Stanislav Shekshnia

Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
The new chair of the board of NLInvest, a government agency that promotes inward investment to the Netherlands, faces challenges that are both expected and unexpected. The agency’s domineering CEO treats the board purely as his ‘advisors’ and many directors who admire his strong performance record and international reputation seem to accept this.

Published 29 Feb 2024

Reference 6865

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Government Administration

Region Europe

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The new chair of the board of NLInvest, a government agency that promotes inward investment to the Netherlands, faces challenges that are both expected and unexpected. The agency’s domineering CEO treats the board purely as his ‘advisors’ and many directors who admire his strong performance record and international reputation seem to accept this.

Published 29 Feb 2024

Reference 6865

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Government Administration

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The new chair of the board of NLInvest, a government agency that promotes inward investment to the Netherlands, faces challenges that are both expected and unexpected. The agency’s domineering CEO treats the board purely as his ‘advisors’ and many directors who admire his strong performance record and international reputation seem to accept this.

Published 29 Feb 2024

Reference 6865

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Government Administration

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The board of directors of Umania Property Group (UPG) is preparing to discuss an ESG (environmental, social, governance) strategy and how it should be managed. The third-largest real estate developer in the country (Umania) has been growing fast despite COVID-19 and market turbulence.

Published 12 May 2023

Reference 6807

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Real Estate

Region Europe

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The board of HBL, a privately-owned media holding, is to hold an emergency meeting to discuss a leadership crisis that emerged when the CEO was unexpectedly admitted to hospital and subsequently submitted his resignation. Ten months earlier, the board had started the succession process after the incumbent shared his intention to step down at the end of his second three-year term.

Published 06 Feb 2023

Reference 6791

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Media Production

Region Europe

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The board of directors of UPG, a public company with two main shareholders, is preparing to discuss plans for the CEO succession. UPG, the third largest developer in its country, has been growing fast despite COVID-19 and market turbulence.

Published 06 Feb 2023

Reference 6790

Topic Leadership & Organisations

Industry Real Estate

Region Europe

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The case represents a role-play simulation in which a team of up to 7 participants acts as a board of directors of a privately-owned company. The board has to discuss and make decisions about its Chairman's resignation. The latter asked to step down after an internal crisis unfolded following the Chairman's media interview in which he criticized the country's President.

Published 11 Aug 2022

Reference 6016

Topic Strategy

Region Europe

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The case represents a role-play simulation in which a team of up to 7 participants acts as a board of directors of a privately-owned company. The board has to discuss and make decisions about its Chairman's resignation. The latter asked to step down after an internal crisis unfolded following the Chairman's media interview in which he criticized the country's President.

Published 11 Aug 2022

Reference 6016

Topic Strategy

Region Europe

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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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VimpelCom is a Russian cellular operator that grew in less than 10 years (1992-2002) from a hypothetical concept, to small family-like company, to $2 billion NYSE-quoted corporation with 5.5 million subscribers on its wireless networks. This case study describes the perfect partnership between the two founders. One was "the professor", Dr.

Published 01 Jan 2003

Reference 5110

Topic Entrepreneurship

Industry Telecommunications

Region Other Regions

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Corporate Governance, Governance of Entrepreneurial Companies, Leadership, Leadership Development, Emerging Economies, Emerging Companies