Organisational Behaviour
January 2014
Kweku Adoboli at UBS
By S. Wiley Wakeman, Celia Moore
The UBS case outlines how individual ambition and lax organisational standards and oversight can lead to consistent unethical behaviour resulting in a crippling loss at a large investment bank. Even though the industry had as…
November 2012
innocent Drinks: Maintaining Socially Responsible Values During Growth (B)
By Celia Moore, Luis Fischer, Mike McCarthy
This is part of a case series. This case explores the process a social venture went through in raising funds to expand its business. The case focuses on the risks and opportunities of possible funding…
November 2012
innocent Drinks: Maintaining Socially Responsible Values During Growth (A)
By Celia Moore, Luis Fischer, Mike McCarthy
This is part of a case series. This case explores the process a social venture went through in raising funds to expand its business. The case focuses on the risks and opportunities of possible funding…
January 2018
Commercial International Bank: Leading Transformation in Turbulent Times Empowering People, Winning With Data
By Randall Peterson
In 2011, Cairo became the cradle of the Egyptian revolution. Transport workers, ambulance drivers and bank employees called for the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s regime. With a backdrop of volatility, Commercial International Bank (CIB),…
June 2016
Satya Nadella at Microsoft: Instilling a Growth Mindset
By Herminia Ibarra
When Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in 2014, he inherited a firm fading toward irrelevance, plagued by internal fights and inertia. Earlier that year his wife, Anu, had given him a best-selling…
August 2018
Andrew Thornton: Putting Heart into Business
By Randall Peterson
At the age of 42, in the midst of a successful and lucrative career as the owner of an international retail consultancy, Andrew Thornton realised he had nothing more to give to his business. He…