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Why Do Firms Go Abroad? Strategies to Create Value Globally, Module Note (Spanish version)
Alcacer, JuanCase HBS-718S10Strategycan she manage Chen at all, and if so, how?Starting at €8.20
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To Acquire or Not to Acquire? An Update (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Collis, David J.; Furey, MaryCase HBS-712S07StrategyTo Acquire or Not to Acquire?" details the Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Pixar, including deal terms, executive appointments, and operating guidelines for the two studios.Starting at €8.20
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Connecting the Unconnected (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Clayton, JohnCase HBS-716S12StrategyThe Inside the Case video that accompanies this case includes teaching tips and insight from the author (available to registered educators only). Narrates the story of Emirates, an airline founded in 1985 in Dubai that by 2013 was among the three largest commercial airlines in the world. The case emphasizes how Emirates capitalized on its location-a small city-state strategically located to reach of the world population in a flight of less th...Starting at €8.20
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Strategic Decisions in Locating a New Assembly and Test Plant (A) (Spanish version)
Alcacer, Juan; Herman, KerryCase HBS-716S16Service and Operations ManagementIn mid-2005, Intel is examining its options for where to locate its next assembly and test plant. On its short list of potential sites includes locations in China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam. Each country has its own unique benefits and risks related to infrastructure, governance, education, business culture, intellectual property protection, labor markets, experience working with Western firms, and tax breaks and other incentives. Intel's Gene...Starting at €8.20
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Design and Meanings: Innovating by Making Sense of Things--The Advantage of Design-Driven Innovation
Verganti, RobertoBook Chapter HBS-3680BC-EEvery product has a meaning. Yet many companies do not think about how meanings change or how to innovate meanings. They strive to understand how people currently give meaning to things--only to discover that this meaning has been suggested by a new product designed by a competitor. But like technologies, meanings may be subject to an R&D process. And the process through which a company can innovate product meanings is design. This chapter illust...Starting at €8.20
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Radical Pushes: Placing Design-Driven Innovation in the Strategy of a Firm
Verganti, RobertoBook Chapter HBS-3681BC-EMost analysts hold that the innovation strategy of firms consists of two domains: incremental and radical. According to these theories, radical innovation is the realm of technological breakthroughs. The meanings behind products are supposed to be part of the first domain: companies can understand them better only by scrutinizing user behavior and using the resulting insights to improve their products. In this chapter, however, noted innovation e...Starting at €8.20
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The Value and the Challenges: Why Companies Do or Do Not Invest in Design-Driven Innovation
Verganti, RobertoBook Chapter HBS-3683BC-EIn the current innovation race, products tend to survive for a very short time, and firms are unwilling to waste resources in constant redesign. Design-driven innovation, or radically altering the meanings of products and services, can produce innovations with a life cycle significantly longer than that of the competition. But how do you convince the right people to invest in design-driven innovation? In this chapter, noted innovation expert Robe...Starting at €8.20
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The Interpreters: Doing Research with the Design Discourse--Move Away from Users to Innovate with the Help of a Circle of External Research Partners
Verganti, RobertoBook Chapter HBS-3684BC-EEvery company would love to be the one that changes the paradigm, that radically redefines the meaning of things. Companies that master design-driven innovation have a distinct advantage over competitors because they repeatedly develop and release products or services that customers didn't even know they wanted, but now can't live without. Their innovations aren't flukes--these firms have a process and capabilities, built and led by entrepreneurs...Starting at €8.20
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Businesspeople: The Key Role of Top Executives and Their Culture--Design-Driven Innovation Requires Inspiring and Invested Leaders
Verganti, RobertoBook Chapter HBS-3690BC-EIt is widely known that Steve Jobs has an intense devotion to radical innovation projects. The iPod--a design-driven innovation--was no exception. He set the direction and defined the requirements for a product for which there was no reference in the market. And look at the results. There is no radical innovation without inspiring leaders, and this chapter delves into the crucial role executives play in the success of design-driven innovation. Th...Starting at €8.20
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The Innovative Power of Criticism
Verganti, RobertoArticle HBS-R1601G-EThanks to powerful ideation approaches such as design thinking and crowdsourcing, it has become incredibly easy and relatively inexpensive for companies to obtain a vast number of novel concepts, from both insiders and outsiders such as customers, designers, and scientists. Yet many organizations still struggle to identify and seize big opportunities. That's because major changes in society and technology fundamentally challenge the conventional ...Starting at €8.20