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13 Jan 2014
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Michael Porter on the Fundamental Problem for Investors

28 Sep 2020
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How the Former CEO & Chairman of Best Buy, Hubert Joly, Transformed the Company

09 Aug 2019
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What innovative marketers can teach us about the power of A/B testing

14 Feb 2014
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Executives’ Biggest Productivity Challenges, Solved

05 Dec 2013
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Obama’s effort to build a legacy

02 Jan 2013
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Willy Loman Turns to Windows as Web Spurs Sales Changes

28 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

The Clock Is Ticking: 3 Ways to Manage Your Time Better

time, management scholars recommend seven or fewer people in a meeting, to keep individual effort high. Fewer and shorter meetings are one of the best ways we can improve time management for greater happiness. Arthur C. Brooks is a Professor of Management Practice and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

2020
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Reinventing Retail: The Novel Resurgence of Independent Bookstores

By: Ryan Raffaelli

This study examines how community-based brick-and-mortar retailers can achieve sustained market growth in the face of online and big box retail competition. The appearance of Amazon.com in 1995 led to a significant decline in the number of independent bookstores in the... View Details

Keywords: Bookstores; Competitive Strategy; Business and Community Relations; Customization and Personalization; Growth and Development; Retail Industry; United States

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2017
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Forged in Crisis: The Power of Courageous Leadership in Turbulent Times

By: Nancy F. Koehn

An enthralling historical narrative filled with critical leadership insights that will be of interest to a wide range of readers—including those in government, business, education, and the arts—Forged in Crisis spotlights five masters of crisis: polar explorer... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Personal Characteristics; Crisis Management; Biography

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2020
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Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Over a decade ago, renowned innovation expert Rosabeth Moss Kanter co-founded and then directed Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative. Her breakthrough work with hundreds of successful professionals and executives, as well as aspiring young entrepreneurs, identifies... View Details

Keywords: Leaders; Advanced Leadership; Advanced Leadership Initiative; Community; Change Leadership; Innovation; Problem Solving; Cross-sector Collaboration; Institutional Change; Leadership; Change; Leading Change; Communication; Innovation Leadership; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business and Community Relations; Civil Society or Community

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2022
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Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop

By: Max H. Bazerman

It is easy to condemn obvious wrongdoers such as Elizabeth Holmes, Adam Neumann, Harvey Weinstein, and the Sackler family. But we rarely think about the many people who supported their unethical or criminal behavior. In each case there was a supporting cast of... View Details

Keywords: Complicity; Enabling; Ethics; Behavior; Personal Characteristics; Society

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29 Mar 2010
Research & Ideas

Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial

key is to be ruthlessly realistic with oneself. As I hope the book makes clear, this is one of the greatest challenges for any CEO. Q: The Innovator's Dilemma by HBS professor Clayton Christensen illustrated how formerly successful... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Retail; Technology

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November 2000 (Revised January 2003)
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Yahoo!'s Stock-Based Compensation

By: Paul M. Healy and Jacob Cohen

Amy Maislos, an investor in Internet and technology companies, was excited to read that Yahoo! had reported a positive net income for 1998 operations. During the late 1990s, stock prices of Internet companies had risen rapidly even though most companies were reporting... View Details

Keywords: Stock Options; Internet and the Web; Financial Statements; Corporate Disclosure; Business Earnings; Earnings Management; Information Technology Industry

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