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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK
Women Find New Path to Work
Scanning for Threats and Opportunities
LBJ's Deliberate March for Power
Readers respond: Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century, Friedman or Galbraith?
Plus: Book reports
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NEW ON THE SITE
Women Find New Path to Work
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5331&t=career_effectiveness
Professor Myra Hart's New Path program helps Harvard Business School alumnae re-enter the work world. Here is a look at what participants learned about life, work, and the quickly changing world of business.
Scanning for Threats and Opportunities
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5329&t=strategy&iss=y
"All managers scan, but they often do so passively," say the authors of Peripheral Vision: Detecting the Weak Signals that Will Make or Break Your Company. This excerpt outlines tips for seeing both the forest and the trees.
LBJ's Deliberate March for Power
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5332&t=bizhistory&iss=y
Managers could learn a lot from the power moves of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. "Johnson was brilliant in the way he went about choosing mentors," says Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Robert A. Caro in this interview excerpt from Harvard Business Review.
Readers respond to Jim Heskett: Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century, Friedman or Galbraith?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5324&t=heskett&oid=5316&rid=5324&hid=-1&aid=-1
Both of these economists greatly influenced the political economics of the twentieth century. But what of this century? Which set of views will most shape the policies of governments and our way of life?
BAKER LIBRARY SUMMARIES
BOOK REPORTS
Treasure Hunt: Inside the Mind of the New Consumer
by Michael Silverstein and John Butman
Portfolio, 2006
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=marketing&id=5330
How today's middle-class consumers hunt for bargains, value, and quality.
Sweet and Low: A Family Story
by Rich Cohen
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=organizations&id=5326
Behind-the-scenes drama of the Sweet'N Low fortune.
The Mechanics of Business Efficiency: Executives on Maximizing Supply Chain, Logistics, and Business Development Functions
by staff
Aspatore Books, 2005
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=operations&id=5327
Industry veterans find ways to improve operational efficiency.
MOST POPULAR STORIES
The Cost of Cutting in Line
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5319&t=innovation
Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5289&t=organizations
Feature Bloat: The Product Manager's Dilemma
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5325&t=technology&iss=y
Writing the Case for Public School Reform
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5321&t=organizations&iss=y
Low Prices = More Customers? Not Always
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5314&t=strategy
NEW RESEARCH AT HBS
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/new-research.jhtml
A listing of the latest research papers, publications, and cases written by Harvard Business School faculty.
BEST OF FACULTY Q&As
John Lerner on the U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/facultyQAs.jhtml?t=facultyQAs
Innovators and society are paying too high a price in the current patent system, says a new book by Adam B. Jaffe and Harvard Business School's Josh Lerner. A book excerpt and Q&A.
ELSEWHERE AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
Leadership and Strategy in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/lspbwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Programs
June 4-9, 2006
Healthcare Delivery: Achieving Organizational Excellence
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/hcdwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
June 11-16, 2006
Strategic Marketing Management
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/smmwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
June 11-16, 2006
Leading Professional Service Firms
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/lpsfwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
June 18-24, 2006
Senior Executive Seminar for Retailers and Suppliers
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/retwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
June 25-27, 2006
Leadership Development Program
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/ldpwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
July 2006-March 2007 Session
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