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The First 10 Questions for Would-be Searchers
Nieboer, Ian; Carenzo, Mathieu; Davila, AntonioTechnical Note EN-15-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceThis note answers ten of the most common questions asked by people who are relatively new to the search fund model, or have never heard of a search fund before. The content of this note is based on the experience of search funds from around the world, and will help prospective entrepreneurs become familiar with the search fund model and the important questions that should be answered before considering the model more seriously. At the end of each...Starting at €8.20
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Consideraciones a tener en cuenta en las adqquisiciones empresariales
Nieboer, Ian; Carenzo, Mathieu; Davila, AntonioTechnical Note EN-16Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and ChangeEsta nota técnica sintetiza algunas entrevistas con compradores y financieros empresariales de todo el mundo. Las opiniones y recomendaciones que aparecen a continuación reflejan las diversas experiencias de los profesionales que se dedican a las adquisiciones empresariales, a la vez que pretende resumir las consideraciones que cualquier empresario potencial debe tener presente cuando se embarca en una oportunidad de adquisición empresarial.Starting at €8.20
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Diez preguntas a tener en cuenta antes de hacer una adquisición emprendedora
Nieboer, Ian; Carenzo, Mathieu; Davila, AntonioTechnical Note EN-15Entrepreneurship, FinanceEsta nota técnica responde a diez de las preguntas más frecuentes que se plantean las personas que nunca han oído hablar del modelo de search fund o aquellas para las que es relativamente nuevo. Su contenido se basa en la experiencia de los search funds en todo el mundo y ayudará a los futuros empresarios a familiarzarse con este modelo y con las respuestas que deben dar a esas diez preguntas antes de plantearse más seriamente crear un search fun...Starting at €8.20
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Syndexa and Technology Transfer at Harvard University
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-808073-EGokhan Hotamisligil is a star researcher at Harvard School of Public Health who has made groundbreaking discoveries linking fat cells, inflammation, and diabetes. He now wants to form a company to commercialize these discoveries. At the same time, Isaac Kohlberg, the head of Harvard's Office of Technology Development (OTD) is eager to improve Harvard's record in commercializing science. Describes the negotiations between Hotamisligil, OTD, the ne...Starting at €8.20
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-109S04Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThe principal players in WorldCom's accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan, the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments, external auditor Arthur Andersen, and the board of directors. The case provides sufficient detail to allow for a full discussion of the pressures that lead executives and managers to "cook the books," the boundary between earnings smoothing or management and fraudulent reporting, the role for internal control sy...Starting at €8.20
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Roaring Out of Recession (Spanish version)
Gulati, Ranjay; Nohria, Nitin; Wohlgezogen, FranzArticle HBS-R1003CStrategya combination of cutting costs, mainly by improving operational efficiency (rather than by slashing the number of employees relative to peers), and developing new business opportunities by making significantly greater investments than rivals do in R&D and marketing while also investing in plants and machinery.Starting at €8.20
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Liberar el poder del marketing
Comstock, Beth; Gulati, Ranjay; Liguori, StephenArticle HBS-R1010HMarketingHasta hace pocos años, General Electric cree que sus productos podrían prácticamente promocionarse. Los vendedores se habían limitado a empujar información de forma pasiva a los responsables en el centro para la innovación típicamente en I + D o de ingeniería, con el resultado de que las mentes brillantes se consumen en trabajos sin futuro. Cuando se trataba de discusiones acerca de la estrategia corporativa, el marketing no estaba en la mesa. Pe...Starting at €8.20
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GE's Global Growth Experiment (Spanish Version)
Gulati, RanjayArticle HBS-S17052Knowledge and CommunicationDurante sus 16 años como CEO, Jeffrey Immelt diseñado un cambio de imagen radical de GE, el reposicionamiento de la empresa como una empresa industrial digitales mirando para definir el futuro de la Internet de las cosas. En el artículo principal de Spotlight, que comparte lo que aprendió sobre dirigir una organización gigante a través de cambios masivos. Hay varias clases: (1) Ser disciplinado. Este medio de anidación iniciativas dentro de la ot...Starting at €8.20
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How the Other Fukushima Plant Survived
Gulati, Ranjay; Casto, Charles; Krontiris, CharlotteArticle HBS-R1407K-EIn March 2011 Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was devastated by three reactor explosions and three core meltdowns in the days following a 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami that produced waves as high as 17 meters. The world is familiar with Daiichi's fate; less well known is the crisis at its sister plant, Daini, about 10 kilometers to the south. As a result of the storm, three of Daini's four reactors lacked sufficient power to achieve ...Starting at €8.20
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Structure That's Not Stifling
Gulati, RanjayArticle HBS-R1803D-EMost leaders view employee freedoms and operational controls as antagonists in a tug-of-war. They tend to focus on regulating workers' behavior, often putting a damper on commitment, innovation, and performance without realizing it. But freedom and control aren't zero-sum, argues the author. By giving people a clear sense of their organization's purpose, priorities, and principles--that is, by providing freedom within a galvanizing framework--lea...Starting at €8.20