office culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2004
News

Steve Barger (MBA 1974)

twice been named the Best Company to Work For by Washington CEO magazine. I remember sitting in Professor Ray Goldberg’s office during my second year at HBS discussing a project I was working on. His assistant interrupted to tell him that... View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Jun 2014
News

In My Humble Opinion: Jan Swartz (MBA 1996)

cruise-director cheeriness. "It's a 24/7 business, with ships sailing every day, everywhere in the world," Swartz says by phone from her office in Valencia, California. "Our ships are small cities." Time on the road: 10 days a month. "We... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hospitality; Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation; Transportation

28 Apr 2025
Blog Post

How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs

have become hybrid, if not entirely remote. This can pose a threat to office culture and a sense of belonging, especially for newcomers looking to connect. “Lean into in-person time upfront as much as you... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Oct 1998
News

Value Added

the firm's culture as well as to nurture its leadership by overseeing career development and appointing the heads of our offices and practice groups." Looking ahead, Gupta observes that despite the current... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

17 May 2017
News

Nisa Godrej Takes Over

company] for 25 years." A recent piece in Quartz suggests that Godrej’s appointment is part of a larger cultural movement in India, with more and more women taking on visible executive roles. Last July, Coca-Cola India appointed its... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Ink

column was a way to explore the link between a business leader’s workspace and the culture of his or her organization. Along the way, Raje—former chief executive of BP Ergo, her family’s office furniture... View Details

Profile

Michael R. Bloomberg

news and information company, Bloomberg emerged as a billionaire business titan intent on changing the world. Having made his mark in business, he turned his attention to the political arena. In 2002, just four months after the attacks of September 11, 2001, he took... View Details

22 Jul 2019
News

A Way Forward for Women

copresident of WomenExecs with Maria Garcia Nielsen, board director and former CEO of Office Depot for Spain and Portugal. Along with its mission to position former WOB participants to serve on corporate boards through networking,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2017
News

Developing Insightful Global Leaders

HBS is committed to developing future leaders equipped with the cultural intelligence and skills required to operate in today’s globalized world. Key to this effort is creating opportunities for members of the School’s increasingly... View Details

18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

corporate attention than employee, consumer, and environmental health. In a survey of more than 80 companies attending the Building a Culture of Health conference at Harvard Business School in April 2016, a lower percentage of respondents... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

17 Feb 2011
News

Field Report: Rwanda

relating to the radio company, which was completely fascinating because it gave us an excuse to talk to eight of the biggest firms in Kigali about their marketing strategy and to compare how they did business,” says Barry, a former infantry View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

08 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

especially in changing the culture of the School and the broader world. The W50 Summit in particular was a way to reach out to the women who "have sometimes felt disenfranchised, disconnected, unwelcome at Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

indeed as mutually opposed? Dr. Connell’s current research project considers the legal and cultural ramifications of recent gender and sexual policy change in the US military, from the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell to the gender... View Details

20 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

moms are high achievers at work. Now it turns out they are happy, too. Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods seemed a Wall Street dream come true. But then Amazon's data-driven efficiency met... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2006
News

A Capital Asset

Cohen At Around 4 a.m. on August 7, 1998, a telephone wakens Bonnie Cohen in her Washington, D.C., home. It’s not the bedside phone but the secure phone upstairs in her home office not a good sign. A young operations View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

11 Jun 2018
Blog Post

Reimagining Fashion For The Good Of All

easily adapt to a different culture in a professional context? I landed in Berlin two weeks ago, directly from New Delhi, were I did my last course of the year. Without much time to settle down in the city, I started working as a member... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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How to Onboard Recently Graduated MBAs - Recruiting

perspectives that can make onboarding more successful: In-person relationships are important In a post-pandemic world, a vast majority of jobs have become hybrid, if not entirely remote. This can pose a threat to office View Details

31 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

Officer at 3Degrees (How Harvard is Going Fossil Fuel Free): “Rather than saying, I want to get into climate change and therefore, what should I do? I would think of it the other way around, which is, What really excites me and how can I... View Details

25 Aug 2017
Blog Post

HBS Interns: Summer Takeovers

Toronto, before working in their offices in California and New York City. Anita worked with the CFO and COO to implement the executive search firm's new digital strategy. Jenn Volk, Sephora Innovation Lab Jenn Volk spent her summer in... View Details