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Want to Innovate? Then Act Like a Start-up
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Epstein, Marc J.Article ART-2593-EEntrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeIt is wrong to assume that established companies cannot beat start-ups at breakthrough innovation. Many companies weaken their breakthrough innovation abilities by focusing on execution and the incremental innovation that goes with that. Drawing on insights from their new book, The Innovation Paradox, the authors highlight how established companies can change the rules of the game and master breakthrough as well as incremental innovation. ...Starting at €8.20
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Mire más allá: una herramienta para controlar el entorno de su empresa
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Oyon, Daniel; Parmigiani, Pilar; Schnegg, MaëlArticle ART-2715Information Technologies, Innovation and ChangeDurante décadas, sistemas de gestión como el cuadro de mando integral han ayudado a los directivos a analizar el rendimiento de sus empresas. Aunque son útiles para alinear la estrategia, se necesitan otras herramientas que monitoricen el entorno, pues es ahí donde se encuentran las oportunidades y riesgos reales. Tras analizar cómo los cambios externos hacen triunfar a algunas empresas y fracasar a otras, los autores presentan un sistema de gest...Starting at €8.20
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Los fundamentos que catapultarán su empresa
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Foster, GeorgeArticle ART-1815Accounting and ControlLa vieja creencia de que los sistemas de gestión matan el espíritu emprendedor es errónea. Tal vez las empresas se conformen con menos cuando no llegan a los cien empleados, pero pueden crecer más rápido si cuentan desde el principio con unos sistemas de planificación y control internos sólidos. Los autores identifican ocho aspectos que deberían ser tenidos en cuenta por las empresas si quieren alcanzar un alto crecimiento: planificación y evalua...Starting at €8.20
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How to Structure Companies for High Growth
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Foster, GeorgeArticle ART-1815-EAccounting and ControlThe old belief that management systems kill the entrepreneurial spirit is wrong. Perhaps when a company has fewer than 100 employees, a business can get by on less. But as the authors point out in this article, companies are actually able to grow faster provided that they have strong internal planning and control systems in place early on. They identify eight main categories that demand managerial attention if companies are ever to achieve high g...Starting at €8.20
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How to Negotiate with VCs
Malhotra, DeepakArticle HBS-R1305F-EVC-entrepreneur partnership agreements often contain flaws that become highly damaging as the parties come up against issues of power, trust, and much more. Yet many of the flaws are systematic and predictable--and hence preventable. The author, a longtime consultant to the VC industry, outlines four recommendations for entrepreneurs sitting down at the table with prospective funders. Understand your leverage. Your leverage is not only a function...Starting at €8.20
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Piense en pequeño para innovar a lo grande
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Epstein, Marc J.Article ART-2593Entrepreneurship, Innovation and ChangeEs un error pensar que las empresas establecidas no pueden superar a las startups en el campo de la innovación radical. Muchas debilitan esa capacidad al centrarse en la ejecución y la correspondiente innovación incremental. Partiendo de los hallazgos de su nuevo libro, The Innovation Paradox, los autores apuntan cómo las grandes empresas pueden cambiar las reglas del juego y sobresalir en ambos tipos de innovaciones. Su transformac...Starting at €8.20
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Look Outside Your Firm: A Tool to Sense What's Coming
Dávila Parra, Antonio; Oyon, Daniel; Parmigiani, Pilar; Schnegg, MaëlArticle ART-2715-EInformation Technologies, Innovation and ChangeFor decades, management systems such as the Balanced Scorecard have existed to help managers analyze information on their internal performance. While useful for aligning strategy, different tools are needed to focus managers' attention on the external environment -- for it is there where the real opportunities and threats lie. This article begins by exploring how changes in the landscape create winners and losers. Then, the authors outline the ne...Starting at €8.20
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15 Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer
Malhotra, DeepakArticle HBS-R1404K-EThe author, a professor of negotiation at Harvard Business School, offers 15 specific pieces of advice for job candidates: (1) Don't underestimate the importance of likability. (2) Help prospective employers understand why you deserve what you're requesting. (3) Make it clear that they can get you. (4) Understand the person across the table from you. (5) Understand his or her constraints. (6) Be prepared for tough questions. (7) Focus on the ques...Starting at €8.20
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When Contracts Destroy Trust
Malhotra, DeepakArticle HBS-F0905G-EContracts exist to foster trust, but they can actually do the opposite. Overly detailed contracts leave no room for spontaneous acts of kindness to create goodwill between parties; too-rigid contracts leave parties unable to respond to the unanticipated; and, strangely enough, incentives can end up being just plain insulting.Starting at €8.20
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Investigative Negotiation (Spanish version)
Malhotra, Deepak; Bazerman, Max H.Article HBS-R0709DStrategyThis 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. Negotiators often fail to achieve results because they channel too much effort into selling their own position and too little into understanding the other party's perspective. To get the best deal--or, sometimes, any deal at all--negotiators need to think like dete...Starting at €8.20