Harvard Business Review imprint: 574 books
Marketbusters
40 Strategic Moves That Drive Exceptional Business Growth
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2005
Robust methods to identify new growth opportunities
YOUR SHAREHOLDERS DEMAND growth; your company needs growth; and your career can suffer or soar because of how you drive growth-or don’t. While executives often talk about their great growth plans, very few of these plans actually deliver...
by Bryan A. Garner
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
DON'T LET YOUR WRITING HOLD YOU BACK.
When you’re fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good business writing as a luxury. But it’s a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You’ll lose time, money, and influence if your e-mails, proposals, and other important...
Real Business of IT
How CIOs Create and Communicate Value
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2009
If you're a general manager or CFO, do you feel you're spending too much on IT or wishing you could get better returns from your IT investments? If so, it's time to examine what's behind this IT-as-cost mind-set.
In The Real Business of IT, Richard Hunter and George Westerman reveal that the...
Getting to Plan B
Breaking Through to a Better Business Model
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
You have a new venture in mind. And you've crafted a business plan so detailed it's a work of art. Don't get too attached to it.
As John Mullins and Randy Komisar explain in Getting to Plan B, new businesses are fraught with uncertainty. To succeed, you must change the plan in real time as...
by Raymond Sheen
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Get your idea off the ground.
You’ve got a great idea that will increase revenue or boost productivity—but how do you get the buy-in you need to make it happen? By building a business case that clearly shows your idea’s value. That’s not always easy: Maybe you’re not sure what kind...
by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
The proven rewards of a gender-balanced business.
Scores of studies have shown the benefits to the bottom line of gender-balanced organizations. A handful of smart companies have tapped into the opportunities of today’s female consumer base and talent pool-yet too many companies still struggle...
The New Capitalist Manifesto
Building a Disruptively Better Business
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
In this manifesto-style book, radical economist and strategist Umair Haque calls for the end of the corrupt business ideals that exemplify business as usual. His passionate vision for "Capitalism 2.0," or "constructive capitalism," is one in which old paradigms of wasteful growth,...
Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators
From Idea to Execution
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
Even world-class companies, with powerful and proven business models, eventually discover limits to growth. That's what makes emerging high-growth industries so attractive. Although they lack a proven formula for making a profit, these industries represent huge opportunities for the companies that...
What's Your Digital Business Model?
Six Questions to Help You Build the Next-Generation Enterprise
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Digital transformation is not about technology--it's about change.
In the rapidly changing digital economy, you can't succeed by merely tweaking management practices that led to past success. And yet, while many leaders and managers recognize the threat from digital--and the potential opportunity--they...
Generation to Generation
Life Cycles of the Family Business
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
Generation to Generation presents one of the first comprehensive overviews of family business as a specific organizational form. Focusing on the inevitable maturing of families and their firms over time, the authors reveal the dynamics and challenges family businesses face as they move through their...
Open Business Models
How To Thrive In The New Innovation Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2006
In his landmark book Open Innovation, Henry Chesbrough demonstrated that because useful knowledge is no longer concentrated in a few large organizations, business leaders must adopt a new, open” model of innovation. Using this model, companies look outside their boundaries for ideas and intellectual...
Return on Character
The Real Reason Leaders and Their Companies Win
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Does the character of our leaders matter?
You may think this question was answered long ago. Countless business authors and analysts have assured us that great leadership demands great character. Time and again, we’ve seen that truth play out, as once-thriving organizations falter and fail...
The Keystone Advantage
What the New Dynamics of Business Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation, and Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2004
Leveraging the power of business networks for success. Whether it sells computers, clothing, or cars, your firm's fate is increasingly linked to that of many other firms, all of which must collaborate effectively in order for each to thrive. This phenomenon has changed the basis of competition from...
Your Next Move
The Leader's Guide to Navigating Major Career Transitions
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
"Whether you're going for that promotion, looking to jump ship, or change careers entirely, Michael Watkins' Your Next Move is a book you'll want to read." So starts the positive review of Your Next Move on the influential 800 CEO Read website. It's true that all leaders--no matter how seasoned--need...