Culture Of Democracy - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Lean Strategy Not Just for Start-Ups

let's-try-some-things-and-see-what-sticks culture of a start-up. Product teams may be disheartened when their preconceived notions turn from promising hypotheses into failed experiments. Cook stressed,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

06 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy

employees who are experts in their various areas of work. They say they feel "childlike" when they have to switch to the working language. It affects how they contribute. Managers primarily tend to worry about things like View Details

Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley

06 Dec 2013
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind." To me, this take on the shepherd image embodies the kind of leader we increasingly need:... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda

17 Nov 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?

office or leading the family are less likely to foster a culture of growth, risk taking, and wealth creation. According to Jeremy Dean, a researcher at University College London, optimists prefer to think... View Details

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

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS

time now many business historians have been moving beyond the walls of the firm to consider the social, political, and cultural place of private enterprise in American society.... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard; Banking; Financial Services

02 Apr 2001
What Do You Think?

Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?

telecommuting is "dangerous to health"—the title of the column that prompted these responses—depends on several factors ranging from organizational culture and job type to skill level and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Building Communities as Well as Companies

media," said Keith Clinkscales (HBS MBA '90). As an undergraduate at Florida A&M, Clinkscales said he was exposed to the power of the urban entertainment culture and wanted to start a business that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

gets you through such times. 4. Design your culture primarily around the needs of Gen X and Gen Y employees. "E-leadership demands heroic behavior," writes Nextera consultant Susan Annunzio in... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace

that a hunger to nourish the spirit indeed seems to be driving the movement to find greater meaning in work. In his book Spirited Leading and Learning, Vaill describes many of the economic and cultural... View Details

Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso

31 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

supporting a culture that enables all team members to bring their full selves to the table. This theme is also personally important as in the 1990s, growing up in South Africa, the work of Judith Shklar was... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

Forward in 1958 triggered a famine that killed 40 million people, and in 1966, Mao’s Cultural Revolution shut down all the universities in the country for 10 years. In terms of education, it was a lost... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

12 May 2015
Research & Ideas

How Crowds and Experts Kickstart the Arts

outcome information, and have the judges look at them and judge them on things like artistic merit, feasibility, furthering cultural dialogue, and some sense of commercial viability," Nanda says. There were... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Recreation

06 May 2013
Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

Toronto. "But more recent research shows how culture endures in spite of globalization. Networks and local regulations also significantly influence how companies react to their local environments."... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Aug 2003
What Do You Think?

Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?

are ill equipped to teach them. Attitudes are taught implicitly through cultural norms, not through explicit discussion. Very few academic schools (if any} make this distinction..." Mike Wyman opined, "I believe the only thing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

08 Oct 2010
What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

Often the CEO is portrayed as 'the only person in the world who could do this job' You can thank the financial press for this mystique." In pointing out the futility of the effort, Rebecca West commented that "the current... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

24 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Building an IT Governance Committee

a peer at the senior management and board level. The expert's job is to challenge entrenched in-house thinking. He or she should not think ill of technology-averse cultures and must be a skilled communicator... View Details

Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan

10 Apr 2006
Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

For decades, the U.S. auto industry ruled America's economy, shaped the country's development, and influenced American culture and social mores. Now, buffeted by globalization and other powerful forces, it faces a moment View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto

19 May 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Winner Targets India Dropouts

learned is the nature of the problem. We, perhaps like many others, had the misconception that cultural factors were the primary inhibitor to literacy development in India. However, it turns out that 85... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler; Financial Services

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

leaders were all able to create and sustain a corporate culture that allowed their employees opportunities to express and fulfill all four drives. They were hard drivers of performance-constantly pushing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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