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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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Deciding How to Decide (Spanish version)
Courtney, Hugh; Lovallo, Dan; Clarke, CarminaArticle HBS-R1311CLeadership and People Managementhow well you understand the variables that will determine success, how well you can predict the range of possible outcomes, and how centralized the relevant information is. The authors bring their framework to life using decisions that executives at McDonald's might need to make--from the very clear-cut (choosing a site for a new store in the United States) to the highly uncertain (changing the business in response to the obesity epidemic).Starting at €8.20
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CEOs from Working-Class Families Support Less-Labor-Friendly Policies
Cronqvist, Henrik; Khabbaz, RamseyArticle HBS-F2004B-EKnowledge and CommunicationProfessor Henry Cronqvist of the University of Miami explores the connection between executives' socioeconomic backgrounds and their firms' personnel practices and policies.Starting at €8.20
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Government in Your Business (Spanish version)
Reich, Robert B.Article HBS-R0907LEconomicsFor the foreseeable future, governments will take a keen interest in how executives manage. In the U.S., industries and sectors representing more than a third of the nation's economy - including financial services, automobiles, health care, and telecom - are being reshaped. But don't expect a return of old-style regulation, which would stifle innovation. Government will coax businesses rather than curb them by offering incentives for desirable co...Starting at €8.20
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Ébola: cuando una buena gestión salva vidas
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676Service and Operations ManagementEl ébola se ha cobrado más de diez mil víctimas en apenas un año y durante varios meses la epidemia amenazó con extenderse sin control por todo el mundo. ¿Cuáles han sido los principales errores y escollos en la gestión de la crisis?Starting at €8.20