Company Culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2017
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Nurturing Emerging Scholars and Leaders

Mary Sauer and Bob Doris (MBA 1977/JD 1978) HBS’s focus on innovation connected Bob Doris (MBA 1977/JD 1978) and Mary Sauer more deeply with the School. “We are very impressed with the work HBS is doing to foster a startup culture at the... View Details

13 Oct 2015
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October 13, 2015

Review Global Teams That Work By: Neeley, Tsedal Abstract—Many companies today rely on employees around the world, leveraging their diversity and local expertise to gain a competitive edge. However, geographically dispersed teams face a... View Details

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Leading Change and Organizational Renewal | HBS Online

own personal renewal 4-5 hrs Module 3 Culture and Competitive (Dis)Advantage Discover the meaning and underlying psychology of company culture and how a strong View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Committed to a goal of 'zero harm' in the mining industry

we have a mining industry in which everyone goes home safely to their family at the end of the working day,” says Carroll, the first woman and non–South African to lead the nearly 100-year-old company. She used safety as a way to transform the View Details

22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22

practitioners alike now recognize that a firm's capacity to assimilate and use know-how from external sources-what Cohen and Levinthal (1990) called "absorptive capacity"-plays a central role in innovation performance. In recent years, a common strategy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2002
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GE's Jeff Immelt

violations. “Are we better off having China be part of the world or isolating them?” Immelt responded. “In order to drive change, you have to be inside, not outside, the house. You have to become part of the culture and demonstrate... View Details

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

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... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

16 Jul 2021
Op-Ed

For Entrepreneurs, the Benefits of Slowing Down

class=infogram-embed data-id=_/UddyZtUFxQwXnFZ7mkNa][/div] I was reminded of the value of slowing down during the last few days by one of my founders who is in the midst of closing a massive financing at a "unicorn" valuation. The company... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey Bussgang

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “I have long aspired to make our Company a noble prototype of industry: penetrating in science, reliable in engineering,... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Sharing Knowledge of Innovation in India

India today that illustrate how rapidly things are changing,” says Tewari, counting among them InMobi, the company he founded, which has grown into the world’s largest independently owned mobile advertising company, with more than 1.4... View Details

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How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America

visits," admitted Cal. "In-person meetings give us a chance to see things that we can’t see in a Zoom meeting—for instance, how people in the company interact. We also might have the chance to observe a company’s manufacturing or... View Details

12 Aug 2014
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First Look: August 12

2009, the company embarked on a journey to build "One-Firm" with a unifying culture and governance system across business groups. IDFC aimed to provide seamless access to products and expertise... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Fostering Candor in Teams and Organizations

organizational culture can be established and communicated. An organization may have an environment that encourages casual dress to promote individuality and comfort, it could fund advanced education and training, or it could establish a... View Details

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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets | MBA

discussing Argentina’s skyrocketing inflation rate with students, Gerardo Lietz notes that they didn’t fully comprehend how it has affected the economy and consumer behaviors until they were in country. “They were surprised by the extent to which the View Details

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Lawrence and Nitin Nohria

leaders were all able to create and sustain a corporate culture that allowed their employees opportunities to express and fulfill all four drives. They were hard drivers of performance-constantly pushing their View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2022
News

An Rx for Small Business Recovery

organizations, all of which are consumer-facing. “It’s a chance for them to understand firsthand the challenges these companies face right now and what it will take to keep this critical segment of our unique entrepreneurial View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2013
News

Harvest Time

Morgan Stanley and after launching an adventure-tour start-up, Ransom cofounded Wildfire, a social media marketing company acquired last year by Google for a reported $350 million. Discussing her thoughts on leadership and the View Details

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28 Feb 2025
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Joy to the World

and how these ideas can improve towns, organizations, and companies alike. READ MORE DM: When did you start thinking about community joy? JP: I was in foster care partly because of my birth mother's mental illness and was aware of the... View Details

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Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Business School, olvwork88210 Founded in 1881 by two non-Native white men, John Healy and Charles Bigelow, the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company sold “healing” salves and cures, including a concoction they called “Sagwa.” Allegedly derived... View Details

24 Jun 2002
Research & Ideas

Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society

best ad in the world won't make a dent if its message and the cultural moment are not aligned. One of Holt's inspirations was to juxtapose how brands maintain cultural value in the face of View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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