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Advanced Negotiation: Great Dealmakers, Diplomats, and Deals - Course Catalog
The major criterion for the paper is that it treats your topic in a sophisticated manner from a negotiation-analytic standpoint, and that it teaches you and me something significant about effective dealmaking. Important: If you are... View Details
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Field Course: Life Sciences Venture Creation - Course Catalog
expect you to bring them, and how to do you build this out in a rational manner that investors will believe; building a business plan; developing budgets and milestones; intellectual property considerations and licensing/creation. When,... View Details
- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
after category, achieved their success simply by figuring out a way to be radically and dramatically different from the rest of the crowd. The idea in the book is not only to celebrate these mavericks; it is to deconstruct and demystify what they've accomplished in a... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
distortions that may result as interest groups or politicians seek to direct the public programs in a manner that benefits them. While the most dramatic effects are seen in the U.S., this is a global problem. The patent system has many... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 06 Oct 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Will the ‘Moneyball Generation’ Influence Management?
predictors of future performance? The fascination with analytics is understandable. How better can one achieve competitive advantage in a manner that is hard to replicate? But clearly there is a long way to go to enable managers to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Dec 2004
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?
predictable surprise. Important trends are identified as part of nearly every strategic planning exercise. But the effort to address them too often stops there. If the ability to act in a timely manner distinguishes better performers from... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Harder Than I Thought
trusted outlet. They'd have worked on the quotes to make them seem spontaneous rather than contrived. The SMA communications office had recommended working with them in very much this same manner if Barton had occasion to interact with... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Sam Hayes
in a responsible manner relative to the public and their own shareholders. In my view, these are the most widespread allegations of wrongdoing on Wall Street since World War II. People got sloppy. People got greedy. Now we've got to... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
demonstrates the mutual interconnectivity among the three key facets of management: strategic positioning, organizational design, and individual leadership. The authors highlight both the manner in which strategy informs leadership and... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
Summing Up The title of this wrap-up and the one that accompanied this month's original column basically just deletes "Wikileaks." The original title was my mistake. The intent was not to direct attention to Wikileaks in a View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
"Research by the Business Itself," October 5, 1944 31 In the same manner that Land thought about the core purpose of his products emanating from essential human needs, he approached the welfare of his employees in deeply humanistic ways,... View Details
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
refinancing. These recommendations fall at the intersection of financial and social engineering. They raise the question of whether housing and credit can be "nudged" back to health in this manner or whether there is some better... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
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Adam Kanner
modeled his concept on the travel and hospitality industries which employed dynamic pricing and relied on successful outlets like Priceline, Expedia and others to sell airline seats and hotel rooms in a manner that was not disruptive to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
All manner of publications are on a similar trajectory. And going “all-in online” has peculiar cultural drawbacks. I’ve never worked at a magazine or newspaper where print writers gleefully did stories for their Web site. Why bust your... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Rural Renewal
redesigned in a manner that would make Martha Stewart proud — and also gives an outsider a hint that she’s not exaggerating. During her New York days, Reade specialized in buying and selling firms that had gone bankrupt or were in... View Details
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posted with the intent of misleading others. Harvard Business School Online reserves the right to remove Prohibited Content of which it becomes aware, but is under no obligation to do so. In addition, you agree not to (a) use any of the Services in any View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
executives need to figure out how the product, labor, and capital markets work—and don't work—in their target countries. This will help them understand the differences between home markets and those in developing countries. In addition, each country's social and... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
early sales data updated their forecasts in an ad hoc manner when sales greatly exceeded or fell far short of original predictions. Several companies have retailing practices worth emulating, however. Japan-based World Company and... View Details
- 21 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19
decisions in a rapid and iterative manner Winning at war While many use battlefield language when referring to COVID-19 challenges, the analogy needs to be viewed in context. Leadership is also about sowing harmony, creating alignment,... View Details
Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2025
could protect all the land you wanted, but if you didn’t address climate change, it would all be washed or burnt away.” In perpetuity: “We started the foundation in 1997 and began investing in green tech in about 2008. It’s an exciting, fast-moving industry that... View Details