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- 24 Feb 2021
- Lessons from the Classroom
What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace
for corporate leaders and entrepreneurs. After all, leadership challenges, strategic choices, and high-stakes negotiations are constants not only in conflicts among nations, but in the business world, too, he points out. So business...
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by Lane Lambert
- 28 Nov 2023
- Book
Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?
competition and do not commit to protecting fundamental rights. I find that, sometimes, businesspeople seem attracted to one-party regimes because they seem efficient or lack political conflict. But political conflict is always present in...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
The imperial encounter with political economy was neither uniform across political, economic, cultural, and religious constellations nor static across time. The contributions collected in this volume address, with undeniable pertinence for the struggles of later...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron
gambles failed to satisfy its voracious appetite for cash to support its commodity-trading operations, and in 1997, profits declined. This prompted the company to sell overvalued, underperforming assets to off-balance-sheet partnerships controlled by chief financial...
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- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
of confusion and burnout. Teams are failing to meet deadlines and executives tell me they see an increase in petty conflicts and a parallel pandemic of short tempers, exposed nerves, and increased sensitivity to perceived slights. It's...
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by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- 09 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity
assuming all members of the team are pulling in the same direction. But what if they aren't? Can being exposed to intercultural conflicts and tensions have an impact even on observers who are not directly involved in these disharmonies?...
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by Michael Blanding
- October 2011
- Case
Chris and Alison Weston (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Celia Moore
Chris and Alison Weston describe how they, a well-educated middle class couple, ended up committing mail fraud, for which they each served a year and a half in federal prison. The case highlights for students how otherwise upstanding individuals much like themselves...
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Sucher, Sandra J., and Celia Moore. "Chris and Alison Weston (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-019, October 2011.
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
always seemed too quick to drill. “He was overtreating my mouth, and it didn’t make sense,” he says. "It’s only in the midst of the negotiation itself that ethical blind spots appear" In service professions, he explains, people often have View Details
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
contemplated lies within the jurisdiction of the group or whether it might conflict with the policy of some higher echelon.” “To lower morale and with it, production, be pleasant to inefficient workers; give...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Does Spirituality Drive Success?
with the whole person? In a service industry, where most jobs can be described as "menial" and entry-level, he retains employees and maintains morale by embodying his belief that "every person is created in God's image and...
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My academic research centers on uncovering and closing gaps between the theory and reality of tax policy. My main contribution has been to identify and address a mismatch between the goals for taxation typically assumed in theory and the goals the public and... View Details
- 09 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization
insights to be leveraged. These discussions are then translated into action points. Organizations should ensure internal decision-making processes incorporate conflicting points of view, if necessary designating a devil’s advocate or what...
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by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
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Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit - A Chronicle of the China Trade
Commodities, Currencies, and Balancing of the Trade Deficit Augustine Heard & Co.’s formation occurred during the First Opium War (1839–1842). The conflict broke out between the United Kingdom and China in part over the transport and sale...
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Events - Business History
Sumner, Andrew Carnegie, Booker T. Washington and Frederick Taylor” Kimberly Phillips-Fein, NYU 3:30 - 5:00 PM, via Zoom Nov 8 08 Nov 2021 Business History Seminar: Global Business and Society “The Solidarity Economy: Markets and Morals...
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Malcolm S. Salter
Malcolm Salter has been a member of the Harvard Business School faculty since 1967. His teaching and research focus on issues of corporate strategy, organization, and governance.
In addition to teaching at HBS, he has held faculty positions at the Harvard... View Details
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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
oral contraceptive pill Influence: High 70 1970 s 19 National Organization for Women mobilizes for Equal Rights Amendment Roe v. Wade legalizes abortion Social discord continues over Vietnam War and civil rights Watergate scandal undermines faith in authority...
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2.4 Disciplinary Process - MBA
religious, spiritual, and moral support for all members of the university community. Duration of Disciplinary Process Cases ordinarily are considered as quickly as is reasonably possible, given the need to investigate matters carefully....
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- 28 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration
says, “but to what seems morally right during a particular period in certain circles.” The authors also differentiate between political incorrectness and other types of insensitive communications, such as hate speech. [div...
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by Kristen Senz
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
in the face of strong disagreements? Philip Blackett’s book is a guidebook for engaging in thoughtful and respectful debates, even during polarizing conversations. Through a five-step framework, you will learn how to transform conflict...
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Charts & Statistics - Leadership
and civil rights Watergate scandal undermines faith in authority Influence: Medium-Low 80 1980 s 19 Moral Majority "Me" generation Focus on training and fitness Income gap widens dramatically AIDS Influence: High 90 1990 s Internet...
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