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Life's Work: An Interview with Erno Rubik
Rubik, Erno; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R2006P-EStrategyThe inventor of the Rubik's Cube on creativity and innovation.Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: An Interview with Dean Koontz
Koontz, Dean; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R2002N-EKnowledge and CommunicationDean Koontz is one of the world's most prolific and best-selling writers, with more than 120 novels to his name. During a difficult childhood, books were his refuge, so he has devoted his life--from 6:30 am to dinnertime, six days a week, for the past five decades--to creating fictional worlds across a range of genres for his devoted readers.Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: An Interview with Vera Wang
Wang, Vera; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1904N-EThe famed fashion designer describes why she waited until age 40 to launch her own business, what she learned from working for Ralph Lauren, and how she balances her two roles as creative director and business head.Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: An Interview with Michael Ovitz
Ovitz, Michael; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1901N-EThe Hollywood superagent turned Silicon Valley adviser discusses winning over clients and building creative teams.Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: An Interview with John Adams
Adams, John; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1801P-EThe composer and conductor on responding to the world through music and the struggle to always produce genuinely new, original works.Starting at €8.20
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Spread Too Thin (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1706Z-EA TV producer struggles to balance the demands of three hit shows--and dreams of a new one. This fictional case study features expert commentary by Sarah Barnett and Melissa James Gibson. For teaching purposes, this is the commentary-only version of the HBR case study. The case-only version is reprint R1706X. The complete case study and commentary is reprint R1706N.Starting at €8.20
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Spread Too Thin (HBR Case Study)
Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1706X-EA TV producer struggles to balance the demands of three hit shows--and dreams of a new one. This fictional case study features expert commentary by Sarah Barnett and Melissa James Gibson. For teaching purposes, this is the case-only version of the HBR case study. The commentary-only version is reprint R1706Z. The complete case study and commentary is reprint R1706N.Starting at €8.20
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Dealing with Drought (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Reinhardt, Forest L.; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1611Z-EStrategyWhen Walker Farms is hit with a surface-water allocation of zero for a third straight year because of the state's ongoing and extended drought, it must decide how to respond. Continue to let 6,000 of its 23,000 acres lie fallow? Drill more wells? Shift to higher-yielding organic crops? Or lease the land to a solar power company to find some revenue that isn't water dependent? With commentary by Kim Morison, of Blue Sky Water Partners, and Ken LaG...Starting at €8.20
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The Happiness Backlash
Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1507N-ELeadership and People ManagementA survey of five books investigates the seemingly universal insistence on feeling good.Starting at €8.20
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Experience Doesn't Predict a New Hire's Success
Van Iddekinge, Chad H.; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-F1905B-ELeadership and People ManagementIs it time to rethink the way we assess job applicants? A recent review of 81 workplace studies suggests that it is. In it Chad Van Iddekinge of Florida State and his colleagues found only a very weak relationship between workers' experience at previous employers and their performance on the job.Starting at €8.20