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Storytelling That Moves People (Spanish version)
McKee, Robert; Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0306BStrategyWhen executives need to persuade an audience, most try to build a case with facts, statistics, and some quotes from authorities. In other words, they resort to "companyspeak," the tools of rhetoric they have been trained to use. In this conversation with HBR, Robert McKee, the world's best-known screenwriting lecturer, argues that executives can engage people in a much deeper--and ultimately more convincing--way if they toss out their PowerPoint ...Starting at €8.20
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El caso HBR: La ola de despidos
Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0903ALeadership and People ManagementAstrigo está en problemas. La cadena de mejoras para el hogar ha perdido su pronóstico de ganancias mal y las ventas están cayendo. Una reducción del 10% en el aspecto personal como la única opción. Despidos, sin embargo, podrían debilitar el compromiso de toda la vida del minorista a los empleados y la capacidad de ofrecer sus servicios al cliente famoso. Pero tocando efectivo reservado para adquisiciones estratégicas va en contra de los valores...Starting at €8.20
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El caso HBR: Llegó la hora de hacer una movida lateral
Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0911BLeadership and People ManagementCuando una compañía de seguros del Reino Unido está plagada de un escándalo de fraude de valores que da como resultado la destitución del director general, el director de recursos humanos aprovecha la oportunidad para sacudir la cultura con un reemplazo negrita. Sin embargo, el presidente de la junta no se siente cómodo con esa estrategia, prefiriendo centrarse en los candidatos de un sello más tradicional. ¿Hasta dónde puede - y debe - el direct...Starting at €8.20
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Moonlighter (HBR Case Study and Commentary) (Spanish version)
Fryer, Bronwyn; Jensen, Bill; Lepatner, Barry; Kimmel, Jean; Conway, Karen; Davis, Stan; Davis, SandraArticle HBS-R0211ALeadership and People ManagementJeremy Hicks, Zagante Systems' lead programmer, walks into the office at eight o'clock on a Sunday night and does a double take when he spots his boss, Melanie. She's equally surprised to find she isn't alone. Before leaving for the evening, Melanie pays Jeremy a visit, only to discover that he isn't hard at work on Zagante's new product--he's programming a game for another company. The next day over lunch, Melanie confronts Jeremy and lets him k...Starting at €8.20
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La aplicación de las Normas Internacionales de Información Financiera en China
Ramanna, Karthik; Donovan, G.A.; Dai, Nancy HuaCase HBS-110S29EconomicsEn 2005, China ha anunciado planes para "converger con," pero no adopta por completo, IFRS. China también comenzó a ejercer presión para cambios a las disposiciones IFRS específicos, como por revelar sobre partes relacionadas de las empresas de propiedad estatal, para traerlos más en consonancia con los intereses chinos. sistema de contabilidad de China ya había sido objeto de reformas importantes durante las dos décadas en que su economía había ...Starting at €8.20
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When the Crowd Fights Corruption
Healy, Paul M.; Ramanna, KarthikArticle HBS-R1301K-ECorruption is the greatest impediment to conducting business in Russia, according to leaders recently surveyed by the World Economic Forum. Indeed, it's a problem in many emerging markets, and businesses have a role to play in combating it, according to Healy and Ramanna. The authors focus on RosPil--an anticorruption entity in Russia set up by Alexey Navalny, a crusader against public and private malfeasance in that country. As of December 2011,...Starting at €8.20
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Why "Fair Value" is the Rule
Ramanna, KarthikArticle HBS-R1303H-EAccounting and ControlFor the past two decades, fair value accounting--the practice of measuring assets and liabilities at estimates of their current value--has been on the ascent, marking a major departure from the centuries-old tradition of keeping books at historical cost. Why has this happened? The author, an associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, offers one answer: The membership of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, whi...Starting at €8.20
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Timeless Leadership: A Conversation with David McCullough
McCullough, David; Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0803B-ELeadership and People ManagementThe historian David McCullough, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and well-known public television host, has spent his career thinking about the qualities that make a leader great. His books, including Truman, John Adams, and 1776, illustrate his conviction that even in America's darkest moments the old-fashioned virtues of optimism, hard work, and strength of character endure. In this edited conversation with HBR senior editor Bronwyn Fryer, McCu...Starting at €8.20
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When Your Colleague Is a Saboteur (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0811A-ELeadership and People ManagementMark Landstad, relatively new to CliffBank's investment banking division, has a veteran teammate, Nicole Collins, who appears to be a reliable ally. However, when Mark needs her help in locating vital information for his part of a presentation they will be doing together, she feigns ignorance. During the meeting, Nicole produces the data out of the blue and wows the attendees with her analysis. Knocked off balance by the sabotage, Mark clumsily s...Starting at €8.20
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When Your Colleague Is a Saboteur (HBR Case Study)
Fryer, BronwynArticle HBS-R0811X-ELeadership and People ManagementMark Landstad, relatively new to CliffBank's investment banking division, has a veteran teammate, Nicole Collins, who appears to be a reliable ally. However, when Mark needs her help in locating vital information for his part of a presentation they will be doing together, she feigns ignorance. During the meeting, Nicole produces the data out of the blue and wows the attendees with her analysis. Knocked off balance by the sabotage, Mark clumsily s...Starting at €8.20