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El sí institucional: la entrevista HBR a Jeff Bezos
Bezos, Jeff; Kirby, Julia; Stewart, Thomas A.Article HBS-R0710CLeadership and People ManagementDesde su fundación, en 1995, de Amazon.com audaces a menudo han dejado observadores rascándose la cabeza, si no es la predicción de la desaparición de la empresa. ¿Por qué abrir una plataforma minorista propietaria efectiva a la competencia de los vendedores de terceros? ¿Por qué herramientas de maquillaje que Amazon desarrollados para su propio uso a disposición de otros desarrolladores de sitios web? (¿Por qué, para el caso, colocar comentarios...Starting at €8.20
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El liderazgo en la era de la transparencia
Meyer, Christopher; Kirby, JuliaArticle HBS-R1004AStrategyLas empresas han prosperado mucho haciendo caso omiso de lo que los economistas llaman externalidades - los diversos impactos que una empresa tiene en su entorno más amplio, pero no está obligado a pagar. (La contaminación es el ejemplo clásico.) Ahora, las compañías de reclamación deben adoptar una postura muy diferente, gracias a la creciente escala industrial, mejores sensores y sensibilidades aumentadas. Cada vez más, los impactos de negocio ...Starting at €8.20
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Stay on the Q&A Offensive: Michael Sheehan on the Art and Science of the Q&A (Spanish version)
Sheehan, Michael; Kirby, JuliaArticle HBS-F0704GLeadership and People ManagementThe Q&A should be more than just an afterthought, says communications consultant Michael Sheehan. It may be the only part of your speech people actually listen to.Starting at €8.20
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Institutional Yes: The HBR Interview with Jeff Bezos
Bezos, Jeff; Kirby, Julia; Stewart, Thomas A.Article HBS-R0710C-ELeadership and People ManagementSince its founding, in 1995, Amazon.com's bold moves have often left observers scratching their heads, if not predicting the company's demise. Why open up an effective proprietary retail platform to competition from third-party sellers? Why make tools that Amazon developed for its own use available to other website developers? (Why, for that matter, post negative reviews of your products?) Two HBR editors interviewed Bezos, the founder and CEO, t...Starting at €8.20
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Playing to the Back Row: A Conversation with Ringmaster Chuck Wagner
Wagner, Chuck; Kirby, JuliaArticle HBS-R0901B-ELeadership and People ManagementIt's hard to imagine a leadership image more iconic than the ringmaster. Merely say the word, and a picture springs to mind of a tall, dashing captain presiding over, well, a circus - a world full of both chaos and opportunity for delight. It's the ringmaster's job to make sense of that environment, anticipate the unexpected, and direct the attention of an audience with as many as 20,000 people - a massive community of stakeholders - to make sure...Starting at €8.20
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Left on a Mountainside (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Kirby, Julia; Eisold, Kenneth; Soder, Dee; Kahn, Jeffrey P.; Elson, Charles M.Article HBS-R0401A-ELeadership and People ManagementEd Davidson is on top of the world, literally and figuratively, at the beginning of this fictional case study. He's in the Swiss Alps, headed for Davos and his first experience as a delegate to the World Economic Forum's annual conference. And he has reason to believe he is about to be made president of his company, Carston Waite--and, therefore, heir apparent to the CEO position. Then his phone rings. It's his mentor, Frank Maugham, the CFO and ...Starting at €8.20
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Fat Chance (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Fryer, Bronwyn; Kirby, Julia; Weyers, Howard; Solovay, Sondra; Roehling, Mark V.; Wilensky, AmyArticle HBS-R0505A-ELeadership and People ManagementSid Shawn is a 10-year veteran of NMO Financial Services and a mainstay of the pensions marketing group. He's been a good, consistent worker and an invaluable resource for the salespeople and consultant relations managers. Sid also weighs 400 pounds. So when he is the only internal candidate for the customer-facing position of consultant relations manager, sales and marketing VP Bill Houglan feels that he has a tough hiring decision to make. Sid ...Starting at €8.20
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Actuar para que todos lo vean
Wagner, Chuck; Kirby, JuliaArticle HBS-R0901BLeadership and People ManagementEs difícil imaginar una imagen de liderazgo más icónica que el maestro de ceremonias. Simplemente decir la palabra, y una imagen viene a la mente de un capitán alto y gallardo que presiden, así, un circo - un mundo lleno de tanto caos y la oportunidad para deleite. Es el trabajo del director de pista de darle sentido a ese entorno, anticipar lo inesperado, y dirigir la atención de una audiencia con un máximo de 20.000 personas - una comunidad mas...Starting at €8.20
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Leadership in the Age of Transparency
Meyer, Christopher; Kirby, JuliaArticle HBS-R1004A-EStrategyCompanies have long prospered by ignoring what economists call externalities - the various impacts that a business has on its broader milieu but is not obliged to pay for. (Pollution is the classic example.) Now, claim companies must adopt a very different stance, thanks to growing industrial scale, better sensors, and heightened sensibilities. Increasingly, business impacts are laid at companies' doorsteps. The best companies don't react defensi...Starting at €8.20
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Beyond Automation (Spanish version)
Davenport, Thomas H.; Kirby, JuliaArticle HBS-R1506CStrategyUnless we find as many tasks to give humans as we find to take away from them, all the social and psychological ills of joblessness will grow, from economic recession to youth unemployment to individual crises of identity. What if, the authors ask, we were to reframe the situation? What if we were to uncover new feats that people might achieve if they had better thinking machines to assist them? We could reframe the threat of automation as an op...Starting at €8.20