Cultural Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2009 (Revised December 2011)
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IBM Values and Corporate Citizenship (TN)

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Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Transformation; Fairness; Innovation and Invention; Value; Global Range; Organizational Culture; Information Technology Industry; Computer Industry

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19 Dec 2016
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individuals can change the system. This article explains why training fails and discusses why the “great training robbery” persists. Michael Beer, Magnus Finnstrom, and Derek Schrader offer a framework for integrating leadership and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

29 May 2019
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Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government

In his address to HBS graduates at this year’s Class Day, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) spoke about the degeneration of American political culture and the challenge it poses. “Now, the good news is: There is a solution,” he told the crowd,... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Star analysts who change firms suffer an immediate, lasting decline in perfor-mance. He also explores how some Wall Street research departments are successfully growing, retaining, and deploying their own stars. International Differences... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade; Water Transportation; Transportation

01 Oct 2000
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economies and cultures. Understanding this phenomenon of design evolution, the authors write, "is crucial to comprehending the opportunities and the risks that change creates." The authors describe their book as an examination of "the... View Details

25 Feb 2021
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A CEO’s Guide to Planning a Return to the Office

08 Aug 2011
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The Death of the Global Manager

business, Bartlett says. "That's a big change that's taken place." The World's Communication Pipeline Another seismic shift is the broader context in which companies now operate, forgotten all too easily in today's... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 7, 2007

that both effects are operative. Instrumental variables analysis indicates that plausibly exogenous changes in payout policy result in shifting institutional ownership patterns. Similarly, exogenous changes... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity

ourselves as cultural beneficiaries who inherit a great deal, we understand how we’re uniquely equipped to affect meaningful change in our respective roles and industries. Why should potential social... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Transforming the IRS

Returns is a way for me to state my deep conviction that any organization, even a tax collection agency, can serve its stakeholders at higher levels than it ever imagined — if its leaders resolutely and passionately set out to do so. What did you View Details

Keywords: Ann Cullen; IRS; Many Unhappy Returns; reform; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

effort, assimilation success was larger for those that were culturally closer to native whites (i.e., Western and Northern Europeans). These patterns are consistent with a framework in which changing... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3

inventive activity in the economy. Book: http://www.nber.org/books/lern11-1 Collaborating Across Cultures: Cultural Metacognition and Affect-Based Trust in Creative Collaboration Authors:Roy Y.J. Chua, Michael W. Morris, and Shira Mor... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Apr 2021
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Standard Bank, the largest bank in South Africa with a conservative culture of white Afrikaner managers. The management team had already been through this with another consultant, and they had walked out on her. “So I made a deal with... View Details

January 2011 (Revised November 2015)
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By: David A. Garvin and Carin-Isabel Knoop

In January 2010, John Fahey, president, CEO, and chairman of the board of trustees' executive committee of the Washington, D.C.-based National Geographic Society (NGS), must decide how best to organize the 121-year old mission-driven organization for a world of... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Information Publishing; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Internet; Publishing Industry

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Inside the Learning: Sustainability—on Campus and Beyond

broadly, in areas such as emissions and energy, campus operations, nature and ecosystems, health and wellbeing, and culture and learning. We have engaged all our campus stakeholders—faculty, students, staff, and visitors—to increase... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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HBS Posts Strong Results in 2008

to analyze the crisis and adapt the curriculum to reflect changes in the culture of how business is done. “We have begun this important work already,” he added. Operationally, Light said the School “will... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2022 Commencement Remarks | About

is vital. Leaders also have to enable and support the organization to achieve its goals. This means creating the structures, processes, systems, and a culture that will yield outstanding products and services. Even simple measures can go... View Details

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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

sectors, emerging markets are marked by rapid changes and the emergence of new industries. There are several common types of opportunities that we see across emerging ecosystems. First, digitization and technology can allow certain... View Details

31 Oct 2006
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Governing Sumida Corporation

governance structure that would be transparent to investors and stakeholders anywhere in the world. The more we talked, the more it seemed like a way to understand the economic, legal, and cultural changes... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Electronics

13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

Social Behavior By: Crockett, Molly J., and Amy Cuddy Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49863 October 2015 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Men as Cultural Ideals:... View Details

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