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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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Taking on the Mob
IESE InsightArticle ART-1973-EKnowledge and CommunicationCompanies come under many types of external pressure, which may cross the line of what is considered ¿legal.¿ Corruption takes various forms and can happen anywhere. Many of the lessons learned from the Addiopizzo example can be applied universally.Starting at €8.20
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Amenazas globales: diagnóstico y acción
Done, Adrian A.Article ART-2076Service and Operations Management, Strategy¿Cuánto tiempo dedica a pensar en las grandes cuestiones que afectarán a su vida personal y profesional en los próximos 20 años? Si está tan ocupado como la mayoría de sus colegas, no mucho. Pero las perspectivas de la economía mundial son peores hoy que cuando la crisis crediticia tocó fondo, así que de nada sirve esconder la cabeza. Es mejor atisbar las tendencias globales que acechan en el horizonte, analizar a fondo las fuerzas subyacentes y ...Starting at €8.20
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Lecciones de un secuestro
IESE InsightArticle ART-2275Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementEl arquitecto mexicano Bosco Gutiérrez fue secuestrado el 29 de agosto de 1990. Sus fuertes convicciones y resiliencia le permitieron afrontar la incertidumbre y escapar 257 días después.Starting at €8.20
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Ambushed by Adversity
IESE InsightArticle ART-2275-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe uncertainty, threats and uncontrollable situations faced by the average business person may never be as extreme as what the Mexican architect Bosco Gutiérrez went through. But his story of how he mustered the strength within himself to overcome his ordeal offers valuable lessons on how to keep your wits about you when you find yourself suddenly ambushed by adversity.Starting at €8.20
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Paths to Keep Wealth in Family Hands
Roure Alomar, Juan; Segurado Llorente, Juan LuisArticle ART-2596-ECorporate Governance, EntrepreneurshipSince the onset of the global financial crisis, there has been a surge of interest among family businesses in the activities of family offices -- special entities designed to manage and administer a family's portfolio of investments, while also making sure that future wealth-creation activities happen in sustainable ways for generations to come. With the combined wealth of the 50 largest family offices representing nearly $1 trillion, family busi...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