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Designing a New Business Model: Finding an Ordered Structure to Unlock Creativity
Johnson, Mark W.Book Chapter HBS-5776BC-ELeadership and People ManagementWe're all familiar with stories of visionary leaders whose brilliant insights revolutionize the market. But all of these inspiring stories can be downright depressing. No one wants to depend on something as fickle as inspiration to create a new business. And you shouldn't have to, says strategic innovation expert Mark W. Johnson. Indeed, conceiving of a truly innovative new business model does not need to be a matter of imagination and serendipit...Starting at €8.20
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Important Accounting Concepts: The Rules that Shape Financial Statements
HBS Press; Harvard Business School PressBook Chapter HBS-5801BC-EFinanceAlthough many managers are proficient in reading financial statements, most are not yet masters of the accounting concepts and processes from which this data is derived. This chapter examines seven key accounting issues that affect your performance as a manager: GAAP, accrual vs. cash accounting, accounting for inventories, accounting for depreciation, the account treatment of leases, the principle of historic cost, and cost accounting. This cha...Starting at €8.20
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Learning from the India Way: Redefining Business Leadership
Cappelli, Peter; Singh, Harbir; Singh, Jitendra V.; Useem, MichaelBook Chapter HBS-5822BC-EThe roaring success of Indian business in the last two decades points the world toward a different enterprise model than the one widely practiced in the U.S., with its emphasis on financial goals and shareholder value. Indeed, the global economic crisis of 2008-2009-widely viewed as being triggered by American excesses-has rekindled the debate about the proper role of personal gain and shareholder value in business affairs. In this chapter, autho...Starting at €8.20
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You Need Service, and IT Needs Control: A Guide to Creating a Better Partnership with Your IT Department
Cramm, SusanBook Chapter HBS-5827BC-EYou say, "I need it now!" Your IT team replies, "Yes, but..." Your IT leaders want nothing more than to make their business counterparts happy so why does it never seem to be working in your favor? In order to resolve the seemingly irresolvable paradox between service and control, you must consider IT your partner, not your provider. Forming a new partnership with IT will ensure that you maximize your IT department's ability to realize value, ser...Starting at €8.20
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You Need to Focus on Tactics, and IT Needs Strategic Alignment: How to Derive an IT-Enabled Business Strategy
Cramm, SusanBook Chapter HBS-5829BC-ENone of us likes to be told how to get our job done. And the creative, well-educated problem solvers in IT hate it more than most. If you want IT leaders to support your every whim (or, more realistically, given the overwhelming demand for IT services, even one of your whims), it's imperative to collaborate with them during strategic and tactical planning. You must learn to work with your team to derive a strategy that makes sense for you and you...Starting at €8.20
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You Need Good IT, and IT Can Become Great: How to Ensure You Get the IT Capability Your Organization Deserves
Cramm, SusanBook Chapter HBS-5837BC-EEvery company should have an IT capability that enables and propagates innovation while reducing complexity. No matter how far your organization is from having great IT, it's time to decide what you're going to do about it-and stop waiting for IT to make the first move. The final chapter of Susan Cramm's 8 Things We Hate About IT asks you to assess and analyze your strengths and weaknesses in managing IT and learn which areas you should focus you...Starting at €8.20
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The Nature of Institutional Voids in Emerging Markets: Why Markets Fail and How to Make Them Work
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Book Chapter HBS-5904BC-EStrategyConventional wisdom holds that the best way to select an emerging market to exploit is to evaluate its size and growth potential. Not so, according to the authors-two leading experts on the subject. The primary exploitable characteristic of an emerging market is actually the lack of institutions (like credit card systems, intellectual property adjudication, and data research firms) that facilitate efficient business operations. But while such ins...Starting at €8.20
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Spotting and Responding to Institutional Voids: Identifying Opportunities in Emerging Markets
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Book Chapter HBS-5905BC-EStrategyThe trick to defining and executing business strategy in emerging markets? Identifying the key institutions missing from developing economies-like absent or unreliable sources of market information, an uncertain regulatory environment, or inefficient judicial systems-and building businesses that will help fill those voids. This chapter, from the book "Winning in Emerging Markets" by two experts in the field, equips managers with toolkits to spot ...Starting at €8.20
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Emerging Giants: Competing at Home-How Emerging Market-Based Companies Can Build Competitive Advantage at Home
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.Book Chapter HBS-5911BC-EStrategyUnshackled by economic liberalization, domestic companies in emerging markets are aggressively pursuing growth opportunities at home and abroad and thriving in the global marketplace. These "emerging giants" have the distinct advantage of understanding and operating directly in local markets and developing capabilities accordingly. But increasingly, these companies face enormous pressure from foreign multinational competitors and the lack of key ...Starting at €8.20
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Why You Need to Align Your Business With the Biosphere's Rules
Unruh, Gregory C.Book Chapter HBS-5934BC-EService and Operations ManagementDon't use too many fossil fuels. Don't waste paper. For years, companies have been hearing what not to do when it comes to making their business practices more sustainable. But what can you do to make your company both ecologically responsible and financially profitable? Turn to the oldest model of efficient profit-making in existence: the Earth. The same principles that allow nature to continuously produce value are the same ones that will help ...Starting at €8.20