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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business Review

Intellectual capital. For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet. But what if the value is not in the intellectual capital itself but in the connectivity of that IP? Since it was networking human and relational capital, its KPIs were about participation and engagement.

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Developing Global Leaders Is America's Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business Review

has become a Mecca for international scientists, engineers and business students — particularly those undertaking graduate studies. Here at Harvard Business School, Dean Nitin Nohria has revamped HBS's MBA curriculum to emphasize practical leadership and global experiences. Visa restrictions also limit U.S.

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Can HP Change its DNA?

Harvard Business Review

It governs an organization's cultivation of its intellectual capital—how it leverages what it already knows how to do, and how it evolves its offering based on changing market demands. The DNA that has been in HP's bones from the start is all about excellence in hardware engineering. But at HP it has simply never emerged.

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Can Hewlett Packard Make its Own Luck?

Harvard Business Review

It can be easy to dramatically expand revenue and profits when you are the upstart in an emerging sector — but once you're on top, sustaining this leadership position isn't easy. One good approach would be to find new ways for its partners to leverage HP's intellectual capital in their marketing and selling efforts.