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Barclays Bank: Colluding to Manipulate LIBOR
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In late June 2012, the results of a long-term investigation by the United Kingdom’s (UK) financial watchdog, Financial Services Authorities (FSA), revealed that derivatives traders and bankers at Barclays bank had been colluding to influence submissions that influenced the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and the European Interbank Offered Rate (EURIBOR).
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Bank Saderat Iran: Financial Embezzlement under Sharia Law
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In September 2011, news of Bank Saderat Iran’s involvement in an embezzlement operation became public.
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Standard Chartered Bank plc: Violating Banking Sanctions for Profit
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 6 August 2012, Benjamin Lawsky, superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), announced findings from an investigation of Standard Chartered Bank New York (SCBNY).
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UBS AG: The Cost of Failing to Manage Operational Risk
50,00 $CASE STUDY. On 15 September 2011, news of United Bank of Switzerland’s (UBS) operational failures in its investment banking division hit the market.
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Becoming a General Manager
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. This case explores the transition from the role of middle manager to the role of general manager.
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La Comédie-Française: The Jean-Pierre Miquel Era (1993-2001)
8,00 $ – 50,00 $CASE STUDY. While preserving the institution’s traditions, Miquel restructured the Comédie-Française by having its status amended, rejuvenated its repertoire, increased the number of its actors, integrated two new theatres and expanded the company’s activities.
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The Sebata Group: Doing Business the African Way
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Matome Modipa, executive chairman and founder of the Sebata Group of technical engineering and management consultants, enjoyed coming to work.
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Massbuild: Culture “Gets it Done”
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In February 2015, Llewellyn Walters, CEO of Massbuild, the building products division of Massmart, a warehouse retail organisation, was perplexed by the results of the 2014 employee engagement survey.
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MTN in Nigeria: Sailing Too Close to the Wind?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In July 2016, MTN’s newly appointed CEO, Rob Shuter, was considering how it was possible that the company had been fined a mammoth US$5.2 billion (R78 billion) by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in October 2015.
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SA Metal Group: Could Bigger Be Better?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In November 2010, Clifford Barnett – director and co-owner of family business, SA Metal Group (SA Metal) – put his hard hat down on his desk, looked out on the busy scrapyard below his window in Epping, Cape Town and pondered the company’s growth.
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Nihilent Technologies: Recommending Change at The Banking Association South Africa
50,00 $CASE STUDY. It was September 2008 and Ravi Teja, associate vice president and head of enterprise transformation at the global consulting company, Nihilent, was waiting to meet with his team to review their progress on The Banking Association South Africa project.
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Foschini Group Ltd: Transforming HR
50,00 $CASE STUDY. Foschini Group’s (FOS) Shani Naidoo was in excellent spirits when she walked out of a two-day group strategy meeting in October 2009.
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The JSE/BESA Merger: Navigating the Integration Minefield
50,00 $CASE STUDY. A few days before the JSE Limited (JSE) and the Bond Exchange of South Africa Limited (BESA) merged on 22 June 2009, Nicky Newton-King, deputy CEO of the JSE, –who had been tasked with leading the integration of the two organisations – reviewed what she had done so far and the plans she had put in place to ensure a smooth integration.
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Birdi Golf Apparel: Flying High or Swinging Low?
50,00 $CASE STUDY. In December 2008, Charlene Lewison, marketing director of the Johannesburg-based family business, Birdi Golf Apparel, surveyed the company’s well-stocked shelves with pride – but also with a growing sense of unease.
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