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Managing Oneself
Drucker, Peter F.Article HBS-R0501K-ELeadership and People ManagementThroughout history, people had little need to manage their careers--they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, relied on their companies to chart their career paths. But times have drastically changed. Today we must all learn to manage ourselves. What does that mean? As Peter Drucker tells us in this seminal article first published in 1999, it means we have to learn to develop ourselves. We have to place ourselves where ...Starting at €8.20
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Cross-Silo Leadership
Casciaro, Tiziana; Edmondson, Amy C.; Jang, SujinArticle HBS-R1903J-EToday the most promising innovation and business opportunities require collaboration among functions, offices, and organizations. To realize them, companies must break down silos and get people working together across boundaries. But that's a challenge for many leaders. Employees naturally default to focusing on vertical relationships, and formal restructuring is costly, confusing, and slow. What, then, is the solution? Engaging in four activitie...Starting at €8.20
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What You Can Learn from Family Business
Kachaner, Nicolas; Stalk, George; Bloch, AlainArticle HBS-R1211H-EStrategyThough the term "family business" may call to mind visions of local mom-and-pop firms, family- controlled companies play a huge role on the global stage. Not only do they include sprawling corporations like Walmart and Tata Group, but they account for more than 30% of all companies with sales in excess of $1 billion. And over the long term, their financial performance exceeds that of traditional public companies, according to a new study by BCG a...Starting at €8.20
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What's Your Personal Social Media Strategy
Dutta, SoumitraArticle HBS-R1011L-ELeadership and People ManagementSocial media are changing the way we do business and how leaders are perceived, from the shop floor to the CEO suite. But whereas the best businesses are creating comprehensive strategies in this area, research suggests that few corporate leaders have a social media presence-say, a Facebook or LinkedIn page-and that those who do don't use it strategically. Today's leaders must embrace social media for three reasons. First, they provide a low-cost...Starting at €8.20
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The Next Scientific Revolution
Hey, TonyArticle HBS-R1011B-EStrategyFor decades, computer scientists have tried to teach computers to think like human experts. Until recently, most of those efforts have failed to come close to generating the creative insights and solutions that seem to come naturally to the best researchers, doctors, and engineers. But now, Tony Hey, a VP of Microsoft Research, says we're witnessing the dawn of a new generation of powerful computer tools that can "mash up" vast quantities of data...Starting at €8.20
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Negotiating the Spirit of the Deal (Spanish version)
Fortgang, Ron S.; Lax, David A.; Sebenius, James K.Article HBS-R0302EStrategyThis article includes a one-page preview that quickly summarizes the key ideas and provides an overview of how the concepts work in practice along with suggestions for further reading. Most experienced negotiators are comfortable working out the terms of an economic contract--they bargain for the best price, haggle over equity splits, and finesse detailed exit clauses. Yet these same seasoned professionals spend so much time ironing out the lette...Starting at €8.20
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AIDS Is Your Business (Spanish version)
Rosen, Sydney; Simon, Jonathon; Vincent, Jeffrey R.; MacLeod, William; Fox, Matthew; Thea, Donald M.Article HBS-R0302FEconomicsIf your company operates in a developing country, AIDS is your business. Although Africa has received the most attention, AIDS is also spreading swiftly in other parts of the world. Why should executives be concerned about AIDS? Because it is destroying the twin rationales of globalization strategy--cheap labor and fast-growing markets--in countries where people are heavily affected by the epidemic. Fortunately, investments in programs that preve...Starting at €8.20
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Enemies of Trust (Spanish version)
Galford, Robert; Drapeau, Anne SeiboldArticle HBS-R0302GLeadership and People ManagementYou must protect trust from its enemies. Any act of bad management erodes trust. Among the most common enemies of trust are inconsistent messages from top management, inconsistent standards, a willingness to tolerate incompetence or bad behavior, dishonest feedback, a failure to trust others to do good work, a tendency to ignore painful or politically charged situations, consistent corporate underperformance, and rumors. Fending off these enemie...Starting at €8.20
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Rose by Any Other Name (HBR Case Study and Commentary) (Spanish version)
Stone, Daniel B.; Weise, Frank E.; Pant, Micky; Hoch, Stephen J.; Corstjens, Judith; Corstjens, MarcelArticle HBS-R0303AMarketingTom Rose was about to listen to his marketing head, Cassie Martin, make a major presentation on the biggest strategic initiative in Rose Partyware's history: the launch of a branded line of party ware. Rose had manufactured paper goods for parties and other social events for many years. But Tom had recently spotted an opportunity to break out of the pack: a new printing technology that would improve quality and reduce costs. When Rose test-market...Starting at €8.20
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For the Last Time: Stock Options Are an Expense (Spanish version)
Bodie, Zvi; Kaplan, Robert S.; Merton, Robert C.Article HBS-R0303DAccounting and ControlShould stock options be recorded as an expense on a company's income statement and balance sheet, or should they remain where they are, relegated to footnotes? The authors believe the case for expensing options is overwhelming. In this article, Nobel laureate Robert Merton, one of the inventors of the Black-Scholes option-pricing model; his co-author on the classic textbook Finance, Zvi Bodie; and Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard,...Starting at €8.20