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OB56V-07

Rudy Crew: Approaching Conflict

Jeffrey Pfeffer
Rudy Crew, former chancellor of New York public schools and current Miami-Dade County school superintendent, talks about his views on conflict. Crew discusses his strategy of “make peace but be prepared for war” and the importance of both establishing a…
OB42V5

Laura Esserman - Being an Effective Leader

Jeffrey Pfeffer
Part I: Being An Effective Leader (2005) Laura Esserman, a surgeon and faculty member at the University of California at San Francisco, is engaged in a major effort to change the delivery of breast cancer services and the information systems used to…
OB42V4

Laura Esserman - Driving Change

Jeffrey Pfeffer
Laura Esserman, a surgeon and faculty member at the University of California at San Francisco, is engaged in a major effort to change the delivery of breast cancer services and the information systems used to support both research and patient care. In…
OB56V-05

Rudy Crew - What Guides a Leader

Jeffrey Pfeffer
Rudy Crew, former chancellor of New York public schools and current Miami-Dade County school superintendent, speaks about his path to power, what drives him, and his views of leadership. He discusses his choice to be the voice for urban schooling and his…
E460

Evaluating Venture Capital Term Sheets

Ilya Strebulaev, Theresia Gouw Ranzatta, David Hoyt

When entrepreneurs are successful in convincing venture capital firms that they are an attractive potential investment, they are presented with offers detailing many terms of the investment agreement. These are described in term sheets. Sorting through…

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When Social Media and Political Speech Collide
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Technology & AI
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You Own the Vaccine That Others Need: Should You Share It?
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Healthcare
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What You Don’t Know About the Opioid Epidemic
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Healthcare
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