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How to Identify Your Enemies Before They Destroy You (Spanish version)
Rafii, Farshad; Kampas, Paul J.Article HBS-R0211JStrategyWe've all heard the stories about corporate giants who ignored disruptive innovations and paid a steep price. Most of the nascent technologies that typically bombard executives will not amount to competitive threats and deserve to be ignored. As a result, disruptions are usually not taken seriously until they become obvious--when it's often too late. A disruptive innovation is a technology, product, or process that creeps up from below an existin...Starting at €8.20
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Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy (Spanish version)
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.Article HBS-R0212DStrategyWhen it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility" and investors applying pressure to maximize short-term profits. Increasingly, philanthropy is used as a form of public relations or advertising, promoting a company's image through high-profile sponsorships. But there is a more truly strategic way to think about philanthropy. Corporation...Starting at €8.20
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Fast Fashion (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Nueno Iniesta, Jose LuisCase HBS-704S02StrategyFocuses on Inditex, an apparel retailer from Spain, which has set up an extremely quick response system for its ZARA chain. Instead of predicting months before a season starts what women will want to wear, ZARA observes what's selling and what's not and continuously adjusts what it produces and merchandises on that basis. Powered by ZARA's success, Inditex has expanded into 39 countries, making it one of the most global retailers in the world. Bu...Starting at €8.20
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ZARA: Fast Fashion
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Nueno Iniesta, Jose LuisCase HBS-703497-EStrategyFocuses on Inditex, an apparel retailer from Spain, which has set up an extremely quick response system for its ZARA chain. Instead of predicting months before a season starts what women will want to wear, ZARA observes what's selling and what's not and continuously adjusts what it produces and merchandises on that basis. Powered by ZARA's success, Inditex has expanded into 39 countries, making it one of the most global retailers in the world. Bu...Starting at €8.20
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Global Gamesmanship (Spanish version)
MacMillan, Ian C.; Van Putten, Alexander B.; Gunther McGrath, RitaArticle HBS-R0305DStrategyThe moves an organization makes in one market are designed to achieve goals in another in ways that aren't immediately apparent to its rivals. The authors--all management professors--call this approach "competing under strategic interdependence," or CSI. And where this interdependence exists, the complexity of the situation can quickly overwhelm ordinary analysis. Indeed, most business strategists are terrible at anticipating the consequences of...Starting at €8.20
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High Cost of Accurate Knowledge (Spanish version)
Sutcliffe, Kathleen M.; Weber, KlausArticle HBS-R0305ELeadership and People ManagementMany business thinkers believe it's the role of senior managers to scan the external environment to monitor contingencies and constraints and to use that precise knowledge to modify the company's strategy and design. As these thinkers see it, managers need accurate and abundant information to carry out that role. According to that logic, it makes sense to invest heavily in systems for collecting and organizing competitive information. Another sch...Starting at €8.20
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Judo in Action (Spanish version)
Corts, Kenneth; Freier, DebbieCase HBS-708S34Strategy(1) Softsoap pioneers the liquid soap market with little competition, at least initially, from the incumbent bar soap manufacturers; (2) Red Bull creates and dominates the energy drink market with little early competition from incumbent beverage companies; (3) U.K. supermarket chains attempt to enter the retail gasoline market but trigger an aggressive price response from the integrated majors; and (4) Freeserve makes large inroads in the U.K. I...Starting at €8.20
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Better Way to Innovate (Spanish version)
Chesbrough, Henry W.Article HBS-F0307AStrategyHarvard professor Henry Chesbrough takes a look at leading-edge companies' latest moves to harvest ideas from outside and to benefit from sharing their own R&D with others--even with competitors.Starting at €8.20
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Wal-Mart Stores in 2003 (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Bradley, Stephen P.; Mark, KenCase HBS-704S12StrategyTo introduce students to creating a competitive advantage.Starting at €8.20
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The Making of a CEO (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; McLean, Andrew N.Case HBS-304S10StrategyGE believes its ability to develop management talent is a core competency that represents a source of sustainable competitive advantage. This case traces the development of GE's rich system of human resource policies and practices under five CEOs in the post-war era, showing how the development of talent is embedded into the company's ongoing management responsibilities. It describes the development of a 25-year-old MBA named Jeff Immelt, who 18 ...Starting at €8.20