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Regional Strategies for Global Leadership (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, PankajArticle HBS-R0512FStrategyhome base, portfolio, hub, platform, and mandate. Some companies adopt the strategies in sequence, but the most nimble switch from one to another and combine approaches as their markets and businesses evolve. At Toyota, for example, exports from the home base continue to be substantial even as the company builds up an international manufacturing presence. And as Toyota achieves economies of scale and scope with a strong network of hubs, the comp...Starting at €8.20
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How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay (Spanish version)
Bhattacharya, Arindam K.; Michael, David C.Article HBS-R0803FStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. A substantial number of local companies in emerging markets have managed to hold their own--or better--in the face of competition from global Goliaths. Bhattacharya and Michael of the Boston Consulting Group show how these domestic Davids have achieved that impress...Starting at €8.20
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La Entrevista HBR: Acelerando el paso
Mahindra, Anand G.; Stewart, Thomas A.; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0807FStrategyEl Mahindra & Mahindra Group, una de las casas comerciales más conocidos de la India, está tratando de ser más grande, más global y más innovadora, todo al mismo tiempo. En post-económicos-reformas fiebre del oro de la India, el grupo, cuyas ventas fueron 2.007 $ 6.6 mil millones, ha invertido en una gran cantidad de negocios no relacionados, desde la fabricación de aviones para la producción de películas. El tractor insignia y las empresas de SU...Starting at €8.20
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Tomorrow's Global Giants? Not the Usual Suspects (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, Pankaj; Hout, ThomasArticle HBS-R0811EStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Multinational corporations from developed and developing economies alike are aggressively expanding their global presence, particularly in emerging markets. Industry traits largely determine the winners - but that needn't always be the case, say Ghemawat, of IESE B...Starting at €8.20
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Don't Integrate Your Acquisitions, Partner with Them (Spanish version)
Kale, Prashant; Singh, Harbir; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0912MStrategyA takeover usually signals the demise of one of the two corporations involved in the tussle - no prizes for guessing which one. Breaking with this practice, some companies from emerging markets are preserving the identity of companies they've taken over and giving them near-total autonomy. The acquirers (the AV Birla Group, the Mahindra group, and the Tata group in India; the Ulker Group in Turkey; and AmBev in Brazil, among others) have also ret...Starting at €8.20
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Construir la empresa co-creativa
Ramaswamy, Venkat; Gouillart, FrancisArticle HBS-R1010JStrategyEn estos días más compañías están invitando a los clientes para ayudarles a diseñar productos. Ahora unos pocos se lo toma con más y otras partes interesadas, incluyendo su-empleados, proveedores, distribuidores, e incluso los reguladores en los esfuerzos de "co-creación", también. Al centrarse en la mejora de las experiencias de todos los involucrados, estas empresas están logrando ideas innovadoras, menores costos, nuevos ingresos, y los nuevos...Starting at €8.20
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The Problem with the "Poverty Premium"
Kay, Ethan; Lewenstein, WoodyArticle HBS-F1304A-EStrategyAccording to "bottom of the pyramid" theory, poor consumers pay much higher prices for most things than middle-class consumers do, meaning there's real opportunity for large multinationals to capture market share by offering high-quality goods at lower prices. But research on the ground in India shows that today, the poverty premium is often illusory. Companies need to be aware of how hard it is to compete solely on price.Starting at €8.20
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How Local Companies Keep Multinationals at Bay
Bhattacharya, Arindam K.; Michael, David C.Article HBS-R0803F-EStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. A substantial number of local companies in emerging markets have managed to hold their own--or better--in the face of competition from global Goliaths. Bhattacharya and Michael of the Boston Consulting Group show how these domestic Davids have achieved that impress...Starting at €8.20
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Finding a Higher Gear
Mahindra, Anand G.; Stewart, Thomas A.; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0807F-EStrategyThe Mahindra & Mahindra Group, one of India's best-known business houses, is trying to become bigger, more global, and more innovative-all at the same time. In India's post-economic-reforms gold rush, the group, whose 2007 sales were $6.6 billion, has invested in a slew of unrelated businesses, from aircraft manufacture to film production. The flagship tractor and SUV businesses are readying to make big bets in, respectively, the Chinese and U.S....Starting at €8.20
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Using Gifts and Trees to Make Recyclers of Indian Consumers
Bakaya, Ambrish; O'Connell, AndrewArticle HBS-R0909G-EService and Operations ManagementRapid advances in technology and enormously increased numbers of cell phones in use in emerging markets give urgency to Nokia's newly launched effort to expand its worldwide phone-recycling initiatives. Ambrish Bakaya explains, in this interview with HBR associate editor Andrew O'Connell. This HBR Spotlight article offers a framework for determining your company's green opportunities and an overview of what other organizations are doing with cle...Starting at €8.20