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- 20 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com
he has found to be the “3 C’s” of independent bookselling’s resurgence: community, curation, and convening. Community: Independent booksellers were some of the first to champion the idea of localism; bookstore owners across the nation...
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- 03 Aug 2021
- News
Leading Maryland’s Only Black-Owned and -Managed Commercial Bank to Be a Pandemic Resource
The Baltimore Sun recently highlighted the work of John Lewis (MBA 2004), President and Chief Operating Officer of Harbor Bank of Maryland, which the newspaper notes became a vital pandemic-era resource for businesses looking to obtain...
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- 12 May 2023
- Blog Post
Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women's Student Association (WSA)
personally. Our mission is to connect, empower, and celebrate the next generation of women leaders. We feel it's our responsibility to ensure the women in our campus community have the resources View Details
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All Industries
- June–July 2014
- Article
Language as a Lightning Rod: Power Contests, Emotion Regulation, and Subgroup Dynamics in Global Teams
By: Pamela J. Hinds, Tsedal Neeley and Catherine Durnell Cramton
Through an ethnographic study comprised of interviews with and observations of 96 globally distributed members in six software development teams, we propose a model that captures how asymmetries in language fluency contribute to an us vs. them dynamic so common in...
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Keywords:
Equality and Inequality;
Communication Intention and Meaning;
Groups and Teams;
Applications and Software;
Emotions;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Power and Influence;
Information Technology Industry
Hinds, Pamela J., Tsedal Neeley, and Catherine Durnell Cramton. "Language as a Lightning Rod: Power Contests, Emotion Regulation, and Subgroup Dynamics in Global Teams." Journal of International Business Studies 45, no. 5 (June–July 2014): 536–561.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Why Don’t People Ask More Questions? Question-asking Promotes Information Exchange and Improves Interpersonal Perception
By: A.W. Brooks, J. Minson and K. Huang
- Web
The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
Integrating more useful and comprehensive electronic medical and health data into cancer care Working toward incorporating technology into patient experiences to provide better View Details
- 2012
- Working Paper
No News Is Good News: CSR Strategy and Newspaper Coverage of Negative Firm Events
By: Jiao Luo, Stephan Meier and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
One of the benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, it has been argued, is that they build up a reservoir of public good will, shielding companies in times of trouble. In this paper, we test the view that CSR provides protection from public ire by...
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Keywords:
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Crisis Management;
Media;
Newspapers;
Business and Community Relations;
Corporate Strategy
Luo, Jiao, Stephan Meier, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "No News Is Good News: CSR Strategy and Newspaper Coverage of Negative Firm Events." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-091, April 2012.
- 2009
- Working Paper
Firsthand Experience and the Subsequent Role of Reflected Knowledge in Cultivating Trust in Global Collaboration
By: Mark Mortensen and T. B. Neeley
While scholars contend that firsthand experience—time spent onsite observing the people, places, and norms of a distant locale—is crucial in globally distributed collaboration, how such experience actually affects interpersonal dynamics is poorly understood. Based on...
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Keywords:
Interpersonal Communication;
Experience and Expertise;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Trust
Mortensen, Mark, and T. B. Neeley. "Firsthand Experience and the Subsequent Role of Reflected Knowledge in Cultivating Trust in Global Collaboration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-131, May 2009. (Under second review, Management Science.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Effects of Structured Sharing of Best Practices in an Unstructured Information Sharing System
By: Shelley Xin Li and Tatiana Sandino
Unstructured information sharing systems, such as certain enterprise social networks (ESNs), can
supplement top-down knowledge transfer with a wide array of ideas through peer-to-peer
knowledge sharing. However, the unstructured nature of such systems can also lead...
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Keywords:
Retail;
Best Practices;
Enterprise Social Media;
Management Accounting And Control Systems;
Knowledge Sharing;
Networks;
Management Systems;
Management Practices and Processes;
Social Media;
Europe
Li, Shelley Xin, and Tatiana Sandino. "Effects of Structured Sharing of Best Practices in an Unstructured Information Sharing System." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-085, February 2021. (Revised March 2023.)
- 08 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Managing Sustainable Advantage with Key ESG Co-Founders, Anne-Marie Schoonbeek and Heleen van Poecke
over time. Build reports for their various stakeholders (employees, shareholders, lenders, regulators) to enable them to communicate effectively and objectively on their ESG progress. Gain access to a...
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Advancing Gender Equity in Organizations: The Challenge and Importance of Maintaining a Gender Narrative
By: R. J. Ely and D. E. Meyerson
Ely, R. J., and D. E. Meyerson. "Advancing Gender Equity in Organizations: The Challenge and Importance of Maintaining a Gender Narrative." Organization 7, no. 4 (November 2000): 589–608.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector
This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Civil Society or Community;
Competitive Advantage;
Earnings Management;
Trust;
Law;
Performance;
Investment Funds;
Private Sector;
Behavior;
Relationships;
Goals and Objectives
Salter, Malcolm S. "Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-060, December 2010.
- 10 Feb 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Fostering Perceptions of Authenticity via Sensitive Self-Disclosure
- 25 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Learning the Language of Business and Science – The MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program
My path into the field of biotechnology began at a young age. I was largely influenced by my mother, who is a chemical engineer with an MBA, and by my upbringing in Boston, which exposed me to one of the top biotech/healthcare View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- News
Seeking "big solutions" to increase the value of nature for business and society
Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) is leading the World Wildlife Fund to "connect the dots" between business and societal goals to increase our perception of the value of the natural world. (Published July 2014)
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- 29 Jun 2020
- News
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
- 24 Aug 2021
- News
What We Still Need to Learn about AI in Marketing — and Beyond
- 26 Oct 2017
- Research Event
In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?
A year ago, discussions of the business of digital media may have focused on the plateauing ebook market or the diminishing pay for content providers. But after the 2016 presidential election, in which Russian operatives allegedly used Facebook ads to sow discord among...
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- 23 Feb 2024
- News