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Enterprise 2.0: How a Connected Workforce Innovates
McAfee, Andrew; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0912H-EIn this conversation with HBR senior editor Anand P. Raman, McAfee, a principal research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management's Center for Digital Business, explains why Enterprise 2.0 tools - wikis, tags, Twitter, Google searches, and the like - are transforming companies' innovation processes. Procter & Gamble, for instance, uses its Connect + Develop website not only to publicize what it knows and what it can do but to highlight wha...Starting at €8.20
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The Great Decoupling
Brynjolfsson, Erik; McAfee, Andrew; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R1506D-ELeadership and People ManagementToday's digital innovations are doing for brainpower what the steam engine, and related, technologies did for muscle power during the Industrial Revolution. They're allowing us to rapidly overcome limitations and open up new frontiers, say Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, who have studied the impact of technologies on economies for years. The two MIT professors believe this transformation will create abundance. But they warn that there may be...Starting at €8.20
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MorphoSys AG: The Evolution of a Biotechnology Business Model
Pisano, Gary P.; Johnson, Ryan; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-611046-EService and Operations ManagementIn the biotech world, the 18-year-old Munich-based company MorphoSys was a rarity: it was profitable. The company achieved this profitability not by developing and selling its own drugs, but by licensing access to its proprietary library of human antibodies. Recently, the company decided to deviate from this model, and attempt to develop its own proprietary products. The case allows analysis of "license vs. vertically integrate" business model de...Starting at €8.20
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Marine Harvest: Leading Salmon Aquaculture
Bell, David E.; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-512042-ETo maximize their effectiveness, color cases should be printed in color. Marine Harvest has the leading position in salmon aquaculture. Aquaculture is very much a growth business, many believing it could play a major role in solving the world's growing need for protein. The CEO is considering three alternatives for taking advantage of his firm's dominant position. Expand production in Chile, produce value-added salmon products, or backward-integr...Starting at €8.20
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Colgate-Palmolive: Staying Ahead in Oral Care
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-311120-EStrategyIn 2011, Colgate-Palmolive (Colgate) was the global leader in oral care, with a dominant market share lead in toothpaste and a growing presence in toothbrushes and mouthwash. However, the firm faced stiff competition with perennial rivals P&G increasing tStarting at €8.20
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Procter & Gamble: Marketing Capabilities
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-311117-EMarketingP&G had become known and recognized as a marketing machine. It was the largest advertiser in the world, with 2010 spending of $8.68 billion. From the company's early exploitation of broadcast media (radio and television) for its soap products to more receStarting at €8.20
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Procter & Gamble: capacidades de mercadeo
Henderson, Rebecca M.; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-314S04MarketingP & G se había convertido en conocido y reconocido como una máquina de marketing. Fue el mayor anunciante en el mundo, con el año 2010 el gasto de $ 8,68 mil millones. Desde temprana explotación de la compañía de medios de difusión (radio y televisión) para sus productos de jabón a más recientes experimentos en los medios digitales para la marca de la higiene de sus hombres de Old Spice, P & G era un vendedor experimentado una fuerte investigació...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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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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Home Depot and Interconnected Retail
Alvarez, Jose B.; Ton, Zeynep; Johnson, RyanCase HBS-512036-EIn November 2011, just days before the holiday shopping rush, the senior leadership team of The Home Depot, Inc., (Home Depot), the world's largest home improvement chain, discussed how best to navigate the new interconnected world of retail. Retailers across the board faced a rapidly changing environment with the growing acceptance of on-line retailing that empowered customers by providing greater price transparency and more options. Marketing c...Starting at €8.20