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- February 2018
- Article
Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk
By: Robert Bushman, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey and Abbie Smith
We investigate how the prevalence of materialistic bank CEOs has evolved over time and how risk management policies, non-CEO executives’ behavior, and tail risk vary with CEO materialism. We document that the proportion of banks run by materialistic CEOs increased...
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Keywords:
Management;
Personal Characteristics;
Behavior;
Risk Management;
Organizational Culture;
Banks and Banking;
Banking Industry
Bushman, Robert, Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith. "Bank CEO Materialism: Risk Controls, Culture and Tail Risk." Journal of Accounting & Economics 65, no. 1 (February 2018): 191–220.
- 2006
- Chapter
Stereotype Content and Relative Group Status Across Cultures
By: S.T. Fiske and A.J.C. Cuddy
Keywords:
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Prejudice and Bias;
Status and Position;
Groups and Teams
Fiske, S.T., and A.J.C. Cuddy. "Stereotype Content and Relative Group Status Across Cultures." In Social Comparison Processes and Levels of Analysis: Understanding Culture, Intergroup Relations and Cognition, edited by S. Guimond, 249–263. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
- Supplement
Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (B)
The case complements Pasta Serafina (A) by describing the aftermath of a town hall meeting in which management had publicly denounced the absenteeism problem and challenged the employees to find a solution. In spite of the initial mistrust against management, the fear...
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Keywords:
Absenteeism;
Employees;
Behavior;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Employee Relationship Management;
Problems and Challenges;
Decision Making;
Performance Evaluation
Gallani, Susanna, Francesca Gino, and Raffaella Sadun. "Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 120-014, September 2019. (Revised December 2022.)
- 2009
- Article
Social Structure Shapes Cultural Stereotypes and Emotions: A Causal Test of the Stereotype Content Model
By: P. Caprariello, A.J.C. Cuddy and S.T. Fiske
The stereotype content model (SCM) posits that social structure predicts specific cultural stereotypes and associated emotional prejudices (Fiske et al., 2002). No prior evidence at a societal level has manipulated both structural predictors and measured both...
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Keywords:
Competency and Skills;
Mathematical Methods;
Emotions;
Personal Characteristics;
Prejudice and Bias;
Status and Position;
Culture;
Competition
Caprariello, P., A.J.C. Cuddy, and S.T. Fiske. "Social Structure Shapes Cultural Stereotypes and Emotions: A Causal Test of the Stereotype Content Model." Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 12, no. 2 (2009): 147–155.
- 24 May 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture
- February 2002
- Article
Cognitions and Behavior in Asymmetric Social Dilemmas: A Comparision of Two Cultures
By: Kimberly Wade-Benzoni, Tetsushi Okmura, Jeanne M Brett, Don A Moore, Ann Tenbrunsel and M. H. Bazerman
Wade-Benzoni, Kimberly, Tetsushi Okmura, Jeanne M Brett, Don A Moore, Ann Tenbrunsel, and M. H. Bazerman. "Cognitions and Behavior in Asymmetric Social Dilemmas: A Comparision of Two Cultures." Journal of Applied Psychology 87, no. 1 (February 2002): 87–95.
- 2017
- Working Paper
Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture
By: Ai Hisano
This working paper examines the remarkable growth of wine consumption in the United States since the 1960s. The country is now the largest wine consumer in the world, exceeding the wine-producing European countries such as France and Italy, which had long dominated...
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Keywords:
Marketing Strategy;
Industry Growth;
Transformation;
Perception;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States
Hisano, Ai. "Reinventing the American Wine Industry: Marketing Strategies and the Construction of Wine Culture." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-099, May 2017.
- April 2012
- Article
Beyond Individual Creativity: The Superadditive Benefits of Multicultural Experience for Collective Creativity in Culturally Diverse Teams
By: Carmit Tadmor, Patricia Satterstrom, Sujin Jang and Jeffrey Polzer
Although recent research has consistently demonstrated the benefits of multicultural experience for individual-level creativity, its potential advantages for collective creativity in culturally diverse teams have yet to be explored. We predicted that multicultural...
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- 2004
- Other Unpublished Work
Sudden Conflict: The Clash of Cultures at the Heart of Crisis Management
By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
- 8 Aug 2008 - 13 Aug 2008
- Conference Presentation
Cultural Intelligence, Trust and the Sharing of New Ideas in Multicultural Networks
By: Roy Y.J. Chua and M. W. Morris
- Article
Cultural Diversity at Work: The Moderating Effects of Work Group Perspectives on Diversity
By: R. J. Ely and D. A. Thomas
Ely, R. J., and D. A. Thomas. "Cultural Diversity at Work: The Moderating Effects of Work Group Perspectives on Diversity." Administrative Science Quarterly 46, no. 2 (June 2001): 229–273. (Winner of Administrative Science Quarterly Award for Scholarly Contribution Given annually for the most significant paper in the field of organization studies published in ASQ five years earlier.)
- Article
Effects of Cultural Ethnicity, Firm Size, and Firm Age on Senior Executives' Trust in Their Overseas Business Partners: Evidence from China
By: Crystal Jiang, Roy Y.J. Chua, Masaaki Kotabe and Janet Murray
We investigate trust relationships between senior business executives and their overseas partners. Drawing on the similarity-attraction paradigm, social-categorization theory, and the distinction between cognition- and affect-based trust, we argue that executives trust...
