Elin Williams

“Turning the Tide in Mozambique” explores the efforts of a new expatriate CEO to improve gender balance at a technologically advanced transportation hub in southern Africa that he is hired to run for a conglomerate headquartered in the Middle East. His goal is to increase the number of female staff and create a more inclusive culture.

Published 11 Dec 2023

Reference 6713

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Logistics and Supply Chain

Region Africa

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The case describes how the Greek oil-spill specialist Polygreen diversified into municipal waste management and turned the Aegean paradise of Tilos into the world’s first zero-waste island. Focusing on the company’s charismatic CEO, Athanasios Polychronopoulos, the case follows the implementation of a business model based on the principles of the circular economy.

Published 27 Nov 2023

Reference 6841

Topic Operations

Industry Utilities

Region Europe

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This short case study is a snapshot of the ethical challenges faced by members of a supply chain as they work on an apparently fictional high-rise renovation project.

Published 20 Nov 2023

Reference 6783

Topic Responsibility

Industry Architecture & Planning Construction

Region Europe

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This short case study is a snapshot of the ethical challenges faced by members of a supply chain as they work on an apparently fictional high-rise renovation project. Although the story is set in the construction sector, it is relevant to any supply chain in any industry or any set of individuals working on a business project with real-world consequences.

Published 20 Nov 2023

Reference 6783

Topic Responsibility

Industry Architecture & Planning Construction

Region Europe

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The case follows the story of Brazilian business leader, Ricardo Semler, who took the family marine-pump business, Semco, to multi-national, multi-sector success. To do so, Ricardo Semler dramatically changed his own leadership style by relinquishing control and working less hard, and subsequently transformed the culture at Semco via a radical process of workplace democratisation.

Published 26 May 2023

Reference 5982

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Education Management Leisure, Travel and Tourism Banking

Region South America

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Crisis at MIAM Group is a fictional board simulation about a global European food company in crisis. It is designed to be used in groups of about nine participants, each playing a gender-neutral role for which an individual, detailed description is provided.* The crisis in question has come to a head following the intervention of two groups of activist investors.

Published 22 Apr 2022

Reference 6715

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Food and Beverages Production

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Crisis at MIAM Group is a fictional board simulation about a global European food company in crisis. It is designed to be used in groups of about nine participants, each playing a gender-neutral role for which an individual, detailed description is provided.* The crisis in question has come to a head following the intervention of two groups of activist investors.

Published 22 Apr 2022

Reference 6715

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Food and Beverages Production

Region Europe

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Emmanuel Faber, the star Chair/CEO of the global Danone Group, was known for his leadership on sustainability. In 2020, he persuaded shareholders to vote for Danone to become France’s largest “entreprise à mission” (purpose-driven company) – giving it a new ESG-based legal status.

Published 24 Jan 2022

Reference 6712

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Food and Beverages Production

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Emmanuel Faber, the star Chair/CEO of the global Danone Group, was known for his leadership on sustainability. In 2020, he persuaded shareholders to vote for Danone to become France’s largest “entreprise à mission” (purpose-driven company) – giving it a new ESG-based legal status.

Published 24 Jan 2022

Reference 6712

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Food and Beverages Production

Region Europe

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Emmanuel Faber, the star Chair/CEO of the global Danone Group, was known for his leadership on sustainability. In 2020, he persuaded shareholders to vote for Danone to become France’s largest “entreprise à mission” (purpose-driven company) – giving it a new ESG-based legal status.

Published 24 Jan 2022

Reference 6712

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Food and Beverages Production

Region Europe

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Recent MBA graduate Majed finds his dream job: high-tech, entrepreneurial, senior, social – contributing to the economy of Palestine, a cause close to his heart. But the new CEO of WebTeb, an online medical information service in Arabic, finds it more challenging than expected. Recruiting IT talent in Palestine is particularly tough.

Published 28 May 2018

Reference 6343

Topic Responsibility

Industry Wireless Medical Practice Information Services

Region Middle-East

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