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  • 01 Mar 2007
  • News

Pursuing a passion

In addition to her field research on creativity, Teresa Amabile is a keen observer and enthusiastic supporter of the creative efforts of her HBS students. To illustrate her belief that entrepreneurial success is driven by passion for... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 21 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

acquisition—underperform. Working paper not available. Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream' Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra Abstract We observe that countries where belief in the "American dream" (i.e., effort... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2024 (Revised September 2024)
  • Case

Dishoom: From Bombay with Love

By: Anjali M. Bhatt and Thomas J. DeLong
Shamil and Kavi Thakrar, co-founders of Dishoom, faced critical decisions as they looked to expand the UK-based restaurant group. Shamil, the CEO, was confident in Dishoom's potential for growth but he was concerned about preserving the culture and values centered... View Details
Keywords: Human Resource Management; Growth And Scaling; Organizational Culture; Values and Beliefs; Growth Management; Expansion; United Kingdom
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The Deception Spiral: Corporate Obfuscation Leads to Perceptions of Immorality and Cheating Behavior

By: D.M. Markowitz, M. Kouchaki, J.T. Hancock and F. Gino
In four studies, we evaluated how corporate misconduct relates to language patterns, perceptions of immorality, and unethical behavior. First, we analyzed nearly 190 codes of conduct from S&P 500 manufacturing companies and observed that corporations with ethics... View Details
Keywords: Obfuscation; Corporate Unethicality; Deception; Deception Spiral; Organizations; Values and Beliefs; Ethics; Perception; Behavior
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  • August 2001 (Revised March 2008)
  • Case

NerveWire, Inc.

By: Nitin Nohria and Anthony Mayo
NerveWire, a management consulting and systems integration provider based in Newton, MA, was closing in on its second anniversary. In the beginning days of NerveWire, the major challenge was recruiting--finding the right people who embodied its values and business... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Behavior; Internet; Newton
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  • March 2001 (Revised February 2009)
  • Case

HDFC (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Suma Raju
The top management team at India's leading home finance company must decide how to deal with the emergence of intense competition at the end of the 1990s. Having founded the industry and dominated it for nearly 20 years, the well-respected company faces a bevy of new... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Management Style; Management Teams; Competition; Financial Services Industry; India
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  • 22 Sep 2016
  • Cold Call Podcast

Innovation Under Constraint: Constructing a Turnaround at Lego

Keywords: Re: Jan W. Rivkin & Stefan H. Thomke; Entertainment & Recreation
  • Portrait Project

Deena Bahri

the other and makes the process as enriching as the outcome. Since I am my mother's daughter, I want, I want, I want . to share generously; receive graciously; love unconditionally; peer inward often and fearlessly; believe strongly, but hold my View Details
  • August 2011
  • Supplement

Interview with Raj Datta, Former Chief Knowledge Officer of MindTree

By: David A. Garvin
MindTree is a mid-sized Indian IT services company known for its knowledge management practices, its collborative communities, and its strong culture and values. The CEO has a set a goal of becoming a $1 billion company by 2014; to reach that goal, employees must... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Management; Social and Collaborative Networks; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Culture; Learning; Values and Beliefs; Information Technology Industry; Service Industry; India
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Student Life | MBA

community at the School, with the belief that the daily interactions of residential life only increase the potential for learning. Campus Experience Residential Life & Housing Virtual Campus Tour Student Government & Clubs Refine your... View Details
  • January 2025
  • Supplement

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Young Minister Confronts the Challenges of Montgomery (B)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Derek C. M. van Bever
Recounts a pivotal moment in Martin Luther King Jr.'s life during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, where a profound prayer amidst threats to his life renewed his faith and resolve to lead the movement. This transformative experience marked the beginning of his lifelong... View Details
Keywords: Spirituality; Civil Rights; Manging Uncertainty; Leadership; Decision Making; Values and Beliefs; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Power and Influence; Alabama
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Barbara D'Amato 14 Feb 2019 Over the last decade in impact investing, it has been my observation and belief that emerging mar... SEI25 Series: Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019) Azeez Gupta 31 Jan 2019 This post is part of our Social Enterprise... View Details
  • 22 Apr 2002
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught

been an emphasis that you're part of an ongoing process: It's not about the "I," it's about the "We." The second aspect is creating the belief within students that they can become entrepreneurs. It's important in an... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • Portrait Project

Lindsay Rosenblum

understanding of my “learning disability” morphed into a deep, irrational belief that I was a fraud, had cheated the system, and fooled the tester not just that day in 2002, but when I was tested again in 2006, 2010, and 2014. I don’t... View Details
  • Student-Profile

Do Yoon Kim

research interests have been changing, but broadly relate to industrial organization and organizational economics. One interest that has persisted with me throughout my education is the idea of measuring shared beliefs and their effect on... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Going Public: Scott C. Bolick

Student Association president, Bolick has put his personal imprimatur on the Army's notion of motivating people and achieving results. Above all, he remembers the encouragement of that Army instructor who reinforced his belief that people... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

Cable Gal

part-time. The old fires still burn, however, even though she is profoundly at peace. "I'm very tough, I'm very competitive," declared McCollough, who cites her strong Christian beliefs and church work as affording her a deep inner calm.... View Details
Keywords: Telecommunications; Information
  • 05 Oct 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

In her new book SuperCorp, Rosabeth Moss Kanter argues that capitalism is near a crossroads. The old ways of doing business no longer work. Traditional leadership roles are breaking down. And the public is fed up with greedy executives and their institutions that feast... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Aug 2019
  • News

A New Purpose for the Corporation

Offering an update of their statement on “the purpose of a corporation”, the Business Roundtable, an influential group of some of America’s top chief executives, noted that “we share a fundamental commitment to all of our stakeholders”—and not just their shareholders.... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2016
  • News

Timeless Advice for Making a Hard Choice

Keywords: decision making; ethics; morality; values; spirituality