Advice - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Dec 2016
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The Dragon’s Tale

leadership team. You have to be in sync with the government, and by that I mean national, provincial, and local. Without government support you will fail. Any words of advice for Western companies that want to do business with China?... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2015
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The Business of Love

give advice to their male friends. To Deckinger’s surprise, though, the women pan a question-and-answer section; the lengthy profile of the earlier era of online dating has been entirely superseded by a few quick, Facebook-verified facts.... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2023
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March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

skills and strategies required to move from entry-level and middle management roles to the executive ranks. Pierre offers key lessons and short stories containing practical advice designed to help readers achieve their professional... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Sep 2008
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The Levitt Brand

Everyone benefited from what was a very simple idea.” Wagner doubts that Levitt would have much patience for the froth of marketing advice available today: “When people write entire books about one tiny idea — he’d already done it, in a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Aug 2018
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The Value of Valleys

company and raised $2.25 million for it, and then we shut it down. We certainly made a lot of mistakes in building out the company, but my number one piece of advice for the HBS community is that HBS offers incredible optionality and... View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

educate people about the Coronavirus and offer advice on testing and treatment. He’s now involved in “supporting the scaling [of] a COVID-19 testing prototype for faster/quicker testing and turnaround of test results.” The technology is... View Details

01 Jun 2008
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The Prophet of Start-Ups

great that in 1965 the SEC even raided ARD’s offices to conduct a “surprise audit.” Doriot was so enraged at the SEC that he kept a file of vituperative letters addressed to the agency that were stamped: “Not sent — on advice of counsel.”... View Details

Keywords: Spencer E. Ante; George Doriot; Charles F. Kettering; Lawrence Lowell; F. Warren Hellman; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

15 Dec 2024
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Alumni and Faculty Books

efforts to systematically sabotage the project and steal SVB's business model. This book provides actionable advice drawn from meticulous notes Wilcox took from interviews with Party and non-Party members, the business elite, and domestic... View Details