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Forming Ties That Will Free Your Firm
Eisenhardt, K.M.; Ozcan, PinarArticle ART-1533-EStrategyStrategic alliances provide opportunities to strengthen your market position, gain new capabilities and resources, and enable you to grow and expand during difficult times. Many large, highly resourced companies already know this and are leveraging it to their advantage. But how can a small firm with fewer resources obtain and manage a high-performing alliance portfolio? Getting the alliance portfolio you dreamed of, and then managing it well ove...Starting at €8.20
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Six Ways Marketing Can Change the World
Jocz, Katherine E.; Quelch, John A.Article ART-1540-EMarketingThe erosion of public trust in politics is partly due to some bad practices for which marketing is frequently blamed. By exposing the principles underlying good marketing, the authors show how managers can practice marketing that benefits consumers and social institutions. Doing so could go a long way toward restoring a sense of citizenship and also help democracy flourish in the process.Starting at €8.20
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Un buen diagnóstico, el mejor remedio
Hanssens, DominiqueArticle ART-1791MarketingEn períodos de caída del consumo como el actual, los directivos ansían acelerar los "planes de reflotamiento" de las marcas. Pero antes de recetar un remedio milagroso, conviene acertar en el diagnóstico. De lo contrario, se corre el riesgo de administrar placebos. Partiendo de investigaciones sobre la industria alimentaria de Estados Unidos, el autor propone ampliar el marketing mix más allá de las típicas medidas a que recurren los directivos, ...Starting at €8.20
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Getting to Grips With Take-Back Laws
Atasu, Atalay; Van Wassenhove, LukArticle ART-1892-EService and Operations ManagementAs diverse environmental legislation is being formulated around the world, companies may find themselves in a ¿gray zone,¿ as the authors explain in a new paper on the subject. This presents challenges but also opportunities for companies to clarify operations in four areas: forming a network, rethinking product design, setting up a closed-loop supply chain, and adopting new technologies and business models. The authors believe that individual pr...Starting at €8.20
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Adolescentes hoy, jóvenes adultos en 2020
Nueno Iniesta, José LuisArticle ART-1894MarketingAunque no tienen un gran poder adquisitivo, los adolescentes juegan un papel crucial en muchas decisiones de compra. Además, de su comportamiento y actitudes en relación al consumo dependerá el futuro (y la sostenibilidad) de muchas empresas. Por ello, invertir en el conocimiento de este target es una decisión rentable a largo plazo. Si tenemos en cuenta el reequilibrio de la renta que se está produciendo en las economías emergentes, y que...Starting at €8.20
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Nuevas lentes para ver los mercados emergentes
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, KrishnaArticle ART-2385StrategyCuando se habla de mercados emergentes, pensamos inmediatamente en los BRIC. Esta simplificación ha llevado a ver estas economías como un conjunto homogéneo, cuando la realidad es justamente la contraria. En lugar de apresurarse a elaborar una estrategia para Brasil, Rusia, India o China, a las empresas les convendría estudiar en qué aspectos es emergente cada país en concreto. Puede que se lleven una sorpresa. En este artículo, los autores resum...Starting at €8.20
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Learning From the Entrepreneurial Icebreakers
Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Sosna, Marc; Sysko-Romanczuk , SylwiaArticle ART-2592-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThis article shares the insights of "entrepreneurial icebreakers" -- business pioneers who launched private companies in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall and who expanded beyond national borders by clearing pathways for themselves and others into international markets around the globe. In documenting the obstacles they had to cut through to get to where they are today, we show the path to break inflexible, outdated str...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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Netflix: From "Clicks and Bricks" to Digital Movie Delivery (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Lago, Alejandro; Moscoso, Philip; Sieber, SandraExercise PE-75-PBInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementNetflix is a U.S. provider of on-demand Internet streaming media and flat rate DVD-by-mail services. The company experienced incredible success since its beginnings in 1997. During 2010, revenue jumped 29% to $2.16 billion, and stock price increased 219% to $175.70. It also added 8 million subscribers, bringing its total to over 20 million. In the summer of 2011 the company first announced the spin-off of its traditional DVD rental operations fro...Starting at €8.20