Risk Sharing - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2013
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Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (B)

This case picks up (from the end of the "A" case) the detailed story of the KGB's high-pressure negotiations with Harvard doctoral student Bruce Allyn to recruit him as a secret asset for the Soviet spy agency. The "A" case describes how, at the tense height of the... View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Bargaining; Hard Bargaining; KGB; Espionage; Spying; War; National Security; Alliances; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Cambridge; Moscow; Soviet Union

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05 Sep 2023
Book

Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

Four steps to failing successfully As an antidote to the harmful negative emotions failure elicits, Edmondson suggests reframing failure by following a four-step approach: persistence, reflection, accountability, and apologizing. Persistence: In the book, Edmondson... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

Financial Reporting ; Social Media ; Banks and Banking ; Financing and Loans ; Investment Portfolio ; Interest Rates ; Debt Securities ; Risk and Uncertainty ; Financial Statements ; Risk Management ;... View Details

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Help - Alumni

username and password are not shared with the HBS login credentials. Where can I learn more about Harvard Key? More on HarvardKey is available at: https://alumni.harvard.edu/help/site-access/harvardkey HBS Email HBS Alumni Email Protocol... View Details

15 May 2024
Research & Ideas

A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better

rate on a scale from zero to five the level of driving automation they preferred for themselves, while the rest of the group shared the level they preferred for others. Level zero of the scale, which was developed by the Society of... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation; Auto

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)

acquire, the more we are faced with this dilemma. If we want the opportunity to use knowledge to benefit consumers we should not shy away from learning more about the inner workings of the human mind. This also runs the risk that some... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

31 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

you are the largest or not.” When demographics change, so do attitudes One question the researchers considered: Would white people still be racist toward the most prominent minority group as new groups arrived and grew? After all, if whites were to hold onto such... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

December 2007
Article

Private Power in Indonesia

By: Louis T. Wells

The Asian Currency Crisis led to the collapse of agreements Indonesia had negotiated for private electric power only a few years earlier. The ensuing struggle meant bad publicity and several hundred million dollars in costs for Indonesia. As Indonesia in 2007 was... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Government Legislation; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Risk Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Government Relations; Indonesia

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24 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 24

information has increased considerably in the last decade, companies are still failing to disclose material information in a comparable format. We believe this has two downsides. On the one hand, companies are not adequately managing important business issues. On the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

democratized both inside and outside of companies. In the past, CEOs and other senior leaders were seen as the legitimate strategic decision-makers because they had more access to data and could decide if and when to share it. With much... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

sentiment in the US stock market More Info Leverage and the Beta Anomaly By: Malcolm P. Baker & Jeffrey Wurgler AUG 2020 Baker, Hoeyer, and Wurgler propose a simple tradeoff theory to explain the well-known weak empirical relationship between beta View Details

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FAQs - Alumni

(GHG) emissions . HBS has received requests to provide carbon credit recommendations to offset travel emissions as some don't deliver their expected GHG reductions. HBS is sharing a link to the CNaught offset platform as they curated a... View Details

29 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

The Rising Cost of Consumer Attention: Why You Should Care, and What You Can Do about It

Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira

07 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

lean—conditions that make it hard for leaders and their employees to take the risks required for innovation. Unfortunately, according to our survey, only 5 percent of executives consider the employee experience one of their top two... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards

19 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value

directors. In order to qualify, shareholders had to have owned at least 3 percent of a firm's shares for at least the prior three years. Still, the announcement drew ire from some business groups, including the US Chamber of Commerce and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

10 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 10

(EH) in inflation-indexed (or real) bonds and in nominal bonds in the U.S. and in the U.K. We strongly reject the EH in inflation-indexed bonds and also confirm and update the existing evidence rejecting the EH in nominal bonds. This rejection implies that the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

2024 The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News Re: Jillian J. Jordan 15 Oct 2024 We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them? Re: Julian J. Zlatev 04 Oct 2024 Research-Based... View Details

09 May 2021
Blog Post

Meet the MoMBAs – Persisting Through a Difficult Year

similarly nuanced effect on Americans. For mothers, particularly student mothers, COVID-19 has brought about a host of new challenges, including childcare, isolation, a million decisions on risk tolerance, and increased burdens. It also... View Details

24 Apr 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

the defining characteristic of the best ones is courage to make bold moves that transform their businesses. Courageous leaders take risks that go against the grain of their organizations. They make decisions with the potential for... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage

04 Jun 2020
Blog Post

What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives

for White, South Asian, Latinx, and Asian allies for Black lives. White folks: we need to educate ourselves about racism and stop putting that burden on our classmates of color. Talk to your networks about racism. Risk losing social... View Details

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