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Working Together Effectively Before It All Goes Downhill
O'Leary, Michael; Mortensen, Mark; Woolley, AnitaArticle ART-1819-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementMultiple team membership (MTM) is a reality in todays workplace, with high-value employees lending their expertise to a variety of project teams. An estimated 65 percent of knowledge workers in the United States and Europe, for example, engage in MTM to some degree. But what is the effect of MTM on productivity and learning for individuals, teams and, ultimately, organizations? According to the authors, three mediators context switching, tempo...Starting at €8.20
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Getting to Grips With Take-Back Laws
Atasu, Atalay; Van Wassenhove, LukArticle ART-1892-EService and Operations ManagementAs diverse environmental legislation is being formulated around the world, companies may find themselves in a ¿gray zone,¿ as the authors explain in a new paper on the subject. This presents challenges but also opportunities for companies to clarify operations in four areas: forming a network, rethinking product design, setting up a closed-loop supply chain, and adopting new technologies and business models. The authors believe that individual pr...Starting at €8.20
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A Service Model for Cultural Excellence
Muñoz-Seca Fernández-Cuesta, BeatrizArticle ART-2080-EKnowledge and Communication, Service and Operations ManagementCulture, that intrinsic expression of humankind, has somehow grown remote from the general public. Arts and cultural institutions, just like their business counterparts, urgently need to find new audiences, meet changing demands and consider their business models afresh. The whole sector needs to reinvent itself, says the author. But how? Beatriz Muñoz-Seca recommends that arts and cultural institutions focus not so much on their products as on c...Starting at €8.20
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The Route to Olympic Gold
IESE InsightArticle ART-2133-ELeadership and People Management, Service and Operations ManagementDavid McNeill of Transport for London has his work cut out planning how to move the millions of people descending upon the British capital for the London 2012 Summer Games. If he does his job well, no one will notice him which is exactly how he likes it.Starting at €8.20
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The Decline of Main Street, the Rise of Multichannel Retail
Nueno Iniesta, José LuisArticle ART-2454-EMarketing, Service and Operations ManagementSix years into the economic crisis, companies have learned that they must go wherever consumers congregate and engage them there: in a flagship store on a prime shopping street; in a pop-up store calculated to surprise passers-by in an unexpected location; on the Internet; on their smartphones; in social media networks; or combining the online experience with a click-and-collect service, where goods purchased online can be picked up from a local ...Starting at €8.20
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How Fast Fashion Works: Can It Work for You, Too?
Caro, Felipe; Martínez de Albéniz Margalef, VíctorArticle ART-2565-EService and Operations ManagementWhen people hear "fast fashion," the retail giants Zara or H&M usually spring to mind. However, few really know what fast fashion is, operationally speaking, and how it takes advantage of Quick Response (QR) production and dynamic assortment planning to reduce traditional design, production/purchasing and distribution processes from years and months to just a few short weeks. This article walks readers through a more precise, illuminating definit...Starting at €8.20
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Ebola: Managing to Save Lives
IESE InsightArticle ART-2676-EService and Operations ManagementA year after the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa in March 2014, health-care experts are cautiously optimistic that the epidemic appears to be slowing. Although the outlook is brighter than a year ago when the first case was detected in Guinea, there is still a long way to go and many lessons to be learned in managing a crisis of this scale, related to institutional shortfalls, international coordination, engagement with local stakeholders and, m...Starting at €8.20
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Managing the Migrant Crisis
IESE InsightArticle ART-2852-EService and Operations ManagementAs the director of Proactiva Serveis Aquàtics, which provides sea rescue services along Spain's Mediterranean coast, Oscar Camps was appalled to see the wrenching images of migrants drowning. He resolved to do whatever he could to stop this human tragedy taking place on Europe's doorstep. His initiative provides some keys for others looking to beat the odds and help steer their project to a safe harbor.Starting at €8.20
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Mobile Payments: A Framework for Success
Calvo, EduardArticle ART-2922-EInformation Technologies, Service and Operations ManagementPaying for your coffee, getting on the subway or splitting dinner with friends are everyday actions that can now be done using a mobile phone. But there is a lot more to mobile payments than merely substituting a phone for a card when performing a financial transaction. Managers need to think less about the technology per se and more about how the new functionalities of m-payments can enable superior value propositions for their customers. Doing ...Starting at €8.20
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The Art of Reinvention
IESE InsightArticle ART-3058-EInnovation and Change, Service and Operations ManagementBy all accounts, the 80th anniversary exhibition of Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" has been a success, with thousands visiting daily and lines stretching round the block. What makes people want to line up to see an 80-year-old painting that in all likelihood they have seen before, if not in a museum, then in a coffee table book or online? To answer this, we look at what the Reina Sofia does to keep its offerings fresh, modern and interesting. After a...Starting at €8.20