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Una cuestión de principios
Rosanas Martí, Josep MariaArticle ART-1599Accounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityLa pérdida de la confianza, tanto entre las personas como entre éstas y las empresas e instituciones, es una de las causas de la crisis actual. El autor considera que el secreto para salir de la crisis es recuperar la confianza y, por tanto, comprender sus fundamentos. Según su análisis, la confianza es un bien que tiene un valor real, práctico, económico, que aumenta la eficiencia del sistema y posibilita la creación de otros bienes y valores. F...Starting at €8.20
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Give Your Workers Something to Smile About
Frey, Bruno S.Article ART-1649-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Leadership and People ManagementEconomics is undergoing a remarkable new development, which may even be called revolutionary. This development is likely to change economics substantially in the future. New insights from happiness research are slowly being accepted in standard economics, a field which is traditionally conservative. If the goal of most human beings is to be happy, then a fuller understanding of which factors contribute to well-being is critical, especially if rec...Starting at €8.20
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The Twin Pillars of Effective Leadership
Leggett, Brian O'Connor; Neill, ConorArticle ART-1820-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementDuring periods of crisis or disenchantment, charismatic leaders emerge because they offer an alternative to the uncertainty of the times. Such was the case in the 1980s with Ronald Reagan, whose clear message and emotional style held across-the-board appeal and provided a sense of certainty after years of political and social turbulence. Using case studies of prominent leaders of the past 50 years, the authors explore the keys of effective leader...Starting at €8.20
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Supere las contradicciones de las redes en clave ética
Vaccaro, AntoninoArticle ART-1969Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityInternet ha hecho que la adquisición, almacenamiento y transmisión de datos por parte de las empresas sea más fácil que nunca. Pero esta mejora en velocidad y eficiencia viene acompañada de expectativas más complejas y en ocasiones contradictorias sobre cómo se debe recabar, conservar y revelar dicha información. Consumidores, empleados y otros grupos de interés tienen a su alcance y comparten todo tipo de información relativa a hábitos, preferen...Starting at €8.20
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Ethics Hold the Key to Network Contradictions
Vaccaro, AntoninoArticle ART-1969-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityToday's Internet-based world has certainly made it easier for companies to acquire, store and transmit detailed information like never before. But with these gains in speed and efficiency have come more complex, and sometimes contradictory, expectations about how companies should collect, retain and disclose that information. Consumers, employees and other stakeholders are accessing and exchanging all manner of information related to individual h...Starting at €8.20
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Taking on the Mob
IESE InsightArticle ART-1973-EKnowledge and CommunicationCompanies come under many types of external pressure, which may cross the line of what is considered ¿legal.¿ Corruption takes various forms and can happen anywhere. Many of the lessons learned from the Addiopizzo example can be applied universally.Starting at €8.20
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Los EAGLE alzan el vuelo
García-Herrero, AliciaArticle ART-2011EconomicsApártense BRIC, Next 11 y CIVETS, que llegan los EAGLE. Son las economías emergentes que lideran el crecimiento global (su acrónimo significa águila en inglés). Este término, acuñado por BBVA Research, unidad que elabora análisis económicos para el banco español, designa un grupo de diez países emergentes que, según la autora, merecen toda la atención de los inversores. No en vano, los EAGLE (China, India, Brasil, Indonesia, Corea del Sur, Rusi...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Cancer
IESE InsightArticle ART-2052-EKnowledge and CommunicationDr. Josep Baselga has been behind some of the most important breakthroughs in breast cancer research and treatment in recent years. He set up the reputable Vall dHebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) in Barcelona, while serving as chief of hematology/oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital. The insights that his research has yielded in relation to cancer may be relevant for treating the ailing health-care systems on both sides of the Atlantic.Starting at €8.20
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Riesgo sistémico, el precio de la interconectividad
Goldin, IanArticle ART-2077Economics, StrategyLas últimas décadas de globalización han generado un mundo más interconectado, interdependiente y complejo que nunca. Los gobiernos y las instituciones se han esforzado para propiciar la integración, pero han descuidado las consecuencias de la creciente interdependencia. Además de numerosos beneficios, también se han generado fragilidades. Este artículo ayuda a comprender los nuevos riesgos sistémicos del siglo XXI y los retos que plantean. La cr...Starting at €8.20
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A Service Model for Cultural Excellence
Muñoz-Seca Fernández-Cuesta, BeatrizArticle ART-2080-EKnowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementCulture, that intrinsic expression of humankind, has somehow grown remote from the general public. Arts and cultural institutions, just like their business counterparts, urgently need to find new audiences, meet changing demands and consider their business models afresh. The whole sector needs to reinvent itself, says the author. But how? Beatriz Muñoz-Seca recommends that arts and cultural institutions focus not so much on their products as on c...Starting at €8.20