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Being More Productive
Allen, David; Schwartz, Tony; McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1105D-EAllen, the author of the best seller Getting Things Done, and Schwartz, the author of the best seller Be Excellent at Anything and the CEO of The Energy Project, are two of the world's foremost authorities on increasing personal efficiency. Yet although they agree on much, their ideas on how to maximize the output of knowledge workers are fundamentally different. In this edited conversation with HBR, they discuss their own approaches and what the...Starting at €8.20
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Eddie Bauer, Inc. (Spanish Version)
Bell, David E.; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-503S35MarketingEddie Bauer ha decidido coordinar su estrategia de comercialización (precio, la selección) a través de sus tiendas y catálogo. Pero con el comercio electrónico, es sensato esto todavía?Starting at €8.20
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The Leader's Calendar
Porter, Michael E.; Nohria, Nitin; Gentile, Tom; McGinn, Daniel; Higgins, SarahArticle HBS-R1804B-EChief executives have tremendous resources at their disposal, but they face an acute scarcity in one critical area: time. This package examines the unique challenges CEOs face in deciding how to allocate it. In "How CEOs Manage Time," Harvard Business School's Porter and Nohria describe an in-depth 12-year study in which they tracked what 27 large-company CEOs did every hour for 13 weeks, and then interviewed them--and hundreds of other CEOs--abo...Starting at €8.20
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Compaq Computer: grupos de enfoque
Bell, David E.; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-514S09MarketingDa el informe final, ambos resultados y la metodología, del grupo de enfoque en la nueva portátil de consumo de Compaq Computer. Se describen los grupos, método de selección, y la metodología en detalle. En caso de Compaq basar su diseño de producto en las opiniones de 64 personas? Se debe utilizar con el video.Starting at €8.20
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Computadoras Compaq: Intel Inside
Bell, David E.; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-503S44MarketingPresenta los resultados de la investigación cuantitativa y cualitativa de mercado sobre la posible aceptación de un procesador Intel no en la línea de portátiles de consumo de Compaq Computer. Si el portátil no es de Intel de bajo costo, es un éxito, la empresa va a mantener o aumentar su participación del 45% del mercado. Si no es así, podría dejar de ser un jugador en el mercado que ha creado y llenado. Los estudiantes deben evaluar la fiabilid...Starting at €8.20
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Microsoft's IP Ventures
Lerner, Josh; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-810096-EEntrepreneurshipMicrosoft's IP Ventures program, through which Microsoft spun out promising but unused technologies into new companies, is a new approach to corporate venture capital. The program provides "IP for equity" and has proven very successful in achieving its main goals-improved morale among researchers who like knowing their technology is being used, improved relationships with the venture capital community particularly in Silicon Valley, and good PR. ...Starting at €8.20
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Getting Beyond "Show Me the Money"
Zoltners, Andris A.; McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1504F-EFor more than three decades, Andris Zoltners, now an emeritus professor at Northwestern, has been studying the best ways to organize and pay salespeople. The pioneer of sales analytics, he is the founder of one of the world's largest sales consulting firms and the author of six books on sales management. In this interview, he shares some of his insights with HBR. Companies make several common mistakes with sales compensation, Zoltners notes: over...Starting at €8.20
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Venture Capital Vignettes: Difficult Financings
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-809003-EFinanceThese three short vignettes depict investment professionals considering difficult financings for companies in their portfolios. For one reason or another, each company has under-performed expectations. Should the protagonist recommend that the firm participate or not, or should he try to revise it? Can the firm exercise any influence, and are the potential gains worth the time and effort that will be required?Starting at €8.20
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Developing Your Global Know-How
Russwurm, Siegfried; Hernandez, Luis; Chambers, Susan; Chung, Keumyong; McGinn, Daniel; Kuhn, Lothar; Geissler, CorneliaArticle HBS-R1103D-ELeadership and People ManagementFor up-and-coming executives, an overseas posting has long been a rite of passage, providing opportunities not available in their native countries and experience that can be invaluable to their companies both during the assignment and after their return home. How has the Great Recession affected this formula? HBR spoke with the top human resources executives at four multinationals about how their companies are adapting global assignments to meet ...Starting at €8.20
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Warburg Pincus and emgs: The IPO Decision (A)
Hardymon, G. Felda; Leamon, AnnCase HBS-807092-EFinanceTwo partners of Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm, are trying to decide whether to take a portfolio company public, and on what exchange. The company, Norway-based ElectroMagnetic GeoServices (emgs), has developed a market-leading technology that determines whether an undersea rock formation contains oil -- prior to the oil company drilling a hole. With its high-growth characteristics, emgs is very different from the typical oilfield s...Starting at €8.20