Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Ross Walker's Path to Power
Jeffrey PfefferCase SGSB-OB79-ELeadership and People ManagementRoss Walker had come a long way. A child of modest upbringing in Marin County just north of San Francisco, Walker had earned both undergraduate and MBA degrees from Stanford. He had been chosen to serve a five-year term as the youngest alumni representative on the Stanford University Board of Trustees and had a great job at Wolff Urban Development in the industries he loved, hospitality and real estate. Most importantly, Walker was well-known ...Starting at €8.20
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AGC Inc. in 2019: "Your Dreams, Our Challenge"
Kato, Masanori; Schaede, Ulrike; O'Reilly, CharlesCase SGSB-OB103-ELeadership and People ManagementAsahi Glass Co., Ltd. in 2014 was the world’s largest glass company, but the company faced flat revenues and increased global competition. Several of its flagship businesses projected few prospects for growth unless the company could develop new products and identify competitive strengths to compete within the rapidly changing global economy. AGC held leading global market shares in four major products: architectural glass, automotive glass, quar...Starting at €8.20
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Lecciones de un secuestro
IESE InsightArticle ART-2275Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementEl arquitecto mexicano Bosco Gutiérrez fue secuestrado el 29 de agosto de 1990. Sus fuertes convicciones y resiliencia le permitieron afrontar la incertidumbre y escapar 257 días después.Starting at €8.20
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Ambushed by Adversity
IESE InsightArticle ART-2275-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe uncertainty, threats and uncontrollable situations faced by the average business person may never be as extreme as what the Mexican architect Bosco Gutiérrez went through. But his story of how he mustered the strength within himself to overcome his ordeal offers valuable lessons on how to keep your wits about you when you find yourself suddenly ambushed by adversity.Starting at €8.20
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Pasaporte al éxito global
IESE InsightArticle ART-2591Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyY además: la visión del presidente de Time Warner sobre la neutralidad de Internet, el peso de la relación previa a la hora de negociar, las oportunidades del marketing digital local, claves al asumir un nuevo cargo, el atractivo de España para las empresas extranjeras, los riesgos del greenwashing y la mejor fórmula para corregir una injusticia laboral.Starting at €8.20
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Passport to Global Success
IESE InsightArticle ART-2591-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyPlus: Time Warner's Jeff Bewkes on net neutrality; contract negotiation time; local digital marketing; preparing for an executive role; reasons for optimism in Spain; greenwashing; three powerful remedies to restore justice for organizational wrongdoing.Starting at €8.20
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Samsung: ¿hasta dónde arriesgar en innovación?
IESE InsightArticle ART-2597Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementHace unos años Samsung decidió cambiar de estrategia y dejar de seguir a la competencia. Pero es más fácil decidirlo que hacerlo, como comprobó su equipo europeo de innovación en el desarrollo de tres nuevos productos. Henrik Werdelin, socio director de Prehype, Michael Boneham, director de Boneham Consulting y expresidente de Ford India, e Ignacio Aso, del área de desarrollo de negocio en Unify, aportan su punto de vista.Starting at €8.20
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Liderar también es delegar
IESE InsightArticle ART-2598Leadership and People ManagementDavid Marquet, excapitán de un submarino de la Armada de Estados Unidos, reflotó la moral de su tripulación otorgándoles un mayor control. Su experiencia ofrece lecciones muy valiosas para los directivos que lideran equipos sometidos a mucha presión.Starting at €8.20
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Leading by Letting Go
IESE InsightArticle ART-2598-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do you avoid giving orders if you are the leader in charge? The story of how a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine crew went from being worst to first provides useful lessons for other managers who find themselves with disempowered teams and without all the answers.Starting at €8.20
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Navigating the Realities of Emerging Markets
Kleinhempel, MatthiasArticle ART-2791-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementAll corporate compliance programs share a common feature: to ensure that the company obeys the law and that all organizational members behave ethically. However, multinational companies operating in a country like Mexico, for example, face issues very different from those of Germany -- a reality that many codes of conduct fail to recognize. The author's research on compliance programs in the emerging economies of Latin America reveals the special...Starting at €8.20