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metaphors are needed beyond high school too!!!! Umesh HBS Working Knowledge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: HBS Working Knowledge Newsletter Highlights this Week Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global Going Negative in Political Advertising Working paper: Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures What Do You Think? What is the Future of State Capitalism? ============================== New on the Site Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5883.html Are global brands effective? Which countries are the most business friendly? How can my foreign assets be protected? Here are some recent Working Knowledge articles on thinking about the global business. Going Negative in Political Advertising http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5937.html Companies rarely run negative ads against competitors, but political candidates often do. Why the difference? It's a byproduct of our political system's winner-take-all approach, says professor John Quelch. Working paper: Testing Strategy with Multiple Performance Measures Evidence from a Balanced Scorecard at Store24 http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5919.html Download the PDF. To what extent do balanced scorecards provide useful information for testing and validating an organization's strategy? There has been comparatively little research on the potential learning and feedback role of balanced scorecards. Analyzing balanced scorecard data from Store24a privately held convenience store retailer in New Englandduring the implementation of an innovative but ultimately unsuccessful strategy, this study by Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, Susan L. Kulp, and V.G. Narayanan investigates whether, when, and how information about problems with the firm's strategy was captured in the multiple performance measures of its balanced scorecard. First Look: New Research by HBS Faculty http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5936.html New in publications and case studies: Does bargaining at home affect bargaining at companies when gender is a factor? ... From humble beginnings to international IPO, a microfinance institution faces the future ... Should an exec come out of the closet at work? What Do You Think? What is the Future of State Capitalism? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5928.html Online forum OPEN until Thursday, May 29. Whatever happened to the fears not long ago that global corporations with allegiance to no government would challenge the world economic order? These days, state-owned corporations now dwarf even the largest privately-owned global organizations, says HBS professor Jim Heskett. What is the impact on competition? What do you think? Most Popular Stories Going Negative in Political Advertising http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5937.html Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5934.html Getting Down to the Business of Creativity http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5902.html Accounting Information as Political Currency http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5920.html Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5871.html Best of Faculty Q&As The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5617.html Stars don't shine alone. As Harvard Business School's Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling Lee reveal in new research, it is imperative that top performers as well as their managers take into account the quality of colleagues. Groysberg and Lee explain the implications for star mobility and retention in this Q&A from 2007. Elsewhere at Harvard Business School Web forum on "Marketing and Democracy" http://www.hbs.edu/centennial/conversation/marketinganddemocracy/ Join The Conversation with Professor John A. Quelch and Katherine Jocz Leading Product Development http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/lpd_wk/index.html HBS Executive Education Program July 711, 2008 Driving Corporate Performance http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/dcp_wk/index.html HBS Executive Education Program July 1318, 2008 Finance for Senior Executives http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/fse_wk/index.html HBS Executive Education Program July 1319, 2008 General Management Program http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/gmp_wk/index.html HBS Executive Education Program AugustNovember 2008 Harvard Business Online http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/home/index.jhtml?_requestid=23929 Visit Harvard Business Online, the Web site of Harvard Business School Publishing. 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