Punishment - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2017
What Do You Think?

Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?

development for the sectors where jobs are being created.” Dolembo suggested a multi-faceted response: “Fund student loans, stop punishing those who get the training at community colleges and share in the investment for these poor kids... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

19 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Inexperienced Investors and Market Bubbles

"sticky"—funds that perform well attract considerable inflows, but funds that underperform receive only modest outflows. Thus, it's not clear that inexperienced managers were punished for the decisions they made during the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

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

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

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

location. Watch as the new tools take too much time and make it harder to get the work done, then punish people for their resistance to change. And last, but not least, never forget that the company, not the customer, is in the driver's... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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

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

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 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

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

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

Werker Abstract Using rainfall, public relief, and election data from India, we examine how governments respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2020
Blog Post

6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

punishment and dominant leadership. Tightness seems to be an adequate coping response to an immediate crisis such as a pandemic, as it requires people’s strict compliance to a new set of rules, such as social distancing, to protect people... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

describes a growing experimental literature that suggests how perceived ethics surrounding transactions with multiple partners can encourage misbehavior. It is noted that causing harm indirectly through another can protect harm doers. Harm doers are apparently... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World

employees, their investors, and their partners, knowing that if they don't, then the market will punish them. “If you don't appear to be making good on those commitments, a lot of your key assets will go out the door” "Those commitments... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

bullying, and disdain for the concerns of others. Each act of indignity lengthens the line of offended parties who are eager to join the vigilante squad seeking punishment for the moguls. LOL, other news outlets. Remember the classic... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

How Small Wins Unleash Creativity

and successes. "Ideally this means having managers and coworkers who, if you try something and it fails, will not punish you or ridicule you, but will say, 'OK, what happened? Do you know what went wrong and why? Let's figure it... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks

for everyone. Raman: The other part of this theme, the control aspect, is really about incentives—about how to reward people for doing what you want them to do and how to punish them for doing what you don't want them to do. Lastly, the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Feb 2021
Blog Post

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

employees' mental well-being in punishing times. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, at once forceful and compassionate, remarked that one of the criticisms she's faced over the years is that "I'm not aggressive enough or assertive... View Details