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Better together: the power of human connectedness
IESE InsightDossier 75919Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, StrategyFrom ICT networks to inclusive people management, a world divided is calling out for more human connectedness. Here’s how business leaders can forge the human connections on which our wellbeing depends. Featuring research-based tips by IESE professors for reaping the rewards of working together. Also, interviews with Pilar de Castro-Manglano, a psychiatrist at the Clínica Universidad de Navarra in Spain, and Sanjali Nirwani, founder and CEO of Un...Starting at €15.00
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Split decision: when do corporate splits make sense?
Thomas, L.D.W.Article 75920StrategyWith GE, Johnson & Johnson, Toshiba, General Motors and Ford announcing or exploring their intention to split into smaller entities, we look to HP’s experience to diagram when breaking up might be a good move.Starting at €8.20
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Multiparty Negotiation
Mehta, Kandarp; Stein, GuidoTechnical Note NEGN-4-ELeadership and People ManagementIn a multiparty negotiation, is one where it is frequently difficult to identify who wants what and how to get what we want in this dynamic situation. This document tries seeks to understand and explain what are some of the biggest challenges in multiparty negotiations.Starting at €8.20
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The Role of the Board of Directors in Corporate Transformation
Canals, JordiTechnical Note SMN-708-ECorporate Governance, StrategyThis note discusses the experience of some companies undertaking a corporate transformation process. In particular, it presents some roles that the board of directors can adopt to govern this process effectively.Starting at €8.20
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Positional Power: Diagnosing and Developing Positional Power
Brion, Sebastien; Salcedo, KatrinaTechnical Note DPON-357-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyPower, broadly defined as the ability to get things done, rests on three fundamental pillars: personal, relational, and positional power. Building all three sources of power is critical to achieving your objectives. This technical note focuses on positional power, which we define as the control over resources. Resources, in turn, are anything that you control within the organization that satisfy peoples' needs, including formal elements such as t...Starting at €8.20
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Accent Equity Partners and the San Sac Deal
Kolarova, Lenka; Liechtenstein, Heinrich; Grabenwarter, UliCase F-983-EEntrepreneurship, FinanceIt was April 2019, and Niklas Sloutski, Chief Executive Officer of Accent Equity Partners, a Stockholm-based private equity firm, had just returned from a meeting with the firm's partners. The meeting in which they reviewed the firm's investment portfolio brought discussions about the implications of pursuing a possible exit from the investment in the San Sac Group, a market-leading provider of waste sorting, containment and compaction products i...Starting at €8.20
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Nordic Technologies AB
Johnson, RobCase E-224-EFinanceThe case describes the terms of an offer from a Scandinavian venture capital firm for second-round financing for an early-stage silicon chip technology company in Sweden. This case is an updated version of E-100-E with the same title and from the same author.Starting at €8.20
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Professionalizing the Sales Force at The Veteran Tree
Villanueva, JulianCase M-1391-EEntrepreneurship, Leadership and People Management, MarketingIn March 2022, Jim Heisser, MD and founder of The Veteran Tree Co, was reflecting on the strong results his company had achieved in recent years. The historical growth in sales and profitability were something to be proud of and-after 2020 which was a disastrous year for the sector due to the pandemic-the company had returned to strong growth in 2021. Jim felt that what started as a small operation with humble goals was now becoming very big. Big...Starting at €8.20
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SmartPik: Pikolin's Smart Mattress
Zamora, Javier; Tàpies, J.; Costa, Xavier; Vilet, Ana María; Sastre Boquet, IsaacCase SI-214-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementIn June 2017, Pikolin launched the SmartPik, its first smart mattress. The SmartPik was capable of measuring and analyzing sleep phases to improve sleep quality. The first tests had gone well, but Pikolin didn't know how consumers who for decades had bought conventional mattresses through a very traditional channel would react to a new product which, for the first time in the company's history, incorporated digital elements (hardware and software...Starting at €8.20