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Entrepreneurship
Emerging Africa and the Global Business Revolution
Peters, Sanjay; Njenga, George; Kimenyi, Mwangi S.; Sebotsa, Sonja
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With growth stagnant in the E.U., European business leaders should cast their sights on the opportunities that exist in Africa, urges IESE Prof. Sanjay Peters. George Njenga of Strathmore Business School, Kenya, says Africa's billion-strong market cannot be ignored. Mwangi S. Kimenyi explains the changes that have been made to improve the business environment, so that the entrepreneurial activities highlighted by investor Sonja Sebotsa - in mobiles, microfinance and sachet marketing - can flourish. |
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Economics
Did Healthy Competition Sicken the Economy?
Vives Torrents, Xavier
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Many blame the recent collapse of the banking sector on previous decades of deregulation and the unfettered competition it inspired. But when banks are ruled with an iron fist, we pay the price of market dictatorship by a strong few. IESE Prof. Xavier Vives considers the trade-offs of the regulation debate. |
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Leadership and People Management
Managing Diversity in the Workplace
Chinchilla, Nuria; Weisberg, Anne
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The Diversity Symposium held at IESE on June 17, 2010, analyzed the role that diversity plays in business organizations today, particularly cultural diversity. IESE Prof. Nuria Chinchilla and Anne Weisberg, a director specializing in talent diversity for Deloitte's U.S. firms, explain some of the keys for managing diversity in light of the new workplace paradigm. |
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Innovation and Change
ISS: Keys to Successful Acquisitions
Prats Moreno, Mª Julia; Agulles, Remei
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| More than half of all corporate acquisitions fail. However, the multinational services company, ISS, has managed to become a leader in the areas in which it operates, thanks to its policy of acquisitions in the new countries or sectors that it takes on. IESE's Julia Prats and Remei Agulles explain the keys to its success. |
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Leadership and People Management
Ways to Raise Your Cultural Intelligence
Santana, L.; Heras Maestro, Mireia las; Mao, J.
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| Are future leaders ready to take on the diversity they will face in their careers? To deal with varying perspectives, leaders need cultural intelligence: the awareness of one's own assumptions, along with the ability to consider other views. As always, theory is no substitute for practice. There are measures that companies can take to develop culturally intelligent leaders, even for those who don't travel. |
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Marketing
Keeping Luxury Under Wraps
Nueno, José Luis
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| A new European law that went into effect in June 2010 will protect the owners of luxury brands such as Prada or Chanel, which will now be able to restrict sales of their products by unauthorized Internet dealers. IESE Prof. José Luis Nueno explains how this measure will affect players such as eBay and the luxury goods sector as a whole. |
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Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
For Love or Money: What Motivates Your Enterprise?
Argandoña Rámiz, Antonio
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| In the model of the firm that prioritizes economic efficiency above all else, there would appear to be little room for values such as love. But the fact is, love is a virtue that inspires people in organizations, as IESE Prof. Antonio Argandoña explains. |
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