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Un nuevo deseo de ganar
McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1009LLeadership and People ManagementEn 2004, Rick Hendrick, dueño de la Operación de las carreras de NASCAR Hendrick Motorsports, perdió gran parte de su equipo de gestión en un accidente aéreo. Entre los muertos estaba su hermano y su único hijo, Ricky, quien Hendrick había estado preparando para hacerse cargo del negocio. Sin embargo, este accidente devastador inspirara a todos en la compañía a luchar con más fuerza, y transformaría Hendrick en un líder sabio.Starting at €8.20
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Los archivos compartidos “Peer-to-Peer” y el mercado de productos de información digital
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Hervas, Andres; Mitchell, JordanCase HBS-707S17StrategyPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. A partir de 2005, más de 10 millones de personas estaban usando peer-to-peer (P2P) para compartir archivos de música a las redes de intercambio, películas y software de forma gratuita. programas de software P2P como Kazaa, Limewire y eDonkey recibieron una gran cantidad de atención de los medios. organizaciones de la industria de música y películas con derechos de autor cre...Starting at €8.20
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La Fageda
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Ricart Costa, Joan Enric; Mitchell, JordanCase HBS-711452-EStrategyLa Fageda is a manufacturer of high-quality, naturally-made yogurts in northern Catalonia, Spain. La Fageda is substantially different from its main competitors such as multinational Danone in that it is a 270-person workers' cooperative with 60 percent of its membership made up of mentally disabled individuals. Since its establishment in 1982, the organization has aimed to integrate the mentally disabled by providing meaningful jobs and dignifie...Starting at €8.20
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Changing Gender on the Job
McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1011M-ELeadership and People ManagementMichael Wallent, twice married and the father of three, had been working at Microsoft for more than 11 years when he decided-with the full support of his wife-to transition to living as a woman. Rejecting the standard approach at big companies, whereby the HR department announces a transgendering (often at a meeting from which the affected employee is absent), Wallent chose to inform his superiors and his direct reports himself. He also urged the...Starting at €8.20
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Battling Back from Betrayal
McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1012M-ELeadership and People ManagementStephen Greer's Hong Kong-based scrap-metal-recycling company, Hartwell Pacific, was enjoying a period of fantastic growth in the late 1990s: Within 18 months, the firm grew from two employees to 200 and opened locations in seven countries. But Greer's experience offers a vivid illustration of what can go wrong when an entrepreneur ambitiously expands without understanding that emerging markets operate by very different rules. Greer didn't realiz...Starting at €8.20
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Developing Your Global Know-How
Russwurm, Siegfried; Hernandez, Luis; Chambers, Susan; Chung, Keumyong; McGinn, Daniel; Kuhn, Lothar; Geissler, CorneliaArticle HBS-R1103D-ELeadership and People ManagementFor up-and-coming executives, an overseas posting has long been a rite of passage, providing opportunities not available in their native countries and experience that can be invaluable to their companies both during the assignment and after their return home. How has the Great Recession affected this formula? HBR spoke with the top human resources executives at four multinationals about how their companies are adapting global assignments to meet ...Starting at €8.20
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Being More Productive
Allen, David; Schwartz, Tony; McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1105D-EAllen, the author of the best seller Getting Things Done, and Schwartz, the author of the best seller Be Excellent at Anything and the CEO of The Energy Project, are two of the world's foremost authorities on increasing personal efficiency. Yet although they agree on much, their ideas on how to maximize the output of knowledge workers are fundamentally different. In this edited conversation with HBR, they discuss their own approaches and what the...Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: Desmond Tutu
Tutu, Desmond; McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1107S-EThe South African archbishop, civil rights leader, and Nobel Peace Prize winner talks about finding the patience to overcome apartheid and how he has benefited from the prayers of others.Starting at €8.20
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Practicing in Dreams Can Improve Your Performance
Erlacher, Daniel; McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-F1204D-EWhen people imagine practicing a skill or sport during "lucid dreaming," the state in which a sleeping person recognizes he's in a dream and takes control of it, their performance in that activity improves in real life.Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: Scott Adams
Adams, Scott; McGinn, DanielArticle HBS-R1311N-EThe creator of Dilbert on stumbling your way to success.Starting at €8.20