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Kola Real: La expansión internacional
Ferré, Miguel; Natividad, GabrielCase PAD-DG-C-406EntrepreneurshipDescribe el caso de la internacionalización de una empresa peruana en varios países de la región, partiendo de unos modestos inicios en Ayacucho (1988). Se puede discutir la similitud o diferencias en la forma de nacer según el contexto de cada país.Starting at €8.20
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What's Your Google Strategy? (Spanish version)
Hagiu, Andrei; Yoffie, David B.Article HBS-R0904FStrategy(1) Whether to play with existing MSPs, build their own platform, or do both; (2) once they've concluded that at least one third-party MSP can benefit their business, deciding how many to join; and (3) figuring out how to play - that is, which features or services they should adopt and which they should reject in order to maintain their company's competitive advantage. Some companies that lack the power to influence an MSP's actions may have few...Starting at €8.20
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La última guerra por el formato DVD
Hagiu, AndreiCase HBS-713S20StrategyProporciona una visión general breve de la batalla entre los estándares HD-DVD y Blu-ray, centrándose en los acontecimientos que precipitaron la victoria de Blu-ray a principios de 2008.Starting at €8.20
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Unconventional Wisdom in a Downturn (Spanish version)
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.; Friedman, Stewart D.; Krishnamurthy, BV; Erickson, Tamara J.; Stibel, Jeffrey M.; Delgrosso, PeterArticle HBS-F0812DStrategyWhat best practice challenges the conventional wisdom about what to do in a downturn? We put that question to our team of management bloggers at harvardbusiness.org. This article provides an edited selection of their provocative responses.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Alliances with the Balanced Scorecard
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.; Rugelsjoen, BjarneArticle HBS-R1001J-EStrategyFully half of all joint ventures are a failure. That's worrying, given that partnerships and alliances are central to many companies' business models. The reasons are not mysterious: the partners have divergent strategies; the goals set for the venture are ambiguous; partnership agreements quickly become obsolete; and middle managers don't have clear strategic principles to work from. The problems can be remedied if companies switch their focus f...Starting at €8.20
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What's Your Google Strategy
Hagiu, Andrei; Yoffie, David B.Article HBS-R0904F-EStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Multisided platforms can lower your transaction costs and increase customer reach. But powerful MSPs like Microsoft, Google, and Apple have also tended to extract most of the value from their platforms, mainly because companies that played with them didn't adequate...Starting at €8.20
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Finding the Platform in Your Product
Hagiu, Andrei; Altman, Elizabeth J.Article HBS-R1704G-EStrategyFive of the 10 most valuable companies in the world today--Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft--derive much of their worth from their multisided platforms, which facilitate interactions or transactions between parties. Many MSPs are more valuable than companies in the same industries that provide only products or services: For instance, Airbnb is now worth more than Marriott, the world's largest hotel chain. However, companies that w...Starting at €8.20
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Introduction: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7678BC-EStrategyIn spite of increased adoption of strategy execution systems in recent years, strategy development and the links between strategy and operations remain ad hoc, varied, and fragmented. Having a comprehensive and integrated management system-with the Balanced Scorecard at its core-can help companies overcome the difficulties and frustration that most of them experience when attempting to implement their strategies. This chapter is excerpted from "...Starting at €8.20
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Plan the Strategy: Aligning the Organization for Effective Strategy Execution
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7686BC-EStrategyThe process of planning an organization's strategy converts statements of strategic direction into specific objectives, measures, targets, initiatives, and budgets that guide action and align the organization for effective strategy execution. This chapter addresses the translation of the strategy into a strategy map, built around strategic themes, and an associated Balanced Scorecard of measures and targets for each of the map's strategic objecti...Starting at €8.20
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Aligning Organizational Units and Employees: A Critical Step in the Strategy Execution Process
Kaplan, Robert S.; Norton, David P.Book Chapter HBS-7688BC-EStrategyA truly effective management system for aligning business unit strategy with operations must address how strategy is integrated across diverse organizational units, and how to align employees with the strategy. This chapter describes the best practices companies use to align business units, support units, and employees to strategy. This chapter is excerpted from "Execution Premium: Linking Strategy to Operations for Competitive Advantage."Starting at €8.20