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Patent Sharks: Technology firms face a serious menace: patent sharks. These predators collect patents through acquisitions in bankruptcy proceedings, licensing agreements, or their own R&D efforts. They hide their intellectual property--to deliberately trap tech firms into inadvertent patent...; Tags: Markus Reitzig, Joachim Henkel, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Bagley, Patent; Articles 2008-07-18
The Secrets to Successful Strategy Execution: A brilliant strategy may put you on the competitive map. But only solid execution keeps you there. Unfortunately, most companies struggle with implementation. That's because they overrely on structural changes, such as reorganization, to execute their...; Tags: In Brief, Harvard Business Review, Management, Elizabeth Powers, Performance, Karla L. Martin, Gary L. Neilson, Strategy; Articles 2008-07-18
The Next Revolution in Productivity: Despite decades of reengineering, large companies still have problems with their business operations. They duplicate processes. They perform hundreds of noncore tasks that should be outsourced. And they spend vast sums on proprietary process-management software that's...; Tags: Jack Calhoun, Ric Merrifield, In Brief, Software, Harvard Business Review, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Activity, SOA, Dennis Stevens; Articles 2008-07-18
Reaching Your Potential: Despite racking up impressive accomplishments, you feel frustrated with your career--convinced you should be achieving more. You may even wish you had chosen a different career altogether. These feelings often stem from a common error:...; Tags: Harvard Business Review, Career, Management, Professional Development, Leadership, Job, Robert S. Kaplan, In Brief; Articles 2008-07-18
The Uncompromising Leader: Managing the tension between performance and people is at the heart of every leader's job. Focus single-mindedly on delivering profits, and you disenchant your workforce, destroying your capacity to drive needed strategic change. Concentrate solely on...; Tags: Flemming Norrgren, Nathaniel Foote, Michael Beer, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Russell A. Eisenstat, Management, Leadership, Leader, Employee, Tobias Fredberg; Articles 2008-07-18

