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  • 12 Feb 2024
  • News

Dale LeFebvre to Receive Horatio Alger Award

individuals who have succeeded despite facing adversities, and who have remained committed to higher education and charitable efforts in their communities. “Raised in Beaumont, Texas, Mr. LeFebvre learned from a young age that he’d have to View Details
Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance
  • 09 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

around town, firms operating in these types of highly competitive environments need to maintain strong internal linkages between units and create a culture of collaboration among workers across distances, according to the View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • August 1992 (Revised December 1994)
  • Case

Sexual Harassment, Free Speech or ...?

By: Lynn S. Paine
Presents two brief vignettes about female employees who object to gender discrimination in their work environment. In one case, the manager of a convenience store removes "adult" magazines from the store's shelves because she sees them as damaging to women. In the... View Details
Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Working Conditions; Law; Behavior; Managerial Roles; Crime and Corruption; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Gender
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  • 24 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 24

ideas to a wider audience. The chapter looks at the origins of Porter's interest in clusters, which turns out to be a natural extension of his earlier work on companies. It identifies the key characteristics of Porter's conceptual... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 2019 (Revised June 2025)
  • Case

Mãe Terra and Unilever (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas and Priscilla Zogbi
The case concerns the sale of Mãe Terra, one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods, to the consumer goods giant Unilever in 2017. Working with Unilever management, Mãe Terra’s CEO Alexandre Borges must determine whether and how to keep Mãe Terra's B... View Details
Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Brand Management; Sustainability; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Environmental Sustainability; Organizational Culture; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Brazil; Latin America
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  • 01 Aug 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Does Religious Belief Affect Organizational Performance?

the question is extended more broadly to organizations in general, there is little for us to go on in responding to the question. The impact of culture on performance has interested me for several decades, having teamed in 1992 with John... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
  • 11 Apr 2022
  • Research & Ideas

A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive

in part because their backs were killing them when they worked at home, and they weren’t allowed to bring their office chairs home. The policy communicated a lack of empathy and general cluelessness about the employee experience—signals... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint
  • 13 Feb 2020
  • Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

mrPliskin] Related Reading It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works How a New Leader Broke Through a Culture of Accuse, Blame, and Criticize Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Jan 2007
  • News

Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

you can create the right environment for a group to address issues together." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Never underestimate the importance of the 'softer' management lessons you learn at HBS—the ones that revolve around working with and leading... View Details
  • Web

Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | About

Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct At Harvard Business School, we strive every day to build and nurture a culture where every member of our community can thrive. Please note: HBS Sexual Assault Counselors are available View Details
  • 31 Mar 2022
  • Op-Ed

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

costs? Do our clients (and potential clients) value working with large firms? Do we have the internal processes and culture to learn while working on client matters and apply... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

addition, Chobani was rolling out innovative new products and had to determine how to enter new markets. At the same time, Ulukaya was also focused on preserving the company's unique culture and approach to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

On film, few characters are more obviously villainous than the extremely bad boss. There's Star Wars' Darth Vader (who manages a disrespectful underling by strangling him with his mind), Katharine Parker in Working Girl (who shamelessly... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Apr 2022
  • Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

Good ethical practices don’t just happen; everyone within a corporation has to continuously work on them. “People are not always comfortable talking about ethics,” Nelson says. “Some have been dismissing ethics as, ‘I don’t have to think... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 13 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

write. Norton points out that while many companies host "diversity days," these celebrations often focus solely on the cultures of ethnic minority employees. Excluding white employees from celebrating their View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • September 1999
  • Case

Trisha Wilson of Wilson & Associates

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Sarah S. Khetani
Texan entrepreneur Trisha Wilson has founded an interior design firm and watched it grow into one of the most successful firms in the hospitality design services industry. After 20 years of building a company that is truly a reflection of her own personality, Wilson... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Employees; Innovation and Management; Management; Business or Company Management; Management Succession; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Service Industry; Texas
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  • January 10, 2022
  • Article

The Secret Ingredient of Thriving Companies? Human Magic

By: Hubert Joly
The traditional corporate approach to motivating people has been a combination of carrots and sticks: a system of financial incentives designed to mobilize everyone around a plan designed by a few smart people at the top. Multiple studies have confirmed that, for any... View Details
Keywords: Meaning; Purpose; Organizational Culture; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Performance
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  • 11 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Building a Better Board

mechanics that add very little to the competitive position or underlying value of the enterprise." But while board members are now taking their jobs more seriously, their input is not necessarily as helpful or effective as it could be, Kaufman says. He recently... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 14 Aug 2006
  • HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

players beyond the basketball court. Feelings about Knight also follow generational lines. While younger students often see Knight as little more than a bully, older participants tell stories of doing their best work under a mentor with... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports
  • Web

Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

Programs & Events Women’s Leadership Summit Drawing alumni from nearly 30 countries and spanning six decades of experience, the two-day Women’s Leadership Summit provided a platform to discuss women’s leadership roles in society, and across industries such as finance,... View Details