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Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Start-up companies are not born from one mind alone; rather, they are the result of teamwork by people who work within an inspiring and supportive environment, or ecosystem, according to IESE Prof. Julia Prats and Roland Berger Strategy Consultant’s Benno Van Dongen. In their paper, the authors offer insights into how to stimulate entrepreneurship at a time when today’s starts-ups could be the boost the economy needs to get out of the crisis.

Leadership and People Management

Nothing is Free, Just Ask Nadal

Santiago Álvarez de Mon

Indian Wells 2009, fourth round. Rafa Nadal takes on David Nalbandian, one of the few tennis players that he has yet to defeat. The Argentine has him in a bind, but with an incredible fighting spirit, Nadal rises up and wins, once again. How does he do it? IESE Prof. Santiago Álvarez de Mon considers the case of "Rafael Nadal: The Champion and the Person."

 

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Marketing

Advertising: An Insider’s Tales from the Dark Side

Xavier Oliver

In 2000, Frédéric Beigbeder shocked the world with his novel about the frivolity of the advertising industry as told by a former creative professional. Now it’s Xavier Oliver’s turn, as the former head of BBDO Spain has penned a new book that exposes the evils of an industry besieged by the cruelest aspects of capitalism.

 

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Information Technologies

Telecom in Spain Not in Line With E.U. Average

Ángel L. López, Sandra Jódar

Leadership and People Management

The Factors Behind the Failure Rate of CEOs

Guido Stein, Javier Capapé

Strategy

Not Just in It for the Money

Brian T. McCann, Govert Vroom

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The new operating system comes to the market just 3 years after the launch of the much announced Windows Vista, which never fulfilled the expectations of the market, nor that of Microsoft.

 

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Decision Analysis

Appreciating Paradoxes

Ward, John L.

Dilemmas: problems to solve or a source of long-term success?

 

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