HBSP (USA)
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Las contradicciones que impulsan el éxito de Toyota
Takeuchi, Hirotaka; Osono, Emi; Shimizu, NorihikoArticle HBS-R0806FLeadership and People ManagementToyota se ha convertido en una de las mayores compañías del mundo sólo porque se desarrolló el Sistema de Producción Toyota, ¿verdad? Mal, decir Takeuchi, Osono y Shimizu, de la Universidad de Hitotsubashi en Tokio. Otro factor, se pasa por alto hasta ahora, es tan importante para el éxito de la empresa: la cultura de las contradicciones de Toyota. TPS es una innovación "duro" que permite a la empresa mejorar continuamente la forma en que se fabr...Starting at €8.20
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You Need an Innovation Strategy (Spanish version)
Pisano, Gary P.Article HBS-R1506BStrategyWhy is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an innovation strategy that aligns innovation efforts with the overall business strategy. Without such a strategy, companies will have a hard time weighing the trade-offs of various practices--such as crowdsourcing and customer co-creation--and so may end up with a grab bag of approaches. They will have troub...Starting at €8.20
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The Jaguar Project (Spanish version)
Gino, Francesca; Pisano, Gary P.Case HBS-610S17Service and Operations ManagementTeradyne, a leading manufacturer of semiconductor test equipment, embarked on a multiyear effort to improve its product development capabilities and to implement more formalized project management approaches. Examines the development of a new-generation tester that involved significant hardware and software design. For this, the company decided to implement new approaches to project management and project teams. Invites discussion of the effectiv...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Growth (Spanish version)
Huckman, Robert S.; Pisano, Gary P.Case HBS-611S08Service and Operations ManagementConsiders the situation facing David Barger, President and CEO of JetBlue Airways, in May 2007 as he addresses the airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February 2007. In 2005, JetBlue-typically viewed as a low-cost carrier (LCC)-made a move that is often considered antithetical to the LCC model. Specifically, JetBlue moved from a single aircr...Starting at €8.20
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IBET Pension Fund (Spanish Version)
Segel, Arthur ICase HBS-807S21FinanceMarisa Caris supervisa las inversiones inmobiliarias para el Fondo de Pensiones IBET. Se debe valorar cada una de las ocho propiedades existentes y determinar una estrategia para el futuro. Un reescrito versión de un caso anterior.Starting at €8.20
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U.S. Pioneer Electronics Corporation (Spanish Version)
Takeuchi, HirotakaCase HBS-503S62MarketingSe centra en el problema de los medios por los cuales un fabricante controla su canal de distribución. puntos de venta de EE.UU. Pioneer han convertido "disidente" y la gestión tiene que decidir qué tácticas a emplear para detener la erosión adicional (a corto plazo) y lo que a largo plazo canal de distribución a seguir. Software para este caso está disponible (9-588-546).Starting at €8.20
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American Connector Co. (A) (Spanish version)
Pisano, Gary P.; Rossi, SharonCase HBS-604S12Service and Operations ManagementAmerican Connector Co. is forced to reexamine operations at its Sunnyvale plant when a Japanese competitor announces plans to build an "ultimate" plant in the United States. Case examines issues related to benchmarking a competitor's manufacturing capabilities and productivity. Allows students to compare two companies' manufacturing strategies and their implications for productivity and flexibility.Starting at €8.20
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5 de Mayo (Spanish Version)
Segel, Arthur I; Retsinas, Nicolas P.; Margain, David; Caldera, AndresCase HBS-210S05FinanceEn 2004, Adrian Pandal está buscando financiamiento para una conversión de un edificio residencial en el distrito histórico centro de la Ciudad de México. Se debe convencer a los prestamistas potenciales que el proyecto es viable y que tiene sentido apostar por el potencial futuro de una zona que, hasta hace poco, no ha atraído la inversión sustancial de bienes raíces.Starting at €8.20
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Restoring American Competitiveness
Pisano, Gary P.Article HBS-R0907S-EEconomicsFor decades, U.S. companies have been outsourcing manufacturing in the belief that it held no competitive advantage. That's been a disaster, maintain Harvard professors Pisano and Shih, because today's low-value manufacturing operations hold the seeds of tomorrow's innovative new products. What those companies have been ceding is the country's industrial commons - that is, the collective operational capabilities that underpin new product and proc...Starting at €8.20
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Does America Really Need Manufacturing
Pisano, Gary P.; Shih, WillyArticle HBS-R1203G-EService and Operations ManagementToo many U.S. companies base decisions about where to locate production largely on narrow financial criteria. They don't consider whether keeping manufacturing at home makes more sense strategically or take into account the impact it might have on their ability to innovate. The result has been an exodus of manufacturing from America, which has weakened the capabilities that domestic firms need to keep inventing high-quality, cost-competitive prod...Starting at €8.20