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John Smithers at Sigtek (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.Case HBS-404S16Leadership and People Managementlack of corporate commitment, overly formalized programs, inflated expectations, lack of initial successes, etc.Starting at €8.20
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Rowe, Massof y Stewart: la experiencia de hacer el cambio en Micro Switch
Jick, Todd D.; Rosegrant, SusanCase HBS-411S15Leadership and People ManagementDescribe tres mandos medios que actúan en el papel de agentes de cambio. Destacados sus papeles personales y sus "estados de ánimo" en dos puntos en el curso de la introducción de un cambio cultural importante. Mientras que sus comentarios son sólo seis meses de diferencia, que han llegado a una fase más pesimista y aleccionador del proceso de cambio. Permite a los estudiantes para ver qué tan dinámico es un esfuerzo de cambio, cómo el grado de o...Starting at €8.20
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The Art of Commerce
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1403Z-EAn elaborately engraved Spanish stock certificate issued in 1758 could almost be a template for modern stock certificates. Here's the story that its iconography reveals about the royal trading company it came from. Due to the highly graphical nature of the Vision Statement, we offer this reprint in color, PDF format only. We recommend printing it out in color to maximize its effectiveness.Starting at €8.20
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How Companies Can Profit from a "Growth Mindset"
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1411A-EStrategyPsychologist Carol Dweck's work on "mindset" has been hugely influential in fields such as education and sports training, and her 2006 book Mindset was a bestseller. Some people, Dweck has argued, view talent as a quality they either possess or lack, and thus have a "fixed mindset"; others, with a "growth mindset," consistently see potential to develop new skills. Now she is extending her work on mindset to organizations. This article describes h...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership Across Cultures
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1505Z-EKnowledge and CommunicationBridging cultural differences demands exceptional emotional intelligence. This chart shows the percentage of leaders in each of seven global regions--the U.S., the Middle East, India, Latin America, sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and China--who demonstrated strength in a range of hard and soft skills, according to a study by YSC, a corporate psychology consultancy. Due to the highly graphical nature of the Vision Statement, we offer this reprint in...Starting at €8.20
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Market Indicators
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1507Z-EHand signals from a 16th-century mathematics textbook and exchange-rate "currents" from 18th-century Italian ports were just two of the innovations that lubricated the gears of preindustrial European commerce. Due to the highly graphical nature of the Vision Statement, we offer this reprint in color, PDF format only. We recommend printing it out in color to maximize its effectiveness.Starting at €8.20
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How to Make the Most of Omnichannel Retailing
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1607A-EMarketingOne of the biggest challenges for brick-and-mortar retailers is competing with online-only sellers such as Amazon. The conventional "omnichannel" strategy is to encourage consumers to shop across channels. But few retailers have closely examined the profitability of such efforts, and they typically pay little attention to how far a customer lives from the store. New research led by Temple University's Xueming Luo shows that distance is a crucial ...Starting at €8.20
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How Venture Capitalists Really Assess A Pitch
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1703A-EEntrepreneurshipHaving worked for two VC firms before entering academia, Lakshmi Balachandra was mystified: Why did a proposal that looked so promising on paper become a nonstarter when it was actually pitched? She spent almost 10 years capturing what happens in pitch meetings and quantifying the results, and drew four broad conclusions: (1) Passion is overrated--VCs prefer a calm demeanor, which they equate with leadership strength. (2) Trust beats competence. ...Starting at €8.20
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Influence Tactics (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.Case HBS-419S10Leadership and People ManagementDefines and describes the major categories of influence tactics and indicates some of the conditions under which they are effective.Starting at €8.20
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When All the World's a City
Harvard Business ReviewArticle HBS-F1206Z-EEconomicsUrban growth projections for 2020 show a dramatic expansion of industrial corridors and population centers, predominantly in southern and eastern Asia. This map compares those projections with the landscape in 1990. Due to the highly graphical nature of the Vision Statement, we offer this reprint in color, PDF format only. We recommend printing it out in color to maximize its effectiveness.Starting at €8.20