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IESE Insight. Issue 34. Third Quarter 2017
IESE InsightMagazine REV-73-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe opportunities for value creation double with public-private partnerships (PPPs). Pascual Berrone, Joan E. Ricart, Hugo Ferradans, Miquel Rodriguez and Jordi Salvador outline what businesses bring to PPPs in cities, and they highlight seven forces for success. Steven Tadelis analyzes the award process when public buyers and private suppliers negotiate contracts. Xavier Vives presents the challenges that bankers and regulators face in trying to...Starting at €22.00
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How prepared is your business to make the most of AI?
Zamora, Javier; Herrera, PedroArticle ART-3222-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and ChangeAs a manager, you need a basic understanding of the concepts behind machine learning, so that you can communicate effectively with the experts who implement AI projects in your organization. You must also evaluate your organization's readiness and ability to undertake AI projects. To improve your chances of success, we explain the essentials and recommend which roles and profiles to develop within your organization.Starting at €8.20
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How Big Data, AI and Blockchain Are Changing Finance
Giné, Mireia; Antón, MiguelArticle ART-3200-EFinance, Information TechnologiesThe marriage of finance and technology has given rise to new players that are transforming the financial industry. Many of these fintech firms deliver more economical, flexible, user-friendly services, disintermediating financial services and capturing a considerable part of traditional banks' market share. The days of banks serving as the only access point to the financial system are over. Instead, new technologies are ushering in new forms of a...Starting at €8.20
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How AI Will - and Won't - Change the Way You Manage
Canals, Jordi; Cassiman, Bruno; Elvira, Marta; Sieber, Sandra; Raes, AnneloesArticle ART-3203-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People Management, StrategyDigitalization, big data, machine learning, robotics and artificial intelligence are reshaping industries, making once strong business models obsolete, growing new enterprises with different capabilities and skill sets, disrupting companies and communities, and ushering in social change. What are the key issues for leadership, governance and management? What new competencies are needed? How should executives respond? In this article, IESE profess...Starting at €8.20
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IESE Business School Insight, 150
IESE InsightMagazine REV-84-EEntrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyA look at what executives need to know as artificial intelligence transforms business in the 21st century. The main report includes: a primer of key AI concepts; interviews with Dario Gil (IBM) and Thomas W. Malone (MIT); and a look at how companies are adopting AI. Plus: Where do women lead? Are you an effective executive? Four generations at work. Interview with World Bank auditor Yuko Keicho. Two entrepreneurs helped by Finaves. How Axel Lambe...Starting at €22.00
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IESE Business School Insight, 154
IESE InsightMagazine REV-86-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Decision Analysis, Finance, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, StrategyThe new responsibilities of business for people, the planet and our future prosperity. As the tide turns against single-use plastics, know where your business stands. Interviews with Lise Kingo (U.N. Global Compact) and Juvencio Maeztu (IKEA). Leadership qualities, and a PPP framework, for the SDGs. Giving and receiving feedback better. 5 tips to knock an M&A disaster on its head. The effect of worldview on relational mobility. Decide ethically, ...Starting at €22.00
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IESE Business School Insight, 155
IESE InsightMagazine REV-87-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Finance, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, Service and Operations ManagementWhat executives and directors need to know as firms increasingly look for purpose beyond profits and deal with a changing ownership environment. Four responsibilities for the board. Interviews with Amra Balic (BlackRock) and veteran board chairman Herman Daems. Ways in which technological disruption may transform corporate governance. The future of banking. Keys when going digital overnight. Tips for managing virtual teams. Cash is king: advice f...Starting at €22.00
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5 Skills Every Leader Needs to Succeed in the Digital World
Káganer, Evgeny; Zamora, Javier; Sieber, SandraArticle ART-2412-EInformation Technologies, Leadership and People ManagementThe growing density of our digital connections is fast redrawing the boundaries of competition and reshaping the sources of customer value. This demands that we take blended approaches, not just to our business strategies, but to our organizational structures and practices. And this requires new leadership roles and digitally minded leaders. Digital leadership is more than a job title; it's an entirely new mind-set. Based on conversations with pa...Starting at €8.20
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How a Social Logic Can Transform Your Business
Santos, FilipeArticle ART-2594-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, StrategyThough social entrepreneurship and traditional, commercial entrepreneurship have many things in common, there are some fundamental differences. The author, an expert in the field of social entrepreneurship and social innovation, believes social entrepreneurship offers a transformative grassroots alternative to the usual way of doing business. This article highlights four crucial ways in which social entrepreneurs differ from their traditional cou...Starting at €8.20
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Make Way for the Chief Integrity Officer
Aznar, Enrique; Vaccaro, AntoninoArticle ART-2790-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Leadership and People ManagementToday, corporate compliance is more important than ever. However, compliance officers cannot be expected to carry the whole weight of corporate responsibility on their shoulders. The authors discuss the main compliance challenges faced by managers today. To address those challenges, they propose the creation of a new senior executive profile: the Chief Integrity Officer. This person would support the CEO and the board in shaping the corporate cul...Starting at €8.20