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Pequeñas grandes lecciones de las empresas familiares
Miller, Danny; Le Breton-Miller, IsabelleArticle ART-2713Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, StrategyLas pymes carecen de la liquidez, economías de escala y alcance de las grandes corporaciones, por lo que la planificación a muy largo plazo puede parecer un lujo. Pero no tienen por qué renunciar a la longevidad. Los autores han analizado pymes de Norteamérica, Europa y Corea del Sur, muchas de ellas familiares, y concluyen que las de mayor éxito se guían por cuatro principios (continuidad, comunidad, conexiones y control) que han sabido converti...Starting at €8.20
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Business Intelligence Software at SYSCO (Spanish version)
McAfee, Andrew; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-606S16Service and Operations ManagementThe large food service company SYSCO has decided to purchase business intelligence (BI) software, a technology intended to provide superior monitoring and analysis capabilities. Twila Day, assistant vice president of technology and applications, is in charge of the BI project and must determine exactly how much software to buy. She must also plan the BI implementation throughout the company. After conferring with Business Objects, the BI applicat...Starting at €8.20
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Dubai Ports Authority (A) (Spanish Version)
McAfee, Andrew; Ooms-Wall, Karen; Al Qasimi, LubnaCase HBS-608S08Service and Operations ManagementLos Dubai Ports Authority (DPA) desea digitalizar muchos de los documentos que comparte con sus socios externos, incluyendo el envío de líneas y agentes, comerciantes y autoridades aduaneras del país. DPA también desea automatizar las muchas transmisiones de documentos relacionados con manifiestos de embarque. En el momento de la causa, la industria del transporte marítimo en todo el mundo se caracteriza por bajos niveles de automatización, la pr...Starting at €8.20
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Prediction Markets at Google (Spanish version)
Coles, Peter A.; Lakhani, Karim R.; McAfee, AndrewCase HBS-612S12Information TechnologiesIn its eight quarters of operation, Google's internally developed prediction market has delivered accurate and decisive predictions about future events of interest to the company. Google must now determine how to increase participation in the market, and how to best use its predictions.Starting at €8.20
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Moore Medical Corp. (Spanish version)
McAfee, Andrew; Bounds, GregoryCase HBS-606S13Service and Operations ManagementMoore Medical is a medium-sized distributor of medical supplies to practitioners, such as podiatrists and emergency medical technicians. At the time of the case, it has relied on traditional customer channels such as catalogs, phones, and faxes to communicate product offerings, promotions, and availability, and to take orders. It is now attempting to shift to a "bricks and clicks" distributor with a strong Internet presence. It has already made s...Starting at €8.20
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New Approaches to Old Problems: Expanding the Universe of Interpersonal Ties with Emerging Internet Applications
McAfee, AndrewBook Chapter HBS-5576BC-EWith the advent of Internet connectivity, the tendency to focus only on strongly tied colleagues within enterprises has given way to a broader and more useful perspective. The ability to form, maintain, and exploit more casual ties, and the ability to convert potential ties into actual ones are hugely valuable assets, both to individuals and to the enterprises in which they work. Indeed, many analysts have found that the greatest value of the Web...Starting at €8.20
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Uniquely Valuable: The Benefits of Adopting Web 2.0 Tools for Organizations
McAfee, AndrewBook Chapter HBS-5577BC-EWhat do proliferating social networking applications have to do with the way a business runs? A lot more than you might imagine. Indeed, emergent social software platforms (ESSPs) provide valuable capabilities that are nearly impossible to acquire without them-unique Enterprise 2.0 benefits. In this chapter Andrew McAfee lays out six powerful benefits of using ESSPs in organizations: group editing, authoring, broadcast search, network formation a...Starting at €8.20
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Teaching the Course Managing in the Information Age: Note for Instructors on Pedagogy
McAfee, AndrewTeaching Note HBS-608007-EInformation TechnologiesInstructor's guide - not available for classroom use. An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €0.00
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Managing in the Information Age: Network IT Module Note
McAfee, AndrewTeaching Note HBS-608010-EAccounting and ControlInstructor's guide - not available for classroom use. An abstract is not available for this product.Starting at €0.00
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Cambrian House
Coles, Peter A.; Lakhani, Karim R.; McAfee, AndrewCase HBS-608016-ECambrian House builds internet-based products and services by relying entirely on its user community for all aspects of its innovation and new product development process. Users suggest ideas for new products and services and also participate in a monthly voting process to select the best ideas. The company is now considering the deployment of a prediction market to deepen user involvement and commitment in its innovation; however, it is not sure...Starting at €8.20