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For the Last Time: Stock Options Are an Expense (Spanish version)
Bodie, Zvi; Kaplan, Robert S.; Merton, Robert C.Article HBS-R0303DAccounting and ControlShould stock options be recorded as an expense on a company's income statement and balance sheet, or should they remain where they are, relegated to footnotes? The authors believe the case for expensing options is overwhelming. In this article, Nobel laureate Robert Merton, one of the inventors of the Black-Scholes option-pricing model; his co-author on the classic textbook Finance, Zvi Bodie; and Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard,...Starting at €8.20
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A New Framework (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Mikes, AnetteArticle HBS-R1206BStrategyRisk management is too often treated as a compliance issue that can be solved by drawing up lots of rules and making sure that all employees follow them. Many such rules, of course, are sensible and do reduce some risks that could severely damage a company. But rules-based risk management will not diminish either the likelihood or the impact of a disaster such as Deepwater Horizon, just as it did not prevent the failure of many financial institut...Starting at €8.20
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Introduction: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7678BC-EStrategyIn spite of increased adoption of strategy execution systems in recent years, strategy development and the links between strategy and operations remain ad hoc, varied, and fragmented. Having a comprehensive and integrated management system-with the Balanced Scorecard at its core-can help companies overcome the difficulties and frustration that most of them experience when attempting to implement their strategies. This chapter is excerpted from "...Starting at €8.20
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Plan the Strategy: Aligning the Organization for Effective Strategy Execution
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7686BC-EStrategyThe process of planning an organization's strategy converts statements of strategic direction into specific objectives, measures, targets, initiatives, and budgets that guide action and align the organization for effective strategy execution. This chapter addresses the translation of the strategy into a strategy map, built around strategic themes, and an associated Balanced Scorecard of measures and targets for each of the map's strategic objecti...Starting at €8.20
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Aligning Organizational Units and Employees: A Critical Step in the Strategy Execution Process
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7688BC-EStrategyA truly effective management system for aligning business unit strategy with operations must address how strategy is integrated across diverse organizational units, and how to align employees with the strategy. This chapter describes the best practices companies use to align business units, support units, and employees to strategy. This chapter is excerpted from "Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage."Starting at €8.20
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Plan Operations: Align Process Improvement Programs
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7690BC-EStrategyPerformance that depends on the power of individual leaders has generally proven unsustainable over the long term. Unless an organization links its strategy to its governance and operational processes, it won't be able to sustain its successes. This chapter discusses the linkage of strategy to process improvements. This chapter is excerpted from "Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage."Starting at €8.20
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Operational and Strategy Review Meetings: Keeping the Organization on a Strategic Trajectory for Breakthrough Performance
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7691BC-EStrategyWith strategy and operational plans in place, the enterprise embarks on executing the strategy: producing and delivering products and services to customers, implementing initiatives, and improving processes. However, like mission control after a spaceship has been launched, the enterprise needs to continually monitor and adjust its performance to achieve strategic objectives. Managers guide the enterprise by holding a structured set of meetings t...Starting at €8.20
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Atlantic Aviation Corporation: División Westwind
Bonoma, Thomas V.Case HBS-505S05MarketingPlantea cuestiones sobre el control y controlar los costos de demostración de vuelo para el avión de negocios Westwind. vicepresidente de marketing de Atlántico está preocupado por el aumento de los costos de demostración, pero no desea negar sólidas perspectivas de un paseo de evaluación. Se le pide al gerente general de la división de formular una política de cumplir ambos objetivos. Previsto para el uso en la sección de política de marketing d...Starting at €8.20
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Boston Whaler, Incorporated: gestión de la red de distribuidores
Bonoma, Thomas V.; Kane, Margaret L.Case HBS-512S16MarketingSr. Joseph Lawler, presidente de Boston Whaler, Inc. (BWI) recién nombrado, considera que una mejor gestión de concesionarios es la clave para el crecimiento continuo de su empresa. BWI fabricó un alto precio, el rendimiento de la línea de alta potencia y otros barcos para los mercados recreativas, comerciales y de otro tipo. Sus 250 distribuidores eran servidos por una pequeña fuerza de los directores regionales. La mayoría de los comerciantes n...Starting at €8.20
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Escuela Outward Bound Hurricane Island
Bonoma, Thomas V.; Clark, Bruce H.Case HBS-515S18MarketingEl huracán Island Outward Bound, una pequeña escuela, sin fines de lucro que ayudó a la educación experimental pionero en los Estados Unidos, se ha recuperado recientemente de una crisis financiera. Los estudiantes toman el papel de la nueva gerente de marketing de la escuela, que está preparando su primer plan de marketing para la organización. Frente a un presupuesto de marketing apretado, los estudiantes deben elegir entre varios programas de ...Starting at €8.20