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The technical note describes how professional investors make an initial assessment of a new business...

The technical note describes how professional investors make an initial assessment of a new business idea. It provides an important framework for both entrepreneurs and investors....

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Hasta ahora se han hecho muchas valoraciones de los aspectos macroeconómicos que nos han conducido a...

Hasta ahora se han hecho muchas valoraciones de los aspectos macroeconómicos que nos han conducido a la crisis financiera. En este número de IESE Insight ofrecemos una visión empresarial del asunto. José Manuel Campa propone una serie de actitudes y principios que los directores financieros deberían adoptar para devolver sus cuentas al buen camino y contribuir a evitar una próxima crisis. Juan Almandoz extrae algunas lecciones de la banca comunitaria estadounidense que nos recuerdan la necesidad de conciliar la misión con las necesidades de los clientes y pensar en el largo plazo. Por su parte, Mireia Giné argumenta que el voto consultivo puede ser una buena manera de reforzar el gobierno corporativo y la rendición de cuentas en las empresas, y sopesa el tiempo y los costes de estas políticas. Fabrizio Ferraro analiza por qué está creciendo la inversión responsable, abordando los factores de éxito y los retos que afrontan los directivos que integran estas prácticas en sus instituciones. Pablo Sagnier y Luis Baón, de Egon Zehnder, apuntan las competencias que necesitan los directores financieros para enfrentarse a las nuevas demandas que se ciernen sobre ellos. Paddy Miller y Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg presentan cinco comportamientos clave para hacer que la innovación se convierta en algo habitual en la empresa. Erran Carmel explica cómo pueden mitigar las empresas los problemas de las diferencias horarias y geográficas en equipos dispersos globalmente, y convertirlos en una ventaja competitiva. Además, entrevista con el CEO de Bimbo, Daniel Servitje; el caso Haier, en el que tres ejecutivos internacionales aportan su visión de cómo entrar en el mercado japonés; y consejos sobre el arte de convencer....

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As organizations grow increasingly reliant on a global workforce, they need to know how to mitigate time...

As organizations grow increasingly reliant on a global workforce, they need to know how to mitigate time zone challenges. This is easier said than done: Coordinating your geographically and chronologically dispersed teams involves a lot more than better calendar planning or basic literacy about time differences, as important as these are. This article, based on 20 years of research on global working arrangements, explains how companies can not only mitigate the time zone problem but can use it as a source of competitive advantage....

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José M. Campa proposes the essential attitudes and principles that finance sector professionals must...

José M. Campa proposes the essential attitudes and principles that finance sector professionals must adopt, and the actions to go along with them, to get corporate finance back on track. Juan Almandoz draws out several lessons for creating a new community bank, which serve as useful reminders for any business seeking to reconcile its mission with the needs of customers, while also reconnecting with communities in vital and lasting ways. Mireia Giné argues that Say-on-Pay can be an effective way for strengthening corporate governance and accountability within the firm, outweighing the time and costs such policies require. Fabrizio Ferraro identifies some of the key drivers and the challenges that responsible investment poses to investors and managers as they try to take this novel field and embed it into their institutional practices. Pablo Sagnier and Luis Baón of Egon Zehnder list the competencies needed for CFOs to meet the new demands being placed on them. Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg present five key behaviors, which they believe companies ought to foster in their employees to make innovation happen in their everyday business. Erran Carmel of Kogod School of Business explains how companies can not only mitigate the time zone problem of geographically and chronologically dispersed teams, but can use it as a source of competitive advantage. CEO Daniel Servitje reveals the ingredients of how Grupo Bimbo has managed to become the largest baking company in the world. Three executives suggest how Haier can break into the Japanese market in its drive to be the No. 1 home appliances brand in the world. And lessons from lobbyists on the art of persuasion....

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Las plantillas de las empresas son cada vez más globales, lo que hace necesario mitigar los efectos...

Las plantillas de las empresas son cada vez más globales, lo que hace necesario mitigar los efectos de las diferencias horarias. Algo nada fácil. La coordinación de equipos dispersos geográficamente y con horarios de trabajo no coincidentes exige mucho más que una planificación eficiente del calendario o un conocimiento básico de los husos horarios, por muy importantes que sean. En este artículo, basado en investigaciones sobre la organización global del trabajo en los últimos 20 años, el autor explica cómo abordar este problema y darle la vuelta para convertirlo en una ventaja competitiva....

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Este caso analiza los cambios que están teniendo lugar en el sector móvil, en particular, con respecto...

