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The Art of Commerce
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1403Z-EAn elaborately engraved Spanish stock certificate issued in 1758 could almost be a template for modern stock certificates. Here's the story that its iconography reveals about the royal trading company it came from. Due to the highly graphical nature of the Vision Statement, we offer this reprint in color, PDF format only. We recommend printing it out in color to maximize its effectiveness.Starting at €8.20
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The Managerial Dilemma of E-Toll Route Implementation in South Africa
Ntoi, Hlompho; Thomas, Lawrence; Vilà, JoaquimCase SM-1643-EDecision Analysis, Innovation and Change, StrategyIn 2007, South African National Roads Agency Ltd (SANRAL) decided to introduce a radical and advanced urban tolling system called the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP). The project entailed the expansion of the province's single-direction three-lane highways to single-direction five-lane routes. Large toll gantries were to be built in order to process usage data as a means of billing users electronically via a strict user pay system. P...Starting at €8.20
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Estrategias de creación de valor e innovación
Muñoz-Najar J. A.; Vilà, JoaquimTechnical Note DGN-621StrategyIntroduce de forma simple distintas disciplinas de creación de valor y las relaciona con distintos tipos de innovación.Starting at €8.20
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Normalize Innovation to Transform Your Firm (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Vilà, JoaquimArticle ART-2151-PBInnovation and Change, StrategyCompanies that organize their innovation efforts in systematic, well-managed ways are those whose efforts will be rewarded. So says Joaquim Vilà, based on the best practices of the world's most innovative firms, as well as on his own extensive experience of innovation management. In this article, Vilà presents a systematic model of innovation management, which links strategy, problem solving and cultural change, and which is custom-tailored to th...Starting at €8.20
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De la identificación de necesidades a la generación de oportunidades
Vilà, Joaquim; Camps, XavierArticle ART-3168Innovation and Change, StrategyCuando topamos con un problema, buscamos rápidamente una solución. Sin embargo, suele resultar más efectivo redefinir el reto inicial a partir de las necesidades de los usuarios, un aspecto central del enfoque del (DT), con el que muchas empresas están consiguiendo dar la vuelta a situaciones aparentemente irreversibles. A partir de su amplia experiencia docente y práctica en esta área, los autores detallan la primera fase del DT, centrada en de...Starting at €8.20
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From Identifying Needs to Generating Opportunities
Vilà, Joaquim; Camps, XavierArticle ART-3168-EInnovation and Change, StrategyWhen companies encounter problems, they tend to jump straight to solutions. Yet, it can be far more effective to reframe the initial challenge on the basis of customers' needs. This is a key component of design thinking, an approach many companies are using to transform some of the seemingly intractable problems they face. Based on extensive research and practice in this area, the authors outline the initial phase of design thinking, consisting o...Starting at €8.20
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Recruiting
Cappelli, Peter; Harvard Business Review; Holmes, Dane E.Article HBS-R1903B-ELeadership and People ManagementBusinesses have never done as much hiring as they do today and never done a worse job of it, says Peter Cappelli of Wharton in "Your Approach to Hiring Is All Wrong." Much of the process is outsourced to companies such as Randstad, Manpower, and Adecco, which in turn use subcontractors to scour LinkedIn and social media for potential candidates. When applications come--always electronically--software sifts through them for keywords that hiring ma...Starting at €8.20
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A Novel Way to Boost Client Satisfaction
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1902A-EService and Operations ManagementResearchers have learned to mine a unique set of data that serves as a slow-motion replay of how an organization and its people function: the company's e-mail. Although e-mail analysis has largely focused on internal communications, a new study uses it to examine how employees interact with clients. Researchers studied the e-mail behaviors of teams working with key client accounts at a global professional services firm. Each month during the stud...Starting at €8.20
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Transformation Through Design Thinking
Vilà, Joaquim; Camps, Xavier; Sosa, Manuel E.; Liedtka, Jeanne M.Dossier DOS-37-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations Management, StrategyDesign thinking is a vital tool for growth and innovation. This dossier shows you how to use it successfully.Starting at €15.00
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A Manager's Guide to Augmented Reality
Porter, Michael E.; Heppelmann, James; Harvard Business Review; Jouret, Guido; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-R1706B-EInformation TechnologiesWhile the physical world is 3-D, most data is trapped on 2-D pages and screens. This gulf between the real and digital worlds limits our ability to exploit the volumes of information available to us. Augmented reality, a set of technologies that superimposes digital data and images on physical objects, is closing this gap. By putting information directly into the context in which we'll apply it, AR increases our ability to absorb and act on it. A...Starting at €8.20