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What Can Businesses Do to Combat Youth Unemployment? SANDALIO GÓMEZ, EDUARDO GÓMEZ, CARMEN BARDI, JAVIER BARÓN, LETICIA HENAR, MARÍA JESÚS PÉREZ AND TERESA GONZÁLEZ
Preventing dropouts; creating flexible, practice-oriented educational environments; and encouraging on-the-job training are some measures proposed in the report “El camino hacia el empleo juvenil” (The path toward youth employment). The document, published by Observatorio Empresarial Contra la Pobreza, shows what companies and other social agents can do to fight youth unemployment. According to the authors, companies should take these recommendations seriously, because their competitiveness and mid- and long-term viability are at stake. MORE INFORMATION: IESE Insight / Leadership and People Management
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Etnia Barcelona: Bet on 3D Technology or Wait? EDUARD CALVO, ALEJANDRO LAGO AND FREDERIC SABRIÀ
The advantages of 3D printing include stock optimization and unprecedented product customization, which have led glasses manufacturer Etnia Barcelona to consider adopting it. But should the company stop its current production plans and bet on a technology that will take three years to be fully up and running? PARTICIPATE IN THIS CASE FORUM: www.ieseinsight.com/review
SUPPORTING WORK-FAMILY BALANCE IS ALWAYS BENEFICIAL MIREIA LAS HERAS, SPELA TREFALT AND PABLO IGNACIO ESCRIBANO
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The benefits of supporting workfamily balance are clear: with just a few hours of training, managers can boost job performance and improve talent retention. A study of workers in Brazil, Chile and Ecuador – countries with different cultural, social and economic contexts – shows the evidence across borders. The research won Emerald Publishing’s 2016 prize for the best article published the previous year in Management Research: The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management. MORE INFORMATION: IESE Insight / Leadership and People Management
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