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HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK
Why Technology Negotiations Are Different
A Business Plan to Fight Disease
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
Jim Heskett asks: How Important Is the "Service Sector Effect" on Productivity?
Plus: Book reports
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NEW ON THE SITE
Why Technology Negotiations Are Different
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5359&t=technology
Technology negotiations are complex and many managers are left with a sense of unease. Am I getting the best deal? Will the ERP system I buy today be obsolete tomorrow? Lawrence Susskind offers keys to help you avoid the pitfalls. From Negotiation.
A Business Plan to Fight Disease
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5360&t=nonprofit
When Harvard Business School student Avichai Kremer discovered he had ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, he was shocked to learn how little was being done to find a cure. Here's how he used his entrepreneurial skills to form Israel's Project ALS.
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5361&t=leadership&iss=y
Company-specific skills may be valuable in a new job under the right conditions, say Harvard Business School's Boris Groysberg, Andrew N. McLean, and Nitin Nohria. They studied GE; here's an excerpt from Harvard Business Review.
Jim Heskett asks: How Important Is the "Service Sector Effect" on Productivity?
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5362&t=heskett&oid=5362&rid=-1&hid=-1&aid=-1
In the cost-driven U.S. service economy, are worker benefits being sacrificed in the name of lower-cost services to customers? Are these social costs more than offset by the benefits of job creation, the consumption stimulus that spurs job creation, and lower unemployment?
BAKER LIBRARY SUMMARIES
BOOK REPORTS
Olympic Turnaround: How the Olympic Games Stepped Back from the Brink of Extinction to Become the World's Best Known Brand
by Michael Payne
Praeger, 2006
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=marketing&id=5358
The inside scoop from the Olympics' first marketing director.
Supply Market Intelligence: A Managerial Handbook for Building Sourcing Strategies
by Robert B. Handfield
Auerbach Publications, 2005
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=operations&id=5354
How supply chain managers can make change rather than just react to it.
Tales from the Top: Ten Crucial Questions from the World's #1 Executive Coach
by Graham Alexander
Nelson Business, 2005
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/book-review.jhtml?t=career_effectiveness&id=5357
Guided introspection for leaders.
MOST POPULAR STORIES
Five Guidelines for Using Statistics
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5352&t=finance
Women Find New Path to Work
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5331&t=career_effectiveness
Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5289&t=organizations
Moving Beyond Debate: Start a Dialogue
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5351&t=leadership
Building a Platform for Growth
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item.jhtml?id=5353&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
Marketing Innovative Technologies
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/mitwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Programs
June 18-21, 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
Corporate Governance Series
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/cgswk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
Summer 2006
Leading Product Development
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/lpdwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
July 10-14, 2006
Driving Corporate Performance: Aligning Scorecards, Systems, and Strategy
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/dcpwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
July 16-21, 2006
General Management Program
http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/gmpwk/index.html
HBS Executive Education Program
Fall 2006 Session
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