http://www.ieseinsight.com/?idioma=2 IESE Insight brings together the latest and most interesting work by IESE professors and researchers and presents it in a lively and accessible format. It contains articles that give summaries of case studies, technical notes or research papers, with links to the original documents. It also has book recommendations and articles by professors published in specialized journals. en Copyright IESE Business School - University of Navarra Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:35:10 GMT http://www.ieseinsight.com/?idioma=2 http://www.ieseinsight.com/img/header_insight_red.gif 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." http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=1046&ar=20&idioma=2 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=1041&ar=20&idioma=2 Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Before Juande Ramos took over Real Madrid, the soccer team was going nowhere. But under his special brand of leadership, things turned around dramatically, with 16 straight wins. A new book reveals the secrets that helped the coach secure titles, and considers whether executives could apply “the Juande method” to resurrect a failing company. http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=1037&ar=20&idioma=2 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT What does it mean for a CEO to fail? Who is responsible? Is it purely about financial results? Drawing on a large selection of prior research, IESE Prof. Guido Stein and research assistant Javier Capapé map the myriad factors behind CEO failures in an attempt to clarify the ever more complicated twists and turns of a modern-day CEO’s career path. http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=1019&ar=20&idioma=2 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Thirty-six percent of Spanish expatriates returning early do so because of difficulties adapting to the new location. Yet most of these executives did not receive any sort of intercultural training prior to their departure. A study by IESE and ERES Relocation Services analyzes the challenges of expatriation and recommends how to handle the process successfully. http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=1006&ar=20&idioma=2 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT With more and more of us working round the clock to combat the crisis, maintaining a work/family balance is becoming trickier than ever. A new cross-cultural study compares work-to-family conflict among British vs. Taiwanese employees, considering its consequences and the resources available that companies use to help their workers. In some contexts, a caring manager may count for more than workplace codes. http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=1001&ar=20&idioma=2 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Everyone wants to make it to the top in their chosen career, but not everybody achieves that goal. This article takes an in-depth look at the different stages an executive must go through to become a CEO or to earn whatever other job title is used to describe the person at the apex of a business organization. http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=999&ar=20&idioma=2 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT The international staffing policies of multinationals are shifting away from “sending a guy out from head office” to secondments to the parent country and on-site training of local nationals. In “Management of International Staff,” Sebastian Reiche and Anne-Wil Harzing examine the effectiveness of ethnocentric, polycentric and geocentric policies as a means of resource management and information sharing. http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=997&ar=20&idioma=2 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Skydiving holds valuable lessons for business: meticulous training, courage, managing teams, selecting the best people and, above all, a sense of mission to take the big leap. These ideas serve as the inspiration for a new book, written in the form of a novel, in which a man learns to sort out the family-run holding that he manages by confronting another challenge: breaking the world record for free falling in formation. http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=986&ar=20&idioma=2 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT How did a small beauty parlor in a working-class area of Madrid become Spain’s leading chain of salons? Marco Aldany decided to grow and multiply at just the right time and avoid being taken over by a bigger company. To do this, the chain opted for an internationalization model based on franchises and hiring staff in their home countries rather than in Spain. http://www.ieseinsight.com/doc.aspx?id=985&ar=20&idioma=2 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT