Culture As Commitment - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Sep 2011
What Do You Think?

What’s Apple’s Biggest Challenge: Replacing Steve or Wall Street?

Summing Up The first impression I get from respondents to this month's column is that Steve Jobs can't be replaced as CEO of Apple by just one person. Rather the succession must include at least a head of design (according to Yadeed Lobo)... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

Nohria: The key moment really came when we clearly framed the question, "What basic mental drives do all humans have as members of the same species?" Once the question was sharply posed and carefully considered, drawing on our... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for James Austin

within both the business and the nonprofit. Q: Integrative collaboration would seem a lofty goal for most companies, as this level of collaboration requires a true meshing of business goals with those of the partnering nonprofit. How do... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

elastically supplied inputs, free entry may lead to an inefficiently high number of firms in equilibrium. Under input scarcity, however, the welfare loss from free entry is reduced. Further, free entry may increase use of high-quality inputs, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2016
Research & Ideas

It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales

increase is largely driven by more functional specialists like CIOs or CMOs, not general managers.” “There ultimately is no such thing as effective selling that is not tied to the company’s strategic objectives” The reason for that is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

imitate: The core-competency perspective focused attention on the importance of knowledge creation and building learning processes for competitive advantage. 2 But this approach, too, faced limits as companies recognized that their people... View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

will require additional capital. “Outside investment is a possibility,” Exley says. “However, maintaining autonomy is a priority. We know where we can add value, and we are committed to our mission. By moving forward View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

interest of privacy, I have used pseudonyms for the participants.) Williams, an African-American, was born and raised in a middle-class neighborhood in Washington, DC. After earning his bachelor's degree at one of the nation's leading colleges, he began his career... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

as important contributors to health outcomes and costs in the United States. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50305 October 2015 Negotiation Journal Dualities in Negotiation: Introduction By: Sebenius,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

You've held your own while negotiating dozens of successful deals. Even so, you want to take your game to the next level. What's the next step? There are plenty of guides that offer tips on negotiation strategies. As useful View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

planning shouldn't be so contrived and serious. "The corporate culture is such that line executives don't want to get playful," Deighton says. "As soon as you try to come up with your positioning line and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

17 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Faculty Comment on Crisis in Japan

As Japan continues to come to grips with the devastating toll exacted by the earthquake within its borders, the aftershocks are just beginning to be felt within the global economy. Here, several Harvard Business School faculty members... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

e-mail interview, HBS Working Knowledge talked with team member Raj De Datta to hear more about the plan and next steps for Gyaana.Tishler: What inspired you to develop Gyaana? De Datta: The genesis of Gyaana came from two observations: the critical importance of... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

04 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

From Lone Star to Team Player

keep rewarding and promoting them. Managers may feel that they need them, of course, as they do perform well. So it is pretty gutsy to fire them in today's rather poor economic environment. But if you're really serious about building a... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

23 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Status: When and Why It Matters

industry. "I see it as a tale of competition for a distinguishable identity," Malter says. "You want to be mindful about how much you associate with central players in your industry if you are one or are trying to become... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

the fair, with its theme of "Building the World of Tomorrow," as an ideal venue for institutional advertising and image making. This fair was to be more than merely a "showroom for the display of goods"; it was to be,... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

26 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 26

religion—an increasing number of people are abandoning their faith. As commitment wanes, religious involvement may become detrimental to well-being, and individuals may be better off seeking new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Going Green Makes Good Business Sense

Press in 2000. Reinhardt evaluated current trends and tensions for managers, and outlined tactics that managers use to try to reconcile what at face value seem competing objectives: how to maximize shareholder value while at the same time deliver an environmental boost... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Global Environment-Transformed Organization

opportunities—though the process of globalizing is often more driven by need, circumstance, and opportunity than by carefully made strategic plans. The panelists view globalization as an unending path. However, they see bumps along the... View Details

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