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AIB Nagoya Conference 2011: After the March 11 Earthquake and Tsunami
Shige Makino; Cinty LiCase IVEY-9B12M071-EStrategyOn April 13, 2011, slightly more than three months before an annual conference of the Academy of International Business (AIB) was to be held in Nagoya, the program chair of the conference had to decide whether to go ahead with the conference as planned after a massive earthquake struck Japan on March 11, triggering a horrendous tsunami and subsequent radiation leak after damaging a nuclear plant. Each challenge posed a threat to the successful op...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 11. Fourth Quarter 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-25-EEconomics, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyDouglas T. Hall and Elana R. Feldman (Boston University) encourage companies to help employees pursue their dreams and find meaning in their personal and professional lives. IESE?s Mireia las Heras describes four ways in which companies can drive personal and professional development, based on flexibility, development-oriented relationships, visibility and transparency, and diversity management. Ton Wilthagen (Tilburg University) explains the cre...Starting at €22.00
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IESE Insight. Número 11. Cuarto trimestre 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-25Economics, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyExisten mejores caminos para gestionar la carrera profesional que los que hemos seguido hasta ahora. Douglas T. Hall y Elana R. Feldman (Universidad de Boston) animan a las empresas a que ayuden a los empleados a alcanzar sus sueños y encuentren un significado a su vida personal y profesional. La profesora del IESE Mireia Las Heras describe varios recursos con los que impulsar el desarrollo profesional y personal en nuestras empresas: flexibilida...Starting at €22.00
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The Great East Japan Earthquake (B): Fast Retailing Group's Response
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Nonomura, Kenichi; Neuenschwander, Dena; Ricci, Meghan; Roth, David; Schoch, Kate; Vartanov, SergeyCase HBS-713439-EStrategyFew hours after the earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, CEO Tadashi Yanai of Fast Retailing was eating sushi at a restaurant near his office. He was confident that his store managers would be able to decide for themselves the best action to take in midst of this crisis. Some of the pending decisions were whether or not to reopen the UNIQLO stores that were wiped out by the tsunami, to follow government orders to turn off the store lights, and to di...Starting at €5.74
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Hisense-Hitachi Joint Venture: Expanding Internationally
Paul W. Beamish; Su LiuCase IVEY-9B16M169-EStrategyIn June 2014, Hisense of China and Hitachi of Japan were considering whether their 11-year-old joint venture (JV) should once again assume responsibility for its international sales. After developing a solid central air-conditioner market share in China, in 2009, the JV began to sell in various overseas regions but struggled. In April 2012, the partners agreed to have a Hisense subsidiary (the HIMC) assume full responsibility for selling the JV’s...Starting at €8.20
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The Great East Japan Earthquake (C): Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital's Response
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Sakai, Yukiko; Agonafir, Rebecca; Cholewinski, Peter; Kean, Allison; Kloeblen, EmilyCase HBS-713440-EStrategySupplement for case 712480. On the evening of March 11, 2011, Mayama Fumihiro, the Managing Director of Ishinomaki Kouwan Hospital knew that it would be a long, cold night. The 103 staff members and 162 patients and families were huddled on the top two floors of the four-story hospital, where they had gone to escape three tsunami waves that had destroyed the first floor and part of the second floor.Starting at €5.74
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15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer (Spanish version)
Malhotra, DeepakArticle HBS-R1404KStrategy(1) Don't underestimate the importance of likability. (2) Help prospective employers understand why you deserve what you're requesting. (3) Make it clear that they can get you. (4) Understand the person across the table from you. (5) Understand his or her constraints. (6) Be prepared for tough questions. (7) Focus on the questioner's intent, not on the question. (8) Consider the whole deal. (9) Negotiate multiple issues simultaneously, not seria...Starting at €8.20
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ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (B)
Zhu, Feng; Chen, Weiru; Sun, ShirleyCase HBS-618046-EInformation TechnologiesZBJ.com (ZBJ), an online platform that connects knowledge workers to small and medium-sized enterprises, is China's largest outsourcing platform. Founded by Mingyue Zhu in 2006, ZBJ had grown into a unicorn with 4,000 employees and a daily transaction volume of RMB15 million by 2017. During the company's 11-year history, ZBJ had launched ten transformation campaigns to overcome various challenges by changing its products, operations, and business...Starting at €5.74
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ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (A)
Zhu, Feng; Chen, Weiru; Sun, ShirleyCase HBS-618044-EInformation TechnologiesZBJ.com (ZBJ), an online platform that connects knowledge workers to small and medium-sized enterprises, is China's largest outsourcing platform. Founded by Mingyue Zhu in 2006, ZBJ had grown into a unicorn with 4,000 employees and a daily transaction volume of RMB15 million by 2017. During the company's 11-year history, ZBJ had launched ten transformation campaigns to overcome various challenges by changing its products, operations, and business...Starting at €8.20
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Caso Safecast: ciencia ciudadana y gestión de la ocmplejidad en Japón tras el temerroto, el tsunami y la emergencia en la planta nuclear de Fukushima
Elizondo Solando, Andrey M.; Barahona, Juan CarlosCase INCAE-31184Decision AnalysisEl 11 de marzo de 2011, japon fue abatido por un terremoto 8,9 en la escala de richter. Como resultado del terremoto, un tsunami, arraso la costa noreste de japon. Miles de personas murieron o resultaron heridas. Japon tambien tuvo que hacer frente a la emergencia en la planta nuclear de fukushima, donde los reactores seriamente dañados estaban liberando importantes cantidades de material radioactivo al. La magnitud total de la tragedia supero la...Starting at €8.20