Values - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Mar 2016
News

Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

and outputs. Even so, art can have considerable value to business as an investment and that requires a healthy supply chain, that is, a healthy art community. “It is the classics that today have the greatest value,” says Tetsuji Shibayama... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

January 2023
Supplement

Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (B)

By: Henry McGee, Nien-hê Hsieh and Christian Godwin

In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, Apple and Google partnered to develop a contact tracing application that would collect information about users infected with the disease and notify those who they had been in contact with. While Apple/Google’s... View Details

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04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

leaders might say they value inquisitive minds, in reality most stifle curiosity, fearing it will increase risk and inefficiency. Harvard Business School’s Francesca Gino elaborates on the benefits of and common barriers to curiosity in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Jun 2014
Op-Ed

World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention

overload. Using a standard cost of $25 per thousand viewers, which is generally charged by broadcast companies for a 30 second ad on primetime television in the United States (a value cheaper than Japan and more expensive than Brazil)... View Details

Keywords: by Thales Teixeira; Sports

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Modern Corporate Strategy: Revitalizing the Corporation - Course Catalog

Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous), far more value is created by companies like Amazon, Meta, and Alphabet that develop entirely novel business models than by entrenched incumbents, such as P&G or Ford, which struggle to eke out market share... View Details

02 Jun 2003
What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

given to broader success factors which are ethical and value centered, are or certainly can be detrimental to the society they serve ...." A more acerbic point of view was offered by Mark Anton: "The area of ethics and View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

You’re Wasting Your Employees! What You Can Do About It

even generate sufficient high quality capital-budget projects to use the available resources—and therefore go on merger-and-acquisition expeditions. The stock market is telling managers what the scarce strategic resource is. When it View Details

Keywords: by Christopher A. Bartlett & Sumantra Ghoshal

18 May 2017
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Hilton

for you?At Hilton people are incredibly smart and passionate about embodying a spirit of hospitality. We are looking for strategic thinking but that alone is not enough. We are also looking for people who exhibit our values and want to... View Details

Keywords: Hospitality

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Max Wibaux

joining a consumer-products-focused private equity firm in a role in which he can "bring together all the elements HBS teaches us: operations, strategy, the inner workings of financing, and how to avoid investment pitfalls and traps. I want to add View Details

Keywords: CPG

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Inessa Lurye

studies, "have continued to be critical"—especially because Inessa has been immersed, since graduation, in startups. "I've seen lots up ups and downs; I've seen how the challenges change at different stages of the life cycle. It's cemented for me the... View Details

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Brighton Mudzingwa

individuals." Brighton plans on returning to Africa "at a critical juncture when I can have the best impact. Having passion alone is not enough—we need a practical approach. There are many talented Africans on the ground—I need to go back with a clear vision... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

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HBSGrid Project Directory Space Notifications - Research Computing Services

Click the checkbox with specific words in the subject Step 2: Edit the rule description. Click on the underlined value specific words. 5. In the Search Text popup box, specify the words or phrases to search for in the subject line:... View Details

26 Apr 2022
News

Leading on Climate Change

solving the world’s problems, not creating the world’s problems?” HBS Club of the GCC ThinkTank Drawing from his recent book, Polman said a net-positive company takes responsibility for its total impact on society, which extends throughout a company’s View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Sep 2018
News

What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)

finally, food is on the agenda like never before.” “The awards are really a dual opportunity. Yes, they help guide people’s choice of restaurants, and it’s a form of peer recognition that is really valued by the community. But in the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Peter and Maria Hoey

01 Dec 2017
News

Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence

Mexico City revealed significant cultural differences. “Colgate wanted to better understand teens’ values and opinions,” says Franklin. “One question we asked involved heroes. Almost all said their parents were their heroes because they... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money

What is the role of volunteerism and other charitable giving in the United States? About one in four adults volunteer every year. About one in two adults give more than $25 to charity every year. The estimated combined value of their... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Apr 1998
News

Sparking Internet Commerce

proposal for an Open Profile Standard [OPS] that is widely supported by the online industry." OPS is based on the concept that users should get something of value for their personal information and that companies not only must have a... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Apr 2001
News

Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary

mandate.” He reveals that with the fiber installed in the eighteen months since Netcom was launched, shareholder value has multiplied sixfold to $2.5 billion. “China’s Internet population will grow to several hundred million in the next... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes; Telecommunications; Information

01 Dec 2006
News

Not a Regular Joe

positions. Her job really comes out of his policy statements. She is trying to re-create the Joe Wilson spirit within Xerox: Let’s create profits for ourselves because we solve problems for other people. What can businesspeople learn from Wilson? Develop a whole life... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Joe Wilson; Xerox; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2013
News

Authentic Leadership

semester, students read chapters and complete exercises from True North, consider cases illustrating the core values of a particular businessperson's life, discuss the importance of real and consistent leadership that empowers others, and... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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