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Global Business Speaks English (Spanish version)
Neeley, TsedalArticle HBS-R1205HStrategyLike it or not, English is the global language of business. Today 1.75 billion people speak English at a useful level--that's one in four of us. Multinational companies such as Airbus, Daimler-Chrysler, SAP, Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent, and Microsoft in Beijing have mandated English as the corporate language. And any company with a global presence or global aspirations would be wise to do the same, says HBS professor Tsedal Neeley, to ensure good commu...Starting at €8.20
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Global Teams That Work (Spanish version)
Neeley, TsedalArticle HBS-R1510DStrategy(1) Structure. If a team is made up of groups with different views about their relative power, the leader should connect frequently with those who are farthest away and emphasize unity. (2) Process. Meeting processes should allow for informal interactions that build empathy. (3) Language. Everyone, regardless of language fluency, should be empowered to speak up. (4) Identity. Team members must be active cultural learners and teachers to understa...Starting at €8.20
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Greg James at Sun Microsystems, Inc. (A) (Spanish version)
Neeley, Tsedal; DeLong, Thomas J.Case HBS-415S01StrategyGreg James, a global manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc., sets out to meet with his entire 43-member customer implementation team spread across India, France, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States of America to resolve a dire customer system outage as required by a service agreement. Rather than finding a swift resolution to the rapidly escalating customer situation that motivated his trip, he finds himself facing distributed work, global...Starting at €8.20
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Bluefin Labs: La adquisición por Twitter
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraCase HBS-514S06Marketing¿Cuál es el valor de los datos de escucha sociales de aleta azul Labs a Twitter? Adquirida por Twitter en 2013, rojo había construido un sistema que reunió a millones de comentarios en línea en un esfuerzo por desarrollar nuevas métricas para los programas de televisión y la publicidad de marca. Con los datos de Twitter y otros sitios sociales, expresiones, no sólo impresiones, ahora podría ser agregados, medidos, y se utiliza para calibrar el re...Starting at €8.20
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Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google 2018
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraCase HBS-513060-EMarketingFour businesses had, by 2012, grown to dominate the infrastructure that all firms rely on to reach online customers. Will the balance of power among the four persist, will one take command at the expense of the other three, or are all four more vulnerable than they seem to outside forces? What are the implications for the pace at which consumers go online? Amara's Law claims that we tend to overestimate change in the short run, and underestimate ...Starting at €8.20
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The upsides of downward deference
Reiche, Sebastian; Neeley, TsedalArticle 75264Leadership and People ManagementLeaders who find themselves out of their element can get ahead by deferring to subordinates. Here we explain how power can come from letting it go.Starting at €8.20
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What Managers Need to Know About Social Tools
Leonardi, Paul; Neeley, TsedalArticle HBS-R1706J-ETo identify the value that social tools can bring to companies, the authors split employees at a large financial services firm into two groups, only one of which used an internal social platform, and observed them for six months. Those who had used the tool became 31% more likely to find coworkers with relevant expertise and 88% more likely to discover who had useful connections. Internal social tools can help employees make faster decisions, dev...Starting at €8.20
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Effective Managers Say the Same Thing Twice (or More)
Neeley, Tsedal; Leonardi, Paul; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-F1105D-EHow do effective managers get employees to act promptly? New research suggests that it's by making their requests at least twice. Though you may think redundancy is unnecessary and even a waste of time, a new study indicates that it helps your message cut through today's information overload.Starting at €8.20
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Obama versus Clinton: The YouTube Primary
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraCase HBS-509032-EMarketingWhat was the role of the Internet in the contest for the Democratic presidential nomination between Senators Obama and Clinton? How does the role change in the shift from the Primary to the National election? The case examines media and content choices by each candidate, and allows students to explore the role of new media in political campaigns. The focus is on fundraising in 2007 and campaigning for Primary delegate votes in 2008.Starting at €8.20
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Obama versus Clinton: The YouTube Primary, Teaching Note
Deighton, John; Kornfeld, LeoraTeaching Note HBS-509038-EMarketingTeaching Note for [509032].Starting at €0.00