Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA)
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Al-Shabaab, Gatekeepers, and the Ethics of Humanitarian Aid
Krehbiel, KCase SGSB-ETH01-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityFollowing decades of civil strife among warring clans, and exacerbated by the worst drought in decades (2010-2012), millions of starving dislocated Somalis resided in crowded camps throughout the country. Humanitarian aid organizations made good-faith efforts to distribute food and medical treatment and supplies to those who suffered most. Almost always, however, these nongovernment organizations (NGOs) were thwarted by so-called gatekeepers, w...Starting at €8.20
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Royal Bank of Canada: Using People Strategy and Analytics to Drive Employee Performance (B)
Shaw, K; Schifrin, DCase SGSB-HR44B-EThis is the follow up case to “Royal Bank of Canada: Using People Strategy and Analytics to Drive Employee Performance (A).” This (B) case presents the results of the company’s two major people analytics projects, which are described in the (A) case. The first project used data to identify empirically the traits of great managers and subsequently identify who might or might not be a great manager. This enabled RBC to help those managers who could...Starting at €5.74
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Natural Gas and Its Role in the New Energy Dynamics
Donald Kennedy, Debra SchifrinCase SGSB-P83-EEconomics“Natural Gas and Its Role in the New Energy Dynamics” presents a comprehensive look at new natural gas extraction technology (hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” and horizontal drilling), as well as the economic and climate effects of the recent dramatic increase in unconventional natural gas production and consumption. It discusses the impact of the low natural gas prices in the U.S., as well as the lucrative arbitrage opportunities in transporti...Starting at €8.20
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The Chinese Wireless Communications Industry in 2012 and Beyond: An Industry Note - Teaching Note
Burgelman, R; Gang, Zheng,, Yajuan, WangTeaching Note SGSB-SM227TN-EStrategyThis industry note provides an extensive overview of the wireless communications industry in China at the end of 2012. At the time China had over 1.1 billion mobile subscribers, and the country was predicted to have 500 million smartphones in use by the end of 2013. The note discusses the industry’s value chain (carriers, device manufactures, component providers, content and applications providers, and telecom equipment providers), and the role o...Starting at €0.00
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La era de la innovación <i>made in</i> Asia
De Meyer, ArnoudArticle ART-2009Innovation and Change¿De dónde saldrá la próxima innovación de producto o proceso? El mundo de los negocios empieza a tenerlo claro: de Asia. El autor, que desde hace muchos años entrevista a observadores privilegiados de la región, expone cuatro tendencias de la innovación marcadas por las crecientes capacidades de China, India y las economías emergentes del sudeste asiático. Las fuentes de innovación están mucho más dispersas, el lead user (usuario avanzado)...Starting at €8.20
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Los puntos negros de la nueva Ruta de la Seda
Ribera Segura, Jaume; Castillo, CristinaArticle ART-2081Service and Operations ManagementEn los últimos meses se ha acentuado el fenómeno de la relocalización desde China. Aunque habitualmente se apunta al encarecimiento de la mano de obra y otros factores de producción como la principal causa de esta tendencia, lo cierto es que una parte del margen se pierde debido a las ineficiencias en los distintos eslabones de la cadena de suministro entre China y Europa. Un estudio realizado por CEIBS analiza el papel de cada agente de la caden...Starting at €8.20
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Luces, cámara, ¡colaboración!
IESE InsightArticle ART-2155Innovation and ChangeAunque Hollywood se lleva la fama, India produce casi el doble de películas y atrae a más espectadores. Sus grandes éxitos de taquilla son fruto de la colaboración de amplios equipos creativos. Para el actor indio Rahul Ravindran, trabajar en estos equipos exige don de gentes, capacidad para adaptarse al director y, en su caso, claro, aprenderse bien las coreografías.Starting at €8.20
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Samsung: ¿hasta dónde arriesgar en innovación?
IESE InsightArticle ART-2597Innovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementHace unos años Samsung decidió cambiar de estrategia y dejar de seguir a la competencia. Pero es más fácil decidirlo que hacerlo, como comprobó su equipo europeo de innovación en el desarrollo de tres nuevos productos. Henrik Werdelin, socio director de Prehype, Michael Boneham, director de Boneham Consulting y expresidente de Ford India, e Ignacio Aso, del área de desarrollo de negocio en Unify, aportan su punto de vista.Starting at €8.20
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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Insight. Issue 15. Fourth Quarter 2012
IESE InsightMagazine REV-36-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyClaus Rerup (Richard Ivey School of Business) presents a framework for companies to improve their capability to pick up on signals that impending crises give off before they happen. The corporate communications consultant Alfonso González-Herrero looks at the key issues that companies must address, with forecasting and planning, in order to safeguard their reputations. IESE's José R. Pin provides a guide to help managers lead and communicate, so ...Starting at €22.00