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SF Express: From Delivery to E-Commerce
Zhu, Feng; Lane, DavidCase HBS-616003-EService and Operations ManagementShunfeng Express (SF), China's leading express delivery firm, in May 2014 opened the first 500 of several thousand Heike stores, which allowed consumers to buy and try out SF's own e-commerce offerings, in addition to other services. As an example of China's "online-to-offline" trend in e-commerce, Heike stores allowed SF to leverage its logistics and IT expertise to differentiate itself from its rivals in express delivery. As yet unclear was whe...Starting at €8.20
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Social Business at Novartis: Arogya Parivar
Porter, Michael E.; Kramer, Mark R.; Lane, DavidCase HBS-715411-EStrategyLate in 2013, Novartis CEO Joseph Jimenez was considering how and whether to deepen the company's investment in Arogya Parivar, its profitable program that sold Novartis medicines in rural India, while expanding access to medicine and health information to millions of Indian villagers.Starting at €8.20
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Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble
Esty, Benjamin C.; Mayfield, E. Scott; Lane, DavidCase HBS-216039-EFinanceIn April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world's largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving sStarting at €8.20
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Amazon Buys Whole Foods
Alvarez, Jose B.; Lane, David; Coughlin, JoniCase HBS-518056-EService and Operations ManagementThe June 2017 news that e-commerce giant Amazon was paying $13.7 billion for organic supermarket chain Whole Foods precipitated a broad sell-off in the shares of grocery retailers and suppliers. Behind the precipitous declines lay recognition that Amazon's bold move into brick and mortar assets offered transformational opportunities. Amazon could gain expertise in perishable product sales and procurement, plus access to 30 million well-off shoppe...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 14. Third Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-34-EInnovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyJay Rao (Babson) defines his terms, so that everyone understands exactly what is meant by the discipline of innovation, before trying to put it into practice. IESEs Carlos García Pont & Paulo Rocha e Oliveira reveal the barriers that prevent organizations from having a market mind-set, which is essential for maintaining a cycle of innovation. Robert G. Cooper (Michael G. DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University) identifies five vectors t...Starting at €22.00
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IESE Business School Insight, 164. Aprendizaje de impacto
IESE InsightMagazine REV-102Que tu empresa sea ágil e innovadora dependerá de tu capacidad para aprender. Descubre cómo desarrollar las habilidades y competencias de futuro que te llevarán más lejos. Además: una herramienta para conocer los niveles de energía de tu empresa. El futuro depende de las alianzas para abordar los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, según Jan Peter Balkenende, ex primer ministro de Países Bajos. Recursos para salir de la zona de confort. Cómo pued...Starting at €22.00
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IESE Insight. Issue 23. Fourth Quarter 2014
IESE InsightMagazine REV-51-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis magazine will help you engage with the challenges of our times, with an agenda for CEOs to shape the path ahead. Rafael Andreu and Joan E. Ricart emphasize that CEOs need to be disciplined in their decision-making, innovative in their work and responsible for their people, making ethics an integral part of an interdependent, dynamic general management framework. Fabrizio Ferraro and Bruno Cassiman call upon corporate leaders to use strategic...Starting at €22.00
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La realidad de la ficción
IESE InsightArticle ART-2457Leadership and People ManagementLas estanterías de muchos directivos están repletas de libros de management, ensayos sobre economía o guías de autoayuda. El escritor Keith Oatley asegura que si añaden más ficción a su biblioteca entenderán mejor el mundo, serán más empáticos e imaginativos y tomarán mejores decisiones. Así lo sugieren algunos estudios.Starting at €8.20
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Inteligencia empresarial
IESE InsightArticle ART-2645Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Strategy¿Quiere anticiparse a sus competidores? Muchas de sus estrategias e intenciones pueden quedar al descubierto gracias a la inteligencia empresarial. Solo hay que poner orden en la marea de datos disponibles hoy en día y convertirlos en una herramienta eficaz para la toma decisiones.Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Número 27. Cuarto trimestre 2015
IESE InsightMagazine REV-58Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyLos escándalos financieros de los últimos años han disparado el número de leyes y normas encaminados a evitar las malas prácticas empresariales. Pero, por mucha regulación que se genere, nunca bastará para erradicar los casos de corrupción si los directivos no asumen e impulsan una cultura de integridad en la empresa, algo en lo que el director general y el consejo de administración tienen una especial responsabilidad. En el dossier de la ...Starting at €22.00