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Carlos López Otín: el espíritu de un investigador
Alvarez de Mon, Santiago; Flores Alonso, Juan EnriqueCase DPO-393Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementEn un país "poco aficionado a la ciencia", obligado a competir con los más prestigiosos centros de investigación del mundo, el profesor Carlos López Otín apuesta por el talento de sus alumnos más brillantes. La confección, dirección y renovación de un equipo comprometido con el aprendizaje y el servicio a la humanidad constituye la clave de su liderazgo. Ese es el propósito último de su vocación y creatividad.Starting at €8.20
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Rafael Nadal: el campeón y la persona (A)
Alvarez de Mon, Santiago; Flores Alonso, Juan EnriqueCase DPO-163Leadership and People ManagementEl caso versa sobre el concepto de talento: qué es y cómo detectarlo y gestionarlo en un clima de superación y aprendizaje permanentes. De ahí la relevancia de la figura del coach. Así mismo, el caso afronta la cuestión de los valores y los principios filosóficos imprescindibles para gobernar el éxito profesional. En este sentido, el crucial dilema persona-personaje se estudia en el contexto de un determinado entorno familiar.Starting at €8.20
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Rafael Nadal: The Champion and the Person (B)
Alvarez de Mon, Santiago; Flores Alonso, Juan EnriqueCase DPO-336-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case is a historical continuation of the case "Rafael Nadal: The Champion and the Person (A)" and recounts the events occurring in the life of Rafael Nadal from the end of part A until the time of case B. All this is told from the perspective of his coach, his manager and Rafael himself, among others.Starting at €5.74
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Rafael Nadal: the Champion and the Person (A)
Alvarez de Mon, Santiago; Flores Alonso, Juan EnriqueCase DPO-163-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case study centers on the concept of talent: what it is and how to detect and manage it in a climate of ongoing improvement and learning. Hence the relevance of the coach figure. The case study also addresses the issues of values and philosophical principles, which are vital to professional success. The crucial person/persona dilemma is considered in the context of a specific family setting.Starting at €8.20
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Walmart's Workforce of the Future (Spanish version)
Kerr, William R.; Bach-Lombardo, JordanCase HBS-821S03StrategyFaced with intense competition from Amazon, in 2015 Walmart began a transformation of its operations and workforce. The goal was to create an omnichannel retail experience for customers that seamlessly joined online and offline shopping. This case explores Walmart's efforts to deliver this through investments in its workforce makeup and training, digital infrastructure, and automation technology.Starting at €8.20
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AT&T, Retraining, and the Workforce of Tomorrow
Kerr, William R.; Fuller, Joseph B.; Kreitzberg, CarlCase HBS-820017-ELeadership and People ManagementBy the late 2000s, rapid changes in the telecommunications industry forced AT&T's management team to take on a task that CEO Randall Stephenson called the "biggest logistical challenge" they had ever seen: retraining 100,000 workers by 2020. In 2012, inteStarting at €8.20
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AT&T: Managing Technological Change and the Future of Telephone Operators in the 20th Century
Gross, Daniel P.; Kerr, William R.Case HBS-718486-EStrategyBy the 1930s, AT&T dominated the American phone industry, serving 10 million telephones and employing over 100,000 switchboard operators. But beginning in the mid-1910s, the company began changing from manually-operated switchboards to mechanical switching systems that were faster and more cost-effective and did not require human operators. By the 1930s, the changeover has been completed or is underway in most American cities with over 50,000 peo...Starting at €8.20
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Cherrypicks
Kerr, William R.Case HBS-807106-EEntrepreneurshipCherrypicks is a Hong Kong communications start-up approaching a large Korean mobile operator for a partnership to take the operator's products to markets outside of Korea. SK Telecom's (SKT) Ring Back Tones (RBT) product is a spectacular success in South Korea, but the partnership will require major changes in Cherrypicks' business model. Further complicating matters, SKT is also a strategic investor in Cherrypicks, a very large service provider...Starting at €8.20
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TA Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.Teaching Note HBS-809131-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 807175.Starting at €0.00
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Start-Up Chile: April 2012, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.Teaching Note HBS-813167-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 812158.Starting at €0.00