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Clearing the Path to Innovation
Miller, Paddy; Wedell-Wedellsborg, ThomasArticle ART-2316-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementFostering innovation is not just about getting people to think differently. If you want to make innovation happen, you need to change the way people act or behave in their daily work. And the best way to do that is to change the environment they work in. This article will help managers take a new approach to the leadership role and think differently about how to foster innovation in their companies. The authors present five key behaviors, which t...Starting at €8.20
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Seis problemas de la innovación y cómo abordarlos
Tietz, Matthias A.; Wong, Matthew A.; Rao, Jay; Chuán, Fran; Weintraub, JosephArticle ART-3204Innovation and ChangeEl fomento de una cultura innovadora puede ser un proceso espinoso, tal y como descubrieron los autores en su encuesta a más de 20.000 empleados de 140 compañías. Les preguntaron qué habían hecho bien y qué debían mejorar, lo que les permitió identificar seis áreas que suelen dar problemas y ponen de manifiesto que los directivos no escuchan ni involucran plenamente a sus empleados. Los apuntes y sugerencias de este artículo permiten elaborar un ...Starting at €8.20
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Jordan Cohen en Pfizer Works: construyendo la oficina del futuro
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-187Service and Operations ManagementJordan Cohen es director de Eficacia Organizativa en la importante compañía farmacéutica Pfizer. Ha establecido un sistema denominado pfizerWorks mediante el cual se externalizan tareas como la preparación de documentos Excel y PowerPoint o la investigación. En el caso se analiza su evolución a lo largo de un periodo de cinco años en el que se crea pfizerWorks partiendo de cero y se incorpora el sistema a la corporación.Starting at €8.20
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Startup as a Service: The Prehype Model - Teaching Note
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyTeaching Note DPOT-88-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, StrategyThe case outlines how Henrik Werdelin, the founder of Prehype, launched a new model for large companies to create growth through innovation, based on the idea of "start-up as a service." The case describes Prehype's core offering, namely a predefined process for building new ventures, combining the client's internal resources with Prehype's entrepreneurial expertise. The underlying business model was aimed at providing long-term, shared-interest ...Starting at €0.00
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General Óptica Internacional
Bohnsen, B.; Nueno, PedroCase P-997Service and Operations ManagementGeneral Optica Internacional considera la posibilidad de centralizar la producción de gafas (por ajuste de cristales) en lugar de realizar el trabajo de forma descentralizada en las ópticas. La centralización implica ahorro de costes, pero puede presentar problemas de servicio.Starting at €8.20
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Logisfashion, S.A.
Bohnsen, B.; Nueno, PedroCase E-29EntrepreneurshipTres emprendedores han puesto en marcha con éxito un operador logístico especializado en el sector textil. Superadas con éxito las etapas de nacimiento y primer desarrollo de la compañía, se plantea qué hacer para su consolidación como una gran empresa en su sector.Starting at €8.20
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General Óptica Internacional
Bohnsen, B.; Nueno, PedroCase P-997-EService and Operations ManagementGeneral Optica Internacional is considering the possibility of centralizing its production of glasses (lens fitting) instead of decentralizing the work to optician. Centralization saves costs but may give rise to service problems.Starting at €8.20
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Six Innovation Pain Points and How to Overcome Them
Tietz, Matthias A.; Wong, Matthew A.; Rao, Jay; Chuán, Fran; Weintraub, JosephArticle ART-3204-EInnovation and ChangeEvery company wants to innovate but generating innovative ideas and projects is easier said than done. Fostering a culture of innovation can be a painful process, as the authors discovered from their survey of more than 20,000 employees in 140 firms. In asking what they did well and what needed to be improved, they identified six key pain points that often get in the way of innovation, which ultimately come down to senior executives and managers ...Starting at €8.20
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Startup Cisco: Deploying Start-up Methods in a Giant Tech Company
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyCase DPO-426-EInnovation and Change, Leadership and People ManagementThis case outlines how a small team of people apply lean startup methods within Cisco, creating successful internal innovation over a period of a year. The case details how the team launched their idea and got traction for it, with very little formal support. The main features are building a team around an identified problem, attracting customers, building a "product" and anchoring the initiative in the organization.Starting at €8.20
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Samsung's European Innovation Team - Teaching Note
Wedell-Wedellsborg, Thomas; Miller, PaddyTeaching Note DPOT-68-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and CommunicationThe case details the work of Samsung¿s Product Innovation Team in Europe, the PIT-EU, established in 2010 to fuel consumer-driven innovation (as opposed to technology-driven innovation). By 2013, projects created by the team had contributed an estimated half a billion dollars to Samsung¿s profits. The case covers the first three years of the team and shows how the founders set up their team to make success more likely. Among other topics, the cas...Starting at €0.00