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Developing Software through Crowdsourcing (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Garvin, David A.; Lonstein, EricCase HBS-610S21StrategyTopCoder's crowdsourcing-based business model, in which software is developed through online tournaments, is presented. The case highlights how TopCoder has created a unique two-sided innovation platform consisting of a global community of over 225,000 developers who compete to write software modules for its over 40 clients. Provides details of a unique innovation platform where complex software is developed through ongoing online competitions. B...Starting at €8.20
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Prediction Markets at Google (Spanish version)
Coles, Peter A.; Lakhani, Karim R.; McAfee, AndrewCase HBS-612S12Information TechnologiesIn its eight quarters of operation, Google's internally developed prediction market has delivered accurate and decisive predictions about future events of interest to the company. Google must now determine how to increase participation in the market, and how to best use its predictions.Starting at €8.20
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What Are Business Models, and How Are They Built?, Module Note (Spanish version)
Christensen, Clayton M.; Johnson, Mark W.Case HBS-615S01Service and Operations ManagementStarting at €8.20
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Netflix: Designing the Netflix Prize (A) (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Cohen, Wesley M.; Ingram, Kynon; Kothalkar, Tushar; Kuzemchenko, Maxim; Malik, Santosh; Meyn, Cynthia; Friar, Greta; Pokrywa, Stephanie HealyCase HBS-615S16Service and Operations ManagementIn 2006, Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, was looking for a way to solve Netflix's customer churn problem. Netflix used Cinematch, its proprietary movie recommendation software, to promote individually determined best-fit movies to customers. Hastings deterStarting at €8.20
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Nivea (B) (Spanish version)
Lakhani, Karim R.; Fuller, Johann; Bilgram, Volker; Friar, GretaCase HBS-615S08Service and Operations ManagementEste caso suplementaria da seguimiento a un innovador enfoque de I + D por Beiersdorf, una compañía de cuidado de la piel y cosméticos. El caso se relaciona lo que pasó con el producto lanzado por Beiersdorf, a su línea Nivea, a raíz de los acontecimientos del caso A, y cómo el éxito comercial del producto informó el pensamiento de los líderes en I + D para el futuro.Starting at €5.74
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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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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