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| | | New this month | | | | | | Breaking Bad Habits Freek Vermeulen "Best practices" may be widespread, but that doesn't mean they're effective. In many instances the opposite is true: best practices can be outdated, harmful, and a hindrance to innovation. In Breaking Bad Habits, Freek Vermeulen, a professor at London Business School, offers the tools to identify these practices and rid them from your organization. And, most of all, he presents a compelling case for how eliminating popular but outworn ideas, processes, and strategies can create new opportunities for innovation and growth. | | | | | | |  | | | Order for your team and save  | | | | | | | | |
| | | The Next Factory of the World Irene Yuan Sun An inside look at the rise of Chinese manufacturing in Africa. China is now the biggest foreign player in Africa. It's Africa's largest trade partner, the largest infrastructure financier, and the fastest-growing source of foreign direct investment. In The Next Factory of the World, Irene Yuan Sun vividly shows how resilient Chinese entrepreneurs are building in Africa what they so recently learned to build in China—a global manufacturing powerhouse. Filled with fascinating and moving human stories along with incisive business and economic analysis, this remarkable new book will make you rethink both China's role in the world and Africa's future in the globalized economy. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Entering StartUpLand Jeffrey Bussgang How to join, survive, and thrive in a startup. Entering StartUpLand is a practical, step-by-step guide that provides an insider's analysis of various startup roles and responsibilities to help you figure out if you want to join a startup and what to expect if you do. Written by an experienced venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and Harvard Business School professor, this book presents: A tour of startup roles to help you determine which one might be the best fit for you; profiles of startup executives across different functions who share their stories and describe their responsibilities; and a methodology to identify and evaluate startups and position yourself to find the opportunity that's right for you. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | HBR's exclusive tools | | | | You at Work: Dealing with Setbacks Even the most successful professionals encounter hurdles at some point in their careers. While you can't avoid setbacks, you can recover from them and regain your confidence. Whether you make a mistake, lose a client, or get a bad performance review, you need to learn from the experience and move on. The "You at Work: Dealing with Setbacks" article collection will help you gain understanding from your experience, proactively discuss the problem with your manager or team, and get back on track. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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