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Evidence-Based Management (Spanish version)
Pfeffer, Jeffrey; Sutton, Robert I.Article HBS-R0601ELeadership and People ManagementFor the most part, managers looking to cure their organizational ills rely on obsolete knowledge they picked up in school, long-standing but never proven traditions, patterns gleaned from experience, methods they happen to be skilled in applying, and information from vendors. They could learn a thing or two from practitioners of evidence-based medicine, a movement that has taken the medical establishment by storm over the past decade. A growing n...Starting at €8.20
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Los accionistas primero No tan rápido
Pfeffer, JeffreyArticle HBS-R0907KLeadership and People Management¿Cuándo comenzamos a medir el éxito de una empresa sólo de acuerdo con el aumento de su precio de la acción? Stanford profesor Pfeffer sostiene que es hora de que los CEO a una vez equilibrar los intereses de los accionistas con los de los otros grupos de interés: empleados, proveedores y clientes.Starting at €8.20
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LinkedIn (A) (Spanish version)
Piskorski, Mikolaj JanCase HBS-711S07StrategyIn the summer of 2005, LinkedIn, a two-year-old start-up, was choosing between two options to monetize its 5 million business people network. Members could contact each other through trusted intermediaries on the network to offer or seek jobs, consulting engagements, expertise, and financing. The company had outpaced its competitors by building the most populous online business network, but it had little revenue to show its investors. The first r...Starting at €8.20
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Facebook (Spanish version)
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan; Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Chen, David; Feinstein, Brian; Smith, AaronCase HBS-810S15EntrepreneurshipAs Facebook topped one billion monthly users in October 2012, the online social network continued to face questions about how best to monetize its surging traffic. The company could invest further in new advertising products, which represented the majority of the revenue thus far, or concentrate on the Facebook Platform and help third-party developers create and distribute their own applications. After a highly anticipated yet largely disappointi...Starting at €8.20
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What Were They Thinking: Avoiding Common Management Mistakes
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2524BC-EThis chapter introduces some common themes that have emerged as the author has contemplated common mistakes in how companies manage their people and their business in his weekly column for Business 2.0.Starting at €8.20
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Face of Your Business: It's People, Not Software, That Build Customer Relationships
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2525BC-EThis chapter offers advice about building and maintaining customer relationships that challenges conventional wisdom about the customer experience.Starting at €8.20
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Making Companies More Like Communities
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2527BC-EThis chapter considers the questions what does "organization as community" really mean in practice, and how do organizations actually live their values?Starting at €8.20
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Why Employees Should Lead Themselves
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2531BC-EWhen creative, independent people don't get much say in what their organization does, job dissatisfaction and disengagement are high. This chapter examines what happens when people are asked to take on more responsibility for the collective output of an organization.Starting at €8.20
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Stop Picking Employees' Pockets: It Seldom Fixes Anything
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2532BC-EWhen large companies fall into financial difficulties, they often turn first to cutting employees' wages to overcome their problems. This chapter analyzes this strategy, suggesting that in fact a disinvestment in frontline workers may not be the answer to surviving in a competitive environment.Starting at €8.20
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Courage to Rise Above: Don't Be Afraid to Stand Out
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2541BC-EThis chapter offers some effective strategies for advancing your career and getting into a position of power.Starting at €8.20