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Syndexa and Technology Transfer at Harvard University
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Kiron, DavidCase HBS-808073-EGokhan Hotamisligil is a star researcher at Harvard School of Public Health who has made groundbreaking discoveries linking fat cells, inflammation, and diabetes. He now wants to form a company to commercialize these discoveries. At the same time, Isaac Kohlberg, the head of Harvard's Office of Technology Development (OTD) is eager to improve Harvard's record in commercializing science. Describes the negotiations between Hotamisligil, OTD, the ne...Starting at €8.20
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Defining Your Operating Model: Make IT a Strategic Asset by Developing a Clear Vision of the Role of IT
Weill, Peter; Ross, Jeanne W.Book Chapter HBS-3592BC-EService and Operations ManagementMany firms have not addressed the key question of how they want to profit and grow, and how IT can help create their platform. IT savvy firms, on the other hand, clarify what they are trying to do with IT by defining an operating model. In this chapter, Weil and Ross look at IT systems as tools for integration and standardization of business processes rather than an end solution. Using examples of companies like P&G, PepsiAmericas, and ING Direct...Starting at €8.20
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Revamping Your IT Funding Model: Extract More Value from Your IT Investments
Weill, Peter; Ross, Jeanne W.Book Chapter HBS-3593BC-EService and Operations ManagementWith the average firm spending over two thirds of its IT budget just on maintaining operating systems, it's vital that companies begin rethinking how they track and manage their IT funds. In this chapter, Weil and Ross provide extensive guidelines on how companies can compose an effective IT funding model. They stress the importance of establishing IT priorities and monitoring the risks and rewards of current and past investments. This chapter wa...Starting at €8.20
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Building a Digitized Platform: A Journey to Increased Value from IT
Weill, Peter; Ross, Jeanne W.Book Chapter HBS-3594BC-EService and Operations ManagementAs your company begins to expand, whether domestically or internationally, it is important that standardized systems are organized for all branches to maintain efficiency. To do this, your company has to build a digitized platform which focuses on three main areas: a shared IT infrastructure, consolidated data centers, and enhanced IT governance. In this chapter, Weil and Ross outline four stages of organizational learning that must take place in...Starting at €8.20
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Allocating Decision Rights & Accountability: Elements of Effective IT Governance
Weill, Peter; Ross, Jeanne W.Book Chapter HBS-3595BC-EService and Operations ManagementEvery firm, at some level, needs a digitized platform, or integrated set of electronic business processes, to operate effectively. The only way to deliver a digitized platform--and superior business value from IT--is to design IT decision rights and accountabilities so that daily decisions about IT support the firm's strategic goals. In this chapter, the authors explain the importance of transparency in IT governance and describe how a firm's gov...Starting at €8.20
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Whole of Enterprise: An Atomic E-Business Model
Weill, Peter; Vitale, Michael R.Book Chapter HBS-4949BC-EInformation TechnologiesThe use of multiple business models across an organization can create confusion among customers, who may be required to navigate not just different computer systems, but also different ways of doing business. This chapter describes the benefits of adopting an integrated whole-of-enterprise e-business model. This chapter is excerpted from "Place to Space: Migrating to eBusiness Models."Starting at €8.20
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Kidder, Peabody & Co.: creando beneficios etéreos
Simons, Robert L.; Davila, AntonioCase HBS-102S16Accounting and ControlEl 17 de abril de 1994, Kidder, Peabody & Co. anunció un cargo de $ 350 millones de dólares contra las ganancias resultantes del descubrimiento de los beneficios de explotación falsas. Ese mismo día, la terminación del empleo de Joseph Jett con la compañía se hizo pública. Al ilustrar la mecánica de la contabilidad de bonos, este caso se describe la estrategia de negociación que condujo a la creación de falsos beneficios. También se discuten los ...Starting at €8.20
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Dissension in the Ranks? (A) (Spanish version)
Simons, Robert L.; Weston, Hilary A.Case HBS-102S40Leadership and People Managementhbsp.harvard.edu/jdotStarting at €8.20
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Asea Brown Boveri (Spanish version)
Simons, Robert L.; Bartlett, Christopher A.Case HBS-102S43StrategyIn 1987, two European rivals--Asea AB of Sweden and BBC Brown Boveri Ltd. of Switzerland--merged to form Asea Brown Boveri. The new company employed 150,000 employees in 850 legal entities operating in 140 countries. The case describes the challenges facing Percy Barnevik--the organization's leader--and how he resolved those challenges through staffing, communicating priorities, new structural alignments, and information and reporting systems.Starting at €8.20
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Westchester Distributing, Inc. (B) (Spanish Version)
Simons, Robert L.; Boxwell, Robert J., Jr.Case HBS-103S08Accounting and ControlDescribe las acciones tomadas por el propietario / presidente para resolver el dilema.Starting at €5.74