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Red Herrings and Long Hauls: What Is, and Isn't, Difficult About Adopting Emergent Web Tools into Your Organization's DNA
McAfee, AndrewBook Chapter HBS-5578BC-EWhen considering an Enterprise 2.0 effort, many business decision makers have some typical concerns: How do we get employees to use the new capabilities? Will people just use social networking software to plan happy hour, rather than to get work done? If the information on these platforms really is valuable, won't it be harvested by spies and sold to the highest bidder? In the end, many companies conclude that whatever the benefits of Enterprise ...Starting at €8.20
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Career at a Crossroad: Akhil Patel
Wasserman, Noam; Brem, Lisa; Braid, YaelCase HBS-812010-EEntrepreneurshipAkhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but his fianc e is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing alternative offer from a prestigious consulting firm. Should Akhil follow his dream and become an entrepreneur? Or should he take the "safer" consulting job?Starting at €8.20
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Moore Medical Corp. (Spanish version)
McAfee, Andrew; Bounds, GregoryCase HBS-606S13Service and Operations ManagementMoore Medical is a medium-sized distributor of medical supplies to practitioners, such as podiatrists and emergency medical technicians. At the time of the case, it has relied on traditional customer channels such as catalogs, phones, and faxes to communicate product offerings, promotions, and availability, and to take orders. It is now attempting to shift to a "bricks and clicks" distributor with a strong Internet presence. It has already made s...Starting at €8.20
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Career at a Crossroad: Roopa Rao
Wasserman, Noam; Brem, LisaCase HBS-812011-EEntrepreneurshipAkhil Patel is passionate about his business idea: an innovative green technology fuel cell. He wants to dive in and commit to his startup, but Roopa Rao, his fianc e, is much more risk averse, his parents don't approve of the startup, and Akhil has an enticing alternative offer from a prestigious consulting firm. Should Akhil follow his dream and become an entrepreneur? Or should he acquiesce to the other forces in his life and take the "safer"...Starting at €8.20
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Web 2.0 and the Emergence of Emergence: A History, Explanation, and Definition of New Collaborative Internet Tools
McAfee, AndrewBook Chapter HBS-5575BC-EWeb 2.0-the new set of technologies that has appeared over the past few years on the Internet-is not mere "hype," nor is it of interest only to e-tailers and other Internet companies. Rather, it is extremely relevant to all organizations that want to bring people together into communities that generate useful information and knowledge and solve problems effectively. But far too many organizations don't know where to start, or even what tools are ...Starting at €8.20
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Mastering the Three Worlds of Information Technology (Spanish version)
McAfee, AndrewArticle HBS-R0611JInformation TechnologiesThey must help choose technologies, using an inside-out approach that keeps the true needs of the business in mind; smooth the adoption of those technologies, taking into account that they may encounter strong resistance; and encourage their exploitation by leveraging already standardized data and work flows. What's most important, though, is that they look beyond the individual IT projects they select to the broader picture of how IT is likely ...Starting at €8.20
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La Estrategia de Captación de Clientes de Internet en Bankinter
Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis; Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-104S02Accounting and ControlBankinter, un relativamente pequeño banco español, tiene una gran presencia como un proveedor de servicios financieros a Internet. Abriendo el camino a la rentabilidad a través de Internet Bankinter dará una gran ventaja competitiva sobre los bancos españoles más grandes y consolidadas. Ann Peralta, director de la red de Internet en Bankinter, debe evaluar si los miles de nuevos clientes llegando de otros portales son rentables para el banco. Per...Starting at €8.20
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Cambrian House
Coles, Peter A.; Lakhani, Karim R.; McAfee, AndrewCase HBS-608016-ECambrian House builds internet-based products and services by relying entirely on its user community for all aspects of its innovation and new product development process. Users suggest ideas for new products and services and also participate in a monthly voting process to select the best ideas. The company is now considering the deployment of a prediction market to deepen user involvement and commitment in its innovation; however, it is not sure...Starting at €8.20
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Wikipedia (B)
McAfee, AndrewCase HBS-608066-EStrategySupplements the (A) case. An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €5.74
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Sniffing Out Opportunities at PetSmart
Narayanan, V.G.; Brem, LisaCase HBS-110025-EAccounting and ControlThe pet and pet supply industry was one of the few bright lights in an otherwise dismal retail outlook in 2009. This case gives background pet retail industry information and strategic positioning information for both PetSmart and PETCO to enable students to develop their own Balanced Scorecards and strategy maps for the two companies.Starting at €8.20