to move, the intermediate style...

¿The orator should use the plain style to instruct, the grand style to move, the intermediate style to charm¿ Although the quote from Quintilian above gives us three distinct styles, most commentators have rolled them into two: the ¿forensic¿ and the ¿grand¿ styles. The forensic style gives much of its attention to directness and the particular. Such personalities as Margaret Thatcher, Helmut Schmidt, and Al Gore are modern examples of ¿forensic¿ speakers, while Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama represent the more ¿grand¿ and engaging style with attention given to the global picture. Both styles can be persuasive according to what the circumstances demand. However, although our personalities may direct us towards one style, we, like Cicero, should master both. We shall look briefly at these two approaches to public discourse, firstly as they emerged in ancient Rome....

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Los casos A y B de la empresa Babé y Cía relatan la historia de una empresa familiar centenaria que...

Los casos A y B de la empresa Babé y Cía relatan la historia de una empresa familiar centenaria que se enfrenta en la actualidad a un desafío estratégico. El caso nos permite analizar la capacidad de adaptación de una empresa familiar a los fortísimos cambios ocurridos en la industria del petróleo durante el siglo XX (Caso A). Además, el caso ilustra cómo se gestionan las relaciones entre empresa y familia para evitar conflictos de interés entre las dos esferas (Caso B). ...

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Los casos A y B de la empresa Babé y Cía relatan la historia de una empresa familiar centenaria que...

Los casos A y B de la empresa Babé y Cía relatan la historia de una empresa familiar centenaria que se enfrenta en la actualidad a un desafío estratégico. El caso nos permite analizar la capacidad de adaptación de una empresa familiar a los fortísimos cambios ocurridos en la industria del petróleo durante el siglo XX (véase Caso A). Además, el caso ilustra cómo se gestionan las relaciones entre empresa y familia para evitar conflictos de interés entre las dos esferas (Caso B)....

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Grupo Gucci: libertad dentro de la estructura...

Grupo Gucci: libertad dentro de la estructura...

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Nota del instructor del caso Driving Motors Company SM-1572...

Nota del instructor del caso Driving Motors Company SM-1572...

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The purpose of this case is to help students critically evaluate the market value of LinkedIn's stock...

The purpose of this case is to help students critically evaluate the market value of LinkedIn's stock following its recent IPO. In the context of strong investor appetite for social media companies, LinkedIn is the lamp bearer among U.S. companies in that industry that are considering tapping into public markets. The case can serve to illustrate the challenges of valuing an early-stage high-growth company with a great deal of uncertainty about fundamental value and how quoted prices might reflect expectations that are hard to justify. Regardless of which valuation method is employed (e.g., residual income, discounted cash flow, multiples), the case provides a platform (i) to map the firm's key success and risk factors into forecasts and estimates for its future performance and cost of capital and (ii) to critically assess the implied assumptions underlying the market's expectations. The case is best suited for a course on business valuation at all levels (undergraduate, MBA, executive programs)....

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In December 2007, the Allianz Group created a special taskforce to study the possible integration of...

In 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 activities to the agents and branches while Portugal had centralized them in a large back-office operation. These difference posed a significant challenge for the integration. The case describes the context, business models and organizational structures of Allianz in both countries, and discusses the pros and cons of each different alternatives....

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A fines de abril de 2011, Nintendo anunciaba sus resultados anuales del año 2010. Los beneficios netos...

A fines de abril de 2011, Nintendo anunciaba sus resultados anuales del año 2010. Los beneficios netos de la empresa habían descendido. La caída en las ventas de la consola Wii explicaba gran parte del descenso del 33% en los beneficios netos frente a 2009. El CEO de la compañía, Saturu Iwata, anunció que una nueva consola reemplazaría a la Wii en 2012. Iwata describía la nueva plataforma, identificada provisionalmente como Project Cafe, como “una nueva aproximación a las consolas de videojuego”. Lejos parecían encontrarse ya los días en los que la Wii “arrasaba” el mercado de las videoconsolas. La combinación de su innovador sistema de control de movimientos y una oferta de juegos relativamente simples había revolucionado este mercado al expandir el horizonte de usuarios a personas de prácticamente todas las edades, Sin embargo, tras sufrir el impacto representado por la innovadora consola de Nintendo, sus poderosos competidores Sony y Microsoft habían desarrollado sus propios juegos y controles de movimiento que permitían a los jugadores replicar la experiencia ofrecida por la Wii y, a la vez, contar con las funcionalidades de la Xbox 360 y la PlayStation 3 que la Wii no ofrecía. La reciente lucha competitiva en la industria se había centrado en los sistemas de control de movimiento. ¿Cuál sería el eje de la siguiente batalla entre estos tres formidables competidores?...

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El joven andaluz Dani García está destinado a ser uno de los grandes cocineros del mundo según el...

El joven andaluz Dani García está destinado a ser uno de los grandes cocineros del mundo según el maestro Ferrán Adrià. Dos Estrellas Michelín, tres Soles Repsol, el Premio Nacional de Gastronomía y una multitud de reconocimientos más lo avalan. Desde que comenzara su andadura en el mundo de la alta cocina de la mano de Martín Berasategui, Dani ha desarrollado su propio modelo de negocio. Sin dejar de lado la constante innovación en su restaurante Calima de Marbella, Dani emprende ahora su propio proyecto empresarial a través de La Moraga, nombre de sus emblemáticos bares de tapas. ¿Entenderá el público estas dos maneras de degustar la alta cocina?; ¿será capaz Dani de gestionar la inminente expansión internacional de La Moraga en Estados Unidos, Europa y Asia sin perder sus señas de identidad?; ¿será también el impulsor de una nueva tendencia en el sector de la alta cocina internacional?...

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This technical note provides an introduction to using PivotTables in Microsoft Excel 2010. A PivotTable...

This technical note provides an introduction to using PivotTables in Microsoft Excel 2010. A PivotTable is a powerful tool that allows the user to analyze, sort, count, summarize, and organize data from a spreadsheet. A PivotTable is especially useful when you have a long list of figures to sum, and aggregated data or subtotals would help you look at the data from different perspectives and compare figures of similar data. ...

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Albert Giralt, General Director of the Vilardell Purtí Group, was reviewing the draft of the 2011-2013...

Albert Giralt, General Director of the Vilardell Purtí Group, was reviewing the draft of the 2011-2013 Strategic Plan for the AVINENT Implant System, the Group's biomedical division. In just over three years, they had developed their own product, the AVINENT Implant System, within a traditional company in the metalworking industry. Their achievements had come quickly and in abundance, but there was still a lot of ground to cover. They needed to consolidate their position without missing out on new opportunities in the industry: customized medicine, product customization, new technologies, new materials... an ever-changing industry that required a healthy supply of finance. What would be the best strategy to ensure and promote growth? ...

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