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IESE Insight
  Economics
Comparing German and Spanish Labor Markets
Olsen, Morten
Spain's new Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has been doggedly focused on austerity measures and reducing the public deficit, but is this wise? With staggering unemployment and fears of recession, other problems may be more worrisome. In this video, IESE Assistant Professor Morten Olsen points out that over the 2000s productivity in Spain markedly underperformed against the German benchmark. Compensation and unit labor costs rose at a much faster rate in Spain, though in absolute terms German salaries tend to be much higher.
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  Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
Walgreens: Lessons for Community Involvement
Melé, Domènec; Mammoser, T.L.
IESE's Domènec Melé and Thomas Mammoser, of the Midtown Educational Foundation of Chicago, use the example of the U.S. drugstore chain Walgreens to identify four major factors for delivering a meaningful and successful program of corporate community involvement.
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  Information Technologies
Challenges for 2012
Fontrodona, Joan; Sachon, Marc; Sieber, Sandra; Ricart, Joan Enric; Díaz-Giménez, Javier; Chinchilla, Nuria
Doing more with less will be the recurring theme of 2012. As such, companies should reconsider export markets, refocus on their core competencies and reinforce their HR. They need to create more flexible workplace arrangements aimed at boosting productivity while retaining their best talent. It will also be a year of opportunities, thanks to the greater possibilities afforded by new technology.
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  Entrepreneurship
Considerations for Entrepreneurial Acquisitions
Nieboer, Ian; Carenzo, Mathieu; Dávila, Antonio
An entrepreneurial acquisition is a valid and often less daunting alternative to a business start-up as a way to begin a career. New research by IESE's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center identifies the strategies needed to get the most out of your stakeholders and find the best opportunities for an acquisition.
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  Knowledge and Communication
Boosting Inter-Organizational Knowledge Transfer
Tortoriello, Marco; Reagans, R.; McEvily, B.
The successful acquisition of knowledge across organizational boundaries is essential for innovation and creativity. In a new article, IESE's Marco Tortoriello and his colleagues argue that organizations interested in mobilizing knowledge across formal boundaries must move beyond the simplistic version of "boundary spanners" (individuals who link different organizational units) toward a deeper understanding of the network relationships in which boundary spanners are embedded.
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  Service and Operations Management
Delivering Breakthrough Service and Growth
Moscoso, Philip G.; Lago, Alejandro
Mounting competition and ever-more demanding customers mean that companies must deliver exceptional service. While no service model is a guarantee of success, companies need to align strategic and operational issues with customer and employee needs. In their latest research, IESE professors Philip Moscoso and Alejandro Lago offer a clear model for turning service offerings into profit and growth.
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  Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
A Company's Obligations on Human Rights
Isea, Ricardo
Avoiding human rights abuses at every stage of a global supply chain isn't easy. Nevertheless, it's the company's responsibility to prevent, mitigate and remedy such problems, beyond what's demanded by local laws and practices. Following years of human rights scandals, IESE's Ricardo Isea Silva assesses how and to what extent global corporations are mending their ways.
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From 2012 onward, Europe's working age population will officially start to shrink. There will be many more jobs available that require high-level skills than people available to fill them. By 2015, for example, there could be a shortage of 700,000 IT specialists. Ton Wilthagen, writing in IESE Insight magazine, asserts that "flexicurity" is the way to address such labor market challenges.
 
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Risk vs. Returns: The Investor's Eternal Dilemma
Estrada, Javier
 
Positive Leadership: Why Happiness is Good for Business
Ben-Shahar, Tal; Miller, Paddy
 
HR 2.0: Risks and Opportunities
Pin Arboledas, José R.; Suarez, E.; Gallifa, A.
 
Good Ethics Really Is Good Business
Melé Carné, Domènec
 
Untangling the Jungle of Corporate Social Responsibility Theories
Garriga, Elisabet; Melé Carné, Domènec
 
Taking Control of Your Life
Chiesa de Negri, Cosimo; Chiesa, C.
 
What Is Competitiveness?
Porter, Michael E.
 
 
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