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IESE ON. Lead yourself to lead
Ginebra, Gabriel; Reiche, Sebastian; Neeley, Tsedal; Rosanas, Josep Maria; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Evangelia Demerouti; Clark, Dorie; IESE InsightDossier DOS-43-ELeadership and People ManagementWhat does it mean to be a good leader? Why should you want to be one, and what point are you at in your journey? Where, ultimately, do you want to go?
Leadership isn't a clearly marked path. It begins with you, with your knowledge of yourself and your ability to reflect on the world around you.
With this collection of articles, we provide the information you need to understand the kind of leader you are today, and the one you co...Starting at €15.00
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IESE ON. Liderarte para liderar
Ginebra, Gabriel; Reiche, Sebastian; Neeley, Tsedal; Rosanas, Josep Maria; Andreu i Civit, Rafael; Evangelia Demerouti; Clark, Dorie; IESE InsightDossier DOS-43Leadership and People Management¿Qué significa ser un buen líder? ¿Para qué quiero serlo? ¿En qué punto estoy? ¿A dónde me gustaría llegar?
Sin duda, el liderazgo empieza por uno mismo. De ahí la importancia del autoconocimiento y la reflexión personal que te proponemos.
En esta colección de artículos, encontrarás la información que necesitas para reflexionar sobre el tipo de líder que eres hoy y el que podrías llegar a ser desarrollándote a ti y ayudando a tu...Starting at €15.00
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ITC eChoupal Initiative (Spanish version)
Upton, David M.; Fuller, Virginia A.Case HBS-606S02Service and Operations ManagementSoybean farmers in India have traditionally sold their product through ineffective and frequently dishonest physical marketplaces (mandi). Farmers are generally poor and often illiterate and are forced to be "price-takers" after an arduous journey to the mandi. They also have very limited access to information and education on farming techniques. Describes the use of Internet technologies to reach these farmers and, in particular, examines a new ...Starting at €8.20
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Nuevos tiempos: Haier en Japón (A)
Sánchez-Runde, Carlos; Lee, Yih-Teen; Reiche, Sebastian; Chen, Yen-Tung; Kotake, YukiCase DPO-264Leadership and People ManagementFundada en 1984 por Zhang Ruimin, CEO actual de la compañía, Haier ha crecido rápidamente y ha pasado de ser una pequeña fábrica de frigoríficos en Qingdao, China, a ser un líder mundial en el sector de los electrodomésticos. Como una de las marcas más valoradas de China, Haier diseña, fabrica y comercializa diversas líneas de electrodomésticos, como frigoríficos, aparatos de aire acondicionado y lavadoras, en más de cien países. Desde 2006 Haier...Starting at €8.20
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Lean Knowledge Work
Staats, Bradley R.; Upton, David M.Article HBS-R1110G-EService and Operations ManagementMany manufacturing companies and some service firms have reaped considerable benefits by applying variations of the Toyota Production System, a method for making operations "lean" through relentless efforts to increase quality and efficiency and eliminate waste. But conventional wisdom holds that lean principles don't lend themselves to knowledge work, which involves judgment and expertise, not the sorts of repetitive, easily specified tasks foun...Starting at €8.20
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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Upton, David M.; Kim, BowonCase HBS-609018-EService and Operations ManagementExplores the journey of aggressive learning and capability building in the operations of a major Korean Shipbuilder. While DSHM had once used its superior learning capability to topple its Japanese competition, it now faced the potential for a similar attack from new Chinese competitors. Without outsourcing some of its work to China, DSHM would become uncompetitive. However, in outsourcing the work, some skills would necessarily have to be transf...Starting at €8.20
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TCS: The MCA 21 Project
Upton, David M.; Staats, Bradley R.Case HBS-609024-ETata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading outsourced software services provider based in India, must decide whether to bid on a high-profile government project within India. The project, if completed successfully, would mark another step in TCS' progression from a provider of low-cost technical resources to their goal of becoming an end-to-end technology enabled services provider. However, the project was not only complex but also presented cons...Starting at €8.20
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Foremostco, Inc. (A) & (B), Teaching Note
Upton, David M.; Fuller, Virginia A.Teaching Note HBS-607011-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching Note to (604-017) and (605-032). An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €0.00
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Codelco Copper Mines
Upton, David M.; Staats, Bradley R.; Fuller, Virginia A.Case HBS-608053-EInformation TechnologiesCodelco was a Chilean copper-mining company, widely considered to be one of the most professionally managed firms in South America in spite of the fact that it was 100% government-owned. A $10.5 billion company in 2005, Codelco faced the challenge of incorporating information technology into its production processes, which had historically been very manual in nature. CEO Juan Villarzu's initial turnaround attempts introduced a customer-centric co...Starting at €8.20
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Radically Simple IT
Upton, David M.; Staats, Bradley R.Article HBS-R0803J-EInformation TechnologiesMany managers think that developing and rolling out a major IT system is like putting up a warehouse: You build it and you're done. But that does not work for IT anymore. Taking that approach results in rigid, costly systems that are outdated from the day they are turned on. What's needed for today's businesses is IT that serves not only as a platform for existing operations but also as a launchpad for new functions and businesses. In this articl...Starting at €8.20