Company Culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2023
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had long been part of the cultural mindset. Today’s startup scene in Egypt is hopping. Venture capital funding reached $491 million in 2021, with a compounded annual growth rate of 117 percent between 2017 and 2021, according to Magnitt.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

09 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 9, 2008

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=609039 Miles Davis: Kind of Blue Harvard Business School Case 609-050 Examines how successful companies can "jump to the next S-curve" through an... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

Taking this added step can enable you to complete the task proficiently and respond constructively to the needs of those on the receiving end. Q: At a company level, did you find best practices around necessary evils? A: For companies,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 23

performance. Combining network analysis with experimental methods, two studies using different samples found that networks' degree of cultural heterogeneity positively predicts creativity on tasks that draw on varied cultural-knowledge... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Feb 2016
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February 9, 2016

affiliates with positive net trade credit positions were significantly more likely than others to repatriate dividends to parent companies in the United States. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50554... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

Companies spend many hundreds of billions of dollars on R&D each year, but the microwave oven was conceived from a melted candy bar, saccharin from an accidental chemical spill, and the Daguerre photo process via a shattered... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

responding more quickly and effectively to the pandemic than their government was, demonstrating the faith that consumers have in their brands and the companies that stand behind them. 86 percent of surveyed consumers view their brands as... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

02 Jan 2018
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stall a company’s scaling efforts. To prevent this from happening, companies must make core processes like recruiting, interviewing, and development a real priority in daily practice. As Aristotle emphasized a long time ago, “Excellence... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

it was an advertising bro fest, but also a reflection of the cultural norms of the time. After all, the 1960s was the dawn of the golden age of advertising when agencies were evolving from product pitchers to storytellers. That first... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

11 Jul 2006
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First Look: July 11, 2006

the following century. Firms employed marketing and marketing strategies to diffuse products and brands internationally despite business, economic, and cultural obstacles to globalization. The process was difficult and complex. The... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2019
What Do You Think?

What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

littleny Can YouTube’s Users Help the Company Deal With Its “Moral” Problem?* This month’s mini-case described the dilemma faced by Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube: how far to promote “sustainability,” viewership, and (to some) free speech... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

18 Jan 2018
News

The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast

expectations-- and then how long does it take for you to decide that this is now going to roll out nationally? Cunningham: Well, this is one where, again, I mentioned we're changing the culture and moving much faster. So we actually took... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

shareholders—even stronger. They move fast and fix things. Based on her work with fast-moving companies, Frei reveals the five essential steps to moving fast and fixing things. Audiences will learn to: Identify the real problem holding you back Build and rebuild trust... View Details

17 May 2011
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First Look: May 17

PatientsLikeMe: An Online Community of Patients Sunil Gupta and Jason RiisHarvard Business School Case 511-093 PatientsLikeMe (PLM) is an online community where patients share their personal experiences with a disease, find other patients like them, and learn from each... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

Hanguk is a large Korean conglomerate multinational that has been keen to attract foreigners. Dylan was hired by Peter to work in Hanguk's U.S. operations. After 18 months, Dylan was promoted to company HQ in Seoul to work with Peter's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

embrace Western models of professional organization as they now exist, or to set off on an independent path, adapting elements of Western practices to their own historical and cultural situation. In doing so, the authors in this volume... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

to them on Zoom! Campus community highlight: We are originally from Taiwan and appreciate the inclusive community here. My kids are exposed to so many cultures and have learned to embrace difference. Laura Hoffmann | Class of 2021 Due... View Details

22 Dec 2015
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December 22, 2015

demand, and supporting infrastructures, including business ecosystems) and, when feasible, the wider institutional, regulatory, and even cultural context that conventional International business literature takes as a datum. This is... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

February 2025
Case

Luca de Meo at Renault Group (A) (Abridged)

By: Emily Truelove, Linda A. Hill and Lydia Begag

When Luca de Meo became CEO of Renault Group in 2020, the 122-year-old French automaker faced financial challenges and the double technological disruption of the automotive industry: the shift to electric vehicles (EVs) and the rise of software-defined vehicles (SDVs).... View Details

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January 2022 (Revised April 2025)
Case

Steem Versus Hive: Testing Blockchain Governance

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

This case examines a pivotal governance conflict that occurred in 2020 when Justin Sun, founder of the TRON blockchain, acquired Steemit Inc., the company behind a popular social media platform operating on the Steem blockchain. Steem, launched in 2016 by Daniel... View Details

Keywords: Blockchain; Mergers and Acquisitions; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Governance; Organizational Culture; Social and Collaborative Networks; Technology Industry

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