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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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Radically Simple IT (Spanish version)
Upton, David M.; Staats, Bradley R.Article HBS-R0803JInformation Technologiesthe difficulty and expense of mapping out all requirements before a project starts because people often cannot specify everything that they need beforehand; the other unanticipated needs that almost always arise once a system is in operation; and the tricky task of persuading people to use and "own" it. Japan's Shinsei Bank emerged during the authors' research as a standout among the companies applying the path-based method. The firm designed, b...Starting at €8.20
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Lean Knowledge Work
Staats, Bradley R.; Upton, David M.Article HBS-R1110G-EService and Operations ManagementMany manufacturing companies and some service firms have reaped considerable benefits by applying variations of the Toyota Production System, a method for making operations "lean" through relentless efforts to increase quality and efficiency and eliminate waste. But conventional wisdom holds that lean principles don't lend themselves to knowledge work, which involves judgment and expertise, not the sorts of repetitive, easily specified tasks foun...Starting at €8.20
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Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Upton, David M.; Kim, BowonCase HBS-609018-EService and Operations ManagementExplores the journey of aggressive learning and capability building in the operations of a major Korean Shipbuilder. While DSHM had once used its superior learning capability to topple its Japanese competition, it now faced the potential for a similar attack from new Chinese competitors. Without outsourcing some of its work to China, DSHM would become uncompetitive. However, in outsourcing the work, some skills would necessarily have to be transf...Starting at €8.20
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TCS: The MCA 21 Project
Upton, David M.; Staats, Bradley R.Case HBS-609024-ETata Consultancy Services (TCS), a leading outsourced software services provider based in India, must decide whether to bid on a high-profile government project within India. The project, if completed successfully, would mark another step in TCS' progression from a provider of low-cost technical resources to their goal of becoming an end-to-end technology enabled services provider. However, the project was not only complex but also presented cons...Starting at €8.20
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Claves para hacer grande una pequeña empresa
Fernández, Albert; Kuemmerle, Walter; Miller, Danny; Le Breton-Miller, IsabelleDossier DOS-25Accounting and Control, Entrepreneurship, Strategy¿Cuáles son los grandes retos y el verdadero potencial de las empresas que sustentan la economía mundial?Starting at €15.00
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Australian Paper Manufacturers (A) (Spanish Version)
Upton, David M.; Margolis, Joshua D.Case HBS-602S13Service and Operations ManagementDescribe una empresa que ha roto un acuerdo cordial no escrita entre los tres fabricantes de papel australianos para dividir el mercado interno de tres maneras por segmento de mercado. Las invade la compañía de otro "territorio" con tecnología avanzada, la calidad y, sobre todo, mediante el uso de registro ambiental deficiente de la otra compañía para protegerse contra las represalias. El defensor se encuentra incapaz de responder mediante la adi...Starting at €8.20
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HMS Thetis and Apollo XIII (Spanish Version)
Upton, David M.; Carp, SariCase HBS-606S28Service and Operations ManagementExplora la gestión de desastres técnicos en los que el tiempo juega un papel central. Utiliza la experiencia de HMS Thetis y Apolo 13 a mirar a ambos enfoques exitosos y no exitosos.Starting at €8.20
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Pacific Dunlop China (A): Beijing (Spanish Version)
Upton, David M.; Seet, RichardCase HBS-607S28Service and Operations ManagementDescribe la situación de un gerente de planta Occidental con exceso de trabajo en una empresa conjunta chino. El cuarto en una línea de este tipo de gestores, que deben hacer frente a los problemas combinados de una incapacidad para delegar, costumbres y prácticas diferentes, y dificultades en la tecnología de la información y el control de la planta.Starting at €8.20
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Australian Paper Manufacturers (B) (Spanish Version)
Upton, David M.; Margolis, Joshua D.Case HBS-610S12Service and Operations ManagementDescribe los acontecimientos que se producen después de que el punto de decisión en el Australian Paper Manufacturers (A). Con estos datos y proyecciones de mercado más detallado, se intensifica este caso las decisiones financieras, estratégicas y éticas a largo plazo que enfrenta al invasor.Starting at €5.74