Cultural Strategies - Publications - Faculty & Research

26 Mar 2019
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appeared to be growing, the new Super 8 reflected the culture and identity of a firm originally rooted in film and consumer products. Sentiment aside, Clarke needed to decide if the new Super 8 fit into the company’s overall View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 May 2012
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and Yaron Yehezkel Abstract In the context of platform competition in a two-sided market, we study how ex-ante uncertainty and ex-post asymmetric information concerning the value of a new technology affects the strategies of the platforms... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

14 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 14, 2007

table? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207122 Putnam Investments: Rebuilding the Culture Harvard Business School Case 406-009 Charles "Ed" Haldeman Jr. is promoted CEO of Putnam... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Mar 2013
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business group affiliates and when local institutions develop. Therefore, we shed light on the firm-level implications of minority state ownership, a topic that has received scant attention in the strategy literature. Cornell... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 1996 (Revised December 1996)
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SAP America

By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March

SAP America has grown at an explosive rate. This case describes the company's strategy, organization, and culture, with special attention to its approach to partnering and its sales and consulting process, which have been instrumental in allowing growth to proceed. Now... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Change Management; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Demand and Consumers; Organizational Culture; Alliances; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; United States

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07 Dec 2016
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Why Millennials Flock to Fintech for Personal Investing

the culture of the Silicon Valley, which is a culture of believing in engineering as a way of solving consumer problems,” says Viceira. Millennials meet the robo-advisor That’s where millennials come in.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

February 2010 (Revised December 2010)
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Google Inc. (Abridged)

By: Benjamin Edelman and Thomas R. Eisenmann

Describes Google's history, business model, governance structure, corporate culture, and processes for managing innovation. Reviews Google's recent strategic initiatives and the threats it poses to Yahoo, Microsoft, and others. Asks what Google should do next. One... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Corporate Governance; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Competitive Strategy; Search Technology; Web Services Industry

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June 1992 (Revised June 1993)
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Hennessy and Harvey-Jones: Two Responses to the Crisis in Chemicals

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Responding to the crisis in chemicals in the early 1980's, Allied Chemical (U.S.) and ICI (U.K.) appoint new chairmen to revitalize each company's strategy, culture, and organization. Hennessy, an outsider with a background in managing conglomerates, has strong ideas... View Details

Keywords: Transition; Leading Change; Crisis Management; Management Style; Managerial Roles; Organizational Culture; Corporate Strategy

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02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

press Journal of Applied Psychology Cooperation in Multicultural Negotiations: How the Cultures of People with Low and High Power Interact By: Kopelman, Shirli, Ashley E. Hardin, Christopher G. Myers, and Leigh Plunkett Tost Abstract—This... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2017
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What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

interviews is a tiny step in that direction. "I think that in addition to the commonalities, the project sheds light on how business cultures differ in Latin America" Silverthorne: What were some of the major commonalities you... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

2015
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Staying the Same While Changing: Organizational Identity in the Face of Environmental Challenges

By: Mary Ann Glynn, Christi Lockwood and Ryan Raffaelli

We explore the role of organizational identity in the adoption of new sustainability practices, focusing on how identity functions as a driver of (or sometimes a drag on) adoption. Drawing on illustrations from the U.S. hotel industry, we examine how sustainability... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Environmental Sustainability; Adoption; Accommodations Industry; United States

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03 May 2004
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Business History around the World

and Spain, on many Latin American countries, especially Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico, and on Chinese-speaking communities. Much of the best research is only available in local languages. Business historians have also widened their research agendas. Understanding the... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

29 Jun 2009
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leading Change

Sharpening Your Skills dives into the HBS Working Knowledge archives to bring together articles on ways to improve your business skills. Questions To Be Answered: How do I build my business in this environment? What should leaders communicate? My organization doesn't... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Aug 2000
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Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

threats that Brazil faces?" Nonprofit/for-profit Collaboration Professor Diana Barrett teaches Entrepreneurial Management and the course on Leadership, Values and Decision Making. She conducts research on the relationship between View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2018
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Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

moms are high achievers at work. Now it turns out they are happy, too. Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods seemed a Wall Street dream come true. But then Amazon's data-driven efficiency met... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2011
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Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

concerned about cash, and employees worry about their jobs. But a downturn is no time to stop spending on marketing. The key, says professor John Quelch, is to understand how the needs of your customers and partners change, and adapt your View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2012
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Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

Q: You write a lot about corporate culture in companies such as Zappos. Why is culture so important? A: Morriss: A culture exists to influence how people think, so their... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

July 2002
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Introducing ... The XFL!

By: Susan M. Fournier, Stephen A. Greyser and Seth Schulman

When the XFL professional football league debuted on February 3, 2001, it generated a Nielsen rating of 10.1, higher than any nationally televised program in a Saturday evening time slot. The next week, ratings plummeted, and by week nine the XFL game earned the title... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Positioning; Consumer Behavior; Product Development; Culture; Commercialization

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01 Nov 2010
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How IT Shapes Top-Down and Bottom-Up Decision Making

decision-making toward the bottom of the corporate ladder. Communication systems, such as e-mail and instant messaging applications, will push the decision-making process toward the top. And that means developing an IT strategy isn't all... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

August 2002
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Trilogy University

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Michael Paley

In early 2001, Trilogy Software faced a slowdown in its business, a large number of unsuccessful customer deployments, and an overall weakening in the enterprise software market. In response, the company revamped its business model and restructured the organization.... View Details