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El sí institucional: la entrevista HBR a Jeff Bezos
Bezos, Jeff; Kirby, Julia; Stewart, Thomas A.Article HBS-R0710CLeadership and People ManagementDesde su fundación, en 1995, de Amazon.com audaces a menudo han dejado observadores rascándose la cabeza, si no es la predicción de la desaparición de la empresa. ¿Por qué abrir una plataforma minorista propietaria efectiva a la competencia de los vendedores de terceros? ¿Por qué herramientas de maquillaje que Amazon desarrollados para su propio uso a disposición de otros desarrolladores de sitios web? (¿Por qué, para el caso, colocar comentarios...Starting at €8.20
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La Entrevista HBR: Acelerando el paso
Mahindra, Anand G.; Stewart, Thomas A.; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0807FStrategyEl Mahindra & Mahindra Group, una de las casas comerciales más conocidos de la India, está tratando de ser más grande, más global y más innovadora, todo al mismo tiempo. En post-económicos-reformas fiebre del oro de la India, el grupo, cuyas ventas fueron 2.007 $ 6.6 mil millones, ha invertido en una gran cantidad de negocios no relacionados, desde la fabricación de aviones para la producción de películas. El tractor insignia y las empresas de SU...Starting at €8.20
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Lotus F1 Team (Spanish Version)
Thomke, Stefan; Trichakis, Nikolaos; Lenhardt, Jerome; Beyersdorfer, DanielaCase HBS-619S11Service and Operations Managementretention of high performing individuals, response to disruptive technological changes, and regulatory design in competitive environments.Starting at €8.20
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Estrategia y gobierno en Yahoo! Inc.
Palepu, Krishna G.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Lane, David; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-112S10Accounting and ControlYahoo! se enfrenta a una serie de desafíos de gobernabilidad y estratégicos a finales de 2011, ya que trata de competir con rivales como Google y encontrar maneras de monetizar sus vínculos accionariales y de negocios con Alibaba Group en China y Yahoo! Japón. La compañía ahora está valorada en casi la mitad de la oferta que Microsoft había hecho en su oferta de adquisición en 2008. La profundidad del desafío es subrayada por el CEO frecuentes ca...Starting at €8.20
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Institutional Yes: The HBR Interview with Jeff Bezos
Bezos, Jeff; Kirby, Julia; Stewart, Thomas A.Article HBS-R0710C-ELeadership and People ManagementSince its founding, in 1995, Amazon.com's bold moves have often left observers scratching their heads, if not predicting the company's demise. Why open up an effective proprietary retail platform to competition from third-party sellers? Why make tools that Amazon developed for its own use available to other website developers? (Why, for that matter, post negative reviews of your products?) Two HBR editors interviewed Bezos, the founder and CEO, t...Starting at €8.20
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Finding a Higher Gear
Mahindra, Anand G.; Stewart, Thomas A.; Raman, Anand P.Article HBS-R0807F-EStrategyThe Mahindra & Mahindra Group, one of India's best-known business houses, is trying to become bigger, more global, and more innovative-all at the same time. In India's post-economic-reforms gold rush, the group, whose 2007 sales were $6.6 billion, has invested in a slew of unrelated businesses, from aircraft manufacture to film production. The flagship tractor and SUV businesses are readying to make big bets in, respectively, the Chinese and U.S....Starting at €8.20
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Strategy and Governance at Yahoo! Inc.
Palepu, Krishna G.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Lane, David; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-112040-EAccounting and ControlYahoo! faces a number of governance and strategic challenges in late 2011 as it tries to compete with rivals such as Google and find ways to monetize its shareholding and business links with Alibaba Group in China and Yahoo! Japan. The company is now valuStarting at €8.20
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Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States
Ramanna, Karthik; Sucher, Sandra J.; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-113037-EEconomicsThis note on business-government relations introduces students to the state of campaign contributions and lobbying by corporations in the United States. The note develops two hypotheses as to the impact of corporate political engagement: (i) a vehicle to facilitate good government; and (ii) an instrument of special-interest capture. The note can be used to generate a discussion on the following issues: (1) In a democratic capitalist society, what...Starting at €8.20
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Foreign Direct Investment and South Africa (B)
Werker, Eric; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-712054-EEconomicsIncoming and outgoing foreign direct investment in an environment of politics, geography, globalization, and history. Since the end of apartheid, South Africa had undertaken substantial economic reforms in order to attract more foreign direct investment, but it was slow in coming. At the same time, South African firms had become major players in sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. Collectively, these investment decisions could have a major long-run im...Starting at €5.74
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Persephone's Pomegranate Credit Agricole and Emporiki
Roscini, Dante; Beyersdorfer, Daniela; Lenhardt, JeromeCase HBS-713055-EEconomicsIn 2006 the French bank Cr dit Agricole bought the Greek Emporiki bank, for 2.8 billion, at the peak of a bull market for bank takeovers. Six years, a major financial crisis, and 5.2 billion of losses later, in a context of great uncertainty in the European banking sector, what decision should Cr dit Agricole take regarding Emporiki? Through the example of this European cross-border acquisition the case looks at the Greek banking system befo...Starting at €8.20