Corporate Values - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

'more advanced' approaches to corporate strategy, company organization, worker morale and productivity, and so on. "I wanted to find a successful, well-established manufacturing company with a single product line and a clear,... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2005
News

Answering the Call

advanced’ approaches to corporate strategy, company organization, worker morale and productivity, and so on. I wanted to find a successful, well-established manufacturing company with a single product line and a clear, consistent approach... View Details

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

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

that unite us and then show those values to the world. By the way, this is in the interest of major corporations and businesspeople, because when there's a positive aura about America, it makes it easier for... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

the wrong things and doesn't create value for the consumer. In this Q&A, Porter discusses his research.Roger Thompson: What went wrong with the American model? On paper it looks ideal. It's private, it's competitive, yet it doesn't... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

superior product, adding to the probability of success. However, OSS has disadvantages too. Most importantly, it comes from behind in terms of market share (installed base). Because the value of an operating system depends critically on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

02 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Networked Incubators: Hothouses of the New Economy

mechanisms of a properly designed incubator transcend any individual's capacity to network. To summarize, networked incubators provide value through preferential network access while fostering entrepreneurial drive and offering economies... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Henry W. Chesbrough, Nitin Nohria & Donald N. Sull

20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

regulations may be outdated in the era of Uber—not to mention other successful companies in the so-called sharing economy, such as the travel home-rental website Airbnb (currently valued at $25.5 billion). But he argues that it’s... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

03 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 3

quite limited. The best path forward involves extensive experimentation and careful evaluation. Publisher's link: http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/I/bo18508109.html August 2013 Advances in Strategic Management The Effect of Institutional Factors on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2009
News

Honoring HBS’s Organization Men

Our Choices. Lorsch, who began his work as a doctoral student under the guidance of Lawrence, explained how his research had led him to think about the connection between corporate boards and organization design. Lorsch noted that Fritz... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

12 Feb 2020
News

Culture Shift at Big Blue

among the old guard of tech firms, is due for shift in culture. A former COO at Delta Airlines, Whitehurst joined Red Hat as CEO in 2008. Although his corporate background may have seemed like a surprising fit for Red Hat—the open-source... View Details

Keywords: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

career. The inherent value of the Harvard MBA enables you to take game-changing risks that others might not be able to avail themselves of. You will always be able to find a "job." Therefore, when a chance is presented to take a role or... View Details

20 Sep 2016
First Look

September 20, 2016

can harness volunteer leadership for transformative change; and how professionals can sustain core values in the midst of daily routine. The diverse array of writers with international reputations in their fields makes it the only book of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2015
News

Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right

They’ve had their opinions so valued at home that they can’t help but expect the rest of the world to receive them the same way. When they show up at work, we inherit that. They believe they’ve got something to give the world and are... View Details

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

organizations have made sizable investments in information technology. They’ve used their IT systems to replace paper records with electronic ones and to improve billing processes, thereby boosting revenue. But so far, IT has been of little View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

October 2013 (Revised September 2014)
Case

The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal

By: Lucy White, Benjamin C. Esty and Lisa Mazzanti

On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general... View Details

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19 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Making a Broader Impact with Multiple Disciplines

machine guidance for intelligent surgery. I provided oversight on upstream marketing, technical product development, and clinical / corporate partnerships, which positioned the company to pursue a successful Series A round this summer. ... View Details

21 Aug 2017
Blog Post

From Germany to HBS

corporate governance or redistribution of wealth in society, a European and German perspective was incredibly valuable in the classroom. I would like to share three pieces of advice specifically for prospective German students. 1) Don’t... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

New Releases

concept is no longer an idealized model," commented Bartlett in a recent interview. "It is the corporate form that companies around the world are building and managing in an ongoing routine fashion." The revised work features a new... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

25 Aug 2014
News

Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987

razor-sharp focus on the future. Although the products have changed over the years—from the glass bulbs for Thomas Edison’s electric light to the cover glass in Apple’s iPhones—Weeks sees a steady pattern of innovation paired with an old-fashioned commitment to values.... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2012
News

Corruption 101

that underlie corruption everywhere. As an emerging professional he must also carefully weigh the trust value of the personal relationships he is forming; his own comfort zone for ethical trade-offs; and the inherent uncertainties of... View Details

Keywords: Crop Production; Agriculture; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

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