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Keywords:
Ethnicity;
Culture;
Management Teams;
Cognition and Thinking;
Networks;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Size;
Trust;
China
Jiang, Crystal, Roy Y.J. Chua, Masaaki Kotabe, and Janet Murray. "Effects of Cultural Ethnicity, Firm Size, and Firm Age on Senior Executives' Trust in Their Overseas Business Partners: Evidence from China." Journal of International Business Studies 42, no. 9 (December 2011): 1150–1173. (Equal Authorship Among All Authors.)
- 5 Aug 2005 - 10 Aug 2005
- Conference Presentation
The effects of culture and network density on trust in Chinese vs American managerial networks
By: Roy Y.J. Chua, M. W. Morris and P. Ingram
- May 2021
- Case
Career at a Crossroads? (A)
By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
A career professional at a major consumer goods company, Kym Lew Nelson is hoping to negotiate a promotion to vice president, which would make her one of the senior-most African American women in the organization. But when Nelson’s white German boss arrives in the...
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Keywords:
Culture;
Negotiation;
Race;
Gender;
Organizational Culture;
Prejudice and Bias;
United States
Sebenius, James K., and Alex Green. "Career at a Crossroads? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 921-018, May 2021.
- Article
Strong Leadership and Teamwork Drive Culture and Performance Change: Ohio State University Medical Center 2000–2006
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Fred Sanfilippo, Neeli Bendapudi and Anthony Rucci
Several characteristics of academic health centers have the potential to create high levels of internal conflict and misalignment that can pose significant leadership challenges.
In September 2000, the positions of Ohio State University (OSU) senior vice... View Details
Keywords:
Employee Relationship Management;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Improvement;
Customer Satisfaction;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leading Change;
Service Delivery;
Satisfaction;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
Ohio
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Fred Sanfilippo, Neeli Bendapudi, and Anthony Rucci. "Strong Leadership and Teamwork Drive Culture and Performance Change: Ohio State University Medical Center 2000–2006." Academic Medicine 83, no. 9 (September 2008).
- 2024
- Working Paper
Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany
By: Philipp Jaschke, Sulin Sardoschau and Marco Tabellini
This paper studies the effects of local threat on the assimilation of refugees, exploiting
plausibly exogenous variation in their allocation across German regions between 2013
and 2016. We use representative survey data and administrative records to measure
cultural...
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Keywords:
Assimilation;
Threat Hypothesis;
Migration;
Cultural Change;
Refugees;
Culture;
Identity;
Germany
Jaschke, Philipp, Sulin Sardoschau, and Marco Tabellini. "Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-043, December 2021. (Revised May 2024. Also available from NBER.)
- May 2021
- Supplement
Career at a Crossroads? (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green
A career professional at a major consumer goods company, Kym Lew Nelson is hoping to negotiate a promotion to vice president, which would make her one of the senior-most African American women in the organization. But when Nelson’s white German boss arrives in the...
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Sebenius, James K., and Alex Green. "Career at a Crossroads? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 921-019, May 2021.
- March 2011
- Article
Talking Past Each Other?: Cultural Framing of Skeptical and Convinced Logics in the Climate Change Debate
This article analyzes the extent to which two institutional logics around climate change—the climate change “convinced” and the climate change “skeptical” logics—are truly competing or talking past each other in a way that can be described as a logic schism. Drawing on...
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Hoffman, Andrew J. "Talking Past Each Other? Cultural Framing of Skeptical and Convinced Logics in the Climate Change Debate." Organization & Environment 24, no. 1 (March 2011): 3–33. (Winner of the 2014 Organization & Environment Best Paper Award.)
- May 2016 (Revised September 2017)
- Case
Pal's Sudden Service—Scaling an Organizational Model to Drive Growth
By: Gary P. Pisano, Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats
Pal's Sudden Service has developed a unique operating model and organizational culture in the quick service restaurant business. With a deep emphasis on process control and improvement, zero defects, extensive training, and a high level of employee engagement, Pal's...
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Keywords:
Growth Strategy;
Corporate Culture;
Operations Strategy;
Motivation;
Values;
Motivation and Incentives;
Strategy;
Values and Beliefs;
Service Operations;
Organizational Culture;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Service Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry
Pisano, Gary P., Francesca Gino, and Bradley R. Staats. "Pal's Sudden Service—Scaling an Organizational Model to Drive Growth." Harvard Business School Case 916-052, May 2016. (Revised September 2017.)
- September 2019 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
pymetrics: Early Days
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2013, CEO Frida Polli was contemplating the next steps for her start-up business, pymetrics. After receiving her PhD in neuropsychology and MBA from HBS, she was determined to put her scientific and academic knowledge to work to build a business solving real world...
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Keywords:
BrainTech;
Psychology;
Hiring;
Games;
Entrepreneur;
Start-up;
Start-up Growth;
Strategic Change;
Strategy Formulation;
Recruiting;
Corporate Culture;
Hiring Of Employees;
Start-ups;
Startup;
Startups;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Business Startups;
Strategy;
Competition;
Organizational Culture
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "pymetrics: Early Days." Harvard Business School Case 720-374, September 2019. (Revised May 2021.)