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The Work of Leadership (Spanish version)
Heifetz, Ronald A.; Laurie, Donald L.Article HBS-R0111KLeadership and People ManagementChanges in societies, markets, and technologies around the globe constantly force businesses to clarify their values, develop new strategies, and learn new ways to operate. The most important task for leaders in the face of such challenges is mobilizing people throughout their organizations to do adaptive work. In this HBR article from 1997, the authors suggest that the prevailing notion that leadership consists of having a vision and aligning p...Starting at €8.20
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Sensing (and Monetizing) Happiness at Hitachi (Spanish version)
Bernstein, Ethan S.; Marton, StephanieCase HBS-418S11Leadership and People ManagementInspired by research linking happiness and productivity, Hitachi had invested in developing new "people analytics" technologies to help companies increase employee happiness. Hitachi had begun manufacturing high-tech badges that quantify a wearer's activity patterns. Data from these devices revealed an unusually high correlation between certain patterns of activity and a person's subjective sense of happiness at work. Unlike mood rings or even f...Starting at €8.20
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A Catalyst Journey during Corona Times (B)
Elvira, Marta; Villamor, IsabelCase DPO-734-ELeadership and People ManagementCristina Ventura has decided to start a new venture in Singapore, focused on launching her new venture capital firm: VenturaXVentures, and exploring other initiatives driven by impact while continuing as external advisor for LCJG. She has been accepted as a Kauffman Fellow, co-founded "Catalyst One"; advised "The Constellation" board of directors; considered joining IVY FUND as a founder and general partner, and become an advisor at ZeroCap. Simu...Starting at €5.74
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Connecting Flights: The Time Sink That Kills Profits
Boeh, Kevin K.; Beamish, Paul W.Article HBS-F1112C-ELeadership and People ManagementThirteen years of research on more than 2,000 Japanese companies and their U.S. subsidiaries shows that the longer it takes to get from headquarters to that subsidiary, the less likely the subsidiary is to make a profit. Productivity, teamwork, trust, and staff retention can be eroded by long travel times.Starting at €8.20
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Womenomics in Japan
Groysberg, Boris; Yamazaki, Mayuka; Sato, Nobuo; Lane, DavidCase HBS-417002-ELeadership and People Management"Womenomics in Japan" profiles Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's vigorous attempts to revive Japan's economy, specifically by advocating for a larger role for women in the economy--not as a matter of social policy or gender equity per se, but as an essential element of any solution to Japan's persistent low economic growth. Several decades of economic stagnation led Abe to spearhead a multi-faceted reform effort to shake off deflation and come to grips...Starting at €8.20
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LIXIL Group Corporation: Building a New Company in an Old Industry
Groysberg, Boris; Kanno, AkikoCase HBS-419009-ELeadership and People ManagementIn the spring of 2018, Kinya Seto, president and CEO of LIXIL Group Corporation, a major housing and building products and services company, called a meeting at the company's head office in central Tokyo to discuss how to implement the new three-year strategic plan. LIXIL had been established in 2011 through a merger of five of Japan's major companies across a broad spectrum of building materials and other housing-related businesses. The company ...Starting at €8.20
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Quarelli & Gabbianti (C)
Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes; Rodríguez, Cristina; Pin Arboledas, José RamónCase DPO-113-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case study describes the ultimate outcome of the situation at Q&G. The company decides to let its renowned creative director go and to refocus the company on what has traditionally been its core business. An agreement is reached between the holding company and the Italian subsidiary that will help strengthen the business and make it more coherent.Starting at €5.74
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Kansai Holding: Solicitud de préstamo a su filial Nara Beer (D)
López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1555Corporate Governance, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementSe trata de una historia novelada que pretende describir conflictos propios del gobierno de las empresas. Está ubicada en Japón, distinto y distante, pero con idénticos conflictos: entre los intereses de las empresas y el de sus ejecutivos, entre el de los accionistas mayoritarios y el de los minoritarios y, por último, entre los intereses públicos (reguladores, legisladores y gobiernos) y los privados (empresas e individuos). El ambiente en el q...Starting at €5.74
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Kansai Holding: Solicitud de préstamo a su filial Nara Beer (A)
López Cardenete, Juan LuisCase SM-1552Corporate Governance, Finance, Leadership and People ManagementSe trata de una historia novelada que pretende describir conflictos propios del gobierno de las empresas. Está ubicada en Japón, distinto y distante, pero con idénticos conflictos: entre los intereses de las empresas y el de sus ejecutivos, entre el de los accionistas mayoritarios y el de los minoritarios y, por último, entre los intereses públicos (reguladores, legisladores y gobiernos) y los privados (empresas e individuos). El ambiente en el q...Starting at €8.20
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Un viaje transformador en tiempos inciertos (B)
Elvira, Marta; Villamor, IsabelCase DPO-734Leadership and People ManagementEl caso introduce a Cristina Ventura, chief catalyst officer del minorista asiático de artículos de lujo Lane Crawford Joyce Group (LCJG). Ventura se encontraba en Nueva York cuando el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció la decisión del Gobierno de cerrar el tráfico aéreo internacional debido a que la COVID-19 se estaba propagando por el mundo. Si bien estaba asentada en Hong Kong, Ventura había pasado los últimos tres meses e...Starting at €5.74