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What Tesla Knows That Other Patent-Holders Don’t

Harvard Business Review

Rather than worrying about car companies copying their technology, Tesla now hopes they will do so, in order to expand the overall market for electric vehicles. That gap is probably relevant in this market.”. This counterintuitive strategy is more than good PR — although that too — say several IP experts.

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How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business Review

In his mind, both cleaning rituals demonstrated commitment and responsibility to a particular place. Organizational identification , the term for when an individual feels at one with the organization, is crucial for fostering job satisfaction, commitment, and performance. Interactions are also vital for sharing knowledge across sites.

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How Women of Color Get to Senior Management

Harvard Business Review

They were employed in midlevel to upper-midlevel management positions in strategy, finance, marketing, legal, operations, and technology functions. The participants were American women whose racial and ethnic identity was African American/black, Asian American, Latin/Hispanic, or any combination of these races and ethnicities.

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How to Bring in a New CEO for Your Startup

Harvard Business Review

Most startup founders are deeply committed to the companies they have launched and heavily invested in the dream of leading the company to long-term business success. A smart founder understands that there is often a trade-off between creating sustainable market value and preserving control. But how can founders handle that transition?

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Your Whole Company Needs to Be Distinctive, Not Just Your Product

Harvard Business Review

Back in the 1980s, a company could set itself apart through scale, being the largest company in a category provided leverage over costs, back office processes, distribution, and marketing effectiveness. Consider, for example, the way many credit cards are marketed. Our recommendations include: Be skeptical of benchmarking.

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Case Study: Will Our Chinese Partner Copy Our Technology?

Harvard Business Review

At last," the chairman had said, "we have a foothold in the electric vehicle market. It was among the fastest-growing Chinese automakers, and it was racing to get into the hybrid market. Worse, could it end up selling those components on the open market? That's why it had looked to China despite the risky IP environment there.

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Even in a Digital World, Globalization Is Not Inevitable

Harvard Business Review

Think of tacit knowledge, which John Hagel III and John Seely Brown, who have thought deeply about information flows, argue is increasing rather than decreasing in value. Friedman’s declaration that the world is flat was motivated by the example of Indian software. “What, me worry?