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- 12 Mar 2021
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My Favorite Case
objectives of a public company should be and who should decide objectives and strategy. It was one of those times when I thought the answer was...
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- 25 Aug 2014
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Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981
communication (Altiostar). “I look at where customers are and where they will be three to five years from now,” he says simply. “I try to be objective and analytical as I look for market and technological discontinuities,” he adds, noting...
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Susan Young
- 27 Oct 2017
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The Best Business Advice I’ve Ever Received
table within a month. I think that decision was very critical in our 15 years of after-graduation life, that job, you can find anywhere. But the family is only one. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard...
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- 11 Mar 2021
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Leading with Heart
responsibility to lead the team out of this. So how do I do that? I'm a big believer [that] when you have to make tough decisions, it really helps to clarify your objectives and goals, but also anchor...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Step Change
While out for dinner, she and a friend were informed they had to leave immediately due to a 5 p.m. curfew. The next day, and every day after that, Enan joined millions of fellow Egyptians in Tahrir Square....
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- 01 Feb 1997
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Doing It Your Way
companies are springing to life up and down the virtual lanes of the Information Superhighway. As the use of color and moving pictures becomes routine, says Sahlman, Internet...
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- 01 Mar 2003
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Books
Objectives in Unpredictable Times studiously avoids a discussion of what the authors call “the S-word” — strategy. Instead, the book offers “a no-excuses, in-the-trenches perspective” that lets managers take...
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- 01 Oct 2002
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Lessons in Leadership
to be able to discern both of these aspects of people and of organizations. One thing Shackleton did very well was to revise, and reset, his View Details
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Antarctica
- 01 Mar 2013
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Leveraging Female Talent
Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and the Portability of Performance, Groysberg's current focus is on women: both how they succeed as individuals and how organizations can best...
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- 04 Feb 2008
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After Twenty Years, Rankings Remain Controversial
on objective measures. The MBA Pathfinder Data Warehouse stores admissions, enrollment, and employment information. If not exactly an antidote to the rankings, Pathfinder can at least lay claim to being the definitive source View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
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Dot Vertigo
lessons from companies such as Cisco and drugstore.com and powerhouses such as Charles Schwab, Merrill Lynch, and Ford that have networked their organizations to a strategic advantage. The book ends with a discussion dispelling what Nolan calls the "Five View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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Letters to the Editor
further objective is to support economic growth, with “affordable” prices for energy and avoidance of supply interruptions. The conflicts among these are apparent. ANWR drilling (Alaska) would be economical...
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- 01 Dec 2003
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HIV/AIDS and Business
problems other countries have faced.” “We put a lot of effort into making these workshops more than an academic exercise,” says Ballou-Aares. “Our focus was on how organizations can build partnerships across sectors, learn from one...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Positive impact that hits home
to the discussion, which she experienced as “very emotional,” Seck Mercier pointed out both myths and misconceptions. Her work in this area continues as a leader of the Islamic Society, a role that has Seck...
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- 01 Dec 2010
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Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings
Finance in Emerging Markets–China offers a detailed analysis of China’s capital markets, ranging from the macroeconomic environment and political context to detailed microlevel study. Knowledge-Based Strategy presents a different view...
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- 01 Jun 2004
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The Ambidextrous Organization
very different kinds of businesses. They possess the attributes of rigorous cost cutters and free-thinking entrepreneurs, while also maintaining the objectivity required to...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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HBS Press Books in Brief
HBS Press Books in Brief Total Access: Giving Customers What They Want in an Anytime, Anywhere World. Regis McKenna, the renowned "father of high-tech marketing," sets forth a new marketing paradigm in which machines and networks do most...
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- 01 Mar 2004
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Curb Your Overconfidence
Other Tips Learn to embrace uncertainty, and you’ll be more willing to propose and accept the type of compromise that leads to mutually beneficial agreements. Seek out an objective critique View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
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Ink
Korea is one of the best-imagined pieces of literature on life under authoritarianism I have encountered. The protagonist, Jun Do (think ‘John Doe’), goes from obscure orphan to absurd hero, all the while...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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Faculty Research Online From HBS Working Knowledge
Professor Mihir Desai explains what managers can learn from one unlucky investor’s experience. The Compensation Game Do CEOs deserve “star” compensation? The idea that their pay is driven by the invisible hand of market forces is a View Details