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When Does Leadership Matter: A Contingent Opportunities View of CEO Leadership
Wasserman, Noam; Anand, Bharat N.; Nohria, NitinBook Chapter HBS-6122BC-ELeadership and People ManagementTo what extent does leadership influence organizational performance? In this chapter, Noam Wasserman, Bharat Anand, and Nitin Nohria try to provide a balanced answer to this question. Replicating the variance partitioning method used by Stanley Lieberson and James O'Connor in their 1972 study on leadership and organizational performance, they analyze the performance of more than 500 publicly held U.S. companies (across 42 industries) over a 20-ye...Starting at €8.20
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Capital One Financial Corp. (Spanish version)
Anand, Bharat N.; Rukstad, Michael G.; Paige, Christopher H.Case HBS-702S01StrategyDesigned to explore the structure, implementation, and sustainability of an information-based strategy (IBS) undertaken by Capital One during the 1990s. Particular issues of interest are the impact of mass customization on industry structure, the ability to transfer IBS skills to new sectors, and the impact of the Internet on industry structure and competitor strategies.Starting at €8.20
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Rowe, Massof y Stewart: la experiencia de hacer el cambio en Micro Switch
Jick, Todd D.; Rosegrant, SusanCase HBS-411S15Leadership and People ManagementDescribe tres mandos medios que actúan en el papel de agentes de cambio. Destacados sus papeles personales y sus "estados de ánimo" en dos puntos en el curso de la introducción de un cambio cultural importante. Mientras que sus comentarios son sólo seis meses de diferencia, que han llegado a una fase más pesimista y aleccionador del proceso de cambio. Permite a los estudiantes para ver qué tan dinámico es un esfuerzo de cambio, cómo el grado de o...Starting at €8.20
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The Random House Response to the Kindle
Anand, Bharat N.; Olson, Peter W.Case HBS-710444-EStrategyIn early 2010, e-readers like Amazon's Kindle, and Apple's impending iPad, threatened to disrupt the book publishing industry. The case provides an overview of the industry, describes the broader trends regarding e-readers, and asks: how should major publishers like Random House respond to these trends?Starting at €8.20
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John Smithers at Sigtek (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.Case HBS-404S16Leadership and People Managementlack of corporate commitment, overly formalized programs, inflated expectations, lack of initial successes, etc.Starting at €8.20
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Strategies of Related Diversification (Spanish version)
Anand, Bharat N.Case HBS-715S23StrategyWhich businesses should a firm expand into? This question of corporate scope is central to corporate strategy. Flawed scope decisions can have severe consequences, and the trauma experienced by many companies as a result of mistaken decisions to expand scope is often large. What leads to such mistakes? Where do managers go wrong? And, what might be a sensible logic by which to approach the question of scope expansion? Examines these questions and...Starting at €8.20
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Nigel Andrews y General Electric Plastics (A)
Jick, Todd D.Case HBS-411S23Leadership and People ManagementDescribe algunos de los retos críticos implicados en la creación de potenciación de los empleados. En el contexto de los esfuerzos de General Electric a debureaucratise la empresa, se anima a los empleados a ser más "segura de sí misma". Este esfuerzo, llamado "entrenamiento", se introdujo en toda la empresa. En un sitio de la planta, GE Silicone, un comité directivo facultado ayudó a organizar y equipos para resolver problemas de plomo. Sin emba...Starting at €8.20
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Donna Dubinsky and Apple Computer, Inc. (D) (Spanish version)
Jick, Todd D.; Gentile, MaryCase HBS-416S04Leadership and People ManagementAccompanies Donna Dubinsky (A), (B), (C), and (E) but offers a unique additional perspective, that of the "antagonist" in this case, Debi Coleman. Coleman, vice president of manufacturing at Apple, offers her observations on the distribution conflict at Apple and her concerns about the Macintosh Division.Starting at €5.74
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Corporate Strategy, Module Note (Spanish version)
Anand, Bharat N.Case HBS-715S04StrategyThis note provides an overview of strategies for multi-business firms. The note describes (i) what is meant by "corporate advantage", (ii) the different approaches that multi-business firms can pursue in order to create corporate advantage, (iii) the specific corporate level choices (portfolio, ownership, and organizational choices) that firms make, (iv) certain principles that characterize effective corporate level strategy, and (v) reasons why ...Starting at €8.20
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Danaher Corporation (Spanish version)
Anand, Bharat N.; Collis, David J.; Hood, SophieCase HBS-717S07StrategyBetween 1985 and 2007, Danaher has been one of the best-performing industrial conglomerates in the U.S. This case examines the corporate strategy of this diversified, global corporation. It describes the firm's portfolio strategy and the Danaher Business System-a systematic and wide-ranging set of organizational processes the firm has developed to drive growth and create value. In 2008, the firm confronts various challenges in sustaining its impr...Starting at €8.20