Conflict of Interests - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jun 2007
Working Paper Summaries

Leading and Creating Collaboration in Decentralized Organizations

Keywords: by Heather M. Caruso, Todd Rogers & Max Bazerman

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

may be delayed, or not happen, to the detriment of all parties. Inter-claimholder conflicts played a large role in Navistar International's restructuring. The company had amassed a $2.6 billion liability for... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online

learning objectives, and educational goals. Access Your Free Flowchart You May Also Be Interested In Strategy Business Essentials Entrepreneurship & Innovation Finance & Accounting Business in Society Marketing 84% Have more confidence... View Details

08 Feb 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Psychological Influence in Negotiation: An Introduction Long Overdue

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

26 Jan 2018
HBS Seminar

John Helveston, Boston University

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Data - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Data The BFFS Project maintains and disseminates datasets produced by active faculty affiliated with the project. Select your area of interest by topic area below for visualizations and access to excel... View Details

17 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

How Our Brain Determines if the Product is Worth the Price

neuroscience tools to shed light on how our brains make purchasing decisions. "We were interested in whether considering the price first changed how people thought about the decision process, and whether it changed the way the brain... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

17 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon, Whole Foods Deal a Big Win for Consumers

Source: 400tmax Editor's Note. Online retailing behemoth Amazon announced June 16 that it would acquire upscale grocery chain Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at more than $13 billion. Though the company has dabbled with the idea of a brick-and-mortar footprint in... View Details

Keywords: by Jose Alvarez and Len Schlesinger; Retail

07 Sep 2012
Working Paper Summaries

IP Modularity: Profiting from Innovation by Aligning Product Architecture with Intellectual Property

Keywords: by Joachim Henkel, Carliss Y. Baldwin & Willy C. Shih

17 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Women Receive Harsher Punishment at Work Than Men

afterwards, their employment prospects were pretty dismal,” says Mark Egan, an assistant professor of finance at Harvard Business School. Egan details the misconduct findings in a new working paper, “When Harry Fired Sally: The Double... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

June 2014
Article

The Capitalist's Dilemma

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Derek C. M. van Bever

Sixty months after the 2008 recession ended, the economy was still sputtering, producing disappointing growth and job numbers. Corporations seemed stuck: Despite low interest rates, they were sitting on massive piles of cash and failing to invest in new initiatives. In... View Details

Keywords: Capital Investments; Creating Markets; Evaluating Business Investments; Innovation; Emerging Markets; Investment; Economic Growth; Capital; Innovation and Invention

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Frameworks & Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

interest rates, or its currency’s value, as classical economics insists. A nation’s competitiveness depends on the capacity of its industry to innovate and upgrade.” View Details

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

September 2018 Strategy Science Applying Random Coefficient Models to Strategy Research: Identifying and Exploring Firm Heterogeneous Effects By: Alcácer, Juan, Wilbur Chung, Ashton Hawk, and Gonçalo Pacheco-de-Almeida Abstract—Strategy aims at understanding the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

Along with identifying a primary customer, you must also define your core values in a way that ranks the priority of shareholders, employees, and customers. Value statements that are lists of aspirational... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

23 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

New research from Harvard Business School reveals a stark gap in the professional ambitions of men and women. Having surveyed a diverse sample of more than 4,000 men and women, a team View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

iStock Summing Up How Should Organizations Draw the Line on Pay Transparency? There is general support for the widespread practice of disclosing pay data in "bands" associated with jobs. Fewer people would go beyond this to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

September 2023
Technical Note

Note on Difficult Conversations in the Family Enterprise

By: Christina R. Wing

The best time to have a difficult conversation is, ideally, as soon as possible. Engaging in challenging conversations early can produce beneficial results for several reasons, such as resolving issues, improving communication, preserving relationships, and increasing... View Details

Keywords: Conversation; Family Business; Interpersonal Communication; Conflict and Resolution