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Breakthrough Thinking from Inside the Box (Spanish version)
Coyne, Kevin P.; Clifford, Patricia Gorman; Dye, ReneeArticle HBS-R0712EStrategyEach is something that adults loved as children and that was reproduced in an expensive form for grown-ups. Asking brainstorming participants to ponder how their childhood passions could be recast as adult offerings might generate some fabulous ideas for new products or services.Starting at €8.20
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Rethink What You "Know" About High-Achieving Women
Ely, Robin J.; Stone, Pamela; Ammerman, ColleenArticle HBS-R1412G-ELeadership and People ManagementOn the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Harvard Business School's MBA program, the authors, who have spent more than 20 years studying professional women, set out to learn what HBS graduates had to say about work and family and how their experiences, attitudes, and decisions might shed light on prevailing controversies. What their comprehensive survey revealed suggests that the conventional wisdom about women's career...Starting at €8.20
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A Moving Target: Real World Strategies for Applying 5 Forces, Selecting and Using Appropriate Tools, and Reacting to Feedback
Barney, Jay; Clifford, Patricia GormanBook Chapter HBS-7135BC-E"What I Didn't Learn in Business School" follows new consultant Justin Campbell as he joins an elite team hired by a chemical firm to assess the potential of a newly developed technology. Read along as Justin meets with a vice president, the second-in-command at the chemical firm. Throughout the interview, Justin learns that a particular mode of analysis is not applicable to every situation. Like any newcomer, he tries to match a case study to a ...Starting at €8.20
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A Lone Ranger: Real World Strategies for Applying Growth Opportunity Scans, Assessing Product Extensions, and Realizing the Potential of Radical Innovations
Barney, Jay; Clifford, Patricia GormanBook Chapter HBS-7147BC-E"What I Didn't Learn in Business School" is a fictional account that follows new consultant Justin Campbell as he joins an elite team hired by a chemical firm to assess the potential of a newly developed technology. This chapter finds Justin struggling to get a handle on several different applications for this technology in order to determine the growth opportunity and lay the groundwork for choosing the highest-potential innovations. Learn from ...Starting at €8.20
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A Team Effort: Real World Strategies for Justifying Vertical Integration, Considering Joint Ventures, and Understanding Organizational Dynamics
Barney, Jay; Clifford, Patricia GormanBook Chapter HBS-7148BC-E"What I Didn't Learn in Business School" is a fictional account that follows new consultant Justin Campbell as he joins an elite team hired by a chemical firm to assess the potential of a newly developed technology. At the opening of this chapter, Justin realizes that the work he has been doing alone on the new project overlaps significantly with the work that his colleagues have done. While attempting to crack the strategy case on his own, he ha...Starting at €8.20
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A Constructive Meeting: Real World Strategies for Synthesizing Complex Information, Managing Projects under Tight Timelines, and Mitigating Strategic Risks
Barney, Jay; Clifford, Patricia GormanBook Chapter HBS-7151BC-E"What I Didn't Learn in Business School" is a fictional account that follows new consultant Justin Campbell as he joins an elite team hired by a chemical firm to assess the potential of a newly developed technology. Authors Jay Barney and Trish Gorman Clifford use Justin's story to examine the challenges a recent MBA graduate faces in applying his education on the job-in a way a traditional business book about strategy never could. In this chapte...Starting at €8.20
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It Wasn't About Race. Or Was It? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Connor, Jeffrey C.; Myers, Verna; Borgia, John; Millard, Jeanette; Ely, Robin J.Article HBS-R00502-EKnowledge and CommunicationHope Barrows, a partner at the national accounting firm Fuller Fenton, drove to the office on Sunday and swiped her access card to enter the parking garage. She noticed that another car followed her in--without using an access card. Hope could see that the driver was a man, but she didn't recognize him. Concerned for her safety, she got out and asked to see his ID. Dillon Johnson, an associate at the same firm, was rushing to meet a colleague to ...Starting at €8.20
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A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity (Spanish version)
Thomas, David A.; Ely, Robin J.Article HBS-96510Leadership and People ManagementThis 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. Diversity efforts in the workplace have been undertaken with great goodwill, but, ironically, they often end up fueling tensions. They rarely spur the leaps in organizational effectiveness that are possible. Two paradigms for diversity are responsible, but a new t...Starting at €8.20
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Rethinking Political Correctness (Spanish version)
Ely, Robin J.; Davidson, Martin N.; Meyerson, DebraArticle HBS-R0609DLeadership and People ManagementPause to short-circuit the emotion and reflect; connect with others, affirming the importance of relationships; question yourself to identify blind spots and discover what makes you defensive; get genuine support that helps you gain a broader perspective; and shift your mind-set from one that says, "You need to change" to one that asks, "What can I change?" When people treat their cultural differences--and related conflicts and tensions--as oppo...Starting at €8.20
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A Working Lunch: Real World Strategies for Assessing Potential Synergies, Evaluating Make v. Buy Decisions, and Communicating Effectively with Team Members
Barney, Jay; Clifford, Patricia GormanBook Chapter HBS-7134BC-E"What I Didn't Learn in Business School" invites readers to follow new consultant Justin Campbell as he joins an elite team hired by a chemical firm to assess the potential of a newly developed technology. Join Justin in this chapter as he meets with the vice president in charge of running the firm's struggling package factory and listen in as Justin's team discusses strategies for testing synergies and weighs the intricacies of outsourcing the m...Starting at €8.20