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IESE Insight. Issue 11. Fourth Quarter 2011
IESE InsightMagazine REV-25-EEconomics, Entrepreneurship, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Leadership and People Management, Service and Operations Management, StrategyDouglas T. Hall and Elana R. Feldman (Boston University) encourage companies to help employees pursue their dreams and find meaning in their personal and professional lives. IESE?s Mireia las Heras describes four ways in which companies can drive personal and professional development, based on flexibility, development-oriented relationships, visibility and transparency, and diversity management. Ton Wilthagen (Tilburg University) explains the cre...Starting at €22.00
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IESE Insight. Número 16. Primer trimestre 2013
IESE InsightMagazine REV-37Corporate Governance, Finance, Information Technologies, Innovation and Change, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People Management, StrategyHasta ahora se han hecho muchas valoraciones de los aspectos macroeconómicos que nos han conducido a la crisis financiera. En este número de IESE Insight ofrecemos una visión empresarial del asunto. José Manuel Campa propone una serie de actitudes y principios que los directores financieros deberían adoptar para devolver sus cuentas al buen camino y contribuir a evitar una próxima crisis. Juan Almandoz extrae algunas lecciones de la banca ...Starting at €22.00
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Recruit Holdings and the Ribbon Model
Miller, Paddy; Inami, HiromiCase DPO-388-EInformation Technologies, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementListed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange since October 2014 with $13 billion in sales, Recruit Holdings had created and managed as many as 200 businesses and brands through separate operating divisions across Japan, the rest of Asia, Europe and the United States. The key business of Recruit was that it operated a number of platforms and services that provided client data and could be accessed by many users. But what made it work? What made it sustainab...Starting at €8.20
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Takata Bankruptcy: Failure of Leadership or Innovation Gone Rogue
Andrea Santiago; Fernando Martin RoxasCase IVEY-9B20C003-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyTakata Corporation was a business-to-business firm based in Japan, whose logo once symbolized safety. In 2013, however, the company mishandled its airbag recall crisis, which was Japan’s largest automotive safety recall. The crisis led to the largest corporate bankruptcy filing of a Japanese firm and impacted Japanese banks involved in a collateral-free syndicated loan. How could the company have better managed the crisis?Starting at €8.20
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The Competitive Imperative of Learning (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.Article HBS-R0807ELeadership and People ManagementThey use the best available knowledge (which is understood to be a moving target) to inform the design of specific process guidelines. They encourage employee collaboration by making information available when and where it's needed. They routinely capture data on processes to discover how work really happens. Finally, they study these data in an effort to find ways to improve execution. Taken together, these practices form the basis of a learnin...Starting at €8.20
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GROW: Using Artificial Intelligence to Screen Human Intelligence (Spanish version)
Ethan S. Bernstein; Paul D. McKinnon; Paul YarabeCase HBS-419S08Leadership and People ManagementOver 10% of all 2017 university graduates in Japan used GROW, an artificial intelligence platform and mobile app developed by Tokyo-based people analytics startup IGS, to recruit for a job. This case puts participants in the shoes of IGS founder and CEO Masahiro Fukuhara, a first-time entrepreneur, as he considers the varied ways the "big data" he is collecting is being used--and whether some uses promised more meaningful (or less potentially mis...Starting at €8.20
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When Lean Isn't Mean (Spanish version)
Goold, Michael; Young, DavidArticle HBS-F0504DLeadership and People ManagementThe trend is to downsize corporate headquarters--but sometimes a bigger HQ is better.Starting at €8.20
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Yamato Transport: Part-time Employment of Housewives
Joo Yong Lowe; Fumiyuki Kosugi; Teng Hwee Ng; Andre Chun Mun WaiCase IVEY-9B13C004-ELeadership and People Management, StrategyYamato Transport Co., Ltd. innovatively used the field cast model of housewives as part-time employees to meet the increasing delivery demands of morning peak-load hours. The housewives provided Yamato with a cost-efficient source of human resources and the nimbleness to adjust its staff deployment to respond reliably and quickly to customers’ needs. A series of recruitment, training, and compensation and appraisal processes was designed for the ...Starting at €8.20
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Olympus (A)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Durante, KathleenCase HBS-413040-ELeadership and People ManagementAs 2012 approached the woes of the financial crisis seemed to be fading, companies were resuming business as usual and some of the scrutiny on corporate governance practices began to recede as well. That is until another major financial scandal emerged in Japan in the fall of 2011. It was slowly revealed that the 92-year-old camera and medical photo-imaging company, Olympus, had been hiding its losses for more than a decade - to the tune of $1.7 ...Starting at €8.20
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Olympus (B)
Lorsch, Jay W.; Srinivasan, Suraj; Durante, KathleenCase HBS-413075-ELeadership and People ManagementThis case outlines Michael Woodford's awards and honors, after having been fired from Olympus in October 2011. It discusses the repercussions following an investigation into the fraud and the report which was released thereafter. It also discusses the lawsuit that followed (filed by Woodford against Olympus), its settlement, and the new Olympus board and the fate of the Olympus executives who were at Olympus while the scandal occurred.Starting at €5.74