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- 2014
- Working Paper
Speaking of Corporate Social Responsibility
By: Hao Liang, Christopher Marquis, Luc Renneboog and Sunny Li Sun
We argue that the language spoken by corporate decision makers influences their firms' social responsibility and sustainability practices. Linguists suggest that obligatory future-time-reference (FTR) in a language reduces the psychological importance of the future....
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Keywords:
Language;
Future-Time-Reference;
Categories;
Culture;
Corporate Social Responsibility;
Sustainability;
Communication;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
Liang, Hao, Christopher Marquis, Luc Renneboog, and Sunny Li Sun. "Speaking of Corporate Social Responsibility." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-082, March 2014.
- January 2016 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics
By: William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Joycelyn W. Eby
By 2015, the HNA Group had grown from its roots as Hainan Airlines, a small airline founded in 1993 into a global conglomerate that ranked #464 in the Global 500. Much of this success it had achieved by cross-industry expansion within China, but since 2008, it had...
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Keywords:
China;
Aviation And Aerospace;
Airline Industry;
Airlines;
Globalization;
Corporate Culture;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Growth and Development;
Air Transportation;
Air Transportation Industry;
China
Kirby, William C., F. Warren McFarlan, and Joycelyn W. Eby. "HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics." Harvard Business School Case 316-013, January 2016. (Revised March 2016.)
- 22 Dec 2008
- Research & Ideas
10 Reasons to Design a Better Corporate Culture
the answer lies in recognizing that strong, adaptive cultures can foster innovation, productivity, and a sense of ownership among employees and customers. They also outlast any individual charismatic leader. But how can you as a manager...
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- October 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
Global Unichip Corporation (A)
By: Willy Shih and Chen-Fu Chien
Global Unichip Corporation (GUC) is a design services company that acts as a front-end to TSMC, the world's largest semiconductor foundry. In so doing, it masked the complexity of the latest process technologies, and reduced the entry barriers for small firms to...
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Keywords:
Abstraction;
Value-network;
Entry Barriers;
Intermediaries;
Dis-intermediation;
Aggregator;
Vertical Specialization;
Technology Adoption;
Digital Platforms;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Horizontal Integration;
Vertical Integration;
Technological Innovation;
Innovation Strategy;
Innovation and Management;
Industry Structures;
Information Infrastructure;
Complexity;
Information Technology;
Semiconductor Industry;
Technology Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Taiwan
Shih, Willy, and Chen-Fu Chien. "Global Unichip Corporation (A)." Harvard Business School Case 613-048, October 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- January–February 2019
- Article
Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance
By: Claudine Gartenberg, Andrea Prat and George Serafeim
We construct a measure of corporate purpose within a sample of U.S. companies based on approximately 500,000 survey responses of worker perceptions about their employers. We find that this measure of purpose is not related to financial performance. However, high...
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Keywords:
Corporate Purpose;
Purpose;
Employee Motivation;
Belief Systems;
Corporate Performance;
Human Capital;
Middle Management;
Culture;
Corporate Culture;
Meaning;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Culture;
Employees;
Perception;
Values and Beliefs;
Performance Effectiveness
Gartenberg, Claudine, Andrea Prat, and George Serafeim. "Corporate Purpose and Financial Performance." Organization Science 30, no. 1 (January–February 2019): 1–18.
- Article
Linking Corporate Culture to Strategic Planning
By: Rohit Deshpandé and A. Parasuraman
Deshpandé, Rohit, and A. Parasuraman. "Linking Corporate Culture to Strategic Planning." Business Horizons 29, no. 3 (May–June 1986): 28–37.
- September–October 2012
- Article
Toward a New Culture for Corporate Boards
By: Robert C. Pozen
A decade of business scandals and regulatory reforms find corporate America... facing fresh scandals and calls for more reforms. Robert Pozen, former chair of MFS Investment, noted director, and Harvard Business School faculty member, wonders if we have been fixing the...
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Pozen, Robert C. "Toward a New Culture for Corporate Boards." Corporate Board (September–October 2012).
- July 2022
- Teaching Note
Netflix: A Creative Approach to Culture and Agility
By: Ranjay Gulati, Matt Higgins and Allison Ciechanover
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 420-055 and 423-026.
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Keywords:
Netflix;
Corporate Culture;
Streaming;
Media;
Technology;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation Strategy;
Leadership Style;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
Motion Pictures and Video Industry;
Technology Industry;
California
- Editorial
How Laws and Culture Hold Back Socially Minded Companies
By: George Serafeim, Daniela Saltzman and Bronagh Ward
Keywords:
Corporate Purpose;
Benefit Corporation;
Short-termism;
Culture;
Corporate Law;
Shareholder Activism
Serafeim, George, Daniela Saltzman, and Bronagh Ward. "How Laws and Culture Hold Back Socially Minded Companies." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 18, 2017).
- Fast Answer
Corporate extensions: global
Where can I find definitions of company extensions (e.g., Ltd) and security identifiers (e.g., CUSIP)? CorporateInformation: Under the Tools menu, click Definitions &...
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- October 8, 2012
- Column
Henkel's Culture Shift
By: Robert Simons
This case descriibes a CEO-led organizational transformation driven by stretch goals, performance measurement, and accountability. When Kasper Rorsted became CEO of Henkel, a Germany-based producer of personal care, laundry, and adhesives products, in 2008, he was...
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- June 1996
- Background Note
Summary of Corporate Culture and Performance
By: Lynn S. Paine
Paine, Lynn S. "Summary of Corporate Culture and Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 396-407, June 1996.
- 23 Sep 2015
- News
Carly Fiorina is corporate culture incarnate
- 2014
- Chapter
Corporate Social Responsibility and Multinational Corporations
By: Nien-he Hsieh and Florian Wettstein
A central question that arises from the perspective of global ethics is what standards ought to apply to the activities of multinational corporations (MNCs). This chapter surveys the contemporary theoretical literature on this question. The first section provides...
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Keywords:
Multinational Corporation;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Standards
Hsieh, Nien-he, and Florian Wettstein. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Multinational Corporations." Chap. 19 in The Routledge Handbook of Global Ethics, edited by Darrel Moellendorf and Heather Widdows, 251–266. London: Routledge, 2014.
- November 1990 (Revised November 1991)
- Case
Apple Computer (B): Managing Morale and Corporate Culture
Explores how the human resource function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Analyzes the culture and morale at Apple. Apple has a very unique culture. Moreover, morale within the company is at a low. The culture is powerful in aiding the company...
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Keywords:
Attitudes;
Organizational Culture;
Employees;
Business Strategy;
Computer Industry;
United States
Gibbs, Michael J. "Apple Computer (B): Managing Morale and Corporate Culture." Harvard Business School Case 491-041, November 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
- 10 May 2021
- News
The Global Cultural Lens of AI
- 09 Nov 2017
- News