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Barilla SpA (A) (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.Case HBS-603S20Service and Operations ManagementBarilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s. This case describes a proposal to address the problem by implementing a continuous replenishment program, under which the responsibility for determining shipment quantities to the distributors would shift from the distributors to Barilla. Describes su...Starting at €8.20
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Cómo piensan los líderes exitosos
Martin, RogerArticle HBS-R0706CLeadership and People ManagementEste artículo incluye una vista previa de una página que resume rápidamente las ideas clave y proporciona una visión general de cómo los conceptos funcionan en la práctica, junto con sugerencias para la lectura adicional. En busca de lecciones para aplicar en nuestras propias carreras, a menudo tratamos de emular lo que hacen los líderes eficaces. Roger Martin dice que este enfoque está fuera de lugar, ya que el trabajo se mueve en un contexto pu...Starting at €8.20
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The Execution Trap (Spanish version)
Martin, RogerArticle HBS-R1007DLeadership and People Managementhow to organize for innovation, motivate workers at all levels, sponsor creativity, and wield power effectively.Starting at €8.20
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The Transit Point Experiment (Spanish version)
Hammond, Janice H.; Kelly, MauraCase HBS-615S09Service and Operations ManagementMerloni Elettrodomestici is a leading Italian manufacturer of domestic appliances. In 1986, an exposition for Merloni customers is scheduled at its Milano regional warehouse. During the two-month period preceding the event, when the warehouse must be free of inventory, the company conducts a "transit point" experiment. Each day, a truckload of products from the company's central warehouse is sent to Milano, where it is immediately transferred to ...Starting at €8.20
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ChemBright, Inc. (Spanish Version)
Hammond, Janice H.Case HBS-604S11Service and Operations ManagementChemBright es una pequeña empresa de nueva creación dedicada a la fabricación de productos químicos de uso doméstico de marca privada. La compañía vende sus productos a cadenas de supermercados en el área de Nueva Inglaterra. Su estrategia se basa en una ventaja de costos basado en la logística significativos. Las decisiones de los casos primarios son: 1) cómo la empresa debe responder a una guerra de precios iniciada por un fuerte competidor, y ...Starting at €8.20
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Design Thinking: How Thinking Like a Designer Can Create Sustainable Advantage
Martin, RogerBook Chapter HBS-5497BC-EDesigners tend to actively look for new data points, challenge prevailing wisdom, and wonder about possible new worlds. However, to many middle managers, asking them to think like a designer is tantamount to asking them to be less productive and more subversive and flaky. For many leaders, the risk of breaking with time-tested data and experience in favor of innovation is too great. But for design-thinking expert Roger Martin, the real danger to ...Starting at €8.20
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Directing for All the Wrong Reasons (Spanish version)
Martin, RogerArticle HBS-F0606ALeadership and People ManagementBoard directors suffer from conflicts of interest just as managers do and, so, can't be trusted to act in shareholders' interests. The solution is to make directorship a high-profile public service.Starting at €8.20
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Two leading researchers discuss the value of oddball data (Spanish version)
Scherer, Stephen; Martin, RogerArticle HBS-F0911BStrategyRoger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management, talks with renowned autism and genomics researcher Stephen Scherer about how to tackle a big, messy problem.Starting at €8.20
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Don't Get Blinded by the Numbers (Spanish version)
Martin, RogerArticle HBS-F1103EStrategyRoger Martin on a new challenge facing business schools: how to teach managers to look beyond the data and use factors such as empathy and trust when making important decisions.Starting at €8.20
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The Innovation Catalysts
Martin, RogerArticle HBS-R1106E-EA few years ago the software development company Intuit realized that it needed a new approach to galvanizing customers. The company's Net Promoter Score was faltering, and customer recommendations of new products were especially disappointing. Intuit decided to hold a two-day offsite for the company's top 300 managers with a focus on the role of design in innovation. One of the days was dedicated to a program called Design for Delight. The cente...Starting at €8.20