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The Big Picture of Business – Collaborations, Partnering and Joint-Venturing… Priority for Business.

Strategy Driven

Definitions of these three terms will help to differentiate their intended objectives: Collaborations - Parties willingly cooperating together. Cooperation with an instrumentality with which one is not immediately connected. Involves close cooperation among parties, with each having specified and joint rights and responsibilities.

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Case Study: How to Integrate an Acquired Brand

Harvard Business Review

Henry Beyer walked up to a Mini Cooper in the city parking lot across the street from his office in downtown Houston. Editor''s Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. The energy there is great.

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How to Work with Someone You Hate

Harvard Business Review

Instead of focusing on the work you have to do together, you may end up wasting time and energy trying to keep your emotions in check and attempting to manage the person's behavior. Case study #1: Get to know him. Harry was much more cooperative when others asked for his viewpoint and acknowledged his expertise.

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What Wise Leaders Always Follow

Harvard Business Review

The case study written about Aravind has been required reading for all Harvard Business School students for over a decade. North Stars align our energy, emotions, and actions in the service of our vision. Aravind now sees 2.7 million patients every year, and even more impressively, treats the majority of them for free.

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What We're Reading: Is Innovation Fueled by Conflict or Cooperation?

Harvard Business Review

But a couple of academic studies suggest an alternative view — that in certain contexts, at least, innovation thrives in comfortable, calm, conflict-free zones. A study (PDF) of 490 municipalities by Kimberly L. In fact, conformists constituted 10% to 20% of the most innovative teams in the study. municipal governments.

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The November, 2012 Leadership Development Carnival

Great Leadership By Dan

Google's Blogger was not being very cooperative. Lisa Kohn of Chatsworth Consulting Group , presents How your shoulds are hurting you on The Thoughtful Leaders Blog "where she offers a few simple steps for conquering your shoulds (for Give Up Your Shoulds Day and beyond) and how you can renew your energy and strengthen your leadership.".