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The HBR Agenda 2011
Ariely, Dan; Brown, Tim; Cappelli, Peter; Davenport, Thomas H.; Duflo, Esther; Fernández-Aráoz, Claudio; Govindarajan, Vijay; Gratton, Lynda; Hackman, J. Richard; Ibarra, Herminia; Kedrosky, Paul; Lafley, A.G.; Li, Charlene; Ma, Jack; Manzoni, Jean-Francois; Pink, Daniel H.; Porter, Michael E.; Schein, Edgar H.; Schmidt, Eric; Schwab, Klaus; Shirky, Clay; Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Sutton, Robert I.; Tyson, LaArticle HBS-R1101B-EKnowledge and CommunicationJoseph E. Stiglitz will be crafting a new postcrisis paradigm for macroeconomics whereby rational individuals interact with imperfect and asymmetric information. Herminia Ibarra will be looking for hard evidence of how "soft" leadership creates value. Eric Schmidt will be planning to scale mobile technology by developing fast networks and providing low-cost smartphones in the poorest parts of the world. Michael Porter will be using modern cost a...Starting at €8.20
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The HBR Agenda 2011 (Spanish version)
Ariely, Dan; Brown, Tim; Cappelli, Peter; Davenport, Thomas H.; Duflo, Esther; Fernández-Aráoz, Claudio; Govindarajan, Vijay; Gratton, Lynda; Hackman, J. Richard; Ibarra, Herminia; Kedrosky, Paul; Lafley, A.G.; Li, Charlene; Ma, Jack; Manzoni, Jean-Francois; Pink, Daniel H.; Porter, Michael E.; Schein, Edgar H.; Schmidt, Eric; Schwab, Klaus; Shirky, Clay; Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Sutton, Robert I.; Tyson, LaArticle HBS-R1101BKnowledge and CommunicationJoseph E. Stiglitz will be crafting a new postcrisis paradigm for macroeconomics whereby rational individuals interact with imperfect and asymmetric information. Herminia Ibarra will be looking for hard evidence of how "soft" leadership creates value. Eric Schmidt will be planning to scale mobile technology by developing fast networks and providing low-cost smartphones in the poorest parts of the world. Michael Porter will be using modern cost a...Starting at €8.20
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Una ingenier a inversa a la máquéina de innovación de Google
Iyer, Bala; Davenport, Thomas H.Article HBS-R0804CKnowledge and CommunicationIncluso entre las compañías de Internet, Google se destaca como una empresa diseñada con el objetivo explícito de tener éxito en la rápida innovación, profusa. Gran parte de lo que la compañía no tiene sus raíces en su legendaria infraestructura de TI, pero la tecnología y estrategia de Google son inseparables y mutuamente permeables - por lo que es difícil decir si la tecnología es el ADN de su estrategia o el otro alrededor de camino. Sea lo qu...Starting at €8.20
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Analytics 3.0
Davenport, Thomas H.Article HBS-R1312C-EStrategyThose who study "data smart" companies believe that we've already lived through two eras in the use of analytics--we might think of them as "before big data" and "after big data"--and are entering a third. It represents a far-reaching resolve to apply powerful data gathering and analysis not just to a company's operations but also to its customer services and products. This strategic change in focus means a new role for analytics. Companies will ...Starting at €8.20
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Competing on Talent Analytics
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne; Shapiro, JeremyArticle HBS-R1010B-EStrategyDo investments in your employees actually affect workforce performance? Who are your top performers? How can you empower and motivate other employees to excel? Leading edge companies such as Google, Best Buy, P&G, and Sysco use sophisticated data-collection technology and analysis to answer these questions, leveraging a range of analytics to improve the way they attract and retain talent, connect their employee data to business performance, diffe...Starting at €8.20
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Beyond Automation
Davenport, Thomas H.; Kirby, JuliaArticle HBS-R1506C-EPeople in all walks of life are rightly concerned about advancing automation: Unless we find as many tasks to give humans as we find to take away from them, all the social and psychological ills of joblessness will grow, from economic recession to youth unemployment to individual crises of identity. What if, the authors ask, we were to reframe the situation? What if we were to uncover new feats that people might achieve if they had better think...Starting at €8.20
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Make Better Decisions
Davenport, Thomas H.Article HBS-R0911L-ELeadership and People ManagementTraditionally, decision making in organizations has rarely been the focus of systematic analysis. That may account for the astounding number of recent poor calls, such as decisions to invest in and securitize subprime mortgage loans or to hedge risk with credit default swaps. Business books are rich with insights about the decision process, but organizations have been slow to adopt their recommendations. It's time to focus on decision making, Dav...Starting at €8.20
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Competing on Analytics with External Processes: Customer and Supplier Applications
Davenport, Thomas H.; Harris, Jeanne G.Book Chapter HBS-2199BC-EBecause externally focused processes require cooperation from outsiders, as well as their resources, managing analytics related to external processes is a greater challenge than managing those related to processes within an organization's complete control. This chapter addresses applications of analytics to external relationships with customers and suppliers. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 5 of "Competing on Analytics."Starting at €8.20
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The Wisdom of Your In-House Crowd
Davenport, Thomas H.Article HBS-F1205E-ELeadership and People ManagementLeadership missteps are proliferating--perhaps because of the cognitive limitations of individuals. One antidote is multiple perspectives. Another is better information gathering. Gradually we are learning to tap the superior judgment of organizations.Starting at €8.20
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Reverse Engineering Google's Innovation Machine
Iyer, Bala; Davenport, Thomas H.Article HBS-R0804C-EEven among internet companies, Google stands out as an enterprise designed with the explicit goal of succeeding at rapid, profuse innovation. Much of what the company does is rooted in its legendary IT infrastructure, but technology and strategy at Google are inseparable and mutually permeable - making it hard to say whether technology is the DNA of its strategy or the other way around. Whichever it is, Iyer and Davenport, of Babson College, beli...Starting at €8.20