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Power and Influence for Positive Impact - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Power and Influence for Positive Impact Course Number 2055 Professor Julie Battilana Senior Lecturer Deborah Winshel Fall; Q1; 1.5 credits Paper Excludes enrollment in Power and Influence (2056) in the spring term... View Details

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Future Positive - Managing the Future of Work

Research Research Future Positive: How Companies Can Tap Into Employee Optimism to Navigate Tomorrow’s Workplace By: By: Joseph B. Fuller Joseph B. Fuller , , Judith Wallenstein Judith Wallenstein , , Manjari Raman Manjari Raman & & Alice de Chalendar Alice de... View Details

2006
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Positional Limits to Competitive Allocation: Evidence from Corporate Takeovers

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

Keywords: Management; Equality and Inequality

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2008
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Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry

By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski

This paper proposes a straightforward way of differentiating between central network positions that confer power and those that confer status. I argue that actors achieve high status by receiving numerous exchanges from actors who in turn receive numerous exchanges... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Partners and Partnerships; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Financial Services Industry; United States

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28 Sep 2012
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Strategic Positioning in a Challenging World: Creating Shared Value

By: Michael E. Porter

Strategy and Creating Shared Value Presentation View Details

Keywords: Society; Strategy; India

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May 1982 (Revised August 1986)
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Note on the Statement of Changes in Financial Position

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07 Jun 2012
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Leadership Tip: It's How You Act, Not Your Position

June 20, 2023
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Cautious Adoption of AI Can Create Positive Company Culture

By: Joseph Pacelli and Jonas Heese

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Organizational Culture; Employees

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October 2011
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Gene Sequencing: Staking a Position in an Expanding Industry

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Mara Aspinall and Phillip Andrews

Towards the end of 2010, companies in the gene sequencing industry were pushing aggressive R&D programs to develop technologies and products in the race to sequence the entire human genome at a cost of $1,000. It remained to be seen when the "$1,000 genome" would... View Details

Keywords: Genetics; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Competition; Venture Capital; Biotechnology Industry

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December 2010
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Implications for GAAP from an Analysis of Positive Research in Accounting

By: S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna and Douglas J. Skinner

Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and stewardship) and that verifiability and conservatism are critical features of a GAAP shaped by market forces.... View Details

Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Standards; International Accounting; Financial Markets; Financial Reporting

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2007
Other Unpublished Work

Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

This paper proposes a straightforward way of differentiating between central network positions that confer power from those that confer status. I argue that actors achieve high status by receiving numerous exchanges from actors who receive numerous exchanges from... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Power and Influence; Opportunities; Status and Position

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January 2001
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ZEFER: Building and Positioning an e-Business Consulting Company TN

By: Richard L. Nolan and George Francis Westerman III

Keywords: Product Positioning; Internet and the Web; Business Ventures; Consulting Industry

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Why Grit Requires Perseverance and Passion to Positively Predict Performance

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Andreas Wihler, Erica R. Bailey and Adam D. Galinsky

Prior studies linking grit—defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals—to performance are beset by contradictory evidence. As a result, commentators have increasingly declared that grit has limited effects. We propose that this inconsistent evidence has... View Details

Keywords: Grit; Perseverance; Passion; Motivation; Personal Characteristics; Emotions; Performance; Motivation and Incentives

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