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Clearing the Path to Innovation
Miller, Paddy; Wedell-Wedellsborg, ThomasArticle ART-2316-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementFostering innovation is not just about getting people to think differently. If you want to make innovation happen, you need to change the way people act or behave in their daily work. And the best way to do that is to change the environment they work in. This article will help managers take a new approach to the leadership role and think differently about how to foster innovation in their companies. The authors present five key behaviors, which t...Starting at €8.20
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Estrategias para sortear las diferencias horarias
Carmel, ErranArticle ART-2317Information Technologies, Knowledge and Communication, StrategyLas plantillas de las empresas son cada vez más globales, lo que hace necesario mitigar los efectos de las diferencias horarias. Algo nada fácil. La coordinación de equipos dispersos geográficamente y con horarios de trabajo no coincidentes exige mucho más que una planificación eficiente del calendario o un conocimiento básico de los husos horarios, por muy importantes que sean. En este artículo, basado en investigaciones sobre la organización gl...Starting at €8.20
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When Giving Your Customers Less Is More
Fader, PeterArticle ART-2382-EMarketing, StrategyContrary to popular belief, most of the world's household brands are not customer-centric; they're product-centric, which isn't enough anymore. Companies may say they care about the customer; they may even have installed a CRM system - but that's the problem. Customer friendliness is not the same thing as aligning your entire company's development and delivery of products and services with the current and future needs of a select set of customers...Starting at €8.20
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Nuevas lentes para ver los mercados emergentes
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, KrishnaArticle ART-2385StrategyCuando se habla de mercados emergentes, pensamos inmediatamente en los BRIC. Esta simplificación ha llevado a ver estas economías como un conjunto homogéneo, cuando la realidad es justamente la contraria. En lugar de apresurarse a elaborar una estrategia para Brasil, Rusia, India o China, a las empresas les convendría estudiar en qué aspectos es emergente cada país en concreto. Puede que se lleven una sorpresa. En este artículo, los autores resum...Starting at €8.20
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El vínculo emocional marca la diferencia
Tàpies Lloret, Josep; Ceja, LucíaArticle ART-2386Leadership and People Management, StrategyLos lazos emocionales pueden suponer una ventaja competitiva para las empresas. Para comprobar cómo inciden en el funcionamiento de las firmas familiares, los autores realizaron un estudio cualitativo que profundizó en los elementos que potencian o socavan el vínculo de los miembros de la siguiente generación con la empresa. Los resultados evidencian que factores como las experiencias compartidas con otros miembros de la empresa familiar, una ade...Starting at €8.20
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Tips to Foster Ownership in Your Organization
Tàpies Lloret, Josep; Ceja, LucíaArticle ART-2386-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyPsychological ownership -- strong emotional ties and a shared sense of mission and purpose that cause workers to identify closely with their business -- can give companies a competitive advantage, if they understand the roots of such feelings and how to develop them. To see how this phenomenon affects the performance of family businesses, the authors conducted a qualitative study of various family-owned firms of different sizes, stages and sector...Starting at €8.20
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La habilidad de improvisar
IESE InsightArticle ART-2388Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEl trombonista y profesor de música Chris Washburne es director del programa Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance de la Universidad de Columbia en Nueva York. En esta entrevista explica cómo pueden mejorar los ejecutivos su capacidad para improvisar.Starting at €8.20
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5 Skills Every Leader Needs to Succeed in the Digital World
Káganer, Evgeny; Zamora, Javier; Sieber, SandraArticle ART-2412-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementThe growing density of our digital connections is fast redrawing the boundaries of competition and reshaping the sources of customer value. This demands that we take blended approaches, not just to our business strategies, but to our organizational structures and practices. And this requires new leadership roles and digitally minded leaders. Digital leadership is more than a job title; it's an entirely new mind-set. Based on conversations with pa...Starting at €8.20
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Su empresa también tiene ventaja digital
Rowsell-Jones, AndyArticle ART-2413Information Technologies, StrategySi el punto de partida de la transformación digital de su empresa es desarrollar tal o cual aplicación, no lo dude, lo están enfocando mal. La creación de una ventaja digital pasa por combinar de manera innovadora los recursos físicos y digitales para generar nuevas capacidades, fuentes de valor e ingresos. En este artículo el autor presenta cinco modelos, ilustrados con casos de éxito, que le ayudarán a identificar las oportunidades y aplicacion...Starting at €8.20
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Workplace Conflict: Three Paths to Peace
McAllum, KirstieArticle ART-2415-ELeadership and People ManagementConflict is, and always has been, part of human enterprise. So why do we act as if it doesn't exist or wish it would go away? Instead, by realistically acknowledging that conflict is inevitable and, in some cases, desirable, managers are in a much wiser position to develop constructive strategies and forums, not just for airing grievances, but to expand their knowledge base. After all, organizations that remain closed to input -- contentious or o...Starting at €8.20