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Pursue Your Dream or Move On? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Reinert, Sophus A.Article HBS-R2002M-EKnowledge and CommunicationA young social entrepreneur must decide whether to stick with her struggling start-up--a tomato paste company based entirely in Nigeria--or go to work for an investment group that funds small businesses in Africa. Where would she have the most impact? This fictional case study by Sophus A. Reinert features expert commentary by Acha Leke and Mira Mehta. This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the commentary. For teaching purposes, this rep...Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: Desmond Tutu
Tutu, Desmond; McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1107S-EThe South African archbishop, civil rights leader, and Nobel Peace Prize winner talks about finding the patience to overcome apartheid and how he has benefited from the prayers of others.Starting at €8.20
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Where Will We Find Tomorrow's Leaders A Conversation with Linda A. Hill
Hill, Linda A.; Hemp, PaulArticle HBS-R0801J-ELeadership and People ManagementUnless we challenge long-held assumptions about how business leaders are supposed to act and where they're supposed to come from, many people who could become effective global leaders will remain invisible, warns Harvard Business School professor Hill. Instead of assuming that leaders must exhibit take-charge behavior, broaden the definition of leadership to include creating a context in which other people are willing and able to guide the organi...Starting at €8.20
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In Praise of the Incomplete Leader
Ancona, Deborah; Malone, Thomas W.; Orlikowski, Wanda J.; Senge, Peter M.Article HBS-R0702E-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Today's top executives are expected to do everything right, from coming up with solutions to unfathomably complex problems to having the charisma and prescience to rally stakeholders around a perfect vision of the future. But no one leader can be all things to all ...Starting at €8.20
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Cutting the Cost of HIV (Spanish version)
Reddy, Mergen; Swanepoel, BoetieArticle HBS-F0609BBy approaching HIV infection among Russian and Botswanan miners as a financial problem, a Deloitte consultant and a mine executive created programs that improved employees' health and reduced the costs to the mines.Starting at €8.20
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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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Samsung: ¿hasta dónde arriesgar en innovación?
IESE InsightArticle ART-2597Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementHace unos años Samsung decidió cambiar de estrategia y dejar de seguir a la competencia. Pero es más fácil decidirlo que hacerlo, como comprobó su equipo europeo de innovación en el desarrollo de tres nuevos productos. Henrik Werdelin, socio director de Prehype, Michael Boneham, director de Boneham Consulting y expresidente de Ford India, e Ignacio Aso, del área de desarrollo de negocio en Unify, aportan su punto de vista.Starting at €8.20
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Strategies for Two-Sided Markets
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Parker, Geoffrey; Van Alstyne, Marshall W.Article HBS-R0610F-EStrategyIf you listed the blockbuster products and services that have redefined the global business landscape, you'd find that many of them tie together two distinct groups of users in a network. Case in point: The most important innovation in financial services since World War II is almost certainly the credit card, which links consumers and merchants. The list would also include newspapers, HMOs, and computer operating systems--all of which serve what ...Starting at €8.20
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Dónde encontraremos a los líderes del futuro
Hill, Linda A.; Hemp, PaulArticle HBS-R0801JLeadership and People ManagementA menos que cuestionar los supuestos largo arraigadas sobre cómo se supone que los líderes empresariales para actuar y donde se supone que vienen, muchas personas que podrían convertirse en líderes mundiales eficaces permanecerán invisibles, advierte el profesor de Harvard Business School Hill. En lugar de asumir que los líderes deben mostrar un comportamiento que se hace cargo, ampliar la definición de liderazgo para incluir la creación de un co...Starting at €8.20
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In Praise of the Incomplete Leader (Spanish version)
Ancona, Deborah; Malone, Thomas W.; Orlikowski, Wanda J.; Senge, Peter M.Article HBS-R0702ELeadership and People Managementsensemaking, relating, "visioning," and inventing. Sensemaking involves understanding and mapping the context in which a company and its people operate. A leader skilled in this area can quickly identify the complexities of a given situation and explain them to others. The second capability, relating, means being able to build trusting relationships with others through inquiring, advocating, and connecting. Visioning, the third capability, means...Starting at €8.20