Este caso analiza los cambios que están teniendo lugar en el sector móvil, en particular, con respecto a los teléfonos inteligentes (más comúnmente conocidos como smartphones) y las tabletas de las cuatro compañías más importantes del mercado actual. En el documento se comparan sus cuatro estrategias y se analizan los productos de cada competidor. Después, se resumen las tendencias y los importantes desarrollos tecnológicos que afectarán a este mercado en el futuro. También sirve para contextualizar la decisión que tiene que tomar Bettina Sailor, una importante socia encargada de las tecnologías de una auditoría alemana. Tiene que decidir si permitir que los empleados utilicen sus dispositivos móviles personales para el trabajo y si la compañía debe seguir utilizando BlackBerry o cambiarse a una nueva plataforma; todo ello teniendo en cuenta las repercusiones en la seguridad que este paso podría conllevar y los posibles desarrollos futuros en el espacio móvil....

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This case analyzes the ongoing changes in the mobile industry with a specific focus on smartphones and...

This case analyzes the ongoing changes in the mobile industry with a specific focus on smartphones and tablets from the top four competitors in the market today. It compares the four strategies and analyzes the products from each competitor. The case goes on to outline the future trends and important technological developments that will affect this market in the future. The case is framed as a decision that needs to be made by a top partner in charge of technology at a German auditing company. She needs to decide if she should allow employees to bring their own mobile devices to work, if the company should maintain their BlackBerry strategy, or if they should move to a new platform - all while taking into account the security implications of this move and the possible future developments in the mobile space....

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Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) was preparing itself for the launch of a new business: mobile payment services....

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) was preparing itself for the launch of a new business: mobile payment services. Mobile payment involves transactions between consumers and merchants, or among consumers, using their mobilie phones, and the emergence of a new technology in which ALU had strong expertise - near-filed communication (NFC) - represented a huge opportunity, as analysts expected the market for mobile payments to explode in the coming years. Yet, ALU would need to carefully craft the positioning of the new service, segment the market and choose which customers to target to avoid possibly severe adoption hurdles....

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Mr. Sánchez, manager of Baix Llobregat Hospital (HBLL), must make a decision regarding a colleague's...

Mr. Sánchez, manager of Baix Llobregat Hospital (HBLL), must make a decision regarding a colleague's proposal. It considers the use of new tools to enable interaction between patients and practitioners through online communities. Mr. Sánchez, as manager of the institution, is the person who has the authority to push through an initiative such as this. ...

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Imma Turbau, general manager of Casa de América, was sitting in her office on the first floor of Madrid's...

Imma Turbau, general manager of Casa de América, was sitting in her office on the first floor of Madrid's Linares Palace on Cibeles Square going over the latest follow-up data on visits to Virtual Casa de América. The VivAmérica Festival had just ended successfully; it was the third festival since Turbau had taken on the role of GM and launched the Virtual Casa de América project. The project's second phase was about to begin and it was a good time for presenting results to the Casa de América Consortium's board of directors. Virtual Casa de América's first phase had focused on increasing Casa de América's audience through a change in content programming and dissemination via social networks. The second phase involved implementing an intranet with a new content manager. It would imply a substantial change in the way Casa de América's professional team worked....

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Web 2.0 and social networks are changing the nature of communication, and healthcare is not an exception....

Web 2.0 and social networks are changing the nature of communication, and healthcare is not an exception. In this report some of the experiences about peer-to-peer online groups and about online communications are explained, illustrating the changes that healthcare is living....

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This case examines the evaluation of IT investments in healthcare organizations. The case is meant to...

This case examines the evaluation of IT investments in healthcare organizations. The case is meant to serve as a basis for discussion on how these technologies impact healthcare providers, what their associated costs and benefits are, what methodologies are used to assess them and how these assessments should be weighed by decision-makers considering this type of investment. ...

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Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) was gearing up for the launch of a new business: mobile payment services. Mobile...

Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) was gearing up for the launch of a new business: mobile payment services. Mobile payment involves cash transactions between consumers and merchants or between consumers using their mobile phones. The emergence of a new technology in which ALU had strong expertise - near-filed communication (NFC) - represented a huge opportunity, as analysts expected the market for mobile payments to explode in the coming years. But to avoid possibly severe adoption hurdles ALU would need to position the new service with the utmost care, segment the market and choose which customers to target....

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Ferrán Sánchez, gerente del hospital del Baix Llobregat (HBLL), debe tomar una decisión acerca de...

Ferrán Sánchez, gerente del hospital del Baix Llobregat (HBLL), debe tomar una decisión acerca de la propuesta de un colega sobre el uso de nuevas herramientas que permitan la interacción entre pacientes y profesionales a través de comunidades online. Como gerente de la institución, él es quien tiene el poder de impulsar una iniciativa de este tipo....

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On the morning of April 21, 2011, Alex Dantart, CTO of Olapic, was about to run the final testing of...

On the morning of April 21, 2011, Alex Dantart, CTO of Olapic, was about to run the final testing of his New York-based IT start-up company's new service, uPhoto. The launch date of this innovative photo crowdsourcing service commissioned by Olapic's first corporate client, the newspaper the New York Daily News (NYDN), was slated for the end of April. Although it seemed that the Internet connection was working, Dantart was puzzled when he realized that he could not access any of Olapic's servers running on Amazon's cloud services....

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