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La era de la innovación <i>made in</i> Asia
De Meyer, ArnoudArticle ART-2009Innovation and Change¿De dónde saldrá la próxima innovación de producto o proceso? El mundo de los negocios empieza a tenerlo claro: de Asia. El autor, que desde hace muchos años entrevista a observadores privilegiados de la región, expone cuatro tendencias de la innovación marcadas por las crecientes capacidades de China, India y las economías emergentes del sudeste asiático. Las fuentes de innovación están mucho más dispersas, el lead user (usuario avanzado)...Starting at €8.20
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Luces, cámara, ¡colaboración!
IESE InsightArticle ART-2155Innovation and ChangeAunque Hollywood se lleva la fama, India produce casi el doble de películas y atrae a más espectadores. Sus grandes éxitos de taquilla son fruto de la colaboración de amplios equipos creativos. Para el actor indio Rahul Ravindran, trabajar en estos equipos exige don de gentes, capacidad para adaptarse al director y, en su caso, claro, aprenderse bien las coreografías.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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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 15. Fourth Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyClaus Rerup (Richard Ivey School of Business) presents a framework for companies to improve their capability to pick up on signals that impending crises give off before they happen. The corporate communications consultant Alfonso González-Herrero looks at the key issues that companies must address, with forecasting and planning, in order to safeguard their reputations. IESE's José R. Pin provides a guide to help managers lead and communicate, so ...Starting at €22.00
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Flotel Orellana
Riverola, JosepCase P-928Service and Operations ManagementEl caso muestra las operaciones que tienen lugar durante la explotación del Flotel Orellana, un barco-hotel que opera en la selva amazónica. Permite analizar la relación entre la estructura de las operaciones y el entorno en el que se producen.Starting at €8.20
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El Seguro Social Campesino en Ecuador
Cárdenas M.; Sánchez, Loppacher J.Case P-1030Service and Operations ManagementEl Seguro Campesino en Ecuador presenta un interesante ejemplo de enfoque de subsidio de demanda para mejorar la cobertura médica para los pobres y las poblaciones rurales. El caso describe el desarrollo de este esquema en Ecuador y presenta el principal problema que queda aún por resolver una vez el sistema se desarrolle: la falta de oferta. El Ministerio debe afrontarlo, y en este caso se presentan varias alternativas. Uno de los principales ro...Starting at €8.20
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Rural social security in Ecuador
Cárdenas M.; Sánchez, Loppacher J.Case P-1030-EService and Operations ManagementThe Rural Social Security Plan in Ecuador is an interesting example of a demand subsidy approach to achieving better medical coverage in poor and remote rural populations. The case describes how this scheme was developed in Ecuador and the main problem that remains once that the system is in place: the lack of health care providers. The ministry needs to address this problem, and several alternatives are outlined in the case. One of the health mi...Starting at €8.20
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The African Safari: Managing a Team in Crisis (A)
Mayank Dayal; Raes, AnneloesCase DPO-763-ELeadership and People ManagementProject leader Nimesh Kumar is facing a tough decision after his expat software development team is robbed from all their equipment. Should he abandon the project and return home to avoid the ongoing security threat, or stay in Kenya to finish the project and help their client and Kenya´s agricultural sector? Team members are divided into two groups, one group comprised of experienced team members aged in their late 30s and 40s who want to return...Starting at €8.20
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Strategies That Go the Distance in Africa
Ariño Martín, AfricaArticle ART-2671-EStrategyWhat do you need to know to expand your operations across the African continent? Quantitative data and statistical analyses are meaningless unless they go hand-in-hand with a deeper understanding and appreciation of the non-traditional factors that make growing a business there possible. This article shares the collective wisdom of African business leaders on the do's and don'ts of internationalizing in Africa, based on first-person interviews th...Starting at €8.20