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Life's Work: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Tyson, Neil deGrasse; Beard, AlisonArticle HBS-R1601L-EKnowledge and CommunicationThe astrophysicist on balancing his TV career with his day job and why no one could dissuade him from a career in science.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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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 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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El trilema de Algorismika
Armengou Orús, Jaume; García-Castro, RobertoCase AD-383Decision Analysis, Entrepreneurship, Information TechnologiesUna start-up de desarrollo de software se plantea si seguir tal como está, o bien consolidarse, o bien venderse a otra empresa ya consolidada.Starting at €8.20
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Measuring Risk in Investment Projects: NPV at Risk
García-Castro, RobertoTechnical Note ADN-286-EDecision Analysis, FinanceNPV is based on the discount of expected, future cash flows. As such, it is subject to substantial uncertainty in real applications. This uncertainty is often neglected in some companies due to a lack of appropriate tools to manage it. One way to account for all the risk associated with a particular investment project is to use the probability distribution associated with the NPV (NPVAR), once the main uncertainties have been identified and measu...Starting at €8.20
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Subjective Decisions, Perception and Time
Baucells Alibés, Manel; García-Castro, RobertoTechnical Note ADN-288-EDecision Analysis, EconomicsRecently, the way people commonly deal with decisions involving time has become an important research topic for economists and psychologists alike. This note offers a summary of some of the main results, which have applications in understanding consumer behavior and also in everyday life to help us make better decisions. This note is based on the note "Time, Perception and Decision-Making" from Manel Baucells and Lucy Chatburn, ADN-264-E.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