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Accelerate! (Spanish version)
Kotter, John P.Article HBS-R1211BLeadership and People ManagementThe old ways of setting and implementing strategy are failing us, writes the author of Leading Change, in part because we can no longer keep up with the pace of change. Organizational leaders are torn between trying to stay ahead of increasingly fierce competition and needing to deliver this year's results. Although traditional hierarchies and managerial processes--the components of a company's "operating system"--can meet the daily demands of ru...Starting at €8.20
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Capturing Confectionery (D) (Spanish version)
Collis, David J.; Stuart, Toby; Smith, TroyCase HBS-708S48StrategyIn late 2002, global confectionery and beverage maker Cadbury Schweppes needed to decide whether or not to make an acquisition bid for Adams, an underperforming gum company which had been put up for sale by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Examining the decision from a strategic perspective, the (A) case provides brief histories of the two companies; traces the global confectionery industry, focusing especially on chocolate and gum; and details the a...Starting at €5.74
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La selección de personal en Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co.
Gabarro, John J.; Burtis, Andrew; Ibarra, Herminia; Kotter, John P.Case HBS-411S08Leadership and People ManagementExamina el proceso de reclutamiento de Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. (BHC), una firma de banca de inversión conocido por su trabajo con las empresas del mercado medio. En concreto, presenta un perfil de la su proceso de reclutamiento firme y después hacer un análisis de ese proceso a través de los esfuerzos de reclutamiento de la firma en la Harvard Business School (HBS). Incluye las hojas de vida de 17 HBS segundo año los estudiantes que buscaba...Starting at €8.20
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Bring the Outside In: Increasing True Urgency by Winning Hearts and Minds
Kotter, John P.Book Chapter HBS-4888BC-ELeadership and People ManagementOrganizations of any size or age tend to be too internally oriented. The disconnect between what insiders see, feel, and think, on the one hand, and external opportunities and hazards, on the other, can be astonishing. This inside-outside gap always reduces an organization's sense of urgency, and must be diminished if organizations hope to implement change successfully. This chapter is excerpted from "A Sense of Urgency."Starting at €8.20
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Deal with NoNos: Increasing True Urgency and Managing People Who Resist Change
Kotter, John P.Book Chapter HBS-4891BC-ELeadership and People ManagementA NoNo is more than a skeptic-he is, in essence, an urgency killer. He's always ready with ten reasons why the current situation is fine, why the problems and challenges others see don't exist, or why you need more data before acting. This chapter describes methods for preventing difficult people from derailing change. This chapter is excerpted from "A Sense of Urgency."Starting at €8.20
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Keep Urgency Up: Creating a Culture that is Conducive to Continuous Change
Kotter, John P.Book Chapter HBS-4892BC-ELeadership and People ManagementAn organization that can sustain a high sense of urgency over time has the potential to become a high-performance machine, where results go from good to great and beyond. But sustaining urgency over time requires that it not only be created, and created well, but that it be re-created again and again, becoming firmly ingrained in an organization's culture. This chapter is excerpted from "A Sense of Urgency."Starting at €8.20
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KiOR: Catalyzing Clean Energy
Nanda, Ramana; Stuart, TobyCase HBS-809092-EEntrepreneurshipBiofuels start-up KiOR was developing a proprietary technology that had the potential to dramatically impact the emerging renewable energy landscape: a process that converted cellulosic biomass into "bio-crude," a hydrocarbon mixture with properties to those of crude oil. KiOR had been operating as a virtual organization, but with venture financing in place, founder and chief technology officer Paul O'Connor and the KiOR board needed to decide wh...Starting at €8.20
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Tennant Company
Stuart, Toby; Applegate, Lynda M.; Weber, JamesCase HBS-810040-EEntrepreneurshipTennant, a leading producer of floor cleaning equipment, must determine how to create, finance, structure, staff, govern, measure and manage a new venture for developing a fundamentally new product line. In 2005, Tennant Company had developed an innovative, environmentally friendly, cleaning technology that could potentially revolutionize cleaning. Historically, Tennant was a producer of floor and carpet washing machines for industrial and commer...Starting at €8.20
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Sirtris Pharmaceuticals: Living Healthier, Longer (Abridged)
Stuart, Toby; Webber, JamesCase HBS-813029-EEntrepreneurshipDescribes a set of key strategic decisions facing the scientific founder and CEO of a promising, early stage bio-pharmaceuticals company. Should the company establish a proposed alliance with a pharmaceutical firm? Should it create a nutraceuticals business in parallel to its effort to develop anti-aging therapeutics? And, should it in-license a second drug development candidate?Starting at €8.20
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Cadbury Schweppes: Capturing Confectionery (D)
Collis, David J.; Stuart, Toby; Smith, TroyCase HBS-708491-EStrategyIn late 2002, global confectionery and beverage maker Cadbury Schweppes needed to decide whether or not to make an acquisition bid for Adams, an underperforming gum company which had been put up for sale by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Examining the decision from a strategic perspective, the (A) case provides brief histories of the two companies; traces the global confectionery industry, focusing especially on chocolate and gum; and details the a...Starting at €5.74