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Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review is a prominent management publication focused on leadership, strategy, innovation, organizational culture, and workplace trends. Published by Harvard Business Publishing, it is known for influential articles, research-driven insights, and book series such as HBR Guide and 10 Must Reads, widely used by executives, managers, and business schools worldwide.

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Harvard Business Review began in October 1922, when Harvard Business School dean Wallace B. Donham backed a journal that could extend the case method beyond the classroom and give students and practitioners a place for reflection. What started as a school journal gradually became one of management’s central publications. A later institutional turning point came in 1994, when Harvard Business Publishing was established as a not-for-profit affiliate of Harvard Business School with a stated mission to improve the practice of management in a changing world; HBR became the flagship publication within that broader publishing system. ((https://store.hbr.org/product/harvard-business-review-october-1922/BR0001?utm_source=openai))

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