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Cross-Silo Leadership
Casciaro, Tiziana; Edmondson, Amy C.; Jang, SujinArticle HBS-R1903J-EToday the most promising innovation and business opportunities require collaboration among functions, offices, and organizations. To realize them, companies must break down silos and get people working together across boundaries. But that's a challenge for many leaders. Employees naturally default to focusing on vertical relationships, and formal restructuring is costly, confusing, and slow. What, then, is the solution? Engaging in four activitie...Starting at €8.20
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MontGras. Estrategia de exportación para una bodega chilena
Arnold, David J.; Stevenson, Howard H.Case HBS-510S14MarketingPara maximizar su eficacia, los casos de color deben imprimirse en color. MontGras, una bodega chilena de tamaño medio, tiene que formular una estrategia de exportación. Tiene que decidir si hacer hincapié en los mercados de Estados Unidos o del Reino Unido, que también ofrecen diferentes propuestas de posicionamiento y fijación de precios. Se ha fallado dos veces para penetrar en el mercado de EE.UU. porque las relaciones de distribuidor se cayó...Starting at €8.20
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Teamwork on the Fly (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.Article HBS-R1204DLeadership and People ManagementPeople must get up to speed quickly on new topics and learn to work with others from different functions, divisions, and cultures. Several project management principles--scoping out the challenge, structuring the boundaries, and sorting tasks for execution--help leaders facilitate effective teaming. Leaders can also foster cross-boundary collaboration by emphasizing purpose, building psychological safety, and embracing failure and conflict. Indi...Starting at €8.20
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Intermountain Health Care (Spanish version)
Bohmer, Richard; Edmondson, Amy C.; Feldman, Laura R.Case HBS-604S16Intermountain Health Care (IHC), an integrated delivery system based in Utah, has adopted a new strategy for managing health care delivery. The approach focuses management attention not only on the facilities where care takes place but also on physician decision making and the care process itself, with the aim of boosting physician productivity and improving care quality, while saving money. This case explores the challenges facing Brent James, e...Starting at €8.20
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Field Service for Corporate Clients (Spanish version)
Frei, Frances X.; Edmondson, Amy C.; Hajim, CoreyCase HBS-606S38Used as part of the first module of a course on Managing Service Operations, which addresses managing the operating role of customers (606-032). Explores the highly successful PC and low-end server manufacturer's entry into the large-scale server market in the United States. A key difference of this new market is the intense service element required to support the larger hardware. Specifically, the industry standard is to have a technician onsite...Starting at €8.20
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Global Knowledge Management at Danone (A) (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Moingeon, Bertrand; Dessain, Vincent; Jensen, Ane DamgaardCase HBS-610S14StrategyThis case explores French consumer goods company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assesses the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going Forward. Through informal knowledge marketplaces and sharing networks, Danone had helped managers connect with each other and share good practices peer-to-peer, rather than relying on traditional hierar...Starting at €8.20
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Martin Blair (Spanish version)
Stevenson, Howard H.; Roberts, Michael J.Case HBS-915S05EntrepreneurshipMartin Blair es un empresario que por primera vez se basa en su experiencia en la industria de servicio de alimentos para desarrollar dos conceptos de restaurantes diferentes casi al mismo tiempo. Al relatar sus experiencias, revela varias preocupaciones importantes del empresario reflexivo, que van desde la obtención de financiamiento para la construcción de espacios físicos a cabo. Ambos restaurantes tienen éxito, y Blair ahora quiere hacer cre...Starting at €8.20
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Children's Hospital and Clinics (A) (Spanish version)
Edmondson, Amy C.; Roberto, Michael A.; Tucker, AnitaCase HBS-303S23StrategyThis case is accompanied by a Video Short that can be shown in class or included in a digital coursepack. Instructors should consider the timing of making the video available to students, as it may reveal key case details. Describes the major phases of an initiative designed to transform the organization and enhance patient safety. Raises interesting questions about how to encourage candid discussion about failures while continuing to hold people...Starting at €8.20
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Howard Head y Prince Manufacturing, Inc.
Stevenson, Howard H.; Harmeling, Susan S.Case HBS-304S05EntrepreneurshipSe ocupa de la cuestión de un empresario en una empresa muy exitosa decidir si desea permanecer por un período de gran crecimiento o para vender. ¿Cuáles son las responsabilidades del empresario a la organización, a sus empleados, al público? Como subtemas, los problemas de comercialización en comparación con tener un producto fuerte que se vende solo, las patentes y las cuestiones legales involucradas, problemas de fabricación, y un negocio crec...Starting at €8.20
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Benetton S.p.A. (Spanish Version)
Stevenson, Howard H.; Martinez, Jon I.; Jarillo, J. CarlosCase HBS-311S23StrategySe centra en el desarrollo estratégico / organizacional de Benetton. Examina la estructura organizativa que ha permitido a la compañía ampliar en una empresa de escala mundial de su pequeña base empresarial. Examina las estrategias funcionales que han permitido una gran empresa para tener éxito en un negocio de la moda. Plantea la cuestión de si esta misma organización puede tener éxito en la cara de la diversificación.Starting at €8.20