office culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 1996
News

Keepers of the Flame

Although empty and silent today, this bright new Olympic stadium - an architectural and cultural legacy of ancient Greece, plunked down in America's "New South" - will soon rock with the roar of 80,000 spectators as they cheer the world's... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

office employees from their work, surfing the web is arguably the most irresistible time-waster of all. In order to deal with that problem, many companies either prohibit Internet use during working hours, or closely monitor employees'... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

local imitations, were quick to try and adopt the former forbidden fruit. Was this democratization of access to American brands a Trojan horse for American cultural imperialism? No. In most product categories in most countries, there are... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

01 Feb 1999
News

New Releases

which looks at the roles of three management groups: worldwide business managers, country or regional managers, and worldwide functional managers. A second new chapter, "Managing the Transformation Process," outlines the structural and process changes and the... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Howard Stevenson on the Lessons of the Internet Era

companies must develop new expertise. Stevenson pointed to the Chief Technical Officer as a key figure in this transformation, a person combining the right technical acumen with an understanding of the competitive landscape. The CTO, said... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Web

Native American Heritage Month | Baker Library

Native American Heritage Month Explore Baker Library resources with a connection to Native American culture and identity. Want to stay up-to-date on relevant topics? Consider subscribing to our monthly Inclusion & Belonging Newsletter .... View Details

17 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

How ‘Hybrid’ Nonprofits Can Stay on Mission

single-purpose backgrounds made it hard for them to adjust to the hybrid model. Those with social work experience and those with a financial background ended up resenting each other to the point of constant fighting, such that the organization could hardly operate.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Dec 2015
News

A Leader’s Call to Action

Photos by Joe Szurszewski “What is honored in a country will be cultivated there.” That observation, attributed to Plato, is inscribed on the Athena Leadership Award that graces Barbara Nick’s home office in Madison, Wisconsin. Nick (AMP... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

financial officer of Grupo Elektra, Latin America's leading specialty retailer and consumer finance company. Global banks are decreasing their positions in Latin America. Last year alone, he said, major banks reduced investments in Latin... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

04 Feb 2020
News

In Harmony

One spring day in 1983, Mark Weinstein (MBA 1981) sat down in his Watergate Tower office at Strategic Planning Associates in Washington, DC, looked out at the Kennedy Center, and worked out a strategic plan for his life. He had landed a... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

06 Dec 2021
News

Rescue & Recovery

Tjada D’Oyen McKenna (MBA 2002) sits in front of a photo mural on the walls of the Mercy Corps offices in Washington, DC After a full-on morning of Zoom sessions from her home office in Potomac, Maryland,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

13 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: September 13

energy and potential of their people to deliver superior economic and social value. Book: http://hbr.org/product/higher-ambition-how-great-leaders-create-economic-/an/12957-HBK-ENG The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force That... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Career Coach

Rebecca Emerick

is Corporate Relations Director in the Career & Professional Development office covering the consulting industry and managing the recuriting operations team. View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

and teaching on risk management, we identify three categories of risk and elaborate on the ways companies can identify and mitigate them, with particular emphasis on strategy execution risks. Managing the Multiple Dimensions of Risk—Part II: The View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jun 2012
What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

easier and faster being 'on call' 24/7 is now viewed by many as the norm." Phil Clark faulted leaders for failing to provide "healthy leadership" on this issue, saying "We have created a 24/7 world that is not necessary." The costs of this... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting

01 Mar 2015
News

Case Study: The Speed of Light

presence “somewhere” in Asia and “somewhere” in Europe in addition to our offices in New York. Facing the same concern as you—how do we make sure that our value proposition and brand remain constant across the regions—we took our time and... View Details

Keywords: Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

challenge widely accepted generalizations made about entrepreneurship. The selected articles cover the best historical research on the role of entrepreneurship in creating global capitalism; the cultural and institutional explanations for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Mar 2016
News

Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

Shibayama founded AG Holdings, a consultancy with a special focus on art and culture programs. Art was the last thing on Shibayama’s mind 35 years ago, when he started working at Mitsubishi Corp., one of Japan’s giant trading companies,... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Dec 2014
News

Innovation: Frozen Assets

and Derek Jeter at the launch of the Luvo food truck this summer in New York City. (Courtesy of Luvo) Growth for the three-year-old Luvo, though, requires overcoming a few cultural hurdles. While frozen-food sales spiked at the outset of... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

03 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

and Julie Battilana Abstract—This paper examines the critical role of gender in the commercialization of social ventures. We argue that cultural beliefs about what is perceived to be appropriate work for each gender influence how founders... View Details