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  • October 2011
  • Case

Chris and Alison Weston (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Celia Moore
Chris and Alison Weston describe how they, a well-educated middle class couple, ended up committing mail fraud, for which they each served a year and a half in federal prison. The case highlights for students how otherwise upstanding individuals much like themselves... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Conflict of Interests; Value
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  • 28 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

Unilever proved flexible enough to retain them, fostered by its belief that ultimately consumers worldwide would want its products. Moreover the oil price rises resulted in an extraordinary growth of profitability of the UAC [United... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products
  • Web

Globalization - Faculty & Research

Public Sector ; Education ; Curriculum and Courses ; Middle School Education ; Secondary Education ; Teaching ; Training ; Learning ; Energy ; Engineering ; Construction ; Values and Beliefs ; Geography ; Global Range ; Local Range ;... View Details
  • 23 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

The High Line redevelopment in winter, New York City. sx70 A new study of gentrification shows that the addition of a coffee shop or restaurant in your neighborhood could be an early indicator that housing prices are about to spike. The research also casts some doubt... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 06 Nov 2008
  • Op-Ed

Selling Out The American Dream

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. The current economic crisis has been blamed on the greed of Wall Street,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • Profile

Mollie Breen

program. Given her government experience, "I held strong beliefs that only the government did meaningful public work. But at HBS, I'm amazed to hear about how much impact people in business can and do have – it's so much more that... View Details
Keywords: Tech; Nonprofit/Government/Education
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

actions. Change is possible! A new view of the past helps pave the way toward a belief in a different version of the future. Telling a great story builds hope. It should also show other people what’s in it for them. So a great leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 2020
  • Chapter

Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective

By: Asli M. Colpan and Geoffrey Jones
This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing... View Details
Keywords: Business Groups; Capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government and Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
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  • 22 Dec 2008
  • Research & Ideas

10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture

Why is it that many of the same companies appear repeatedly on lists of the best places to work, the best providers of customer service, and the most profitable in their industries? In their new book, The Ownership Quotient, HBS professors Jim Heskett and Earl Sasser... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett, W. Earl Sasser & Joe Wheeler
  • Web

Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

William Berger Larry Bowden Ken Pearson Lee Avikara Business Track Runner-Up Jadoo Power Systems was founded on the belief that fuel cell technology adoption will occur through niche markets and by a disciplined approach to developing... View Details
  • Research Summary

Supply Chain Inventory Planning

My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions.  I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details

  • 08 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 8

structural estimation methods. Our results confirm the belief expressed by industry experts that in the fast-food drive-thru industry, customers trade off price and waiting time. More interestingly, our estimates indicate that consumers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Mar 2019
  • What Do You Think?

What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

peterhowell Summing Up: Can Single Nations Counter the Threat of Surveillance Capitalism? We’re on our own, with the possible support of government, in any efforts to counter the effects of surveillance capitalism. It’s only natural that businesses today use big data... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products
  • 06 Jul 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

The central, most telling question to ask a leader is, whom do you serve? Some leaders will tell you, using a popular descriptor, that they aspire to be "servant leaders." The question still remains, however, a servant to whom: to yourself, to your group, or... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
  • 28 Jun 2021
  • Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

they even really give it a chance. The richness of the case method and the classroom experience came from the diversity that exists within each section, and has reinforced my belief that diverse teams perform better. Along with... View Details
  • 31 Aug 2021
  • Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

stresses: “There is always something you and others can do to make changes. Effecting change alone can be hard, especially in the face of big challenges that affect an entire social or political system, but by banding together and sustaining collective action, we can... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 20 May 2024
  • Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

community, and humor. “I have a deeply held belief that I should be learning from every single person I encounter,” said Roberts. “My dad’s biggest leadership quality was being self-actualized—a very hard bar to meet. No one knew himself... View Details
  • 02 Mar 2009
  • Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

sexist behavior without knowing that they are doing so. Or they claim credit based on the false belief that their role on the team was more important than reality would dictate. And they are affected by conflicts of interest without... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Portrait Project

Angel Gonzalez

sparing her the anguish that overwhelmed us that day. This commitment also goes beyond my own story. There are kids who are living a similar life to mine. I vow to uplift their lives with the belief that their present situation does not... View Details
  • March 2024
  • Case

From “BIG” Ideas to Sustainable Impact at ICL Group (A)

By: Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag
In the summer of 2023, Eduard (“Eddie”) Croitoru, Vice President (VP) of ICL Group (“ICL”) Corporate Initiatives, was reflecting on ICL’s internal ideation program, the Business Innovation for Growth (BIG) Accelerator. When Raviv Zoller became the CEO of ICL in 2018,... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Agribusiness; Accounting; Communication; Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Machinery and Machining; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Social Entrepreneurship; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Globalization; Information Technology; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career; Talent and Talent Management; Manufacturing Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Chemical Industry; Israel; China; United States
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