Cultural Beliefs - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2008
News

The $4 Billion Question

their capital commitments to the firm’s next fund. ABRY’s fourth fund raised $780 million; its fifth could potentially reach $4 billion. Is this a problem? In the case, Yudkoff describes his belief that ABRY’s success is due in part to... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management

01 Dec 2011
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Li & Fung's Global Footprint

entrepreneurial. That whole culture carries over to acquisitions. We understand that when we acquire a trading company, we are acquiring the people. Frankly, a lot of the customers they have are probably common customers to us. Everybody... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade

February 2017
Supplement

Truly Human Leadership at Barry-Wehmiller: Video Supplement

By: Jan Rivkin and Dylan Minor

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Values and Beliefs; Organizational Culture; Employees; Business Strategy; Manufacturing Industry

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December 2018
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Ideological Misfit? Political Affiliation and Employee Departure in the Private-Equity Industry

By: Y. Sekou Bermiss and Rory McDonald

Though organizations are increasingly active participants in the political realm, little research has investigated how an organization’s heightened focus on political ideology impacts employees. We address this gap by exploring how an individual’s political ideological... View Details

Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Employees; Organizational Culture; Resignation and Termination; Financial Services Industry; United States

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30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

leaders—there are plenty of fine people who can lead an organization. What these two did, as you point out, was create a culture around the mission of their organizations. Their employees live the mission in their work How do you teach... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

senior management, or even bosses all the way down. In contrast, context refers to organizational factors, outside the individual, that provide cues about how voice is likely to be received. Leader behavior is one such contextual cue. Aspects of organizational View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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Campus Experience | MBA

and culturally enriching metropolitan areas in the United States. Student & Academic Support Discover the resources available to HBS students with a documented disability or learning difference, or who may have a chronic medical condition... View Details

24 Feb 2011
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the first MBA student to give birth while at HBS and then go on to complete her degree. At the Entertainment & Media Club’s annual conference a couple of weeks ago, keynoter Gerry Lopez (MBA ’84), CEO and president of AMC Theatres, stated his View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

billion. Is this a problem? In the case, Yudkoff describes his belief that ABRY's success is due in part to its culture and emphasis on service. He details how the firm has distinguished itself over the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

internal surveys conducted to find the answers. The learning that took place resulted in new beliefs that the firm's culture was inhospitable to women, and that "the problem was a 'firm problem' not a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

13 May 2013
Blog Post

The Summer is Finally Over

culture. As a first-year at Harvard Business School, you take several classes that suggest that the most successful companies have strong, indelible cultures that embody its employees’ beliefs and values.... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

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Jonathan Arena

design “shapes how users interact with things, not just how things look.” At HBS, he was impressed by how “the i-lab and the FIELD program integrate design thinking into business.” Jonathan decided to put his beliefs into action and push... View Details

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Mike Watitwa

people from all corners of the world, with different affiliations, beliefs and aspirations in life. As a kid what did you want to be when you grew up? Many things. The most enduring desire was to be a music artist. The Kenyan urban... View Details

01 Jun 2003
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Books

the lengthy rehearsals leading up to a production of Tennessee Williams’s classic play A Streetcar Named Desire. Austin and Devin then draw parallels to the ways in which path-breaking companies, such as Sun Microsystems, promote innovative activity in business.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Laura Singleton; Donald; Sull; Henry; Chesbrough; Rob; Austin; Leslie; Perlow; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

19 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

non-stereotypical characteristic. A reluctance to discriminate emerges if workers share the gender or birth month of the worker from the worse-performing group, but even then, a small “excuse" counters this reluctance. Thus, our evidence points to an important... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Emerging Art of Negotiation

examine what are known as "shared mental models." In these studies, researchers analyze how the interaction between negotiators, springing from the negotiators' beliefs and preconceptions, can actually alter the game and fix its... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

prosocial spending did not provide an opportunity to build or strengthen social ties. Our findings suggest that the reward experienced from helping others may be deeply ingrained in human nature, emerging in diverse cultural and economic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Thomas Grenier

yourself." The program has also opened up cultural perspectives. Thomas says, "In classes, we talk a great deal about the European emphasis on government regulation and the American belief in free... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders

"As different cultural traditions meet in the marketplace and inside organizations, managers face tough choices about the values that they and their organizations will live by," HBS professor Lynn Sharp Paine told participants... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

29 May 2019
News

Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government

In his address to HBS graduates at this year’s Class Day, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) spoke about the degeneration of American political culture and the challenge it poses. “Now, the good news is: There is a solution,” he told the crowd,... View Details

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