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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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La avaricia de los directivos: ¿causa o efecto : Reflexiones sobre el papel de los directivos en el cambio de rumbo de la sociedad
Huete, Luis María; García Arevalillo, JavierTechnical Note BEN-136Business Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityEn este documento, se reflexiona sobre la aplicación de la ética a la labor directiva y se incide especialmente en su dimensión social: el líder que trabaja en una empresa configura con dicho trabajo y con su desarrollo personal (es decir, qué tipo de persona ha llegado a ser) las dinámicas de la empresa de la que forma parte y, a la postre, el perfil de las relaciones que se establecen entre los integrantes de la sociedad en la que vive.Starting at €8.20
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Los agujeros negros y otros cambios disruptivos: El desafío de decidir y ejecutar estrategias ganadoras en mercados inestables
Huete, Luis María; Escario, Carlos; García Arevalillo, JavierTechnical Note SMN-698StrategyEn este documento se explican varios fenómenos de cambio disruptivo en los mercados como el que hemos bautizado como "agujero negro", los modelos de negocio colaborativos y la tendencia al coste marginal cero en la producción de nuevos productos y servicios. Aunque sean cambios competitivos que se han dado en diversas ocasiones en el pasado, nuestra tesis sostiene que los contextos tecnológico y socioeconómico van a provocar que cada vez se produ...Starting at €8.20
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Sesgos en la toma de decisiones
Huete, Luis MaríaTechnical Note PN-506Decision Analysis, Knowledge and Communication, Leadership and People ManagementBasado en los estudios experimentales del premio Nobel Daniel Kahneman, el documento ilustra el porqué de algunos fenómenos curiosos del comportamiento cotidiano. En el documento se exponen una docena de sesgos que juegan un papel frecuente en nuestra toma de decisiones, seamos o no del todo conscientes de ello. En concreto, el ser humano cuenta con dos sistemas fundamentales, y la forma en la que estos interactúan entre sí es lo que determina o ...Starting at €8.20
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Target’s Big Mistake: Mutated DNA
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B15TA10-EStrategyIn early 2015, Target announced that its Canadian operation would seek bankruptcy protection and abandon all the retail locations that it had acquired from the Zellers discount chain less than two years before, a move that would eliminate 17,000 jobs. This article examines how management strayed from the company’s founding principles when planning the expansion, which led Target to enter Canada with mutated brand DNA. In the 20th century, Target ...Starting at €8.20
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Q&A with Hap Klopp
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B15TF03-EStrategyHap Klopp founded The North Face, where he served as president and CEO for 20 years and built the largest and most successful retailer in its industry. In this Ivey Interview, he discusses lessons learned over his impressive career and warns against businesses looking to get rich overnight, because for every Silicon Valley success story there are countless failures and disappointments. The North Face is an example of disruptive technology, as it ...Starting at €8.20
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Manufacturing Investment
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B16TD05-EStrategyWhen it comes to attracting investments, Canada is a laggard despite being a trading nation with all the talent and tools required. The main reason is that few in Canada have tried to answer the why-invest-in-Canada question. With or without Canadians leading large corporations, investment decisions made in Detroit are not influenced by any special love for Canada; they’re based on business. In 2016, the argument for playing the incentive game is...Starting at €8.20
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CASE LEARNING: Selling Adultery
Gerard Seijts; Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B16TE03-EStrategyA year after a massive data breach at its Ashley Madison adultery service, Avid Life Media relaunched in 2016 under a new name. The move was designed to help the business recover from the hacker attack that had exposed its security and governance issues and dashed the desire of investors to take the company public. It was also a strategic step to regain the trust of customers who had been outed as would-be cheaters. Now known as Ruby, the company...Starting at €8.20
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Trumping Divisive Leadership
Gerard Seijts; Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B17TD02-EStrategyAmerica faces a previously unimaginable leadership crisis. And that is why businesspeople fleeing White House advisory councils over Trump’s response to the tragic events in Charlottesville—where a civil rights activist was killed during a violent clash—should be applauded, not attacked. Unfortunately, millions of Trump supporters don’t see a problem with the comfort that racists are taking from his leadership. And because these Trump supporters ...Starting at €8.20
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Why Mining Product Reviews Should Be on Retailers' Radar
Thomas WatsonArticle IVEY-9B15TC03-EMarketingMany early adopters of data mining wasted millions of dollars due to the significant amounts of dirty data contained in IT systems and the length of time required to build data warehouses. But the potential payoff of data mining has soared along with the growth of digital data. Today, thanks to the massive amounts of user-generated content online, firms do not need to build a data warehouse to benefit from data mining. Mining social media sites f...Starting at €8.20