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Evidence-Based Management (Spanish version)
Pfeffer, Jeffrey; Sutton, Robert I.Article HBS-R0601ELeadership and People ManagementFor the most part, managers looking to cure their organizational ills rely on obsolete knowledge they picked up in school, long-standing but never proven traditions, patterns gleaned from experience, methods they happen to be skilled in applying, and information from vendors. They could learn a thing or two from practitioners of evidence-based medicine, a movement that has taken the medical establishment by storm over the past decade. A growing n...Starting at €8.20
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Los accionistas primero No tan rápido
Pfeffer, JeffreyArticle HBS-R0907KLeadership and People Management¿Cuándo comenzamos a medir el éxito de una empresa sólo de acuerdo con el aumento de su precio de la acción? Stanford profesor Pfeffer sostiene que es hora de que los CEO a una vez equilibrar los intereses de los accionistas con los de los otros grupos de interés: empleados, proveedores y clientes.Starting at €8.20
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Codex Alimentarius and Food Labeling (Spanish version)
Goldberg, Ray A.; Hogan, Harold F., Jr.Case HBS-904S01EconomicsCodex Alimentarius is a set of international food standards devised by the Codex Commission, a body within the United Nations jointly sponsored by the FAO and WHO. The purpose of the standards is to harmonize global trade in food products and agricultural commodities, protect the health of consumers, and promote fair trade practices in foods. A subset of the commission's work involved establishing international food labeling standards. The most d...Starting at €8.20
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Cargill (A) (Spanish version)
Goldberg, Ray A.; Porraz, Jose MiguelCase HBS-903S04EconomicsCargill es uno de los principales comercializadores, procesadores y distribuidores de productos agrícolas, alimenticios, industriales y productos financieros del mundo. En 1998, la compañía decidió desarrollar un intento estratégico para reestructurar y reorientar la empresa. Así lo hizo en respuesta a la consolidación de la industria, la globalización y el impacto de la revolución genética. Se tuvo que cambiar su enfoque desde el productor hasta...Starting at €8.20
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Friona Industries, L.P. (Spanish version)
Goldberg, Ray A.; Knoop, Carin-Isabel; Reavis, CateCase HBS-904S02StrategyA medida que la industria de la alimentación se vuelve más sofisticada, y como la genómica y otros factores proporcionan para el control de calidad de los productores a los consumidores en la cadena alimentaria, la industria de la carne ha sido uno de los últimos sistemas de productos para organizar los sistemas verticales para satisfacer las necesidades del consumidor de alta calidad, consistente carne tierna. El deseo de proporcionar trazabilid...Starting at €8.20
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What Were They Thinking: Avoiding Common Management Mistakes
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2524BC-EThis chapter introduces some common themes that have emerged as the author has contemplated common mistakes in how companies manage their people and their business in his weekly column for Business 2.0.Starting at €8.20
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Face of Your Business: It's People, Not Software, That Build Customer Relationships
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2525BC-EThis chapter offers advice about building and maintaining customer relationships that challenges conventional wisdom about the customer experience.Starting at €8.20
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Making Companies More Like Communities
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2527BC-EThis chapter considers the questions what does "organization as community" really mean in practice, and how do organizations actually live their values?Starting at €8.20
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Why Employees Should Lead Themselves
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2531BC-EWhen creative, independent people don't get much say in what their organization does, job dissatisfaction and disengagement are high. This chapter examines what happens when people are asked to take on more responsibility for the collective output of an organization.Starting at €8.20
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Stop Picking Employees' Pockets: It Seldom Fixes Anything
Pfeffer, JeffreyBook Chapter HBS-2532BC-EWhen large companies fall into financial difficulties, they often turn first to cutting employees' wages to overcome their problems. This chapter analyzes this strategy, suggesting that in fact a disinvestment in frontline workers may not be the answer to surviving in a competitive environment.Starting at €8.20