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  • 29 Apr 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?

punish the person socially, such as by assigning them boring tasks. These results held across age groups and cultures. (One study compared the perceptions of American participants with those of participants from Austria, Germany, and... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 29 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 29

financially constrained. Download working paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2338575 Social Norms Versus Social Responsibility: False Expectations of Leniency in the Punishment of Transgressions By: Gino, Francesca,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

anticipate this negative relational impact, exposing them to unanticipated adverse consequences when they ignore the advice they receive. Moreover, these effects are compounded by advisor expertise: expert advisors are more likely to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 4

advantageous for production of designs Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2321691 Off the Hook? Mistaken Expectations of Leniency in the Punishment of Transgressions By: Moore, Celia, Lamar Pierce, and Francesca Gino... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
  • 01 Feb 1999
  • News

Short Takes

members of a work team believe that well-intentioned efforts, regardless of outcome, will neither be seen negatively nor lead to punishment or rejection? New research by HBS assistant professor Amy C. Edmondson shows that such teams are... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
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  • 01 Mar 2007
  • News

Daniel Vasella

health-care professionals. So the primary responsibility for health care is and remains with governments to take care of their citizens. And in many cases, unfortunately, it appears that government leaders care more about their own pockets than about the well-being of... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance
  • 27 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 27

of rapid technological change. Free to Punish? The American Dream and the Harsh Treatment of Criminals Authors:Rafael Di Tella Publication:CATO Papers on Public Policy 1 (2011) Abstract We describe the evolution of selective aspects of View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

Sam Hayes

increasing its budget and the resources for its enforcement arm and making surprise “inspections” much more frequent. Those who violate the law or SEC rules should be punished severely. Using fines is not sufficient. I think people have... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 01 Dec 2007
  • News

Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?

had difficulty obtaining peer-reviewed government research funds for nearly a decade. Third parties’ lock-hold on reimbursement punishes innovators. When the Duke University Medical Center’s innovative new program for people with... View Details
Keywords: Regina E. Herzlinger; Health, Social Assistance; Management
  • 13 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril

paper details the results of nine studies showing that advisors not only get offended when their guidance is disregarded, but they may punish those colleagues by denigrating them, distancing themselves—and in some cases, even severing the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 11 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

inappropriate touching that the person wouldn’t get a promotion or raise or might even be punished or fired? By tolerating bad behavior or allowing it to escalate, did the employer create a hostile work environment? Protect the accuser... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

harshly to punish such behaviors. When they make these judgments and decisions, sometimes the victims of the unethical behavior are identifiable, and sometimes they are not. In addition, in our uncertain world, sometimes an unethical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 23 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

game. We show that vertical mergers give rise to an outlets effect: the deviation profits of cheating unintegrated firms are reduced as these firms can no longer profitably sell to the downstream affiliates of their integrated rivals. Vertical mergers also result in an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

of individual investors are able to wield great influence on management teams of companies in their investment portfolios. By contrast, index funds almost run on autopilot—with no active investor analyzing companies, rewarding those that make good financial decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 01 Feb 2002
  • News

Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

will experience a crisis once every four to five years. That means that every CEO will likely face a crisis during his or her tenure. How they respond may be the most important thing they do during their entire tenure because the stock market and investors View Details
Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; National Security and International Affairs; Government
  • 24 Jul 2014
  • Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

along partisan lines, from overhauling the US corporate tax to punishing companies who choose to move elsewhere. On July 22, 2014, Mihir A. Desai, Miuzho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School, testified before... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical
  • 02 Feb 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?

Queda" (Mike Donahue). Among the many commenting on the Enron case, nearly all felt that change was warranted, but few believed that significant change would come from it. The general sense of these comments was that investors, by View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

behaviors imposed relatively little direct harm on victims. As a result of perceiving behaviors to be less unethical, people punished highly creative forms of unethical behavior less severely than they View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 May 2016
  • HBS Case

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

is paying attention and is effectively punishing brands that do not deliver 100 percent food safety,” Quelch says. “The consumer is voting at the cash register.” Related Reading The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring? Decommoditizing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage