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Spotting Patterns on the Fly: A Conversation with Birders David Sibley and Julia Yoshida (Spanish version)
Sibley, David; Yoshida, Julia; Coutu, Diane L.Article HBS-R0211BStrategyRecognizing and anticipating change in industry patterns is a core competence for companies today, allowing managers to capitalize on opportunities before they are apparent to others. Yet, companies are far from mastering how to recognize such patterns, especially at the strategic level, where information is usually less profuse and much less precise. Pattern recognition is not a new skill, though, at least not to people outside the business worl...Starting at €8.20
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Straight Talk (Spanish version)
Nunberg, Geoffrey; Fusaro, RobertaArticle HBS-F0212ALeadership and People ManagementIn their guarded use of language, CEOs reveal more about themselves and their companies than they realize, says Stanford linguist and NPR commentator Geoffrey Nunberg.Starting at €8.20
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How Presidents Persuade (Spanish version)
Gergen, David; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0301DLeadership and People ManagementDavid Gergen, adviser to presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton, knows a thing or two about how leaders get their messages across. In this edited e-mail interview with HBR's Gardiner Morse, Gergen discusses the power of persuasion and the theatrics of communicating well.Starting at €8.20
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Science Behind Six Degrees (Spanish version)
Watts, Duncan; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0302BLeadership and People ManagementHow does the structure of social networks affect the way fads catch on and companies solve problems? Columbia University network scientist Duncan Watts says that this young field is on the path to answers.Starting at €8.20
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Filling Big Shoes at Adobe (Spanish version)
Chizen, Bruce; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0303CLeadership and People ManagementWhen Bruce Chizen took over as president and CEO from Adobe's legendary founders in 2000, he knew he had to confront the skeptics who doubted he had the technological grounding to lead the company. In this interview, Chizen describes how he won converts by acknowledging his shortcomings and discusses the leadership lessons he learned along the way.Starting at €8.20
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Levitt on the Street (Spanish version)
Levitt, Arthur; Gerson, BenArticle HBS-F0304CFormer SEC chairman Arthur Levitt talks with HBR's Ben Gerson about investors' eroded confidence and what the SEC, Wall Street, and corporate boards must do about it.Starting at €8.20
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Beware the Interview Inquisition (Spanish version)
Poundstone, WilliamArticle HBS-F0305BLeadership and People ManagementThe brutal, puzzle-based job interview has spread from the computer industry to the Fortune 500 and beyond. But grilling candidates in this way can backfire.Starting at €8.20
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Bosses Behaving Badly (Spanish version)
Pachter, Barbara; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0306ALeadership and People ManagementIn this HBR interview, business-etiquette consultant Barbara Pachter describes common executive gaffes, explains why managers still get etiquette wrong, and offers some rules of thumb about good business manners.Starting at €8.20
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What Makes Global Firms Resilient (Spanish version)
Yergin, Daniel; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0307BEconomicsIn his book and TV series Commanding Heights, Daniel Yergin traces the arc of globalization, illuminating the vitality of market capitalism and the unpredictability and fragility of markets. In this conversation, he considers where the growth will be in the next 20 years, what oil companies know about managing through uncertain times, and the unexpected course that globalization is currently taking.Starting at €8.20
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Bottom-Up Economics (Spanish version)
Quadir, Iqbal; Morse, GardinerArticle HBS-F0308CEconomicsIqbal Quadir, the founder of Bangladesh's GrameenPhone, discusses the failure of foreign aid to rescue moribund third-world economies and the need to empower local entrepreneurs. The most important feature of his company, he explains, isn't the phone system itself but the microloans that mobilize an army of individual entrepreneurs to meet an unsatisfied need profitably.Starting at €8.20