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A Research Agenda: The Methods and Research Behind "Reverse Innovation"--and What's Next
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-9217BC-EAppendix B of "Reverse Innovation: Create Far from Home, Win Everywhere" describes the theoretical methodology behind the book, shows how it builds on past work, and suggests important new directions for future academic research under three major headings: research on innovation, developed-world multinationals, and emerging-market competitors. *About the book:* A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble bestselle...Starting at €8.20
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Delivering World-Class Health Care, Affordably
Govindarajan, Vijay; Ramamurti, RaviArticle HBS-R1311K-EStrategyIndia might appear to be the last place on earth where you would find health care innovation. Although government programs have finally brought some infectious diseases under control, the nation's ability to meet the basic medical needs of its citizens remains abysmal. However, necessity spawns innovation. Despite the pressing demand and constrained supply, a few relatively new Indian hospitals have devised ways of providing world-class health ca...Starting at €8.20
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Planned Opportunism
Govindarajan, VijayArticle HBS-R1605C-EStrategyPlanned opportunism is the author's term for responding to an unpredictable future by paying attention to weak signals--early evidence of emerging trends from which it is possible to deduce important changes in demography, technology, customer tastes and needs, and economic, environmental, regulatory, and political forces. That attention gives rise to fresh perspectives and nonlinear thinking, which help an organization imagine and plan for vario...Starting at €8.20
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Transforming Health Care from the Ground Up
Govindarajan, Vijay; Ramamurti, RaviArticle HBS-R1804G-ELeadership and People ManagementThe U.S. health care system needs reform, but too often experts focus on top-down solutions stemming from federal policy changes. Such efforts alone, however, cannot fix a wasteful and misdirected system. What's needed is innovation driven by doctors, nurses, administrators, entrepreneurs, and even patients who are devising new solutions to daily challenges. This article looks at two examples of bottom-up innovation, each involving a radical tran...Starting at €8.20
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Unique - Yanbal (A)
Pancorvo, Jorge; Cuneo, SergioCase PAD-P-C-406Service and Operations ManagementUna empresa peruana acometiendo retos de su cadena de suministros regional dentro de la industria de cosmeticos puerta a puertaStarting at €8.20
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Confecciones Sadat SRL
Pancorvo, JorgeCase PAD-P-C-270Service and Operations ManagementNorita Sadat, propietaria del negocio y persona emprendedora, se encuentra súbitamente ante una encrucijada que puede decidir, de buena manera, el futuro de su empresa. Deberá tomar decisiones de coyuntura, pero en especial plantearse la orientación y competencias futuras que requerirá su negocio de prendas de vestir para empleadas. Se da la dicotomía producto-servicio: el éxito no depende estrictamente de la confección y calidad de la vestim...Starting at €8.20
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Bembos Burger Grill
Campos, Carla; Pancorvo, JorgeCase PAD-P-C-377Service and Operations ManagementLos directivos de esta pujante cadena peruana, constituida en 1988, se encuentran ante varias disyuntivas de desarrollo que no sólo pueden afectar la calidad del servicio - atributo muy reconocido en el medio limeño - sino que ponen seriamente en juego el futuro de toda la organización. Decisiones de alcance local e internacional, teniendo como contendientes a los grandes McDonalds y Burger King. El caso abarca temas estratégicos y operativo...Starting at €8.20
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Perú 8thousand
Pancorvo, Jorge; Quiroga, GuillermoCase PAD-P-C-401-E-EService and Operations ManagementA group of friends, keen on mountain climbing, decide to take on a pioneer challenge: to be the first peruvian expedition to climb a snow-covered mountain, more than 8,000 meters high, in the Himalayas. However, to carry out such an ambitious challenge they must confront various aspects and ask themselves several questions; many of them are foreseeable while others emerge during the project's development. For nearly a year and a half, from t...Starting at €8.20
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Credisur
Belsuzarri, Óscar; Pancorvo, JorgeCase PAD-P-C-402Service and Operations ManagementAspectos como la calidad y el nivel del servicio otorgado al cliente comienzan a tomar importancia en el sector de la banca de consumo como factores determinantes para lograr la preferencia del usuario. La rapidez en la aprobación del crédito pasa a ser un atributo relevante y lamentablemente Credisur "cojea" bastante en este tema. Los ejecutivos funcionales buscan una solución, con coincidencias y discrepancias para cambiar el estado de cosas. ¿...Starting at €8.20
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Assemble the Dedicated Team: Seven Common Traps to Avoid When Building an Innovation Team
Govindarajan, Vijay; Trimble, ChrisBook Chapter HBS-7055BC-EIt's surprisingly easy for companies to stumble when they assemble a dedicated team to work on an innovation initiative. In this chapter, the authors suggest three initial steps: 1) Identify the skills you need; 2) Hire the best people you can find; and 3) Match the organizational model to the dedicated team's job. The authors then list the seven most common pitfalls innovation leaders are likely to encounter as they assemble their teams; for exa...Starting at €8.20