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It's Hard to Be Good
Beard, Alison; Hornik, RichardArticle HBS-R1111E-EExcellence in community engagement, labor relations, environmental protection, corporate governance, and supply chain accountability isn't easy to achieve. But in the long run, top performance in those areas strengthens an organization, as the five companies profiled in this article demonstrate. They prove that doing the right thing isn't at odds at all with building the bottom line, and in fact it can be integral to a firm's economic logic. Dutc...Starting at €8.20
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It's Hard to Be Good (Spanish version)
Beard, Alison; Hornik, RichardArticle HBS-R1111EStrategyExcellence in community engagement, labor relations, environmental protection, corporate governance, and supply chain accountability isn't easy to achieve. But in the long run, top performance in those areas strengthens an organization, as the five companies profiled in this article demonstrate. They prove that doing the right thing isn't at odds at all with building the bottom line, and in fact it can be integral to a firm's economic logic. Dutc...Starting at €8.20
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Can Big Tech Be Disrupted? (Spanish version)
Knee, Jonathan; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-S22014StrategyThe tech giants Facebook (now Meta), Amazon, Apple, Google (now Alphabet), Microsoft, and Netflix are all so successful--and generate so much cash--that they seem virtually unstoppable. Yet according to Jonathan Knee, a Columbia Business School professor and veteran investment banker specializing in media and tech, even the digital superpowers face threats. In this interview he shares an analysis of the weaknesses and strengths of the large tech ...Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: An Interview with Daniel Boulud
Boulud, Daniel; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1905N-EHead of a culinary empire that now includes 16 ventures, Boulud talks about his boyhood on the family farm, where "everything on [the] table was 95% grown, raised, or made by us"; key lessons from the chefs he trained with; and how he balances being an artistic chef with being a businessman.Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: An Interview with Takashi Murakami
Murakami, Takashi; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R2102P-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe contemporary artist on how he went from being a lonely, unpopular geek to commercial success and critical acclaim.Starting at €8.20
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Helena Divi ov
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceCase HBS-220020-EEntrepreneurshipHelena Divi ov (MBA, 2016) decided to return home to the Czech Republic soon after graduation to be near her father who became seriously ill soon after she started HBS. She had considered leaving HBS immediately to help run his business. But her father, who grew up in the Czech Republic when travel and overseas educational opportunities were severely limited, would not allow her to abandon her studies. Instead, Divi ov 's husband, Pavel Divi...Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: Ruth Reichl
Reichl, Ruth; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1406M-EThe cook, critic, and fiction writer discusses her years as the last editor of "Gourmet": how she handled being a manager, modernized the magazine, and dealt with its closing.Starting at €8.20
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Talismark
Ruback, Richard S.; Yudkoff, RoyceCase HBS-211097-EFinanceTalismark, which helped its customers manage their waste, was considering re-engineering its business fundamentals to dramatically increase profitability by changing its sales and information processes. Implementing the changes would be expensive and would interrupt its new customer acquisition efforts, and it would be 18 months until the company could begin to acquire new business. The case explores the rationale and consequences of re-engineeri...Starting at €8.20
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Life's Work: Philippe Starck
Starck, Philippe; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1304N-EPhilippe Starck has designed thousands of products, interiors, and buildings for clients ranging from Microsoft to Baccarat. Here, he reveals the secrets of his productivity: being a control freak, traveling light, and hiring by intuition.Starting at €8.20
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Making a Backup Plan Undermines Performance
Shin, Jihae; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-F1609B-ELeadership and People ManagementIf you prepare for failure, failure may be more likely. New research suggests that formulating a plan B in the event that plan A does not work out has a negative effect on performance.Starting at €8.20