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  • 01 Aug 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’

"then we can more considerately say how big an organization needs to be to accomplish the ends " Srinivasan questioned whether size alone matters, pointing out that size has to be considered alongside such things as "conviction focus ability to create a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Financial Services
  • 12 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 12, 2008

dominated the recent study of gender in negotiations. Or do we start with belief systems and cultural patterns within organizations and explore ways in which these are gendered and result in gendered... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

address pollution. IVL developed an important role as knowledge producer and as an intermediary of environmental knowledge between the late 1960s and the 1980s. The proactive response of Swedish big business is shown to have been based on a View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

influence a team's knowledge-integration capability. We test our theoretical framework using data on knowledge workers in professional services and discuss implications for research and practice. Manage the Culture Cycle Author:James L.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

extension to their worldwide businesses. These fears were exaggerated, but reflected alarm about the unpredictable ways in which the U.S.'s unique legislation was enforced. Secondly, there was a widespread belief that the U.S. market was... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2002
  • News

Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

French so well he graduated first in his lycée class). His parents, Suzanne and Robert, were talented chroniclers of Russian culture and history (Robert's Peter the Great won the 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Biography), and an exciting group... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics
  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

Profile of the Performing Arts Industry: Culture and Commerce by David H. Gaylin (MBA 1979) (Business Expert Press) At their best, the performing arts represent the height of human creativity. But the presentation on stage, whether it is... View Details
  • 22 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

advantages of scale for innovation, companies need the right combination of strategy, systems, and culture. Based on more than three decades of the Pisano's research, teaching, and experience, Creative Construction offers a set of principles that will lead readers to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

Steady as She Goes

foods, and, of course, for toilet paper. As for Weckert, she’s back to building things from scratch. This time, it’s cupcakes with her daughter. How to: Diversify your leadership team Believe. “You have to have a resolute belief that... View Details
Keywords: April White; COVID-19; change management; leadership; women; grocery stores; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
  • 04 Apr 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

switches.] (CEO) Mary Barra takes over. She said, "It's not only a problem we have with safety, which we're going to correct, but we've got a cultural problem and we've got to correct it," And she has. Here we are, five years... View Details
  • October 2004 (Revised November 2004)
  • Case

Mavens & Moguls: Creating a New Business Model

By: Myra M. Hart, Victoria Winston and Kristin Lieb
Mavens & Moguls is a "virtual" marketing-consulting firm of approximately 40 professionals. Examines the processes by which its founder, Paige Arnof-Fenn, learns the business, builds a power network of industry experts and potential customers, and uses this expertise... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Values and Beliefs; Work-Life Balance; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Operations; Networks; Business Model; Growth Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Consulting Industry
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  • 17 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

America, the rural South, or a global cosmopolitan city. Moreover, this worldview has been one of America’s most effective cultural products and exports, influencing how generations of immigrants and much of the world perceives Blackness... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Class Notes Extra

central belief is that humanity is meant to live in unity and harmony. As a leader of his local Spiritual Assembly, he conducts interfaith and intercultural (especially with Chinese) discussion groups and has continued to promote social... View Details
  • March 2012 (Revised October 2012)
  • Case

Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm

By: Nancy F. Koehn, Nora N. Khan and Elizabeth W. Legris
Gary Hirshberg and Stonyfield Farm is the story of one entrepreneur's vision and journey to create a market-leading, environmentally responsible business founded on the principles of product quality, organizational alignment, and sustainability. A former environmental... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Values; Development Stage Enterprises; Innovation; Management By Objective; Experimentation; Emerging Technologies; Mission and Purpose; Management Style; Values and Beliefs; Social Issues; Organizational Culture; Environmental Sustainability; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Food and Beverage Industry; New Hampshire
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  • 14 Jan 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

"Nobody outside India understands what that means instead of going to a dealer and taking a vehicle and going home, you had to make a booking, and your turn would come probably after ten years," said Bajaj. At one point the Bajaj two-wheeler became so intricately... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

Ziegler Professor of Business Administration, discuss this development and its effect on democratic societies. What is populism? Rafael Di Tella: There are so many different definitions, but at its core, populism is not about being on the left or on the right; it’s... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 24 Nov 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

corporate culture— and not against the law in Germany until 1999. The competitive environment and permissive culture both played a role in the future bribery scandal. "There are three elements that lead individuals in companies to get... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 14 May 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Key to Managing Stars? Think Team

the quality of their own work and to deliver it effectively to clients. Q: What is important now about knowledge workers from both a business and a theoretical perspective? Where do you see beliefs about performance playing out in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 23 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 23, 2016

the legitimacy of taking account of “non-financial” considerations when investing in companies. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51511 forthcoming Management Science Maintaining Beliefs in the Face of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

The Spiritual Lives of Leaders - Course Catalog

partners in other cultures by understanding their spiritual practices and commitments?” When Faith and Work Collide “How can I hold strong to my personal faith while leading in a secular organization?” “When is it appropriate for me to... View Details