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El grifo de la innovación
IESE InsightArticle ART-2795Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and Change¿Por qué algunas innovaciones cuajan y otras no? En 1979, por ejemplo, Sony revolucionó nuestra manera de escuchar música con el Walkman. No solo nos permitió llevarla a todas partes, también creó una categoría de producto completamente nueva que allanó el camino para futuros dispositivos como el iPod. Comparémoslo con Vista, el sistema operativo que Microsoft lanzó en 2007. Tras advertir problemas de rendimiento y pocas ventajas, la legión de cl...Starting at €8.20
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<i>Flexiguridad</i> para dinamizar el empleo
Wilthagen, TonArticle ART-2047EconomicsUno de los problemas más acuciantes de los Gobiernos europeos es la elevada tasa de desempleo. Al mismo tiempo, a las empresas les cuesta cada vez más encontrar profesionales experimentados y cualificados que les puedan ayudar a competir en un entorno de negocio global. El modelo de empleo creativo y colaborativo conocido como flexiguridad ofrece una solución a ambos problemas. ¿Cómo? Apostando por modalidades de trabajo flexibles y progra...Starting at €8.20
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Flexicurity: Riding Into the Future
Wilthagen, TonArticle ART-2047-EEconomicsOne of the most urgent problems confronting European governments today is high unemployment. At the same time, global companies are finding it harder to find experienced and qualified professionals who can help them compete in a global business environment. The creative and collaborative approach to employment known as flexicurity seemingly offers a solution to both these problems by emphasizing flexible work arrangements and comprehensive lifelo...Starting at €8.20
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The Next Emerging Giants Take Flight
García-Herrero, AliciaArticle ART-2011-EEconomicsMove over BRICS, Next 11 and CIVETS: The EAGLEs have landed. A new formulation by BBVA Research, which conducts economic analyses for the international banking group, reveals a special group of markets that it feels deserves closer investor attention. The author refers to these countries as EAGLEs, which stands for Emerging and Growth-Leading Economies. These 10 emerging countries will contribute more to global growth than the G7 average in the n...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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Untapping Innovation
IESE InsightArticle ART-2795-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeWhy do some innovations take off, while others languish? "Things cannot happen before their time," cautions Igal Aisenberg, a dairy farmer turned agricultural businessman who worked for Netafim, maker of drip irrigation systems. In this article he discusses the conflux of conditions that leads to the adoption of disruptive technology, and he underscores the importance of a business having social ends.Starting at €8.20
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Acibadem Healthcare Group
Herzlinger, Regina E.; Cekin, Esel; Kindred, Natalie; Yucaoglu, GamzeCase HBS-315120-EThis case focuses on Ac badem Healthcare Group's, Turkey's only premium nationwide hospital network, potential expansion strategies after it was acquired by International Healthcare Holdings Berhad (IHH) in 2011, the world's second-largest publicly listed health care group and a private hospital leader in Singapore and Malaysia. By providing perspectives on both Ac badem and IHH-Parkway-Pantai's operational models, growth aspirations, collabora...Starting at €8.20
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Highland District County Hospital: Gastroenterology Care in Sweden
Porter, Michael E.; Baron, Jennifer F.; Rejler, MartinCase HBS-710469-EStrategySweden's Highland District County Hospital, similar to a community hospital in the US, undertook a major restructuring to integrate care delivery for medical conditions served by the Department of Medicine. Each subspecialty within the Department would form a single, co-located unit with its own budget that encompassed both inpatient and outpatient care. This case examines the experience of the Highland Gastroenterology Unit, comparing the delive...Starting at €8.20
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OrthoChoice: Bundled Payments in the County of Stockholm (B)
Porter, Michael E.; Marks, Clifford; Landman, Zachary C.Case HBS-714515-EStrategyBy the end of 2008, all major hospitals (one of which was private) and three private specialized orthopedic centers signed OrthoChoice contracts. In 2009, hip and knee replacements in the County of Stockholm for relatively healthy patients began being reimbursed. By 2013, OrthoChoice had covered 12,531 hip and knee replacements, accounting for 59% of such operations for county residents. Total payments were SEK 704.5 million ($109.4 million). Dr....Starting at €5.74
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OrthoChoice: Bundled Payments in the County of Stockholm (A)
Porter, Michael E.; Marks, Clifford; Landman, Zachary C.Case HBS-714514-EStrategyIt was the waiting that drew the attention of the Stockholm County Council. In 2008, patients seeking a hip or knee replacement in Stockholm County faced wait times of up to two years of sometimes debilitating pain, intermittent missed work and income, and the trials of disability. Seeking a new model to lower wait times, but also improve patient choice of care, County Council Senior Medical Adviser, Dr. Holger Stalberg, set out to create a bundl...Starting at €8.20