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Why I Appreciate Starbucks

Harvard Business Review

Specifically, Schulz is out to prove the power of a different kind of business model — one that, in his words, "balances profit with social responsibility.". Over the next two years, as the company expanded at a blinding rate, its business went into something of a freefall. In 2000, he stepped down as CEO of Starbucks.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

For example, when my book publisher was hit by Hurricane Wilma, (thus my upcoming book was literally blown away), I turned to graphic design where I had received all my training and contacts—but with a much different business model. Similarly, make sure your OWN site has the best key words for the search engines.

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Leading in a World Without Secrets

Harvard Business Review

Leadership is changing — fast. Successful computer hacks now more often than not involve “social engineering,” the modern equivalent of an old-fashioned con. You can systematically examine your business model to find its points of vulnerability to information leakage. The 21st-Century CEO.

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What Is Business For? Cast Your Vote!

Harvard Business Review

Ashoka's Hybrid Value Chain: Revving the Engine of Sustained Global Prosperity and Social Value. Inside-Out Transformation: A Hybrid Business Model for a Converging World. It's Time for a New Metaphor Beyond "Ethics" and "Responsibility". Bridging the Leadership Gap with Moral Imagination. Story by John Baldzic.

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Can HP Change its DNA?

Harvard Business Review

It's the company's deeply embedded belief system, its prevailing ethics, and the way people within the company interact with each other and with customers. In a company setting, that would be the economics of its business model. The DNA that has been in HP's bones from the start is all about excellence in hardware engineering.

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The Future of Leadership Development

Great Leadership By Dan

A colleague from another business school recommended the book, The Future of Leadership Development, Corporate Needs and the Role of Business Schools , edited by IESE Business School Dean Jordi Canals. The use of coaching in leadership development programs. Senior leadership development. well, academic.