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Longchamp
Avery, Jill; Junker, Tonia; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-316086-EMarketingLongchamp's Le Pliage is one of the fashion world's most successful products, a cultural icon across the globe. But managing the low priced, nylon handbag is challenging as Longchamp tries to move its brand upmarket into higher priced, luxury leather goodStarting at €8.20
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What Only the CEO Can Do (Spanish version)
Lafley, A.G.Article HBS-R0905DLeadership and People ManagementThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. The author combines his nine years' experience as the CEO of Procter & Gamble with the last writings of the management scholar Peter Drucker to answer the question "What is the work of the CEO?" The chief executive, Lafley says, is held singularly accountable for t...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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Lotus F1 Team (Spanish Version)
Thomke, Stefan; Trichakis, Nikolaos; Lenhardt, Jerome; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-619S11Service and Operations Managementretention of high performing individuals, response to disruptive technological changes, and regulatory design in competitive environments.Starting at €8.20
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Pattern Recognition: How Our Mental Processes Increase the Likelihood of Making Flawed Decisions
Finkelstein, Sydney; Whitehead, Jo; Campbell, AndrewBook Chapter HBS-3606BC-EPattern recognition is a great friend to decision makers. It allows us to make (mostly) good judgments, filling in gaps in information based on our past experience. This process is not foolproof, however, and can cause failures in judgment if we're not careful, especially when we think we have sufficient relevant experience in situations when we do not. As the authors explain in this chapter, we need to identify when erroneous pattern recognition...Starting at €8.20
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Misleading Experiences: How to Spot This Common Cause of Flawed Decisions
Finkelstein, Sydney; Whitehead, Jo; Campbell, AndrewBook Chapter HBS-3609BC-EComplex decisions involving interpretation and judgment are difficult to get right. Especially considering the fact that our brains have developed decision making processes that rely heavily on our past experience. Misleading experiences are a common source of error in decision making that occur when the brain erroneously connects memories that seem similar to the situation we are currently assessing. But how do we know when an experience is misl...Starting at €8.20
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Inappropriate Self-Interest: A Beguiling and Unconscious Influence on Decision Making
Finkelstein, Sydney; Whitehead, Jo; Campbell, AndrewBook Chapter HBS-3611BC-EThe demise of Enron stands out as an iconic story of self-interest and its corrosive effect on decision making. This story of corruption, however, is extreme, and we might be tempted to think that self-interest is a rare influence on decision making, limited to a few dishonest or misguided people. Not true. In fact, the impact of self-interest is much more pervasive. It can affect the decisions of the most thoughtful and upstanding leaders. It ca...Starting at €8.20
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Inappropriate Attachments: How to Avoid Letting Personal Attachments Lead Decision Making Astray
Finkelstein, Sydney; Whitehead, Jo; Campbell, AndrewBook Chapter HBS-3612BC-EPersonal attachments surround us and can have a major role in any decision, sometimes to our extreme detriment. Attachments are very important to consider. They bring meaning and joy to our lives--they include attachments to our friends and families, to communities, to places, and even to objects that have taken on significance for us. It would be virtually impossible not to be affected by these attachments as we make decisions, but, under certai...Starting at €8.20
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Bang & Olufsen: la innnovación impulsada por el diseño
Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Austin, Robert D.Case HBS-117S02Service and Operations ManagementUna empresa de éxito, reconocido mundialmente por el exquisito diseño de los productos electrónicos de consumo, se esfuerza por integrar mejor diseño de software en sus procesos de diseño de productos físicos tradicionales para satisfacer las demandas de un mundo post-iPod. Detalla el proceso de Bang & Olufsen "impulsada por el diseño de la innovación", que funciona de manera muy diferente que en los procesos de desarrollo de productos de muchas ...Starting at €8.20
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Longchamp (Spanish version)
Avery, Jill; Junker, Tonia; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-317S06MarketingLongchamp's Le Pliage is one of the fashion world's most successful products, a cultural icon across the globe. But managing the low priced, nylon handbag is challenging as Longchamp tries to move its brand upmarket into higher priced, luxury leather goods. How much should Longchamp focus on Le Pliage versus its leather handbags? How should the subbrand be distributed, merchandised, priced, and promoted? How does Le Pliage both contribute to and ...Starting at €8.20