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Recupera, S.A.
Pancorvo, JorgeCase PAD-P-C-343Service and Operations ManagementDardo López-Dolz, propietario del negocio y persona emprendedora, afronta varias decisiones para conseguir que su empresa siga creciendo. Sin embargo, la naturaleza del servicio parte de una anomalía de las transacciones de compraventa: un deudor que no cumple sus obligaciones según lo convenido. La demanda tiene un comportamiento irregular, con expedientes de cobranza que varían según cada caso, y con exigencias operativas distintas por cad...Starting at €8.20
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Where Should Pat Gelsinger's Time Go (Spanish Version)
Sadun, RaffaellaCase HBS-718S15StrategyPat Gelsinger, CEO de VMware, es decidir cómo estructurar la firma presencia en la nube. Se puede aprovechar la oportunidad de múltiples maneras: doblar las inversiones en una oferta de nube interna y naciente, en asociación con terceros establecidos, o por medio de una adquisición. Al mismo tiempo, también tiene que seguir garantizando el éxito del negocio de virtualización de VMware, y una reciente adquisición en el móvil. ¿De qué manera las di...Starting at €8.20
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Experts Are More Persuasive When They're Less Certain (Spanish version)
Tormala, Zakary; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-F1103DA new study by Zakary Tormala of Stanford Business School looks at how the certainty of a person's opinion affects his ability to influence others. A lot depends on whether the opinion is from an expert or an amateur. The surprising finding: Experts are more persuasive when they express uncertainty, but amateurs are more compelling when they express confidence.Starting at €8.20
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"You Have to Lead from Everywhere"
Allen, Thad; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-R1011D-ELeadership and People ManagementWhen responding to a complex, fast-moving crisis, leaders must constantly adapt their mental models and create a "unity of effort," argues Allen, a retired U.S. Coast Guard admiral and the national incident commander for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. That's a much bigger management challenge than approaching the job as a military operation and drawing on unity of command, and it can require nuanced and creative strategies, such as deciding to ...Starting at €8.20
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Does Management Really Work
Bloom, Nicholas; Sadun, Raffaella; Van Reenen, JohnArticle HBS-R1211D-EHBR's 90th anniversary is a sensible time to revisit a basic question: Are organizations more likely to succeed if they adopt good management practices? The answer may seem obvious to most HBR readers, but these three economists cast their net much wider than that. In a decade-long study of thousands of organizations in 20 countries, they and their interview teams assessed how well manufacturers, schools, and hospitals adhere to three management ...Starting at €8.20
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If You Want to Motivate Someone, Shut Up Already
Irwin, Brandon; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-F1307D-EEveryone gets better with a little coaching. But new research from a professor at Kansas State shows that silent coaches get significantly greater improvements than coaches who spout constant encouragement.Starting at €8.20
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Cooks Make Tastier Food When They Can See Their Customers
Buell, Ryan W.; Kim, Tami; Tsay, Chia-Jung; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-F1411B-ELeadership and People ManagementThe unexpected benefits of increasing transparency between employees and customers.Starting at €8.20
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Putting Yourself in the Customer's Shoes Doesn't Work
Hattula, Johannes; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-F1503B-EMarketingA new series of experiments reveals that empathy tends to make marketers more egocentric.Starting at €8.20
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Corporate Wellness Programs Make Us Unwell
Spicer, Andre; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-F1505B-EHas our obsession with health gone too far? A researcher explains why efforts to encourage employees to meet the new ideal of fitness may backfire.Starting at €8.20
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Sometimes, Less Innovation Is Better
Aversa, Paolo; Berinato, ScottArticle HBS-F1703B-EEntrepreneurshipIf your industry is in turmoil, your instinct might be to double down on innovation so that your firm can get ahead of all the change. But new research from a team led by a professor from City University of London suggests you might want to hold off. Its study of innovation in Formula 1 racing showed that when car technologies were undergoing rapid shifts, the teams that produced very basic vehicles outperformed the rest.Starting at €8.20