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Strategies for Two-Sided Markets
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Parker, Geoffrey; Van Alstyne, Marshall W.Article HBS-R0610F-EStrategyIf you listed the blockbuster products and services that have redefined the global business landscape, you'd find that many of them tie together two distinct groups of users in a network. Case in point: The most important innovation in financial services since World War II is almost certainly the credit card, which links consumers and merchants. The list would also include newspapers, HMOs, and computer operating systems--all of which serve what ...Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: Desmond Tutu
Tutu, Desmond; McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1107S-EThe South African archbishop, civil rights leader, and Nobel Peace Prize winner talks about finding the patience to overcome apartheid and how he has benefited from the prayers of others.Starting at €8.20
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Celtel's Founder on Building a Business on the World's Poorest Continent
Ibrahim, MoArticle HBS-R1210A-EBack in the late 1990s Ibrahim, who was running a software and consulting company in the UK, regularly worked with big telecom companies. He began asking them why they were ignoring the huge opportunities to develop mobile communications in Africa, especially in countries where licenses would be free. The telecom executives who were his clients simply saw Africa as too unknown and too risky. One of them cited Idi Amin as a barrier--but Amin had b...Starting at €8.20
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In Praise of the Incomplete Leader
Ancona, Deborah; Malone, Thomas W.; Orlikowski, Wanda J.; Senge, Peter M.Article HBS-R0702E-ELeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Today's top executives are expected to do everything right, from coming up with solutions to unfathomably complex problems to having the charisma and prescience to rally stakeholders around a perfect vision of the future. But no one leader can be all things to all ...Starting at €8.20
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Where Will We Find Tomorrow's Leaders A Conversation with Linda A. Hill
Hill, Linda A.; Hemp, PaulArticle HBS-R0801J-ELeadership and People ManagementUnless we challenge long-held assumptions about how business leaders are supposed to act and where they're supposed to come from, many people who could become effective global leaders will remain invisible, warns Harvard Business School professor Hill. Instead of assuming that leaders must exhibit take-charge behavior, broaden the definition of leadership to include creating a context in which other people are willing and able to guide the organi...Starting at €8.20
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The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2009
Warren, Elizabeth; Tyagi, Amelia; Collier, Paul; Warnholz, Jean-Louis; Cuddy, Amy J.C.; Sviokla, John; Goldstein, Noah J.; Fisman, Raymond; Saffo, Paul; Pall, Gurdeep Singh; McGrath, Rita Gunther; Benyus, Janine M.; Pauli, Gunter A.M.; Norton, Michael I.; Schwartz, Peter; Christakis, Nicholas A.; Suarez-Orozco, Marcelo; Bremmer, Ian; Pujadas, Juan; Jurvetson, Steve; McCreary, Lew; Ilube, Tom; Pentland, Alex "Article HBS-R0902A-EOur annual survey of ideas and trends that will make an impact on business: Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Tyagi believe consumer credit should be made as safe as any other product. Paul Collier and Jean-Louis Warnholz reveal an increasingly investment-friendly climate in sub-Saharan Africa. Amy J.C. Cuddy asserts that warmth and competence are not mutually exclusive. John Sviokla predicts a surge of peer-to-peer lending in the wake of the financial...Starting at €8.20
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The World's Next Great Manufacturing Center
Sun, Irene YuanArticle HBS-R1703J-EAccording to data from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, privately owned Chinese companies are making more than 150 investments a year in Africa's manufacturing sector, up from only two in 2000. These companies are having a major impact: They smelt steel in Nigeria to fuel its construction boom; they've made the clothing industry the largest economic sector in Lesotho; and the board of Humanwell, a Chinese pharmaceutical company, has approved an ...Starting at €8.20
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Pursue Your Dream or Move On? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Reinert, Sophus A.Article HBS-R2002M-EKnowledge and CommunicationA young social entrepreneur must decide whether to stick with her struggling start-up--a tomato paste company based entirely in Nigeria--or go to work for an investment group that funds small businesses in Africa. Where would she have the most impact? This fictional case study by Sophus A. Reinert features expert commentary by Acha Leke and Mira Mehta. This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the commentary. For teaching purposes, this rep...Starting at €8.20
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Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets (Spanish version)
Khanna, Tarun; Palepu, Krishna G.; Sinha, JayantArticle HBS-R0506CEconomicsThey lack specialized intermediaries, regulatory systems, and contract-enforcing methods. These gaps have made it difficult for multinationals to succeed in developing nations; thus, many companies have resisted investing there. That may be a mistake. If Western companies don't come up with good strategies for engaging with emerging markets, they are unlikely to remain competitive. Many firms choose their markets and strategies for the wrong rea...Starting at €8.20
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Regional Strategies for Global Leadership (Spanish version)
Ghemawat, PankajArticle HBS-R0512FStrategyhome base, portfolio, hub, platform, and mandate. Some companies adopt the strategies in sequence, but the most nimble switch from one to another and combine approaches as their markets and businesses evolve. At Toyota, for example, exports from the home base continue to be substantial even as the company builds up an international manufacturing presence. And as Toyota achieves economies of scale and scope with a strong network of hubs, the comp...Starting at €8.20