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Strategy in the 21st Century: Business Models in Action
Ricart, Joan EnricTechnical Note SMN-685-EStrategyThis document shows the benefits of representing business models as connected choices and consequences, establishing value-creating virtuous cycles. The approach successfully addresses the variability of contexts and dynamic interactions, becoming a useful and practical tool for capturing the essence of corporate strategy in the 21st century.Starting at €8.20
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Can the board of directors be an effective team?
Canals, JordiTechnical Note SMN-709-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThis technical note discusses whether boards of directors can be effective teams to help govern the company. Most of the literature in this area deals with the board structure and composition. This note presents the key attributes of boards as human groups, the dynamics of effective groups decision-making and the cognitive and behavioral biases that diminish board effectiveness.Starting at €8.20
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Boards of Directors in the COVID-19 Crisis: Some Reflections on Their Challenges and Responsibilities
Canals, JordiTechnical Note SMN-703-ECorporate GovernanceThis note highlights some key dimensions and decisions of boards of directors in facing a deep crisis, such as Covid-19. It reviews and makes suggestions on how to save the company from adverse circumstances and general uncertainty.Starting at €8.20
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¿Qué sabemos de los altos directivos de éxito
Ricart, Joan Enric; Llopis, Jaume; Pastoriza, DavidTechnical Note SMN-677Corporate GovernanceEn este capítulo se revisan una serie de puntos que deben ser centrales en cualquier debate sobre alta dirección: la importancia del alto directivo, qué hace el alto directivo, por qué hace lo que hace, y cómo debe ser la alta dirección en el futuro. En nuestro camino a lo largo de cada uno de estos puntos nos apoyamos en gigantes del "management", como Peter Drucker, John Kotter, Henry Mintzberg, Donald Hambrick, Sumantra Ghoshal y C.A. Bartlet...Starting at €8.20
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The Offshoring of High-Value Services and the Globalization of Capability Sourcing
Adegbesan, Adetunji; Ricart, Joan EnricTechnical Note SMN-670-EService and Operations ManagementOffshoring used to be synonymous with the pursuit of a low-cost strategy. In traditional or ¿first-generation¿ business process offshoring, firms would ship highly standardized or highly repetitive low-skill business processes to workers in countries with significantly lower labour costs. As such, any labour-intensive tasks that could be codified and transmitted over long distances were candidates for the offshorer¿s axe, in firms faced with incr...Starting at €8.20
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The CEO: Mission, Tasks and Responsibilities
Canals, JordiTechnical Note SMN-705-ECorporate Governance, Leadership and People Management, StrategyA company's long-term development is the central objective of corporate governance. This article defines and analyzes the tasks of the CEO and members of the management committee, their relationships with the board of directors and the practical operation in the life of the company. The author analyzes the principles on which the relationship between the board of directors and the management committee should be based: balance between initiative a...Starting at €8.20
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Estrategia en el siglo XXI. Modelos de negocio en acción
Ricart, Joan EnricTechnical Note SMN-685StrategyEn este documento veremos cómo, para dar respuesta a la variabilidad de contextos y a su interacción dinámica, la representación de los modelos de negocio como elecciones y consecuencias conectadas para establecer círculos virtuosos creadores de valor se transforma en una herramienta útil y práctica, la cual captura la esencia de la estrategia para las empresas del siglo XXI.Starting at €8.20
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The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Transformation
Canals, JordiTechnical Note SMN-708-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThis note discusses the experience of some companies undertaking a corporate transformation process. In particular, it presents some roles that the board of directors can adopt to govern this process effectively.Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Strategy (DGN-530-E)
García Pont, Carlos; Ricart, Joan EnricTechnical Note DGN-530-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyStarting at €8.20
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Modelo para el autodiagnóstico medioambiental estratégico e integral
Rodríguez Badal, Miguel Ángel; Ricart, Joan EnricTechnical Note DGN-523StrategyEn esta nota técnica se presenta el modelo que ha sido elaborado por el Grupo de Trabajo sobre Gestión Medioambiental. El objetivo de dicho modelo es que las empresas lo puedan usar como marco de referencia en los procesos de autodiagnóstico y mejora de su gestión medioambiental. Además del modelo se introduce el concepto de ""proceso de autodiagnóstico"" y se explican cuáles son sus principales fases y posibles enfoques.Starting at €8.20