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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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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
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Leading by Letting Go
IESE InsightArticle ART-2598-ELeadership and People ManagementHow do you avoid giving orders if you are the leader in charge? The story of how a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine crew went from being worst to first provides useful lessons for other managers who find themselves with disempowered teams and without all the answers.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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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Bill Ackman's Big Short of Herbalife
Vandebroek, Tom; Ferraro, Fabrizio; Simon, JanCase SM-1611-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, StrategyThis case describes how hedge fund activist Bill Ackman took a $1 billion short position on the shares of the nutrition company Herbalife. Ackman is convinced that Herbalife's business model is essentially a pyramid scheme, rendering it unsustainable as well as illegal. The case describes his arguments and the evidence he builds on. Other hedge fund titans soon took the opposite position on Herbalife, possibly because they fundamentally disagree ...Starting at €8.20
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Ébola: cuando una buena gestión salva vidas
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676Service and Operations ManagementEl ébola se ha cobrado más de diez mil víctimas en apenas un año y durante varios meses la epidemia amenazó con extenderse sin control por todo el mundo. ¿Cuáles han sido los principales errores y escollos en la gestión de la crisis?Starting at €8.20
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¿Un regalo del cielo El giro estratégico de J. C. Penney
Maoret, Massimo; Martin Romano, Cristina; Ferraro, FabrizioCase SM-1665Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyEl caso analiza la formulación e implementación del giro estratégico de J. C. Penney, un importante minorista estadounidense, por parte de Ron Johnson, ejecutivo destacado que anteriormente había liderado la creación y expansión de Apple Store. El giro es audaz y de gran alcance, lo que plantea interrogantes sobre si funcionará o no.Starting at €8.20
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Pennies From Heaven Strategic Turnaround at J.C. Penney
Maoret, Massimo; Martin Romano, Cristina; Ferraro, FabrizioCase SM-1665-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe case discusses the formulation and implementation of the strategic turnaround of J.C. Penney, a major U.S. retailer, by Ron Johnson, a star executive who previously led the creation and expansion of the Apple Store. The turnaround is bold and far-reaching, raising questions about whether it will work or not.Starting at €8.20
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Lew Wasserman and the Motion Picture Industry
Gurses K.; Ferraro, FabrizioCase DG-1494-EEntrepreneurshipLew Wasserman achieved a position of immense power in the movie industry and in the political arena. Before him, old-time moguls like Louis B. Mayer and Jack Warner, had exerted enormous power within their particular domains, but none of them had been able to move outside of the confines of the motion picture industry. Wasserman became enormously powerful in the 1950s, as both an agent and a producer, moving beyond Hollywood to dominate the emerg...Starting at €8.20