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Evidence-Based Management (Spanish version)
Pfeffer, Jeffrey; Sutton, Robert I.Article HBS-R0601ELeadership and People ManagementFor the most part, managers looking to cure their organizational ills rely on obsolete knowledge they picked up in school, long-standing but never proven traditions, patterns gleaned from experience, methods they happen to be skilled in applying, and information from vendors. They could learn a thing or two from practitioners of evidence-based medicine, a movement that has taken the medical establishment by storm over the past decade. A growing n...Starting at €8.20
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The HBR Agenda 2011 (Spanish version)
Ariely, Dan; Brown, Tim; Cappelli, Peter; Davenport, Thomas H.; Duflo, Esther; Fernández-Aráoz, Claudio; Govindarajan, Vijay; Gratton, Lynda; Hackman, J. Richard; Ibarra, Herminia; Kedrosky, Paul; Lafley, A.G.; Li, Charlene; Ma, Jack; Manzoni, Jean-Francois; Pink, Daniel H.; Porter, Michael E.; Schein, Edgar H.; Schmidt, Eric; Schwab, Klaus; Shirky, Clay; Stiglitz, Joseph E.; Sutton, Robert I.; Tyson, LaArticle HBS-R1101BKnowledge and CommunicationJoseph E. Stiglitz will be crafting a new postcrisis paradigm for macroeconomics whereby rational individuals interact with imperfect and asymmetric information. Herminia Ibarra will be looking for hard evidence of how "soft" leadership creates value. Eric Schmidt will be planning to scale mobile technology by developing fast networks and providing low-cost smartphones in the poorest parts of the world. Michael Porter will be using modern cost a...Starting at €8.20
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The Morrison Company (Spanish version)
Wheelwright, Steven C.; Myers, Paul S.Case HBS-413S16Service and Operations ManagementThe Morrison Company develops and manufactures radio frequency identification tags (RFID) known as "smart labels" for the retail and pharmaceutical industries. RFID technology is a fast-growing and increasingly competitive industry. Sales have risen dramatically over the past year and production levels have had to increase to meet monthly and quarterly shipping targets. However, the increase has exacerbated existing manufacturing problems and has...Starting at €8.20
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The BGIE Twenty (2021 version)
Cavallo, Alberto F.; Fabbe, Kristin E.; Fibiger, Mattias E.; Friedman, Jeremy; Hussam, Reshmaan N.; Pons, Vincent; Weinzierl, Matthew C.Case HBS-718032-EEconomicsUnlike traditional market segmentations that are based on a correlation of product sales or service with the attributes of the purchaser (such as age, gender, income level, and education level), jobs-based segmentation seeks to understand the causal roots of purchase-when a buyer needs to "hire" a product or service to get a "job" done. This note details the thought process and the methodology behind a jobs-based segmentation and provides numerou...Starting at €8.20
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Climate Change: Paris, and the Road Ahead
Pons, Vincent; Migdal, Amram; Lynch, MikeCase HBS-718038-EEconomicsQuikTrip, a large convenience store chain with over 500 stores, was known for its outstanding labor practices and fast, reliable, and friendly customer service. In November 2010, the CEO Chet Cadieux, had to decide how many new locations to open when QuikTrip entered a new market in North Carolina in 2011. Historically, QuikTrip had entered new markets slowly, opening 10 to 12 stores per year. And this slow growth worked well with its "people-fir...Starting at €8.20
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Democracy: Exit, Voice and Representation
Pons, Vincent; Tabellini, Marco E.Case HBS-719038-EEconomicsThis note provides an overview of the Chinese Internet by describing its leading three companies: Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (BAT). While BAT had previously focused their respective businesses on distinct sectors of the online economy-Baidu for search, Alibaba for e-commerce, and Tencent for games and instant messaging-the proliferation of mobile devices in China introduced new territory to be conquered. By the end of 2014, BAT had each made a s...Starting at €8.20
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Libert , galit , fragilit : The Rise of Populism in France, Teaching Note
Pons, VincentTeaching Note HBS-719049-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 717052.Starting at €0.00
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Populism in Bolivia: From Goni's Neoliberal Shock to Evo's Oil Contract Renegotiations, Teaching Note
Di Tella, Rafael; Pons, Vincent; Schwalb, NathanielTeaching Note HBS-719057-EEconomicsTeaching note for case 719001.Starting at €0.00
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Can a Volunteer-Staffed Company Scale? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Sutton, Robert I.; Rao, HuggyArticle HBS-R1405L-ELeadership and People ManagementAn education-gaming firm that has relied largely on volunteer developers has to rethink this strategy as it prepares to pitch investors for a new round of funding. Expert commentary comes from Noam Bardin, CEO of the crowdsourced-mapping company Waze, and Verena Delius, cofounder and managing partner of Fox & Sheep, a company that develops apps for kids. This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the commentary. For teaching purposes, this R...Starting at €8.20
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Amanda Tremblay at Citrine Solutions (Spanish version)
Bartlett, Christopher A.; Myers, Paul S.Case HBS-921S16Knowledge and CommunicationThe case focuses on Amanda Tremblay, a recent MBA with a technical background who was recruited by Citrine Software Solutions (CSS). CSS, based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, develops, implements, and supports software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for human resource management and associated business processes. Soon after joining, Tremblay distinguishes herself through her work on a project that analyzed the possibility of accessing a lower-priced m...Starting at €8.20