Norms - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2009
News

Alumni Books

self-improvement, resulting in levels of profitability, quality, efficiency, and reliability unmatched by rivals. The book shows how to build and manage such a system of dynamic discovery. The Leadership Code: Five Rules to Lead By by Dave Ulrich, View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Talk, Inc.’

especially those that incorporate emerging forms of social media, support that shift. Equally important, though, is the emergence of cultural norms that favor dialogue over monologue. The benefits that accrue from conversational... View Details

Keywords: Re: Boris Groysberg

01 Mar 2018
News

Research Brief: A Path to Moral Management

people with good intentions do things that look, for a lack of a better word, stupid,” he says. Finally, Soltes suggests creating opportunities for norm reinforcement throughout careers, allowing people to really live what they learn in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

04 May 2023
Blog Post

Why Business Travel Still Matters in a Zoom World

innovation, but it only matters if two firms’ locations are either culturally or temporally far away from each other,” he says—that is, if the two firms possess different cultural norms or don’t have overlapping business hours, defined as... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

06 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Are the Olympics a Catalyst for China Reforms?

there are several areas where there are differences of opinion between the authorities in China and others, inside and outside China, about norms for social and political discourse. The main obstacle, I feel, is that there is no mechanism... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2004
News

Lisa Churchville (MBA 1979)

statistical norm of two children. Her in-laws were appalled when she went back to work when her youngest started school; no one blinked when I went back to work after an eight-week leave. Her career options were nurse, teacher, librarian... View Details

Keywords: Broadcasting (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2001
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

The last few months have been exciting ones at the School. We have witnessed the announcement of a new Harvard president, sponsored another dynamic Global Alumni Conference, welcomed club officers along with current and emeriti board members for their annual meetings,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

others. Key concepts include: Luxury does not necessarily induce people to be "nasty" toward others but rather causes them to be less concerned about or considerate toward others. Exposure to luxury goods may activate a social View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

market-type dispersion by decentralizing operations from headquarters to their stores, and, to a weaker extent, by providing higher variable pay to their store managers. Placing the Normative Logics of Accountability in 'Thick'... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 1998
News

Investigation Leads to Sanctions, Recommendations

sanctions on the offending students as a condition of graduation. It also recommended continued training for faculty, staff, and students on managing section norms and behavior more effectively, specifically in the area of sexual... View Details

10 Nov 2020
Blog Post

Instagram Takeover - Mae Abdelrahman (MBA 2021)

namesake. This skin care brand is a tribute to her mother’s dedication to raise Black daughters who would challenge norms and improve the lives of others. Nour seeks to empower minority and marginalized groups to create equity where it... View Details

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The Section Experience | MBA

introduce innovative ideas and approaches to learning. In turn, students exercise their team-building and management skills to develop protocols for effective learning and shape the distinctive norms and personality of their sections.... View Details

13 Jul 2022
Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

governance structures and norms in place, businesses could help put people, including their workers, and the planet back at their core. Through a series of essays, the book exposes the fault lines between democracy and capitalism and,... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

04 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 4

potent for the growth of elite-oriented nonprofits-but not social welfare nonprofits-when local networks and cultural norms support elite mobilization. We conclude that despite globalizing trends, the local geographic community continues... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Our Work Together | About

goodwill and adopting an eagerness to listen as well as to speak. Our four working groups on Antisemitism, Islamophobia and Anti-Arabism, Classroom Norms and Culture, and Free Speech and Community Values are already doing important work... View Details

06 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

focused on a single industry or country and has not accounted for possible variation across social contexts. This paper advances an institutional framework and predicts that gender diversity’s effect on performance is determined by both its View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Curriculum | MBA

(recommended) Year 3 Harvard Kennedy School & Harvard Business School Fall Term 2 HKS Elective Courses Getting Things Done: Management in a Development Context Normative Principles of Governance in Development Business-Government... View Details

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

is conducted. Practicing solid values does not guarantee results unless a passionate commitment to performance standards is incorporated into the organization's norms. The question is, Do the organization's norms drive performance or do... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

30 Jan 2007
First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

for organizational theory. The Value of Openness in Scientific Problem Solving Authors:Karim R. Lakhani, Lars Bo Jeppesen, Peter A. Lohse, and Jill A. Panetta Abstract Openness and free information sharing amongst scientists are supposed to be core View Details