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Reverse Engineering Google's Innovation Machine
Iyer, Bala; Davenport, Thomas H.Article HBS-R0804C-EEven among internet companies, Google stands out as an enterprise designed with the explicit goal of succeeding at rapid, profuse innovation. Much of what the company does is rooted in its legendary IT infrastructure, but technology and strategy at Google are inseparable and mutually permeable - making it hard to say whether technology is the DNA of its strategy or the other way around. Whichever it is, Iyer and Davenport, of Babson College, beli...Starting at €8.20
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How to Tackle Your Toughest Decisions (Spanish version)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-R1609JEconomicsThe toughest calls managers have to make come in situations when they have worked hard to gather the facts and have done the best analysis they can, but they still don't know what to do. Then judgment--a fusion of thinking, feelings, experience, imagination, and character--becomes critical. The author offers five practical questions to improve your odds of making sound judgments: (1) What are the net, net consequences of all my options? (2) What ...Starting at €8.20
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Protect Your Company or Your Cousin? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-R2102M-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn this fictional case, a customer experience manager is torn between loyalty to her family and to her employer after she gets inside information from her cousin suggesting that one of the company's suppliers might not be able to make good on its contractual obligations. If she shares what she's learned with her manager, her company might elect not to renew its contract with the supplier. But passing along the information would mean betraying a p...Starting at €8.20
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Protect Your Company or Your Cousin (HBR Case Study)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-R2102X-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn this fictional case, a customer experience manager is torn between loyalty to her family and to her employer after she gets inside information from her cousin suggesting that one of the company's suppliers might not be able to make good on its contractual obligations. If she shares what she's learned with her manager, her company might elect not to renew its contract with the supplier. But passing along the information would mean betraying a p...Starting at €8.20
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Protect Your Company or Your Cousin (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-R2102Z-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn this fictional case, a customer experience manager is torn between loyalty to her family and to her employer after she gets inside information from her cousin suggesting that one of the company's suppliers might not be able to make good on its contractual obligations. If she shares what she's learned with her manager, her company might elect not to renew its contract with the supplier. But passing along the information would mean betraying a p...Starting at €8.20
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Discipline of Building Character (Spanish version)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-98201Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibilityone we know to be right and another we know to be wrong. A defining moment challenges us in a deeper way by asking us to choose between two or more ideals in which we deeply believe. Such decisions rarely have one "correct" response. Taken cumulatively over many years, they form the basis of an individual's character. Defining moments ask executives to dig below the busy surface of their lives and refocus on their core values and principles. Onc...Starting at €8.20
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Discipline of Building Character
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-98201-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. What is the difference between an ethical decision and what the author, Harvard Business School Professor Joseph Badaracco, Jr., calls a defining moment? An ethical decision typically involves choosing between two options: one we know to be right and another we kn...Starting at €8.20
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Una ingenier a inversa a la máquéina de innovación de Google
Iyer, Bala; Davenport, Thomas H.Article HBS-R0804CKnowledge and CommunicationIncluso entre las compañías de Internet, Google se destaca como una empresa diseñada con el objetivo explícito de tener éxito en la rápida innovación, profusa. Gran parte de lo que la compañía no tiene sus raíces en su legendaria infraestructura de TI, pero la tecnología y estrategia de Google son inseparables y mutuamente permeables - por lo que es difícil decir si la tecnología es el ADN de su estrategia o el otro alrededor de camino. Sea lo qu...Starting at €8.20
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Tres habilidades que cualquier Gerente del Siglo XXI necesita
Molinsky, Andrew; Davenport, Thomas H.; Iyer, Bala; Davidson, CathyArticle HBS-R1201NKnowledge and CommunicationDurante los últimos compañías década se han convertido en grupos más globales y de los empleados más diversas que nunca. Las organizaciones son menos jerárquica y más colaborativo. Y las oficinas de hoy en día están llenos de una vez distracciones tecnológicas inimaginables. Le preguntamos a los expertos en comunicación intercultural, las redes de información, y la ciencia de la atención que habilidades ejecutivos deben cultivar para hacer frente...Starting at €8.20
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How to Tackle Your Toughest Decisions
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.Article HBS-R1609J-ELeadership and People ManagementThe toughest calls managers have to make come in situations when they have worked hard to gather the facts and have done the best analysis they can, but they still don't know what to do. Then judgment--a fusion of thinking, feelings, experience, imagination, and character--becomes critical. The author offers five practical questions to improve your odds of making sound judgments: (1) What are the net, net consequences of all my options? (2) What ...Starting at €8.20