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The Responsible Manager (Spanish version)
Prahalad, C.K.Article HBS-F1001GLeadership and People ManagementManagers must remember that they are the custodians of society's most powerful institutions, and as such they must hold themselves to a higher standard. They must strive to achieve success with responsibility. He offers 11 specific pieces of advice intended to spur his listeners to reexamine their values before plunging into everyday routines. Among them are 1) Display a commitment to learning and developing yourself. 2) Put personal performance...Starting at €8.20
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Wells Fargo Servicios Financieros Online (B)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Tempest, NicoleCase HBS-102S07Accounting and ControlDescribe cómo el Balanced Scorecard construido por los servicios financieros en línea (OFS) grupo se utiliza para seleccionar las iniciativas de mayor prioridad para la organización. Actualmente, surgen iniciativas continuamente a través de la organización y gestión gasta considerable tiempo revisando lo aprueba, y, a menudo, la cancelación de las iniciativas. OFS desarrolla un procedimiento de clasificación, basado en el cuadro de mando integral...Starting at €5.74
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Elkay Plumbing Products Division, Teaching Note
Kaplan, Robert S.Teaching Note HBS-110089-EFinanceTeaching Note for 110007.Starting at €0.00
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Cost Variance Analysis
Kaplan, Robert S.; Gallani, SusannaCase HBS-117006-EAccounting and ControlThe Cost Variance Analysis note was written to provide students with fundamental concepts and methods for the analysis of cost variances. This note focuses on the decomposition of cost variances into price, quantity and mix variance components, an approach that allows students to identify the root causes of differences between expected and actual costs.Starting at €8.20
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Citigroup Technology Infrastructure Division: Financial Strategies for Managing IT as a Business Within a Business
Kaplan, Robert S.; Anderson, Steven R.Book Chapter HBS-2236BC-EAccounting and ControlThis chapter illustrates how using TDABC to create an activity-based Business Performance Management (BPM) system helped the Citigroup Technology Infrastructure Division--an internal shared services division--to operate as a "business within a business." This chapter is excerpted from "Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits."Starting at €8.20
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Springfield Hospital
Gallani, Susanna; Kaplan, Robert S.Case HBS-117025-EAccounting and ControlOne of the key roles of costing systems is to support the evaluation of performance and facilitate appropriate resource allocations. Through participation in a comparative cost study, management at Springfield Hospital, known for its heavy focus on operational excellence, become aware of opportunities for further improvement. Analysis of the differences in costs, uses, and allocations of resources will inform management in the decision and implem...Starting at €8.20
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Innovation's Holy Grail
Prahalad, C.K.; Mashelkar, R.A.Article HBS-R1007N-EStrategyAffordability and sustainability, not premium pricing and abundance, are the new tenets of effective innovation. Westerners are struggling with the shift in mind-set, but a few emerging-market pioneers are showing the way: They're designing inexpensive products and manufacturing them with so little capital and on a scale so vast that their prices-1 cent for a one-minute telephone call, $2,000 for a car-are the lowest in the world. Nowhere is this...Starting at €8.20
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Why Sustainability Is Now the Key Driver of Innovation
Nidumolu, Ram; Prahalad, C.K.; Rangaswami, M.R.Article HBS-R0909E-EService and Operations ManagementWhen companies pursue sustainability, it's usually to demonstrate that they are socially responsible. They expect that the endeavor will add to their costs, deliver no immediate financial benefits, and quite possibly erode their competitiveness. Meanwhile, policy makers and activists argue that it will take tougher regulations and educated, organized consumers to force businesses to adopt sustainable practices. But, say the authors, the quest for...Starting at €8.20
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Cocrear un nuevo pacto social para las empresas
Brugmann, Jeb; Prahalad, C.K.Article HBS-R0702DEconomicsEste artículo incluye una vista previa de una página que resume rápidamente las ideas clave y proporciona una visión general de cómo los conceptos funcionan en la práctica, junto con sugerencias para la lectura adicional. Yendo más allá de décadas de mutua desconfianza y animosidad, corporaciones y organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG) están aprendiendo a cooperar entre sí. Al darse cuenta de que sus intereses están convergiendo, las dos partes...Starting at €8.20