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- 2016
- Book
Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development
By: Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman
During the nineteenth century, the United States entered the ranks of the world's most advanced and dynamic economies. At the same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism...
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Beckert, Sven and Seth Rockman, eds. Slavery's Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
- July 2012
- Supplement
How Much? (B)
By: Clayton Rose
The leader of a small business team must deal with an employee who is unwilling to reveal to him the profitability of a transaction for the firm and client.
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Rose, Clayton. "How Much? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-005, July 2012.
- December 1998
- Supplement
Franco Bernabe, Video
By: Linda A. Hill and Jennifer Suesse
Contains interview excerpts. Franco Bernabe discusses becoming a leader, reflections on leadership vision, ethics, leadership style, changes in the future of ENI.
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Hill, Linda A., and Jennifer Suesse. "Franco Bernabe, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 499-501, December 1998.
- February 1992 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Competitive Information Policy at United Technologies
By: Lynn S. Paine
Paine, Lynn S. "Competitive Information Policy at United Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 392-091, February 1992. (Revised May 1993.)
- 05 Oct 2022
- News
The Chat: Driving Purpose and Profit ft. George Serafeim
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
Harvard study singles out a game-changing economic opportunity
- September 30, 2019
- Article
Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Today, we have made climate change trivial by making its solutions easy, looking for simple answers that are palatable, generally framing it in the language of commerce. In the long run, it won’t work. There is no technological or political silver bullet to solving our...
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Hoffman, Andrew J. "Climate Change and Our Emerging Cultural Shift." Behavioral Scientist (September 30, 2019).
- 2022
- Working Paper
Beliefs about Gender Differences in Social Preferences
By: Christine L Exley, Oliver P. Hauser, Molly Moore and John-Henry Pezzuto
While there is a vast (and mixed) literature on gender differences in social preferences, little is known about believed gender differences in social preferences. This paper documents robust evidence for believed gender differences in social preferences. Across a wide...
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Exley, Christine L., Oliver P. Hauser, Molly Moore, and John-Henry Pezzuto. "Beliefs about Gender Differences in Social Preferences." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-079, June 2022.
- 2022
- Chapter
Luxury Tourism and Environmentalism
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter examines the evolution of luxury tourism and its environmental impact. Whilst mass tourism is widely seen as environmentally damaging, the impact of luxury tourism is nuanced. During the first stage of the growth in the nineteenth century, the numbers of...
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Keywords:
Luxury Consumption;
Environmentalism;
Tourism;
Green Business;
Luxury;
History;
Ethics;
Globalization;
Environmental Management;
Business History;
Tourism Industry;
Antarctica;
Latin America;
North and Central America;
Europe;
Switzerland;
Chile;
Costa Rica;
Africa;
Kenya
Jones, Geoffrey. "Luxury Tourism and Environmentalism." Chap. 27 in The Oxford Handbook of Luxury Business, edited by Pierre-Yves Donzé, Véronique Pouillard, and Joanne Roberts, 571–590. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2022.
- June 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Supplement
Eric Hawkins Leading Agile Teams @ Digitally-Born AppFolio (B)
By: Tsedal Neeley, Paul Leonardi and Michael Norris
Supplements the (A) case, HBS No. 419-066, and provides information about what happened after the (A) case ends.
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Keywords:
Agile;
Values;
Vision;
Corporate Culture;
Leadership;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture;
Values and Beliefs;
Digital Transformation;
Technology Industry;
United States;
California
Neeley, Tsedal, Paul Leonardi, and Michael Norris. "Eric Hawkins Leading Agile Teams @ Digitally-Born AppFolio (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 419-088, June 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- Article
The Interplay Between Sharing Behavior and Beliefs About Others in Children During Dictator Games
By: Hernando Santamaría-García, María Luz González-Gadea, Rafael Di Tella, Agustín Ibáñez and Mariano Sigman
Previous studies in adults demonstrated that beliefs and sharing decisions in social scenarios are closely related. However, to date, little is known about the development of this relationship in children. By using a modified dictator game, we assessed sharing behavior...
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Keywords:
Dictator Game;
Altruism;
Generosity;
Development;
Conveniently Upset;
Behavior;
Values and Beliefs;
Perception;
Decision Making
Santamaría-García, Hernando, María Luz González-Gadea, Rafael Di Tella, Agustín Ibáñez, and Mariano Sigman. "The Interplay Between Sharing Behavior and Beliefs About Others in Children During Dictator Games." Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 166 (February 2018): 451–464.
