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Leadership Lessons from India
Cappelli, Peter; Singh, Harbir; Singh, Jitendra V.; Useem, MichaelArticle HBS-R1003G-ELeadership and People ManagementUntil recently India was seen by Western businesses primarily as a source of cheap, low-skill labor. But over the past decade the country has attracted a flood of high-skill jobs from the West. Meanwhile, India's economy has grown at roughly 9% a year, and some of its largest companies have grown at twice that rate. What accounts for this? A host of economic, policy, and other environmental factors have played important roles, but the authors asc...Starting at €8.20
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Learning from the India Way: Redefining Business Leadership
Cappelli, Peter; Singh, Harbir; Singh, Jitendra V.; Useem, MichaelBook Chapter HBS-5822BC-EThe roaring success of Indian business in the last two decades points the world toward a different enterprise model than the one widely practiced in the U.S., with its emphasis on financial goals and shareholder value. Indeed, the global economic crisis of 2008-2009-widely viewed as being triggered by American excesses-has rekindled the debate about the proper role of personal gain and shareholder value in business affairs. In this chapter, autho...Starting at €8.20
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Charles Axelrod (B): Afrontando decisiones
San Martín, Álvaro; Quintanilla, JavierCase DPO-767Leadership and People ManagementCharles "Chuck" Axelrod, CEO de Spartan Capital Management, un famoso hedge fund o fondo de cobertura londinense, estaba valorando despedir a Taylor Dillon, director de Inversiones y uno de los autores intelectuales del reciente éxito del fondo. El buen clima en Spartan se estaba erosionando rápidamente. El conflicto de Dillon con Damian Akerman, director de una de las divisiones más importantes de Spartan, estaba alcanzando dimensiones insoport...Starting at €5.74
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Tessile Milano, SpA (A)
Chinchilla, Nuria; San Martín, ÁlvaroCase DPO-432Leadership and People ManagementAnte un conflicto familiar y una atractiva oferta profesional externa, el director de ventas de una empresa familiar tiene que decidir si abandona o no la compañía en la que ha trabajado durante varios lustros. Este documento está basado en el caso "Tessuti Dalmine, SpA (A)" (FH-648).Starting at €8.20
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Getting Offshoring Right (Spanish version)
Aron, Ravi; Singh, Jitendra V.Article HBS-R0512JStrategythe value it creates for customers and the degree to which the company can capture some of that value. Companies will want to keep their core (highest priority) processes in-house and consider outsourcing their commodity (low-priority) processes. Second, businesses should analyze all the risks that accompany offshoring and look systematically at their critical and commodity processes in terms of operational risk (the risk that processes won't op...Starting at €8.20
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Tessile Milano, SpA (A) (Portuguese Version, Brazil)
Chinchilla, Nuria; San Martín, ÁlvaroCase DPO-432-PBLeadership and People ManagementThe sales director of a family firm finds himself involved in a family dispute. On receiving an attractive job offer from another company, he has to decide whether or not to leave the firm he has served for most of his working life. This case is based on the "Tessuti Dalmine, SPA (A)" case (FH-648-E).Starting at €8.20
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Charles Axelrod (A): A CEO's Dilema
San Martín, Álvaro; Quintanilla, JavierCase DPO-766-ELeadership and People ManagementCharles ("Chuck") Axelrod, the CEO of Spartan Capital Management, a well-known London hedge fund, was considering firing Taylor Dillon, the chief investment officer and one of the masterminds behind the fund's recent success. The good atmosphere that had existed at Spartan was rapidly deteriorating. Dillon's conflict with Damian Akerman, the head of one of the fund's most important divisions, was becoming unbearable. Moreover, rumors of Dillon's ...Starting at €8.20
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Charles Axelrod (B): Confonting Decisions
San Martín, Álvaro; Quintanilla, JavierCase DPO-767-ELeadership and People ManagementCharles "Chuck" Axelrod, CEO of Spartan Capital Management, a famous hedge fund in the City of London, is forced to dismiss Taylor Dillon, Spartan's director of investments and one of the masterminds behind the fund's recent success. The collegial climate at Spartan was eroding quickly. Taylor's conflict with Damian Akerman, the director of one of Spartan's most important divisions, was reaching unbearable dimensions. Plus, it was no longer possi...Starting at €5.74
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Teresa Perales
Alvarez de Mon, Santiago; San Martín, Álvaro; García-Lombardía, PilarCase DPO-768-ELeadership and People ManagementThe case presents the dilemma faced by a Paralympic swimming champion when she must make important life decisions. The context, established though a series of interviews with the protagonist, provides an insight into the nuances and considerations affecting these decisions and the key role played by the athlete's extraordinary proactivity, effort capacity and courage, which serve as essential tools, enabling her to define and achieve her personal...Starting at €8.20
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Teresa Perales
Alvarez de Mon, Santiago; San Martín, Álvaro; García-Lombardía, PilarCase DPO-768Leadership and People ManagementEl caso presenta el dilema al que se enfrente una campeona paralímpica de natación a la hora de tomar importantes decisiones vitales. El contexto desarrollado a partir de sucesivas entrevistas con la protagonista permiten descubrir los matices y criterios de estas decisiones así como las claves de la extraordinaria proactividad y capacidad de esfuerzo y valentía como herramientas vitales para definir y alcanzar el propósito personal.Starting at €8.20