The Competitive Imperative of Learning: Most managers believe that relentless execution--the efficient, timely production and delivery of offerings--is vital to corporate performance. Execution-as-efficiency is important. But focusing too narrowly on it can prevent your company from adapting effectively to change. ...; Tags: Harvard Business Review, Management, Strategy, Team Management, Intermountain Healthcare, Team, Patient, Knowledge, Environment, Leader, Execution-as-efficiency, Edmondson, In Brief, Amy C. Edmondson; Articles 2008-07-18
Investing in the IT That Makes a Competitive Difference: It's not just you. It really is getting harder to outpace the other guys. Since the mid-1990s, competition in the U.S. economy has accelerated to unprecedented levels. The engine behind this hypercompetition: IT. Thanks to powerful...; Tags: Erik Brynjolfsson, Andrew McAfee, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, Innovation, Management, Leadership, Strategy, Pharmacy, Rivals, Information Technology; Articles 2008-07-18
Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work: What drives growth and profitability in a service business? Highly satisfied customers. And to keep those customers profitable, you need to manage all the aspects of your operation that affect customer satisfaction--what the authors call the...; Tags: Thomas O. Jones, Human Resources, Payroll Solutions, Marketing, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Product Marketing, Customer Loyalty, Reichheld, Service Quality, Employee Satisfaction, Customer, James L. Heskett, Jr., Gary W. Loveman, In Brief, Leonard A. Schlesinger, W. Earl Sasser, Harvard Business Review; Articles 2008-07-18
Choosing Strategies for Change: Faced with stiffer competition and dizzying technological advances, companies often must change course to stay competitive. But most change initiatives backfire. That's because many managers take a one-size-fits-all approach to change. They assume they can combat resistance, a notorious obstacle, by involving...; Tags: Change Management, John P. Kotter, In Brief, Workforce Management, Harvard Business Review, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, Management, Leadership, Performance Management, Strategy, Change, Leonard A. Schlesinger; Articles 2008-07-18
In Praise of the Incomplete Leader: Have you ever feigned confidence to superiors or reports? Hidden the fact you were confused by the latest business results or blindsided by a competitor's move? If so, you've bought into the myth of the complete...; Tags: Harvard Business Review, Management, Leader, Leadership, In Brief, Deborah Ancona, Thomas W. Malone, Wanda J. Orlikowski, Peter M. Senge; Articles 2008-05-07
Rediscovering Market Segmentation: Fifty-nine percent of recently surveyed companies executed a major market-segmentation initiative in the previous two years. Yet only 14% derived real value from the exercise. What's wrong with market segmentation? Segmentation typically focuses on consumer...; Tags: Marketing Research, Branding, Customer, Segment, Brand, Market-segmentation, Segmentation, Consumer, Marketing, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Daniel Yankelovich, David Meer, Strategy, Market Segmentation; Articles 2008-05-06
Curveball: The Idea in Brief You've executed a brilliant new strategy--but your competitors are catching on. How to get them off your scent? Stalk recommends throwing curveball strategies: clever moves that get competitors looking the other way...; Tags: Business Operations, Operational Planning, Sales, Strategy, Asset, Competitor, JetStar, DiaDevice, Sales Strategy, Asset Management, Sales Force Management, Management, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Canon Inc., George Stalk, Jr.; Articles 2008-04-14
The Perfect Message at the Perfect Moment: The Idea in Brief Most customers don't want to hear from your company most of the time. If you're bombarding them with frequent promotional messages, you're probably generating more resentment than revenue. But there are fleeting moments...; Tags: Airline, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, Kirthi Kalyanam, Monte Zweben, Software, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Online Communications, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Retail, Message, Customer, Dialogue Marketing, Harrah, E-mail, Marketing Research; Articles 2008-04-14
Do Your Commitments Match Your Convictions?: The Idea in Brief How many of us struggle harder every day to uphold obligations to our bosses, families, and communities--even as the quality of our lives erodes? And how many of us feel too...; Tags: Commitment, Recruitment & Selection, Research & Development, Business Structures, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Finance, Management, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Donald N. Sull, Dominic Houlder, Professional Development, Productivity, Commitments; Articles 2008-04-14
Cocreating Business's New Social Compact: The Idea in Brief Executives and social activists working together? It's true: after decades of mutual distrust, corporations and nongovernmental organizations NGOs are collaborating to combat poverty around the world. Their weapon? Innovative local businesses such as...; Tags: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), BP Plc, Business Ethics, Business Operations, Business Structures, C.K. Prahalad, Corporate Social Responsibility, Finance, Gender And Diversity, Harvard Business Review, Human Resources, In Brief, Jeb Brugmann, Leadership, Management, Managerial Accounting, NGO, Quality, Real Estate, Sales, Sales Strategy; Articles 2008-04-14
Managing Oneself: The Idea in Brief We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: If you've got ambition, drive, and smarts, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession--regardless of where you started out. But...; Tags: Strength, Reflective Best Self, Professional Development, Career, Peter F. Drucker, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Productivity, Personal Productivity, Management, Self-Help; Articles 2008-04-14
Value Innovation: The Idea in Brief Struggling to stay ahead of your rivals? No need. Instead of trying to match or beat them on cost or quality, make the other players irrelevant--by staking out new market space...; Tags: Competition, Customer, Daimler AG, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Innovation, Management, Renée Mauborgne, Strategy, Value Innovation, W. Chan Kim; Articles 2008-04-01
The Wisdom of Deliberate Mistakes: The Idea in Brief If you're like most managers, you frown on mistakes--yours and others. Why? Your organization demands optimum performance. And it rewards you based on the height of your successes, not the depth of your...; Tags: Failure, Management, Mistakes, RFP, Advertisement, Assumption, David Ogilvy, Paul J.H. Schoemaker, Robert E. Gunther, Harvard Business Review, In Brief; Articles 2008-04-01
Deals Without Delusions: The Idea in Brief Half of all acquiring companies pay more for target firms than they're worth. Often it's because of executives' mental biases: Their interest in a deal keeps them from being objective about its value....; Tags: Due Diligence, Acquisitions, Mergers, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, GE Capital Inc., Article, Acquisition, M&A, Antidote, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Dan Lovallo, Patrick Viguerie, Robert Uhlaner, John Horn; Articles 2008-04-01
The Why, What, and How of Management Innovation: The Idea in Brief Breakthroughs in your company's management processes--such as creation of intellectual property, brand building, talent development--deliver potent competitive advantages. By perfecting the industrial research laboratory, for example, General Electric won more patents than...; Tags: Strategy, Leadership, Innovation, Belief, Toyota Motor Corp., Management Innovation, Management Innovator, Management, Gary Hamel, Harvard Business Review, In Brief; Articles 2008-04-01

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Your Work The 7 Interview Questions You Must Ask

The 7 Interview Questions You Must Ask

Forget 'What are your strengths and weaknesses?' If you want to get the real dope on prospective employees, ask job candidates these seven questions.
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High-Tech Nuclear Plants Just Wanna Get Funded

Helped by mounting political pressure, two new nuclear reactor designs are coming into play: small, safe units that can be easily sent to remote locations, and fast reactors that could change the whole energy landscape.
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6 Online Networking Mistakes to Avoid

Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter give you the chance to make priceless career-enhancing contacts. They also give you the chance to sabotage yourself in a big way. You’ll want to avoid that.