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Los CEO con mejor desempeño en el mundo
Hansen, Morten T.; Ibarra, Herminia; Peyer, UrsArticle HBS-R1001HLeadership and People ManagementUna gran cantidad de personas que han culpado a pensar a corto plazo para hacer que nuestros problemas económicos actuales, lo que ha provocado un debate sobre qué ventana de tiempo que debe utilizar para evaluar el desempeño de un director general. Hoy tableros de directores, altos directivos y los inversores intensamente quieren saber cómo manejar los directores generales de los altibajos de los negocios que se ejecutan durante un período prolo...Starting at €8.20
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The HBR Agenda 2011 (Spanish version)
Ariely, Dan; Brown, Tim; Cappelli, Peter; Davenport, Thomas H.; Duflo, Esther; Fernández-Aráoz, Claudio; Govindarajan, Vijay; Gratton, Lynda; Hackman, J. Richard; Ibarra, Herminia; Kedrosky, Paul; Lafley, A.G.; Li, Charlene; Ma, Jack; Manzoni, Jean-Francois; Pink, Daniel H.; Porter, Michael E.; Schein, Edgar H.; Schmidt, Eric; Schwab, Klaus; Shirky, Clay; Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Sutton, Robert I.; Tyson, LaArticle HBS-R1101BKnowledge and CommunicationJoseph E. Stiglitz will be crafting a new postcrisis paradigm for macroeconomics whereby rational individuals interact with imperfect and asymmetric information. Herminia Ibarra will be looking for hard evidence of how "soft" leadership creates value. Eric Schmidt will be planning to scale mobile technology by developing fast networks and providing low-cost smartphones in the poorest parts of the world. Michael Porter will be using modern cost a...Starting at €8.20
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The Authenticity Paradox (Spanish version)
Ibarra, HerminiaArticle HBS-R1501CStrategy(1) Learn from diverse role models. Growth necessarily involves some form of imitation, but don't copy just one person's leadership style. Borrow selectively from various people to create your own collage. (2) Work on getting better. Set learning goals--not just performance targets--to focus on the value of experimentation. Stretch the limits of who you are by doing new things that make you uncomfortable but help you discover by direct experienc...Starting at €8.20
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Basel II: Operational Risk in Financial Institutions
Soley, Jorge; Rahnema Alavi, AhmadTechnical Note FN-537-EFinance, Service and Operations ManagementThis note explains the concept of operational risk in financial entities. This new concept has been introduced by Basel II as a new requirement in the calculation of the own funds required by financial entities in order to achieve a more solvent financial system. Operational risk is understood to mean "The risk of losses resulting from inadequate and/or erroneous internal processes, personnel, systems or external events." Companies' results, and ...Starting at €8.20
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State Finance Agencies
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-400-EFinanceIn many countries; in practically all of Europe, most of Latin America, and even in the U.S., there are financial agencies, which normally act as credit agencies, and which are used to finance: Medium to long-term credit operations in strategic projects in the country, and as development banks, supporting the formation of fixed capital and the intermediation of companies, especially SMEs.Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Governance of Credit Institutions
Soley, Jorge; Liechtenstein, HeinrichTechnical Note FN-544-EFinanceThe note reviews the main corporate governance rules worldwide for listed banks: the OECD Principles, the IOSCO (International Organization of Securities Commissions) Principles, the Financial Services Action Plan in the EU, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the US. It continues with a discussion of the Basel Committee recommendations on corporate governance in banks. The application of the general rules to the particular circumstances of the banking...Starting at €8.20
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Value at Risk (VaR) as a Risk Measure in the Treasury and Capital Markets Area
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-433-EFinanceThis note analyzes the VaR (Value at Risk) method used to evaluate risks incurred by credit institutions' financial and capital market activities. It explains the different methods used for calculating VaR, and the contributions of VaR to compliance with the regulatory framework, the measurement of market risks, the evaluation of the management and of the limits on negotiation portfolios.Starting at €8.20
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Private Equity
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-301-EFinanceThis note explains the characteristics of the risk capital sector in Spain and other countries. It discusses the different ways in which risk capital is managed, and the legal and fiscal framework of risk capital in Spain, depending on its form: risk capital funds and companies. The case also presents a broad outline of the different types of risk capital players: private capital companies and funds, regional industrial development societies, and...Starting at €8.20
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Operating Leases
Soley, JorgeTechnical Note FN-428-EFinanceThe note refers to the operating leases regulated in IAS 17, as an alternative to financial leasing (full pay-out lease). Commercial features are analyzed (we need to bear in mind that operating leases are known in Spain as "renting" and, in France, as a "location longue durée"), focusing especially on the automobile and technology sectors. It also factors in the accounting aspect, from the standpoint of both lessor and lessee.Starting at €8.20
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MIFID (Market in Financial Instruments Directive)
Soley, Jorge; Zozaya E.Technical Note FN-550-EFinanceThis technical note talks about the European directive MiFID (Markets in Financial Instrument Directive) (*) which has completely changed its operation models in capital markets. (*) This directive became effective on Nov.1, 2007. The objectives are the following: -To protect the client and the individual investor. -To regulate the behavior of investment service companies. -To complete the European Union financial services market Main new points ...Starting at €8.20