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The HBR Guide to Better Business Writing: 13. Be a Stickler for Continuity
Garner, Bryan A.Book Chapter HBS-7762BC-EThe HBR Guide to Better Business Writing is a 21-chapter book written by Bryan A. Garner and published in 2013 by the HBR Press. The author presents strategies for developing and communicating a clear message, a model for the writing process, guidance on specific writing skills, techniques to engage the reader, and various forms of business communication. Includes examples and detailed suggestions. Chapter 13, Be a Stickler for Continuity (5 page...Starting at €8.20
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Tilt, 10. Understanding Why Downstream Competitive Advantage Is Sustainable
Dawar, NirajBook Chapter HBS-0010BC-EMarketingChapter 10, Understanding Why Downstream Competitive Advantage Is Sustainable (13 pages), outlines the reasons behind the success of tilt strategies in two ways. First, the author shows how downstream competitive advantage creates a network effect, or market success within a group that draws others into that group. He explains why this type of advantage is powerful and unique, and provides insight into how to create this effect. Second, he explai...Starting at €8.20
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The Context for Intergroup Leadership: Women's Groups in Saudi Arabia
Al-Dabbagh, MayBook Chapter HBS-3797BC-EIntergroup leadership can benefit from a more thorough understanding of the role of contextual factors in intergroup dynamics. So says the author who argues that leadership literature has given disproportionate attention to the role of the leader, and more recently to the role of follower, but less work has been done on the context of leadership. In this chapter, she uses the nascent women's movement in Saudi Arabia as a case study to examine how...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Global Innovation 4. The Barriers to Integration
Doz, Yves L.; Wilson, KeeleyBook Chapter HBS-9824BC-ELeadership and People ManagementManaging Global Innovation is an 8-chapter book written by Yves L. Doz and Keeley Wilson of INSEAD and published in 2012 by Harvard Business Review Press. In today's global economy, existing knowledge is the catalyst for innovation, but gathering and using this knowledge depends on global factors which can create barriers to access. The authors provide a practical framework for the successful management of knowledge and innovation by optimizing t...Starting at €8.20
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See Yourself as a System: Understanding the Internal and External Forces at Work on the Leader of Adaptive Change
Heifetz, Ronald; Grashow, Alexander; Linsky, MartyBook Chapter HBS-3285BC-ELeadership and People ManagementLike the organization you are trying to lead, you are a complex individual with competing interests and values, preferences and tendencies, aspirations and fears. As the authors suggest, you are a system. To understand your personal system, you have to take stock of your personality, life experiences, cognitive and other skills, and emotional makeup. You also need to appreciate that your behaviors and decisions stem not just from forces within yo...Starting at €8.20
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A Seamless Argument: Real World Strategies for Syndicating Recommendations, Understanding Managers' Motives, and Preparing an Organization for Change
Barney, Jay; Clifford, Patricia GormanBook Chapter HBS-7160BC-E"What I Didn't Learn in Business School" is a fictional account that follows new consultant Justin Campbell as he joins an elite consulting team hired by a chemical firm to assess the potential of a newly developed technology. Collecting data, analyzing information, and developing a strategy are core components of Justin's job. The most important part, however, is selling his ideas. Unfortunately, and especially for recent business school graduat...Starting at €8.20
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Supporting HEROes with Technology Innovation: How IT Professionals and Employees Can Work Together to Create Customer-Focused Technology Solutions
Bernoff, Josh; Schadler, TedBook Chapter HBS-7045BC-ESocial technologies like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr have tremendous power to serve your customers, and these technologies are literally at your employees' fingertips. This chapter explains how IT professionals and employee HEROes-Highly Empowered and Resourceful Operatives-must share the responsibility of technological leadership if your company is to become capable of employee-driven, customer-focused innovation. IT's new role is not...Starting at €8.20
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Attaining Social Maturity: The Challenges Your Company Will Face on the Path to Empowerment Through Social Technology
Li, Charlene; Bernoff, JoshBook Chapter HBS-8358BC-EIn this chapter, social media strategy leaders Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff describe the stages companies pass through as they adopt more and more groundswell applications-the social technologies, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, online communities, and blogs, that people are using to get the information they want and need from each other. For business leaders, managing multiple social media applications creates complexity in everything from o...Starting at €8.20
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Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant, 9. Align Value, Profit, and People Propositions
Kim, W. Chan; Mauborgne, Renee A.Book Chapter HBS-0029BC-EStrategyThe global phenomenon that has sold 3.5 million copies is published in a record-breaking 43 languages and is a bestseller across five continents--now updated and expanded with new content. This global bestseller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success. Now updated with fresh content from the authors, "Blue Ocean Strategy" argues that cutthroat com...Starting at €8.20
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Ask Someone to Dance: How to Develop "Everyday Courage"--And Challenge Yourself to Be Vulnerable, to Grow, and to Change
DeLong, Thomas J.Book Chapter HBS-8535BC-EIf you're a high-need-for-achievement professional, chances are that the more successful you become, the more scared you are of showing weakness or making a mistake. Making a change or trying something you've never done before becomes a daunting, even paralyzing, prospect. Sometimes it's easier to "sit out the dance" and become a passive observer rather than take on a new direction or initiative that would force you to learn, change, and grow. In...Starting at €8.20