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Globalization and the Welfare State (Spanish version)
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Kramarz, BenjaminCase HBS-715S01EconomicsThis case describes how Denmark has balanced the impacts of globalization, including outsourcing and movement of labor with its social welfare offerings. Reforms implemented during the past two decades drove down unemployment, promoted new company formation, and put the country at or near the top of international polls on the ease of doing business. The case describes how Danes forged a consensus that embraced international trade and outsourcing ...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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Telecommunications Regulation and Coordinated Competition in Romania
Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Radu, Alex; Sarbu, AnaCase HBS-713016-EEconomicsLeaders of the Romanian telecommunications agency must decide about a proposed international merger and how to structure bandwidth auctions critical to the telecoms market. The case is designed to teach about regulatory choices from the perspective of a regulatory agency, but it also describes the competitive standing of domestic and international telecoms providers in Romania and the challenges of operating as a "foreign" multinational, even in ...Starting at €8.20
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Telecommunications Regulation and Coordinated Competition in Romania, Teaching Note
Daemmrich, Arthur A.Teaching Note HBS-713017-EEconomicsTeaching Note for 713016Starting at €0.00
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Denmark: Globalization and the Welfare State, Teaching Note
Daemmrich, Arthur A.Teaching Note HBS-710007-EEconomicsTeaching Note for [709015].Starting at €0.00
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International Lobbying and The Dow Chemical Company (B): Regulatory Reform in the USA
Daemmrich, Arthur A.Case HBS-710028-EEconomicsStarting at €5.74