- 2018
- Chapter
New Prospects for Organizational Democracy?: How the Joint Pursuit of Social and Financial Goals Challenges Traditional Organizational Designs
By: Julie Battilana, Michael Fuerstein and Michael Lee
For an extended period during the first half of the 20th century, industrial democracy was a vibrant movement, with ideological and organizational ties to a thriving unionism. In 2015, however, things look different. While there are instances of democracy in the...
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Battilana, Julie, Michael Fuerstein, and Michael Lee. "New Prospects for Organizational Democracy? How the Joint Pursuit of Social and Financial Goals Challenges Traditional Organizational Designs." In Capitalism Beyond Mutuality? Perspectives Integrating Philosophy and Social Science, edited by Subramanian Rangan, 256–288. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2018.
- May 2017
- Case
Buffer.com
By: Susanna Gallani, Tiffany Y. Chang, Brian J. Hall and Jee Eun Shin
Social media company Buffer wanted to establish clear company values early in its growth. One of these values was a commitment to transparency in its company practices. Buffer openly shared its business strategies and fundraising decks, among lots of other information....
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Keywords:
Compensation;
Compensation Design;
Company Values;
Culture;
Transparency;
Compensation and Benefits;
Organizational Culture;
Values and Beliefs
Gallani, Susanna, Tiffany Y. Chang, Brian J. Hall, and Jee Eun Shin. "Buffer.com." Harvard Business School Case 917-019, May 2017.
- Article
Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs About Others' Altruism
By: Rafael Di Tella, Ricardo Perez-Truglia, Andres Babino and Mariano Sigman
We present results from a “corruption game” (a dictator game modified so that recipients can take a side payment in exchange for accepting a reduction in the overall size of the pie). Dictators (silently) treated to be able to take more of the recipient’s tokens, took...
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Keywords:
Convenient Beliefs;
Cognitive Dissonance;
Values and Beliefs;
Behavior;
Cognition and Thinking
Di Tella, Rafael, Ricardo Perez-Truglia, Andres Babino, and Mariano Sigman. "Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs About Others' Altruism." American Economic Review 105, no. 11 (November 2015): 3416–3442.
- 2015
- Article
Regulator Leniency and Mispricing in Beneficent Nonprofits
By: Jonas Heese, Ranjani Krishnan and Frank Moers
We posit that nonprofits that provide a greater supply of unprofitable services (beneficent nonprofits) face lenient regulatory enforcement for mispricing in price-regulated markets. Consequently, beneficent nonprofits exploit such regulatory leniency and exhibit...
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- 2011
- Chapter
Honest Rationales for Dishonest Behavior
By: F. Gino and S., Ayal
Gino, F., and S., Ayal. "Honest Rationales for Dishonest Behavior." In The Social Psychology of Morality: Exploring the Causes of Good and Evil, edited by M. Mikulincer and P.R. Shaver, 149–166. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2011.
- November 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Case
A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism
By: Karthik Ramanna and Matthew Shaffer
Two lost decades later, capitalism in Japan embodies peculiar contradictions—preserving wealth and social stability in the face of declining economic power. Scant transparency in Japanese corporate practices plays an important role in this phenomenon. Sometimes...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Economic Systems;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Fairness;
Values and Beliefs;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Civil Society or Community;
Japan;
Tokyo
Ramanna, Karthik, and Matthew Shaffer. "A Politician in a Leather Suit and the Paradox of Japanese Capitalism." Harvard Business School Case 113-026, November 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- 04 Feb 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Risk Preferences and Misconduct: Evidence from Politicians
- December 2019
- Article
Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence from Fire Sales
By: Andrea Barbon, Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni and Augustin Landier
Using trade-level data, we study whether brokers play a role in spreading order flow information. We focus on large portfolio liquidations, which result in temporary drops in stock prices, and identify the brokers that intermediate these trades. We show that these...
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Keywords:
Predatory Trading;
Back Running;
Fire Sales;
Brokers;
Stocks;
Price;
Information;
Knowledge Dissemination;
Ethics
Barbon, Andrea, Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni, and Augustin Landier. "Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence from Fire Sales." Journal of Finance 74, no. 6 (December 2019): 2707–2749. (LEAD ARTICLE.)