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IESE Insight. Issue 1. Second quarter 2009
IESE InsightMagazine REV-1-EAccounting and Control, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, Decision Analysis, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, Marketing, Service and Operations Management, StrategyThe launch edition of the IESE Insight review offers four visions to help managers deal with situations of uncertainty in business. Santiago Álvarez de Mon (IESE) explores the keys to embracing uncertainty, helping managers to increase their ethical capital. Rita McGrath (Columbia) presents a portfolio of opportunities that managers can employ to create conditions for internally generated growth. George Westerman (MIT) and Richard Hunter (...Starting at €22.00
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The Science of Tomorrow
IESE InsightArticle ART-1822-EInnovation and ChangeThough he fits the bill of the mad scientist, Michio Kaku is no crank but a serious physicist who has managed to popularize string field theory and other arcane scientific concepts. In this interview, he casts his vision of the future, which has enormous impact on the way we will live and work.Starting at €8.20
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10 New Skills That Every Worker Needs
Fidler, Devin; Gorbis, MarinaArticle ART-2078-EKnowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementThe current changes affecting society demand that workers acquire new skills to navigate the emerging environment. In this article, researchers from the Institute for the Future share the findings of a recent study carried out in collaboration with entrepreneurs, academics and business leaders, in which they explore the implications of these changes on the nature of work and careers. They list 10 specific new skills that can help workers achieve ...Starting at €8.20
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Facing Up to a Changing World
Done, Adrian A.Article ART-2076-EService and Operations Management, StrategyHow much time do you dedicate to thinking about the big issues that are likely to affect your personal and professional life in the next 20 years? If youre like many busy executives, not much. Yet with a global outlook arguably bleaker today than during the lowest point of the credit crunch, burying your head in the sand is no answer. Surely, it is better to face up to the big global trends looming on the horizon and figure out the best courses ...Starting at €8.20
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Preparing for the Pitfalls of Interconnectivity
Goldin, IanArticle ART-2077-EEconomics, StrategyRecent decades of globalization have created a more interconnected, interdependent and complex world than ever witnessed before. While policy makers have focused on facilitating integration, the implications of growing interdependence have been largely ignored. Global integration has brought many benefits, but it has also created fragility by producing new kinds of systemic risks. This article provides an understanding of these new 21st century s...Starting at €8.20
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Using Scenarios to Plan for Tomorrow
Rosenberg, MikeArticle ART-2079-EStrategyWhile business planners often resort to forecasting to estimate outcomes at some future point in time, the author believes forecasting has serious limitations and is not a reliable guide for the long-term future. Instead, he recommends scenario planning as a superior way of envisaging the future, in order to help managers see the business environment more clearly and make better strategic choices. Using the considerable experience of Shell in thi...Starting at €8.20
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Donatella Cinelli Colombini: “A Volcano of Ideas”
Isabella, Lynn A.; Yemen, GerryCase DARDEN-OB-1290-ELeadership and People ManagementThis field-based case offers the experiences of a historic winery in Tuscany, Italy, to set the stage for how the leader’s philosophy affects all aspects of the company, as well as how those practices create the culture of an all-female-staffed organization. The situation provides an opportunity to explore and connect the relationship among the leader’s values, the actions she takes, and the impact of those values and actions on how the organizat...Starting at €8.20