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Termine con las guerras en la innovación
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisArticle HBS-R1007FKnowledge and Communicationequipos especiales dedicados a las iniciativas de innovación, inevitablemente, se ejecutan en conflicto con el resto de la organización. Las personas responsables de las operaciones en curso ver los innovadores como advenedizos indisciplinados. Los innovadores descartan la gente de operaciones como los dinosaurios burocráticos. Es natural para separar los dos grupos en conflicto. Pero también es totalmente equivocado, por ejemplo Govindarajan y T...Starting at €8.20
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Teamwork on the Fly (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.Article HBS-R1204DLeadership and People ManagementPeople must get up to speed quickly on new topics and learn to work with others from different functions, divisions, and cultures. Several project management principles--scoping out the challenge, structuring the boundaries, and sorting tasks for execution--help leaders facilitate effective teaming. Leaders can also foster cross-boundary collaboration by emphasizing purpose, building psychological safety, and embracing failure and conflict. Indi...Starting at €8.20
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Intermountain Health Care (Spanish version)
Bohmer, Richard; Edmondson, Amy C.; Feldman, Laura R.Case HBS-604S16Intermountain Health Care (IHC), an integrated delivery system based in Utah, has adopted a new strategy for managing health care delivery. The approach focuses management attention not only on the facilities where care takes place but also on physician decision making and the care process itself, with the aim of boosting physician productivity and improving care quality, while saving money. This case explores the challenges facing Brent James, e...Starting at €8.20
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Field Service for Corporate Clients (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Hajim, CoreyCase HBS-606S38Used as part of the first module of a course on Managing Service Operations, which addresses managing the operating role of customers (606-032). Explores the highly successful PC and low-end server manufacturer's entry into the large-scale server market in the United States. A key difference of this new market is the intense service element required to support the larger hardware. Specifically, the industry standard is to have a technician onsite...Starting at €8.20
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Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A) (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Moingeon, Bertrand; Dessain, Vincent; Jensen, Ane DamgaardCase HBS-610S14StrategyThis case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assesses the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going Forward. Through informal knowledge marketplaces and sharing networks, Danone had helped managers connect with each other and share good practices peer-to-peer, rather than relying on traditional hierar...Starting at €8.20
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Making Innovation Happen: The Importance of a Custom Organizational Model and a Dedicated Project Plan
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-7053BC-EMost well-managed companies are adept at two basic models for innovation execution: 1) The innovation = ideas + motivation formula, which can generate thousands of small initiatives but cannot support major projects, and 2) The innovation = ideas + process formula, which can efficiently crank out innovation after innovation, as long as each one is a repeat of a prior effort. In this chapter, the authors introduce the thesis of their book, which i...Starting at €8.20
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Divide the Labor: Forming a Successful Innovation Partnership Based on Effective Cross-Functional Relationships
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-7054BC-EJust as there is a wide variety of innovation initiatives in organizations, there is a wide variety of teams that push them forward. But all these teams have something in common: They are internal partnerships. The two entities of the partnership are the Performance Engine (the organization's ongoing operations) and a Dedicated Team. The Dedicated Team consists of people who will work on the innovation initiative full time. The subset of Performa...Starting at €8.20
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Flash Memory, Inc. (Brief Case) (Spanish version)
Fruhan, William E.; Stephenson, CraigCase HBS-413S08FinanceCapital Budgeting, Cash Flows, Financial Forecasting, Long Term Financing, Net Present Value (NPV), and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)Starting at €8.20
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Hill Country Snack Foods Co. (Spanish version)
Kester, W. Carl; Stephenson, CraigCase HBS-913S04FinanceHill Country Snack Foods, located in Austin, Texas, manufactures, markets, and distributes snack foods and frozen treats. The CEO is passionate about maximizing shareholder value and believes in keeping tight control over costs and operating the business as efficiently as possible. The company invests in additional capacity and new products only when attractive, low-risk opportunities are identified and can be funded internally. The firm's cultur...Starting at €8.20
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Valuing Stock Options in a Compensation Package (Spanish version)
Fruhan, William E.; Stephenson, CraigCase HBS-915S06FinanceNew MBA graduate Larry Steffen has accepted an attractive job offer from Athena Global Technology but must now choose one of two alternative compensation plans. The first compensation plan option includes a base salary plus a $25,000 cash bonus, and the second includes the same base salary plus employee stock options. In order to evaluate and decide on one of these plans, Larry must estimate the value of the offered stock options and consider sev...Starting at €8.20