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Un nuevo deseo de ganar
McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1009LLeadership and People ManagementEn 2004, Rick Hendrick, dueño de la Operación de las carreras de NASCAR Hendrick Motorsports, perdió gran parte de su equipo de gestión en un accidente aéreo. Entre los muertos estaba su hermano y su único hijo, Ricky, quien Hendrick había estado preparando para hacerse cargo del negocio. Sin embargo, este accidente devastador inspirara a todos en la compañía a luchar con más fuerza, y transformaría Hendrick en un líder sabio.Starting at €8.20
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What's the BIG Idea (A) (Spanish Version)
Christensen, Clayton M.; Anthony, Scott D.Case HBS-605S02Service and Operations ManagementCEO Michael Collins debe decidir si y cómo un proceso que desarrolló para la innovación en la industria de los niños podían puerto a través de otras industrias. El proceso se basa en las experiencias de Collins como inventor y como capitalista de riesgo, y se permitió a su empresa a ser un intermediario entre los inventores y empresas innovadoras de búsqueda. El proceso parece estar funcionando bastante bien en la industria de los niños y Collins...Starting at €8.20
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Prune Prudently: Evaluate In-Process Innovations and Existing Businesses to Manage Resources in Tough Times
Anthony, Scott D.Book Chapter HBS-3234BC-EWhen times get tough, one of the first things we all think about is what we can do without. The same goes for companies--they must say no to some things to conserve resources and ensure that remaining resources are focused on the right things. But what specifically should companies say no to? Companies looking to shut down some innovation efforts have to evaluate two different portfolios: their portfolio of in-process innovation efforts and their...Starting at €8.20
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Developing Disruptive Ideas
Anthony, Scott D.; Johnson, Mark W.; Sinfield, Joseph V.; Altman, Elizabeth J.Book Chapter HBS-4551BC-EStrategyInnovation isn't predictable. However, remembering key principles and following the straightforward process for generating disruptive ideas that is outlined in this chapter, can reliably increase the odds of coming up with a high-potential idea. This chapter is excerpted from "The Innovator's Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work."Starting at €8.20
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Innovation Metrics
Anthony, Scott D.; Johnson, Mark W.; Sinfield, Joseph V.; Altman, Elizabeth J.Book Chapter HBS-4556BC-EStrategyOne of the key challenges for companies seeking to improve their ability to create growth through innovation is that the metrics many companies use to measure innovation run a high risk of actually leading them in the wrong direction. This chapter describes key measurement traps and lays out fifteen potential innovation metrics companies can use to more accurately assess innovation-related activities. This chapter is excerpted from "The Innovato...Starting at €8.20
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Principles and Patterns of Disruptive Innovation
Anthony, Scott D.; Johnson, Mark W.; Sinfield, Joseph V.; Altman, Elizabeth J.Book Chapter HBS-4557BC-EStrategyThis chapter highlights key innovation traps and summarizes the processes and principles that will significantly increase your chances of creating growth through innovation. This chapter is excerpted from "The Innovator's Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work."Starting at €8.20
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Changing Gender on the Job
McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1011M-ELeadership and People ManagementMichael Wallent, twice married and the father of three, had been working at Microsoft for more than 11 years when he decided-with the full support of his wife-to transition to living as a woman. Rejecting the standard approach at big companies, whereby the HR department announces a transgendering (often at a meeting from which the affected employee is absent), Wallent chose to inform his superiors and his direct reports himself. He also urged the...Starting at €8.20
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Battling Back from Betrayal
McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1012M-ELeadership and People ManagementStephen Greer's Hong Kong-based scrap-metal-recycling company, Hartwell Pacific, was enjoying a period of fantastic growth in the late 1990s: Within 18 months, the firm grew from two employees to 200 and opened locations in seven countries. But Greer's experience offers a vivid illustration of what can go wrong when an entrepreneur ambitiously expands without understanding that emerging markets operate by very different rules. Greer didn't realiz...Starting at €8.20
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Developing Your Global Know-How
Russwurm, Siegfried; Hernandez, Luis; Chambers, Susan; Chung, Keumyong; McGinn, Daniel; Kuhn, Lothar; Geissler, CorneliaArticle HBS-R1103D-ELeadership and People ManagementFor up-and-coming executives, an overseas posting has long been a rite of passage, providing opportunities not available in their native countries and experience that can be invaluable to their companies both during the assignment and after their return home. How has the Great Recession affected this formula? HBR spoke with the top human resources executives at four multinationals about how their companies are adapting global assignments to meet ...Starting at €8.20
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Being More Productive
Allen, David; Schwartz, Tony; McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1105D-EAllen, the author of the best seller Getting Things Done, and Schwartz, the author of the best seller Be Excellent at Anything and the CEO of The Energy Project, are two of the world's foremost authorities on increasing personal efficiency. Yet although they agree on much, their ideas on how to maximize the output of knowledge workers are fundamentally different. In this edited conversation with HBR, they discuss their own approaches and what the...Starting at €8.20