Corporate Culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

September 2024
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Faena: Magic in Mid-Miami Beach

By: Robin Greenwood, Denise Han, Dave Habeeb and Ruth Page

The link to this multimedia case should be provided to students in advance as preparation for classroom case discussion.

This multimedia case follows real estate developer Alan Faena as he expanded his luxury development business from Argentina to the... View Details

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13 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 13

case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/512003-PDF-ENG Allied Electronics Corporation Ltd.: Linking Compensation to Sustainability Metrics Robert G. Eccles, George Serafeim, Shelley Xin Li, and Alan KnightHarvard Business School Case... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work

and Tommy Pan Fang of Rice University—looked at communication patterns among more than 12,000 employees working for a large multinational corporation across all major time zones. The team studied their Skype messages, emails, phone calls,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Mar 2008
News

HBS Blogs

Insider, http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/ (multiple authors; archived since June 2006) MBA 1986H Jules Pieri, http://julespieri.wordpress.com/ (“musings on design, social networking, cultural anthropology, startups, the... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson; Information; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Corporate Innovation in the Fifth Era: Lessons from Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft by Alison Davis (MBA 1988) and Matthew Le Merle Cartwright Publishing Over the last 30 years a host of new technologies have begun... View Details

21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

rated. We hypothesize that ratings are particularly likely to spur responses from firms that receive poor ratings, and especially those that face lower-cost opportunities to improve or that anticipate greater benefits from doing so. We test our hypotheses in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

has opened satellite offices in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Chennai to serve a client roster of more than 40,000 employees from among its growing list of corporate clients. If We Had Only Known INDIA RISING: iTrust’s View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

banks—a mortgage delivery system that was populated by brokers, mortgage banks, and investors. "This opened the door to new sources of capital from around the world. Holding that door wide open were Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. By that time those government View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

Meakem: I agree. The benefit of jumping right out is that you don't get cushy; you don't get used to a corporate job with corporate perks and get lulled into submission by staying at a large View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

01 Jun 1997
News

Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference

own reality check to offer. Director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Singapore, she debunked the lumping together of all Chinese on the assumption that they are somehow linked to each other simply because they are Chinese. The... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011). Abstract Corporate leaders have long subscribed to the belief that the sole purpose of business is to make money. That narrow view, deeply embedded in the American capitalist system, molds the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2008
News

Balanced Equation

process, managing turnarounds of Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and three decades of leadership in international finance. He and two of his children recently launched Wolfensohn & Company, LLC, a private investment firm and adviser to View Details

Keywords: James Aisner;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna;Susan Young; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2020
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books

Leadership Courage: Leadership in a Culture of Cowardice By Kirk Kirlin (MBA 1979) Authors Place Press In a time when timidity and disquiet seem epidemic in both American and American Church culture, author Kirk Kirlin offers nine... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

groups, but not large blocks. If a large corporate wishes to pursue such a goal, it is more prudent to execute it with a small team.” In a related comment, Ashok Jainn stated, “Age is no bar Super stretch goals, when they’re not handed... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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 entrepreneurial View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Jan 2016
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January 12, 2016

funding in these environments. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50237 Harvard Business School Case 616-032 Integrating Avocent Corporation into Emerson Network Power This case reviews Emerson... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 2006
News

Inside Intel

had learned as a corporation how to do things that all corporations must do if they are to succeed. Two of these deserve special note. First, Intel had learned how to grow. Second, it had learned how to... View Details

Keywords: Richard S. Tedlow; Hanna, Julia; technology; manufacturing; innovation; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

location-which lies about 1,800 miles north of Toronto—a destination for ecotourists, will offer an economic boon to the area, and will forever alter the way the world thinks about the Arctic. “It turns people’s eyes to the north,” Balsillie says. Subtle changes in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

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Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

Business School Show Hide Details Concepts Uncovering What Brands Mean to Consumers The Customer Value Proposition as the Foundation for Brand Storytelling The Types of Stories Brands Tell Brand Storytelling Fundamentals Connecting Stories to View Details

04 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From

direct reports, as well as the direct reports of their peers. This pushes managers to work together to determine which employees to recommend for new opportunities across teams. Build a culture of innovation, learning, and recognition To... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

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