Digital Culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Dec 2022
Blog Post

Thinking About an MBA? Think About Your Purpose

conveying their purpose in a personal and authentic way helped them achieve buy-in from stakeholders. For example, David Vélez, co-founder and CEO of NuBank, the world’s largest digital bank, likes to share the powerful memory of trying... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

Facing the Music

after graduation. Privately owned Rounder Records in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example, which specializes in what Paul Knutson calls "roots-based" music, such as bluegrass and folk, will sometimes sign an act even if it knows it will lose money. "Rounder is not... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising

offered the potential of continued visibility. Cultural historian Maurice Richards notes, “By the end of the 19th century few stones in the field of advertising novelty had been left unturned.” 27 Scrapbooks & Collectibles Trade Cards 23... View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

On The Case

Professor Linda Hill first met Tom Mihaljevic (GMP 15, 2013) when he came to campus to participate in a fireside chat that Hill unexpectedly wound up facilitating. At that time, he was the CEO of Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and the pair found they had a lot to talk... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

Building Her Leadership Style At Nike, the seed was planted for Leahy to develop her own leadership style and values. “I found this smart, talented, ambitious group of leaders at Nike who also had a very good sense of balance and sense of whole person,” says Leahy. It... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

02 Sep 2021
News

Back to School

letting your convictions guide an urgent effort to do right by everyone. We used federal money and funds from the Dalio Foundation (Ray Dalio, MBA 1973) to buy 121,000 laptops and became the first state to close the digital divide for all... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

Financial Economics (forthcoming). Abstract This study identifies the effect of a key cultural dimension—egalitarianism—on a set of international investment outcomes. Egalitarianism expresses a society's View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

explores how language shapes the ways in which employees who work in global organizations communicate and negotiate linguistic and cultural differences. Bringing together 650 interviews conducted across Rakuten’s locations in Brazil,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Mar 2021
News

Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

educational programs, intellectual ambition for widespread impact, internationalization for global understanding, inclusion to enhance culture and community, and integration with Harvard University. “Alumni and close friends of the School... View Details

23 Aug 2016
First Look

August 23, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51538 July–August 2016 European Business Review The Decoupling Effect of Digital Disruptors By: Teixeira, Thales S., and Peter Jamieson Abstract—A new wave of Internet startups is disrupting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408095 Big Spaceship: Ready to Go Big? Harvard Business School Case 409-047 Big Spaceship, a digital marketing agency, faced a rather big challenge: How to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Bibliography - The Art of American Advertising

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1987. Laird, Pamela Walker. Advertising Progress: American Business and the Rise of Consumer Marketing . Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 1998. Lears, Jackson. Fables of Abundance: A View Details

10 Mar 2021
News

Next Normal

Google, Microsoft, Airbnb, American Express, and Uber extending work-from-home policies well into 2021 and beyond, the reality of remote work is here to stay. Touching on issues of trust, productivity, and digital tools for connection and... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

What's the Word?

percent. When surviving “examination hell” and college itself doesn’t offer any guarantees—why bother at all? So, is lying flat here to stay? Or is it just fun to say? The overriding culture of hard work in China will continue, Kirby... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Chance Encounters: What's at Stake in Return-to-Office Decisions

skepticism of that preference comes from other research I’ve done on the metaverse, a vision for a 3D internet, and other digital technologies that allow people to isolate themselves in a digital... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint, HBS Alumni Bulletin

01 Mar 2008
News

Innovation, Inc.

reprimand; and establish a culture where people are treated with respect. Amabile notes that the study of creativity at business schools is a relatively new phenomenon, dating back to the 1980s or so. “It’s very new in one sense, yet the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

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The Harvard-Radcliffe Program in Business Administration - Business Education For Women At Harvard University | Harvard Business School

prove altogether seamless. Barbara Hackman Franklin, (MBA 1964) who later became U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992 to 1993, remembered, "HBS was a real culture shock. Some faculty were opposed to having women in the classroom. So were... View Details

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

collection and privacy. Finally, we discuss emerging challenges surrounding software-driven medical devices, including open regulatory questions, advancements in underlying digital technology, and the likely necessity of new payment and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 3

never change. Since its founding in 1911, the company operated under a set of principles articulated by founder Thomas Watson and became known for a strong culture and a commitment to fairness and social responsibility. As IBM entered its... View Details