Culture Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 23

restaurant reviews with Yelp's algorithmic indicator of fake reviews. Using this imperfect indicator as a proxy, we develop an empirical methodology to identify the points in the life cycle of a business during which review fraud is most prevalent. We find that a... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Dec 1997
News

A Piece of the Action

there is an audible buzz—the sound of deals being made. Over coffee and fresh bread, someone with an idea and someone with the knowledge, money, or connection to turn that idea into a reality are hatching a deal that might just change the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

30 Nov 2017
News

Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

included everything from international political conflicts to “an increasingly competitive marketplace.” Most observers assumed this latter challenge was a sign of America’s changing tastes—that the fast-casual, more ingredient- conscious... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

29 Oct 2007
HBS Case

Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement

marketing. "That day, Maria's life changed forever, and so did mine," says Max Eisenbud, her agent at sports agency IMG, as quoted in the recent Harvard Business School case "Maria Sharapova: Marketing a Champion."... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Sports

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Browne caused a stir about five years ago when he broke ranks with the rest of the oil companies in a public statement at Stanford University. "He said, 'We actually think global climate change is a very serious problem, and we're... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

need to be deliberate and thoughtful about what they offer. It’s not enough to put a ping-pong table in the office and expect your culture to change and your employees to relax at work.” How companies can... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Apr 2018
News

A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

Only 25 percent of my HBS class was female. I was often the first or the only. And in the arts, I’ve rarely been in a board room full of diversity.” She sees change beginning in the arts—on the stage, on the walls, among the patrons—and... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Mar 2007
News

The Plight of the Global Poor

identify the characteristics of successful enterprises and leaders in this realm. The nearly 100 academics, business practitioners, and nonprofit executives from fifteen countries who gathered for the event examined the operational and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; bottom of the pyramid (BOP); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

organizational processes, systems, and culture that drive individual and organizational integrity. Accountability and responsibility to customers, the larger community, and society. Of course, we ought to—and we do—come at this work with... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

30 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 30

must change the way it supports basic and applied scientific research to promote the broad collaboration with business and academia needed to tackle society's big problems. Second, corporate management practices and governance structures... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 29

Western and white beauty ideals emerged as the global standard. The momentum of this standard was reinforced by the impact of Hollywood and other drivers of an international consumer culture from the interwar years. However the study... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Feb 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

it is urgent. What does it mean to make capitalism a subject of historical inquiry? What is its potential across multiple disciplines, alongside different methodologies, and in a range of geographic and chronological settings? And how does a focus on capitalism View Details

20 Dec 2024
News

Clubs Open HBS Doors for Local Leaders; Meet the Club Leaders: HBS PRIDE; Favorite Reads of 2024

terrific that those alumni members continued to raise funds until they built an endowment large enough to cover a few scholarships every year.” This year, one of those scholarships sent Patricia Wilson Aden, CEO of the Greater Philadelphia View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

languages in many countries. We've been building that infrastructure ever since. Since we started, we've added a lot of technology to the marketplace over time and utilized the World Wide Web. And we've changed the pricing model quite a... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

Teaching Interest

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By: Ethan S. Bernstein

Professor Bernstein currently teaches a second-year MBA course in Managing Human Capital (MHC). He is also the faculty chair for the Harvard Business School Online Developing Yourself as a Leader course and teaches in a variety of executive education... View Details

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

processes that balance contextual and cultural relevance with the contemporary imperative to scale beyond a single instance, and to reach more people and urban places Tom Clay Visiting Lecturer of Business Administration MBA ’97, Harvard... View Details

24 May 2023
News

Balancing Acts

above all: to thine own self be true. For instance, when I was a prime minister, I always had my mobile with me. And I never changed my number. And then you could see that people who would have called you, you know, reasonably five times... View Details

Keywords: work-life balance; happiness; family

01 Jun 2010
News

M.I.A. Boards

that focus on the perceived cause of the most recent crash. These efforts have ignored the enduring cultural problems of CEO-board collusive relationships and the lack of shareholder power. The result is the imposition of ineffective,... View Details

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

22 Feb 2022
News

March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Business Review Press You’ve shed antiquated systems and processes. You went all-in on digital. Your teams settled into new, often better, ways of doing things. But did your organization change enough to stay competitive in the... View Details

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

and develop a construction budget and financing plan. Students are asked to evaluate the prospective financials for this development and assess the viability of the development plan and its prospective returns. The case then ends with a View Details