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  • October 2010
  • Article

Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity

By: Eric Van den Steen
This paper develops an economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture-in the sense of shared beliefs and values in order to study the effects of "culture clash" in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that shared... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Organizational Culture; Economics; Information Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Values and Beliefs; Mergers and Acquisitions; Framework; Satisfaction; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence; Communication
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  • 07 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

proof of business viability before raising capital. The scrappiness and resilience displayed by the protagonists resonated deeply with me. Their focus on achieving product-market fit and establishing sound unit economics before seeking... View Details
  • May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Traces the history of IKEA's response to a TV report that its Indian carpet suppliers were using child labor. Describes IKEA's growth, including the importance of a sourcing strategy based on its close relationships with suppliers in developing countries. Details the... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Moral Sensibility; Policy; Employment; Contracts; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Natural Environment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues
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  • Web

Events & Presentations - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Events & Presentations Events & Presentations The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness frequently hosts events and conferences. We deliver presentations on health... View Details
  • 06 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 6

Publications Managed Globalization: Doctrine, Practice, and Promise Authors: Rawi Abdelal and Sophie Meunier Publication: Journal of European Public Policy 17, no. 3 (April 2010): 349-366 Abstract Two alternate visions for shaping and explaining the governance of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

movements, energy prices, and economic cycles. But what determines how the organization does in the long run is how well it is positioned relative to its competitors. If organizations can continue to invest, even during View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 10 Feb 2020
  • In Practice

6 Ways That Emerging Technology Is Disrupting Business Strategy

serve, the skills they employ, and their organizational structures. The latter approach involves higher costs and time horizons, but most likely also much higher returns.” Raffaella Sadun (@raffasadun), a professor of business... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 05 Jul 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Have We Seen the Peak of Just-in-Time Inventory Management?

into inventory management formulae, be the order of the day? Have we seen the peak use of “just in time” inventory management? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. Editor's note: Heskett explores the leader's role in his book, Win From Within:... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation
  • 2024
  • Contribution

Work

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Julie L. Rose
This chapter has two aims. First, in light of the continued dominance of market capitalism, one aim of the chapter is to examine contemporary approaches to traditional concerns about the impact of market capitalism on the manner in which work is carried out. By the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Design; Employees; Labor
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    Alan D. MacCormack

    Alan MacCormack is the MBA Class of 1949 Adjunct Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, a member of The Digital, Data, and Design (D^3) Institute at Harvard, and a core faculty member... View Details

    Keywords: automotive; communications; computer; e-commerce industry; electronics; high technology; information technology industry; internet; semiconductor; software; telecommunications; venture capital industry
    • Web

    Globalization - Faculty & Research

    competition, and earnings management affect mean reversion in accounting return on assets. Using a sample of 48,465 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that accounting returns mean revert faster in countries where there is more product and capital market... View Details
    • March 2017 (Revised June 2019)
    • Case

    Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?

    By: Nori Gerardo Lietz, Ricardo Andrade and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
    In April 2012, Mubadala, Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund invested $2 billion in Brazilian conglomerate EBX, believing the company to be undervalued by the public markets. Shortly thereafter, however, EBX and its multiple business lines began to spiral downward. Hani... View Details
    Keywords: Sovereign Wealth Funds; Conglomerates; Investing; Corporate Structure; International; Sovereign Finance; Business Conglomerates; Investment; Financing and Loans; Restructuring; Organizational Structure; Economy; Brazil; Abu Dhabi
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    • 31 Mar 2022
    • Op-Ed

    Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

    congenial work atmosphere for doctors and nurses, and handsome economic returns for its owners. The hospital’s leadership has forsworn expansion to avoid diluting its unique offering. But then we also have Narayana Hrudalaya, a cardiac... View Details
    Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Culture Clash: The Costs and Benefits of Homogeneity

    By: Eric J. Van den Steen
    This paper develops an economic theory of the costs and benefits of corporate culture—in the sense of shared beliefs and values—in order to study the effects of "culture clash" in mergers and acquisitions. I first use a simple analytical framework to show that shared... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost vs Benefits; Values and Beliefs; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Motivation and Incentives; Theory
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    • 03 Feb 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: February 3, 2009

    behavior, distorted risk preferences, corrosion of organizational culture, and reduced intrinsic motivation. Rather than dispensing goal setting as a benign, over-the-counter treatment for motivation, managers and scholars need to... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 22 Sep 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: September 22

    Dharmapala Publication:The Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 08 Sep 2015
    • First Look

    September 8, 2015

    that exists at the top of organizational hierarchies. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49601 forthcoming Management Science Financing Risk and Innovation By: Nanda, Ramana, and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • Web

    2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

    economic inequality, driving environmental destruction, and sustaining systems of racial injustice. Join Professor Debora Spar and a panel of fellow alumni for a discussion about where business and society interact and occasionally... View Details
    • Web

    Strategy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

    Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem (also listed under Marketing) Ramon Casadesus-Masanell , Tomomichi Amano January 2026 J 3.0 IFC: Saudi Arabia; Economic Diversification Tarun Khanna , Andy Zelleke... View Details
    • 05 Jul 2012
    • What Do You Think?

    Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

    which leaders are viewed by their followers. It's important to understand why this is the case, given the economic benefits that trust may impart to an organization. These include` higher morale, increased loyalty to the organization,... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett