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Bird Office is a start-up, launched in Paris, with a digital platform for rental of temporary office space and meeting rooms. The case traces Bird Office from its entrepreneurial beginnings to a fully-fledged business with innovative initiatives designed to achieve competitive advantage as the number of local and international competitors and other players soars.
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Reference 6338
Published 30 Oct 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Human Resources
Bird Office is a start-up, launched in Paris, with a digital platform for rental of temporary office space and meeting rooms. The case traces Bird Office from its entrepreneurial beginnings to a fully-fledged business with innovative initiatives designed to achieve competitive advantage as the number of local and international competitors and other players soars.
Monkey Tie, an entrepreneurial firm based in Paris, focuses on innovative digital HR solutions related to ‘affinity matching’ of people to positions. It represents a major change in the approach to recruitment, using online tools to find a ‘fit’ between the job requirements and the skills and personality of the candidate.
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Reference 6305
Published 26 Jun 2017
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Human Resources
Monkey Tie, an entrepreneurial firm based in Paris, focuses on innovative digital HR solutions related to ‘affinity matching’ of people to positions. It represents a major change in the approach to recruitment, using online tools to find a ‘fit’ between the job requirements and the skills and personality of the candidate.
ghSMART is a small, niche, differentiated professional services firm that provides HR services, primarily executive assessment of C-level candidates for private equity investors. The case is deliberately short to focus on how the combination of client-focus and type of staff leads to value creation and capture.
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Reference 5920
Published 24 Nov 2014
Topic Strategy
Region North America
Industry Human Resources
ghSMART is a small, niche, differentiated professional services firm that provides HR services, primarily executive assessment of C-level candidates for private equity investors. The case is deliberately short to focus on how the combination of client-focus and type of staff leads to value creation and capture.
Since the 1990s, one observes a clear internationalization and consolidation trend in the European temporary work services. The diminishing role of the national legislation, the liberalization in some European countries for temporary work contracts and the growing trend of cross-border contracts of European multinationals with TWBs, were causing the current evolution in the industry.
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Reference 4830
Published 01 Jan 1999
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Human Resources, International Trade and Development
Since the 1990s, one observes a clear internationalization and consolidation trend in the European temporary work services. The diminishing role of the national legislation, the liberalization in some European countries for temporary work contracts and the growing trend of cross-border contracts of European multinationals with TWBs, were causing the current evolution in the industry.
Vedior International is the temporary work service arm of the Dutch Vendex International Group and one of the large Dutch temporary work services companies. The company has decided to embark on a European strategy and is currently active in the Benelux, France and Germany.
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Reference 4828
Published 12 Jan 1999
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Human Resources, International Trade and Development
Vedior International is the temporary work service arm of the Dutch Vendex International Group and one of the large Dutch temporary work services companies. The company has decided to embark on a European strategy and is currently active in the Benelux, France and Germany.
The Transeuropa A case describes the way in which the organisation, human resource management policies and the CEO's actions of Transeuropa (a joint venture in the fertiliser business between a major Canadian and Italian company) affect cooperation within the joint venture. The two short cases (A1) (A2) present the issues faced by prospective secondees from the parent companies.
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Reference 4430
Published 01 Jan 1993
Topic Strategy
Industry Human Resources
The Transeuropa A case describes the way in which the organisation, human resource management policies and the CEO's actions of Transeuropa (a joint venture in the fertiliser business between a major Canadian and Italian company) affect cooperation within the joint venture. The two short cases (A1) (A2) present the issues faced by prospective secondees from the parent companies.
The Transeuropa A case describes the way in which the organisation, human resource management policies and the CEO's actions of Transeuropa (a joint venture in the fertiliser business between a major Canadian and Italian company) affect cooperation within the joint venture. The two short cases (A1) (A2) present the issues faced by prospective secondees from the parent companies.
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Reference 4430
Published 01 Jan 1993
Topic Strategy
Industry Human Resources
The Transeuropa A case describes the way in which the organisation, human resource management policies and the CEO's actions of Transeuropa (a joint venture in the fertiliser business between a major Canadian and Italian company) affect cooperation within the joint venture. The two short cases (A1) (A2) present the issues faced by prospective secondees from the parent companies.
The Transeuropa A case describes the way in which the organisation, human resource management policies and the CEO's actions of Transeuropa (a joint venture in the fertiliser business between a major Canadian and Italian company) affect cooperation within the joint venture. The two short cases (A1) (A2) present the issues faced by prospective secondees from the parent companies.
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Reference 4430
Published 01 Jan 1993
Topic Strategy
Industry Human Resources
The Transeuropa A case describes the way in which the organisation, human resource management policies and the CEO's actions of Transeuropa (a joint venture in the fertiliser business between a major Canadian and Italian company) affect cooperation within the joint venture. The two short cases (A1) (A2) present the issues faced by prospective secondees from the parent companies.
This case study discusses the scenario of a managing director of an advertising firm is told by an outside supplier that corruption exists in his organisation. As an expatriate dealing with locals in a country in which kickbacks are not unusual, he finds it difficult to ensure proper business practices in his company.
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Reference 013
Published 01 Jan 1986
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Human Resources
This case study discusses the scenario of a managing director of an advertising firm is told by an outside supplier that corruption exists in his organisation. As an expatriate dealing with locals in a country in which kickbacks are not unusual, he finds it difficult to ensure proper business practices in his company.