Harvard Business Review

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Invest in yourself – drive change, innovate for growth, lead smarter - from the best and the brightest in the industry today. Harvard Business Review is THE magazine for decision-makers. It’s where global business leaders turn for ideas and inspiration. With cutting-edge articles from industry experts, Harvard Business Review is an unrivaled source for leadership and management tools and techniques that are critical to success and survival in today's business arena around the world.

Product Description

Invest in yourself – drive change, innovate for growth, lead smarter - from the best and the brightest in the industry today. Harvard Business Review is THE magazine for decision-makers. It’s where global business leaders turn for ideas and inspiration. With cutting-edge articles from industry experts, Harvard Business Review is an unrivaled source for leadership and management tools and techniques that are critical to success and survival in today's business arena around the world.

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• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: Harvard Business Review
• ASIN: B00007AXR5
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Good Magazine - Appalling Service, May 3, 2011

By 

Jennoo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Harvard Business Review (Magazine)

I'm quite a fan of HBR - it was an invaluable tool during my MBA and still seems to consistently be able to provide stories which align to the concerns which are top of mind for me on any given day...

However, i must say that for a business which constistently expounds best practice and business leadership, HBR itself is lagging sadly behond the times. I have never experienced such poor service from any magazine i have subscribed to - customer service is slow and unhelpful, systems are completely disparate across geographies and online vs print subscriptions, and the staff I have spoken to have been unwilling/unable to help me any time I have called.

The policy of replying to customer queries within 2-3 days is simply archaic!!! HBR - you of all organisations should be aware that times are changing, and 72 hours is simply too long to wait for a response on the status of my subscription (which, incidentally, you have charged me for and then "lost" all record of).

Similarly, having your corporate clients sit on hold for 20 mins to speak with a customer service representative, only to be told the phone number provided by the online chat consultant was for a US online subscription help only is too long. To add insult to injury, the representative in your Florida call centre then advised that i needed to call a phone number in the Netherlands - you can imagine I was thrilled by the prospect of spending another 20 min on hold at international call rates... luckily i was saved the hassle, because the number i was provided was incorrect and i wasn't able to get through anyway.

So here I stand... I can't get online help because, having not received a publication in 6 months i don't have the cover sheet with my subscription number, and the call centre won't provide it for me. I can spend another 20 min on hold to try and get the CORRECT phone number for the netherlands office - but that hardly seems like a productive use of my workday.

I'm afraid you've lost me HBR - There is no way i can justify renewing my subscription (i notice you're well on top of sending me renewal specials 6 months before my subscription expires - good to see where your priorities lay). You're a great magazine, but i am afraid i am cmpletely turned off by your total inability to practice what you preach. Maybe it's time to get your own house in order?

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars meets expectations, October 28, 2006

By 

David A. Baer (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Harvard Business Review (Magazine)

Not every publication gets to use the name 'Harvard' in their masthead. It's a perk that comes with the territory and banks on the accumulated legacy of many generations of excellence.

Satisfaction is when the product lives up to the label, the brilliant father's son turns out well, the apple falls deliciously close to the tree. The HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW does the Harvard moniker proud.

HBR puts cutting-edge, high-quality research into the hands of both scholars and business practitioners in way that starts with solid research and then cuts to the chase. It's a credit to the recently deceased Theodore Levitt's editorial genius that HBR comes out accessible rather than obfuscatory. Good editing is a precious thing.

The September 2006 issue before me is not as tightly themed as some, yet its diverse offering is as rich as ever. Articles include

* Ten Ways to Create Shareholder Value
* Rethinking Political Correctness
* With Friends Like These: The Art of Managing Complementors
* How to Keep A Players Productive
* Curveball: Strategies to Fool the Competition

Then there are the regular departments:

* HBR Case Study: Indispensable
* Managing Yourself: the Decision to Trust
* Tool Kit: The New Science of Sales Force Productivity
* Best Practice: When Your Contract Manufacturer Becomes Your Competitor

Each month's articles are treated to an executive summary at the back of the Review.

HBR gives its readers a mix of sociological, economic, psychological, and statistical takes on business at a level that can reasonably be called authoritative.

People argue whether HBR is as good as it used to be. Maybe. Maybe not. The bottom line is, savvy business thinkers couldn't get by without it twenty years ago and they're at the same disadvantage if they don't take HBR today. It's hard to argue with indispensability.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Appalling service, October 26, 2011

By 

Shep Griswold "Grizzy" (Kirkland, wa USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Harvard Business Review (Magazine)

When I subscribed to this publication I received an e-mail saying that they couldn't give me my user-name yet because of "computer problems". So they gave me a temporary user name (HBROCT) and password. Now a week later I can't get in, and customer service is demanding that I re-subscribe for a more expensive "upgrade". What a crock!

I can do without the hassle, and they can do without my $$ apparently.

You would think that the people that run this org would be way above this kind of cr#p. TWO days for a response? WTH?

I hope others enjoy the subscription they wanted, and that they never have to deal with this places' "customer service".