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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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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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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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The Buying Division
Ricart, Joan Enric; Slof E. J.Case AD-196-EEconomicsDescribes a conflict between some senior managers of a large multinational which arose over a trivial decision but could cause serious damage. The chairman of the company's buying division gives the order to install a "do-not-disturb" lamp at his door. His subordinates interpret this as a humilation, however, interrupt the installation, and start arguing about the issue. The chairman is forced now to reconsidered his decision; if he insists in hi...Starting at €8.20
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Indona, S.A. (A)
Gallo, Miguel Ángel; Regueras E.; Ricart, Joan Enric; Ruiz, AntonioCase DG-1159-EStrategyStarting at €8.20
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Rapid Growth through Internationalization: Applus+ - Teaching Note
Kordecka, Izabela; Ricart, Joan EnricTeaching Note DGT-45-EStrategyThis teaching note was made as teaching aid in case DG-1489-E.Starting at €0.00
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Mango, Socializing Fashion - Teaching Note
Kordecka, Izabela; Ricart, Joan EnricTeaching Note SMT-71-EStrategyTeaching note prepared as an aid for instructors in the classroom use of case SM-1546-E Mango, Popularizing Fashion.Starting at €0.00
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Now Everybody Can Fly: AirAsia - Teaching Note
Wang, Daxue; Ricart, Joan EnricTeaching Note DGT-41-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate GovernanceThe teaching note for the case DG-1485-E. The case tells how AirAsia, a Malaysian company, has transformed into a respectable low-cost airline through its well-defined business model, among other factors. The recent emergence of low-cost airlines in Asia has shaken the industry and incumbents are forced to respond, unavoidably leading to intense competition. Not surprisingly, the Asian political and business environments gave birth to unique grow...Starting at €0.00
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Barcelona: A Roman Village Becoming a Smart City (Abridged)
Carrasco, Carlos; Ricart, Joan Enric; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1646-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyOn July 2, 2014, Josep Ramon Ferrer, director of the ICT and smart city strategy at Barcelona City Council, finished the second round of meetings with the companies selected to participate in the competitive dialogue to create City OS, Barcelona's operating system. City OS was one of the key milestones in Barcelona's smart city strategy. It aimed to enable the council to acquire and process data from urban operations in a rapid, efficient, effect...Starting at €8.20
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Vancouver: The Challenge of Becoming the Greenest City - Teaching Note
Berrone, Pascual; Ricart, Joan EnricTeaching Note SMT-105-EEconomics, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis is the suggested teaching note for the case "Vancouver: The Challenge of Becoming the Greenest City" (IESE, SM-1612-E). The case describes the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan, formally launched by the city of Vancouver in 2011, which was intended to make Vancouver the greenest city on the planet. Gregor Robertson, mayor of Vancouver, is the main champion of the ambitious strategic plan. While he has a successful past as a social entrepreneur ...Starting at €0.00