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- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
in business communications. "You'll burn out, your team will resent you, your reputation will suffer, and the work probably won't all get done anyway." Conversely, if you offer resistance to new duties when the company is down,... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Johnson & Johnson in 1973 and in 1977 joined Standard Brands Incorporated. There she rose to become vice president of marketing for the margarine division. Standard merged with Nabisco in 1981, and in 1987 she was named president of Nabisco's grocery division. Earning... View Details
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
both nonprofits and corporations, a focus on EV and SV can enhance their reputation with consumers, government, and community. Corporations are seen as caring, and nonprofits are seen as efficient. Comparing Nonprofits And Corporations... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 09 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
OneTen: Creating a New Pathway for Black Talent
contribute economically." This is a mostly American trend. Germany, for example, offers students comprehensive vocational education and apprenticeships—career paths considered as respectable as studying at a university. But in the US, vocational programs have a View Details
- 30 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Real Estate: The Most Imperfect Asset
the real estate business and finding best practices, we can begin to unlock the wealth precluded from much of the world. Harvard Business School and the University, writ large, with its tremendous reputation and international stature,... View Details
- 23 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform
Resellers can offer significant added value (and benefit from reputation effects) by verifying the quality of goods when that quality is difficult to confirm. But that position can be prohibitively risky and costly if large numbers of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 04 Jun 2018
- What Do You Think?
Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?
someone, perhaps a highly experienced, high-profile executive, who might not otherwise be available or interested in the job? On the other hand, if the person is to be hired, what are the costs in terms of damage to an organization’s View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Web
Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About
diligence on alumni ventures, as they would for any other venture, and to consider the impact such involvement will have on their commitments, obligations, and reputation as well as any potential impact on the School’s reputation. A... View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
communications firm, named “PR Agency of the Decade” by AdAge. He has extensive experience in marketing and reputation management, having led assignments with major corporations, NGOs and family businesses in over 25 industries around the... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
reputational consequences. Before recently filing for Chapter 11, Neiman Marcus had undoubtedly discussed refinancing options with its creditors, but that did not garner the same headlines as the bankruptcy filing. To avoid or reduce... View Details
- December 2019
- Case
Steemit: A New Social Media?
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Alexander White and Karen Elterman
This case discusses the alternative social media site Steemit, including the principles it was founded on in 2016 and the challenges it faced in 2019. Steemit was a blockchain-based platform that aimed to differentiate itself from other social media companies by... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decisions; Voting; Economic Systems; Money; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Goals and Objectives; Digital Platforms; Product Design; Design; Problems and Challenges; Network Effects; Motivation and Incentives; Social and Collaborative Networks; Reputation; Business Strategy; Competition; Internet and the Web; Social Media; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Virginia; New York (city, NY)
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Alexander White, and Karen Elterman. "Steemit: A New Social Media?" Harvard Business School Case 720-428, December 2019.
- Video
Mostafa Terrab
Mostafa Terrab, Chairman and CEO of Morocco-based OCP Group, contextualizes the company’s activities in the Western Sahara region and addresses criticisms on the subject. View Details
- 10 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation
back in compensation to work for a highly reputable company that might counter the black mark from the tarnished firm. “It helps to create a persuasive story that competes with the scandal story,” Groysberg says. Working for a firm that... View Details
- Comment
Which Accusations Stick?
The social function of witchcraft accusations remains opaque. An empirical study of Chinese villagers shows that the label ‘z hu’ influences who interacts across a social network, but appears not to tag defectors in service of promoting cooperation. An open question... View Details
Jordan, Jillian J. "Which Accusations Stick?" Nature Human Behaviour 2, no. 1 (January 2018): 19–20.
- Video
Naguib Sawiris
Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Orascom TMT Investments, shares advice for aspiring entrepreneurs in emerging markets, emphasizing the value of education, perseverance, and dedication to hard work particularly at the start of one’s career. View Details
- December 2004 (Revised August 2005)
- Exercise
Orientation to the Public Image Assessment Exercise
By: Robin J. Ely
The Public Image Assessment exercise acquaints students with the ideal images they hold of themselves, the actions they engage in to convey these images, and the benefits and costs of these behaviors to themselves and to others. Social psychologists call this process... View Details
Ely, Robin J. "Orientation to the Public Image Assessment Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 405-057, December 2004. (Revised August 2005.)
- 2000
- Other Unpublished Work
Does Corporate Quality Matter?
By: R. M. McLauglin, R. S. Ruback and H. Tehranian
- April 1990
- Case
Mazda: Corporate Public Relations in the United States
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "Mazda: Corporate Public Relations in the United States." Harvard Business School Case 590-102, April 1990.
- November 1995
- Case
"Marketing" at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Samanta Graff
Describes the history and unique operating principles of the most successful corporate law firm in the country. Closes with a lengthy quotation by Martin Lipton, who is one of the firm's founding partners and who is described in an American Lawyer article as the "Elvis... View Details
Lorsch, Jay W., and Samanta Graff. "Marketing" at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Harvard Business School Case 496-037, November 1995.