Company Culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jul 2024
Op-Ed

Corporate Boards Are Failing in Their No. 1 Duty

appointments go wrong Let’s begin by taking a look at three examples of poor leadership at public companies and addressing what went wrong. Then, I will recommend five ways boards can ensure they appoint the right leader as CEO: General... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

01 Mar 2012
News

Get Creative

Issue Focus: Innovation In a hypercompetitive global economy, creativity has never been more important for success . But how do you create a company that unleashes and capitalizes on innovation? For answers, we turned to five HBS faculty... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

29 Jun 2021
Blog Post

DIVERSIFYING OUR CASE PROTAGONISTS: HOW IS HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL DOING A YEAR LATER?

study every day in class,” said Jan Hammond, senior associate dean for culture and community. The MBA Student Association took action in June 2020, creating the “Juneteenth Case Pledge” in honor of the date that the final enslaved people... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Avoiding a Succession Crisis

CEO about as tough as it ever has been. Companies need world-class efficiency, constant innovation, and a customer orientation. This requires a group of talented, dedicated people working as a team across business units and country... View Details

Keywords: Joseph L. Bower; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

30 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

leaders—there are plenty of fine people who can lead an organization. What these two did, as you point out, was create a culture around the mission of their organizations. Their employees live the mission in their work How do you teach... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation; Financial Services

26 Jul 2011
News

An Entrepreneur of the Arts

In 2010, she founded Growing Through Arts , a company that helps children learn about and explore the arts through books, e-books, toys, games and mobile phone applications. Saying “I am thrilled to bring the love of dance to children... View Details

Keywords: ballet; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

01 Dec 2003
News

Flex Time

Lauri Union (MBA 1992) manages Union Corrugating Company (UCC) from Boston, where she lives with her husband and two young children. While her early years at the company required more time on-site in North... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

01 Dec 2011
News

Li & Fung's Global Footprint

acquiring the customer list. We’re acquiring the people and their expertise that allows them to sell to those customers. So we don’t get rid of people in a hurry. As a global firm, do you have a single company View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Wholesale Trade

01 Dec 2008
News

Designing Change

Stecker. “Muzak has a huge music library, and many employees came to the company because they love music. Making music an integral, daily aspect of company culture enabled... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

19 Dec 2016
News

Harvard Students Help Mom-and-Pop Shops Get off the Ground

Senior Lecturer Kristin W. Mugford (photo courtesy of Kristin Mugford) Senior Lecturer Kristin W. Mugford (photo courtesy of Kristin Mugford) Students at Harvard Business Schools are taking their education to the streets of Boston to help small entrepreneurs build... View Details

Keywords: retail

March 1978
Case

Lincoln Electric Co. (B)

Reaction of a recent MBA to the climate, motivational systems, and management practices of the Lincoln Electric Company. View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture

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July 2008 (Revised February 2011)
Supplement

Sanford C. Bernstein: The Fork in the Road (B)

By: Boris Groysberg and Geoff Eckman Marietta

Update on the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Knowledge; Business or Company Management; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Competitive Advantage; Valuation; Financial Services Industry

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28 Sep 2018
News

Pushing Progress at Panasonic

transformation, Bloomberg reports, Higuchi is tasked with reconfiguring company culture: During his first week back at Panasonic, Higuchi got a culture shock of his own. At an internal meeting, he took a... View Details

08 Dec 2009
News

Don’t Scare the Bankers

a replacement for his original HBS diploma, lost during the tumult of the Cultural Revolution. That upheaval saw Mr. Ji, a BOC official in Shanghai, get banished to the provinces for ten years. But those bad days were over, he assured... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Offices of Bank Holding Companies; Offices of Bank Holding Companies; Offices of Bank Holding Companies

28 Jun 2011
News

Bold Ascent

“It’s a different sort of culture that took some getting used to, but it’s really a lot of fun.” (While he’s not a hardcore mountaineer, Baka expects to be at base camp on Everest next spring and possibly at Mount Rainier this summer.)... View Details

Keywords: hiking; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

01 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'

enough? Do companies often try to fit square pegs in round holes when they hire exceptional managers? Does finding a “good fit” matter and does a “good fit” create value for a team or a company? Research has shown, quantitatively, that... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

01 Sep 2015
News

Faculty Q&A: The Working World

patents. If you look at the PhD workforce for science and engineering, the immigrant share is even higher at roughly 50 percent. The math and science skills behind many of these innovations are relatively easy to port across locations—they aren’t as reliant on having... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Dec 2011
News

At Your Service

aspects are mutually reinforcing. You write a lot about corporate culture in companies such as Zappos. Why is culture so important? Morriss: A View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; customer service; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Air Transportation; Transportation

17 Nov 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design

organization? What Are The Best Techniques For Fostering Innovation In Multicultural Teams? Innovating at the World's Crossroads: How Multicultural Networks Promote Creativity HBS professor Roy Y.J. Chua proposes that cultivating a View Details

Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun

01 Oct 1999
News

The Same the World Over: Focusing on Customers and Innovation Brings Success

Do successful firms in different countries share cultural traits? HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé's long-standing interest in this and related research has led him, with Professor John U. Farley of Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School, to examine... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

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