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La era de la innovación <i>made in</i> Asia
De Meyer, ArnoudArticle ART-2009Innovation and Change¿De dónde saldrá la próxima innovación de producto o proceso? El mundo de los negocios empieza a tenerlo claro: de Asia. El autor, que desde hace muchos años entrevista a observadores privilegiados de la región, expone cuatro tendencias de la innovación marcadas por las crecientes capacidades de China, India y las economías emergentes del sudeste asiático. Las fuentes de innovación están mucho más dispersas, el lead user (usuario avanzado)...Starting at €8.20
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Luces, cámara, ¡colaboración!
IESE InsightArticle ART-2155Innovation and ChangeAunque Hollywood se lleva la fama, India produce casi el doble de películas y atrae a más espectadores. Sus grandes éxitos de taquilla son fruto de la colaboración de amplios equipos creativos. Para el actor indio Rahul Ravindran, trabajar en estos equipos exige don de gentes, capacidad para adaptarse al director y, en su caso, claro, aprenderse bien las coreografías.Starting at €8.20
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Samsung: ¿hasta dónde arriesgar en innovación?
IESE InsightArticle ART-2597Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementHace unos años Samsung decidió cambiar de estrategia y dejar de seguir a la competencia. Pero es más fácil decidirlo que hacerlo, como comprobó su equipo europeo de innovación en el desarrollo de tres nuevos productos. Henrik Werdelin, socio director de Prehype, Michael Boneham, director de Boneham Consulting y expresidente de Ford India, e Ignacio Aso, del área de desarrollo de negocio en Unify, aportan su punto de vista.Starting at €8.20
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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 15. Fourth Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyClaus Rerup (Richard Ivey School of Business) presents a framework for companies to improve their capability to pick up on signals that impending crises give off before they happen. The corporate communications consultant Alfonso González-Herrero looks at the key issues that companies must address, with forecasting and planning, in order to safeguard their reputations. IESE's José R. Pin provides a guide to help managers lead and communicate, so ...Starting at €22.00
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Vienna Neubau GmbH (A): CEO and Shareholder
Baselga, Antonio; Stein, Guido; Roure, JuanCase E-129-ELeadership and People ManagementNeubau Vienna GmbH (VN) is a mid-sized company and leading distributor of wood derivatives in the Austrian market. CEO Walter Anzenbruger had decided to hire a general manager who could help steer the company in its new stage. Walter finally decided on Hans Macher, 34, an industrial engineer with an MBA and current director of the Price Waterhouse Office in Graz. He thought that Hans was pulling very heavily on some of his strengths in the negot...Starting at €8.20
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Taurion Inc. - Built to Cure an Incurable Disease (Entrepreneurs)
Ramírez Maz, Daniel; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-873-EEntrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeTaurion Inc. is a start-up company established in 2006 and based in Vienna. It specializes in researching the causes of Alzheimer's disease (AD) as well as developing diagnostic tools and targeted drugs to combat it. For several years, the founders of the company - two renowned scientists and a finance professional - have been focusing on the role of one deficient protein present in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, the tau protein, which is be...Starting at €8.20
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Mint Tax: Identifying Capabilities for Developing a Strategy Perspective
Renate Kratochvil; Christina SchweigerCase IVEY-9B20C002-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyMint Tax was founded in Vienna in 1960. By 2019, the company had approximately 80 employees and a broad client base in the areas of taxation, accounting, and payroll services. Over the previous decade, the company had experienced many successes and failures, including mergers, acquisitions, separations, firm structure changes, and financial losses. However, it had always managed to recover. Mint Tax was considering an expansion of its digital pro...Starting at €8.20
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Ruaha Farm (T) Ltd: Engaging Local Beekeeping Communities in Tanzania
Wim Vanhaverbeke; Nicholaus Tutuba; Jasinta Msamula; Pulkeria Pascoe; Jerum Kilumile; Hawa Petro TunduiCase IVEY-9B20M220-EStrategyThe chief executive officer of Ruaha Farm (T) Ltd (Ruaha Farm), in Iringa, Tanzania, established his honey business, in 2012. The company’s business model relied on the engagement and empowerment of neighbouring communities of low-income beekeepers, creating mutually beneficial relationships with local beekeeping communities in the Iringa region. The business model was unique, asset-light, and scalable. In contrast with an integrated business mod...Starting at €8.20
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Strategies for Two-Sided Markets
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Parker, Geoffrey; Van Alstyne, Marshall W.Article HBS-R0610F-EStrategyIf you listed the blockbuster products and services that have redefined the global business landscape, you'd find that many of them tie together two distinct groups of users in a network. Case in point: The most important innovation in financial services since World War II is almost certainly the credit card, which links consumers and merchants. The list would also include newspapers, HMOs, and computer operating systems--all of which serve what ...Starting at €8.20