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Harvard Business School Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It's Everyone's Business, Julie Battilana

Power, for All: How It Really Works and Why It's Everyone's Business

Julie Battilana
Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School

🎉🎉 Congrats to @julie_battilana, professor and founder and faculty chair of @SICIHarvard, for receiving 2 @AOMConnect awards! She was selected as an AOM Fellow, and #PowerforAll—her book with Tiziana Casciaro—won the George R. Terry Book Award! https://t.co/YaKI0BYTb8

Paperback, 2022

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Purpose+Profit: How Organisations Will Shape the Defining Challenges of Our Time, Rens Ter Weijde

Purpose+Profit: How Organisations Will Shape the Defining Challenges of Our Time

Rens Ter Weijde
Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School

With corporate value tied more closely than ever before to a firm’s social, intellectual, and human capital, how do successful businesses respond? Professor George Serafeim talks about it in his book, “Purpose + Profit: How Business Can Uplift the World.” https://t.co/iOIw8UD8Ad https://t.co/vpPleWAjfF

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Book Cover for: Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity, Joseph G. Allen

Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity

Joseph G. Allen
Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School

RT @HBSBEI: "Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity" book by @harvardhbs Professors John Macomber and Jose…

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Book Cover for: Win from Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage, James Heskett

Win from Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage

James Heskett
Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School

Professor Emeritus James Heskett talks to @Mckinsey Global Publishing to discuss his book #WinFromWithin and provide a roadmap for achievable and fast-paced culture change. https://hbs.me/33tu4Pz https://t.co/42ls8rwW3c

Hardcover, 2022

$28.00Member price:$28.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Book Cover for: From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life, Arthur C. Brooks

From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life

Arthur C. Brooks
Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School

Join Professor @arthurbrooks on Thursday, February 10 at 4PM ET for a conversation on his new book From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life. More details and RVSP here: https://hbs.me/BrooksBook https://t.co/mHu3w5VZ9E

Hardcover, 2022

$28.00Member price:$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success, Ran Abramitzky

Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success

Ran Abramitzky
Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School

Associate Professor @Mike_Luca takes a look at American #immigration and the research behind it using examples from the book "Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success." https://hbs.me/3HxZT9u

Paperback, 2023

$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Latina, Lillian Castillo-Speed

Latina

Lillian Castillo-Speed
Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School

A classmate's children's book inspired Adriana Garcia Ceja (MBA 2022) to share her experiences as a Latina in a similar fashion. Joined by two classmates, #SiTuPuedes was born. Read about the book, how it addresses issues in #Latinx culture, and more: https://hbs.me/3NQwYQx https://t.co/XZ11ZvauFL

Paperback, 1995

$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China, William C. Kirby

Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China

William C. Kirby
Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School

.@wesleyan_u President @mroth78 reviews Professor @BillKirbyHBS's newest book, "Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China" which covers 19th-century Germany, 20th-century America, and 21st-century China. https://t.co/yJS0goiS3K

Hardcover, 2022

$39.00Member price:$19.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: AI and Machine Learning, Was Rahman

AI and Machine Learning

Was Rahman
Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School

In the latest #ColdCall, senior lecturer @trelstad discusses the importance of focusing on the use case when determining the value of adding a complex technology solution in his case, “SMART: AI and Machine Learning for #WildlifeConservation.” https://t.co/v9dAFfpYeo https://t.co/OwOjMWZGdu

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Book Cover for: Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy, Isabelle Ferreras

Democratize Work: The Case for Reorganizing the Economy

Isabelle Ferreras
Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School

In the new book #DemocratizeWork, Professor @julie_battilana and her colleagues argue that, with the right governance structures and norms in place, orgs could help put people, including workers, and the planet back at their core. Read an excerpt: https://t.co/rn6LsvoL6S

Paperback, 2022

$15.00Member price:$15.00 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)