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Barcelona: A Roman Village Becoming a Smart City (Abridged)
Carrasco, Carlos; Ricart, Joan Enric; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1646-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyOn July 2, 2014, Josep Ramon Ferrer, director of the ICT and smart city strategy at Barcelona City Council, finished the second round of meetings with the companies selected to participate in the competitive dialogue to create City OS, Barcelona's operating system. City OS was one of the key milestones in Barcelona's smart city strategy. It aimed to enable the council to acquire and process data from urban operations in a rapid, efficient, effect...Starting at €8.20
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Technology and Human Vulnerability (Spanish version)
Turkle, Sherry; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0309BService and Operations ManagementFor most of the last 50 years, technology knew its place. It's very different today. Technology is not only ubiquitous but has become highly intrusive as well. On the Internet, people invent imaginary identities in virtual chat rooms. Children are growing up with interactive toy animals. If we want to be sure we'll like who we've become in 50 years, we need to take a closer look at the psychological effects of current and future technologies. The...Starting at €8.20
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Escoger ganadores: una conversación con el director de MacArthur Fellows Program, Daniel J. Scolow
Socolow, Daniel J.; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0705HLeadership and People ManagementEn el mundo de los negocios, "creatividad" se ha convertido en la última moda. ¿Cómo atraer, nutrir y dirigir al pueblo de extraordinario talento que se van a plantear con el siguiente Lipitor, Sony Walkman, o iPod es un tema duradera entre los empresarios. A medida que el director del Programa de Becarios MacArthur, Daniel J. Socolow tiene una experiencia considerable con el proceso de erradicar a la creatividad. En esta conversación con el edit...Starting at €8.20
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Spotting Patterns on the Fly: A Conversation with Birders David Sibley and Julia Yoshida (Spanish version)
Sibley, David; Yoshida, Julia; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0211BStrategyRecognizing and anticipating change in industry patterns is a core competence for companies today, allowing managers to capitalize on opportunities before they are apparent to others. Yet, companies are far from mastering how to recognize such patterns, especially at the strategic level, where information is usually less profuse and much less precise. Pattern recognition is not a new skill, though, at least not to people outside the business worl...Starting at €8.20
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Creatividad paso a paso
Tharp, Twyla; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0804BKnowledge and CommunicationLa mayoría de la gente cree que el genio creativo es un rasgo de la personalidad predeterminada reservado para sólo unos pocos regalado. Tharp - un premiado coreógrafo que ha revolucionado la danza en nuestro tiempo - rechaza firmemente esa idea. "Todo el mundo puede ser creativo," dice ella, "pero hay que prepararse para ello con la rutina." El ganador de una beca MacArthur, un premio Tony, y dos Emmys, Tharp ha sido la fuerza artística detrás d...Starting at €8.20
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Creativity Step by Step: A Conversation with Choreographer Twyla Tharp
Tharp, Twyla; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0804B-EMost people believe that creative genius is a predetermined personality trait reserved for only a gifted few. Tharp - an award-winning choreographer who has revolutionized dance in our time - firmly rejects that notion. "Everyone can be creative," she says, "but you have to prepare for it with routine." The winner of a MacArthur fellowship, a Tony award, and two Emmys, Tharp has been the artistic force behind her own dance company, Broadway shows...Starting at €8.20
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Losing It (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Coutu, Diane L.; Jamison, Kay Redfield; Meen, David E.; Pearlstine, Norman; Primus, RichardArticle HBS-R0404A-ELeadership and People ManagementIt's worse than I thought....She's completely lost her mind, says Harry Beecham, the CEO of blue chip management consultancy Pierce and Co. The perplexed executive was in a hotel suite with his wife in Amsterdam, the latest stop on his regular trek to dozens of Pierce offices worldwide. In his hand was a sheaf of paper--the same message sent over and over again by his star employee and protegee Katharina Waldburg. The end of the world is coming, ...Starting at €8.20
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Barcelona: A Roman Village Becoming a Smart City
Carrasco, Carlos; Ricart, Joan Enric; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1625-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyOn July 2, 2014, Josep Ramon Ferrer, director of ICT and smart city strategy at Barcelona City Council, finished the second round of meetings with the companies selected to participate in the competitive dialogue to create the City OS, Barcelona's operating system. The City OS was one of the key milestones in Barcelona's smart city strategy. The City OS aimed to provide the City Council with the ability to acquire and process data from urban oper...Starting at €8.20
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Barcelona: de villa romana a smart city
Carrasco, Carlos; Ricart, Joan Enric; Berrone, PascualCase SM-1625Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, StrategyEl 2 de julio de 2014, Josep Ramon Ferrer, director de Estrategia IT & Smart City del Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, finalizó la segunda ronda de reuniones con las empresas seleccionadas para participar en el diálogo competitivo con el objetivo de crear City OS, el sistema operativo de la ciudad. City OS era uno de los pilares clave en la estrategia smart city de Barcelona y su fin principal era proporcionar al ayuntamiento la capacidad de adquirir y...Starting at €8.20
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I Was Greedy, Too (Spanish version)
Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0302BAmericans are outraged at the greediness of Wall Street analysts, dot-com entrepreneurs and, most of all, chief executive officers. How could Tyco's Dennis Kozlowski use company funds to throw his wife a million-dollar birthday bash on an Italian island? How could Enron's Ken Lay sell thousands of shares of his company's once high-flying stock just before it crashed, leaving employees with nothing? Even America's most popular domestic guru, Marth...Starting at €8.20