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Globant
Khaire, Mukti; Herrero, Gustavo A.; Scott, CintraCase HBS-811059-EEntrepreneurshipThe case deals with an IT company born in Argentina in 2003 to provide software services to established companies in the developed world. After reaching sales of $57 million in 2010, the company ponders its next steps to achieve $500 million in revenues by 2015.Starting at €8.20
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Creativity and the Role of the Leader (Spanish version)
Amabile, Teresa M.; Khaire, MuktiArticle HBS-R0810GStrategyThe leader's job is not to be the source of ideas but to encourage and champion ideas. Leaders must tap the imagination of employees at all ranks and ask inspiring questions. They also need to help their organizations incorporate diverse perspectives, which spur creative insights, and facilitate creative collaboration by, for instance, harnessing new technologies. The participants shared tactics for enabling discoveries, as well as thoughts on h...Starting at €8.20
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Shared Views and Common Choices: Who Is Generation Y, and What Does that Mean for Your Career
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-7813BC-EIt is not easy to pin down Generation Y. This is due to a number of factors - how global Y's are, their vastly different socioeconomic starting points, and intense desire for individuality. In this chapter, the author reviews the characteristics that define this generation - how Y's see themselves, what they value, and what they want from work -identifying traits that influence the career path and choices of Generation Y. This chapter is excerpt...Starting at €8.20
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Identify Your Preferences: Generation Y--Shaping Your Personal Career Strategy
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-7815BC-EThere is a clear link between understanding what you love and identifying tangible elements of the work environment that would be best for you. What is the deciding factor in your job search? In this chapter, the author describes six archetypes of work-related passions and preferred relationships. She also includes an exercise to help you determine which of the six rates highest for you. This chapter is excerpted from "Plugged In: The Generation...Starting at €8.20
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SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool (Spanish Version)
Khaire, Mukti; McGinn, Kathleen L.Case HBS-814S09EntrepreneurshipEl caso es sobre la decisión de convertir una organización sin fines de lucro en una empresa con fines de lucro. STFC, que es parte de una organización sin ánimo de lucro más grande - la Asociación de Trabajadores Autónomos (SEWA) - trabaja para mejorar las condiciones de vida de las mujeres rurales y urbanas muy pobres en la India. Lo hace mediante la traducción de las habilidades de bordado tradicionales de la India en los muebles y ropa de cas...Starting at €8.20
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Reinvent Your Career and Your Life: Doing What You Want--Career Strategies for Boomers
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-5093BC-ELeadership and People ManagementToday, far too many Boomers find themselves begrudgingly sticking with their current employers. But in an age of unprecedented opportunities for this generation of workers, this needn't ever happen. This chapter discusses strategies for tapping into and realizing what you want out of life and career, whether you hope to continue traditional work, branch out into nonprofit or volunteer work, or focus on family. This chapter is excerpted from "Ret...Starting at €8.20
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Challenge Your Assumptions--and Your Employer's: How Boomers Can Benefit from the Changing Workplace
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-5098BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThis chapter takes a close look at the expanding life choices of the Boomer generation and the implications these choices will have on how workers of this generation will spend the rest of their lives. This chapter is excerpted from "Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation."Starting at €8.20
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Why Do You Think What You Think: Boomers' Views on Work and the World
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-5099BC-ELeadership and People ManagementThis chapter profiles Boomers and their unique worldview and relationship to work, comparing their attitudes and expectations to those of other generations. This chapter is excerpted from "Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation."Starting at €8.20
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Shaping Generation X: Your Teen Years--And What They Mean for Your Work Life
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-5671BC-ERemember Tylenol tampering, the rise of MTV, the start of the AIDs epidemic, and mothers re-entering the workforce in droves? They are all experiences shared by you and your fellow members of Generation X, and whether you like it or not, these experiences shaped the way you fit into the workplace. Many of our most powerful and lasting beliefs are formed when we are teenagers, when we first shift our focus from tangible objects and begin to wrestl...Starting at €8.20
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What Are They Thinking: The Other Four Generations--What Generation X'ers Should Know About their Colleagues
Erickson, TamaraBook Chapter HBS-5673BC-EUnderstanding why people from other generations behave the way they do will give you, as a member of Generation X, an advantage as you work with them - whether they be your bosses, colleagues, clients, partners, or customers. This chapter is about "them" - the other generations who share your workplace and your lives: the Traditionalists, Boomers, Generation Y, and the up-and-coming Re-Generation. In the workplace, confusion and frustration often...Starting at €8.20