Minorities - Publications - Faculty & Research

29 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

European market overseas, and (3) concentrate on designing and producing new products for new and existing markets. There were several minority opinions, however. ASGMark commented, “The very idea of moving manufacturing of an American... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto

02 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 2

Publications 2006 pub Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives By: Bandiera, Oriana, Luigi Guiso, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract—We exploit a unique combination of administrative sources and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

critical thinkers Patterns of behavior strive to persuade othersdefend your positiondownplay weakness present balanced argumentsremain open to alternativesaccept constructive criticism Minority views discouraged or dismissed cultivated... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

21 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

1.3-billion-observations panel. We find that fears that strict ID requirements would disenfranchise ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged populations have not materialized. We do not find any significant effect of the laws on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

that minor emotion induction, the anxious negotiators made lower initial offers and bartered less favorable prices than the neutral participants. Anxious buyers, for example, ended up with a $6.60 final profit versus $7.94 for those who... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

totality of Tate's efforts. "The response is predominantly awe at the magnitude of what Tate has been able to pull off," she says. Still, some leaders remain skeptical. "There is a minority view of, 'Oh my goodness, we... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

Research Summary

Managing the Advantages and Tradeoffs of Collaborative Structures

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

To solve complex problems, organizations must both collect facts and use them to solve problems. In one study, my coauthors and I show that increased connectivity—measured as network... View Details

Keywords: Networks; Human Behavior; Performance; Virtual Work; Hybrid Work; Office Space; Workplace Design; Communication; Social and Collaborative Networks; Behavior; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Leadership; Management

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

Insurance built a wonderful business by selecting relatively low-risk customers from among generally high-risk motorcyclists. Step 4: Keep it simple. Don't shoot yourself in the foot by mismanaging your own product or service line. Many companies offer so many... View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

mistake. However, rather than simply discarding the mistake, the Dupont chemist gave the result some analysis and discovered that the fibers had congealed. This discovery was the first step toward the invention of nylon. With similar attention to the View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

quieter.” We heard about managers who made sure to bring in the voices of women or other staff who were in the minority, “call[ing] for the opinions of women or underrepresented minorities if their voices were more quiet.” Indeed, recent... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

27 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution

Goodyear introduced its first belted-bias tire in 1967, Firestone's Research and Development group responded with a matching product in a matter of months and provided a second generation belted bias tire within a year.8 Belted bias tires could be manufactured with... View Details

Keywords: by Donald N. Sull; Manufacturing; Transportation

05 Jul 2021
What Do You Think?

Do Companies Really Need Chief Experience Officers to Know Their Customers?

is opportunity The past few years, companies have complained of a dearth of women and minority applicants. It would be a real silver lining if the pandemic creates the wave of “new” candidates you describe. What will be even better is if... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

school degrees over the same period. Ethnic minority representation was even lower, with Hispanics and African Americans representing around 2 percent and at 1 percent respectively over the same period. “We really saw how powerful the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

such as investment banking. Consequently, many companies are actively discouraging their best young people from leaving lower-level positions for business school, arguing that their odds of success are actually better if they stay at the firm. This theme can be heard,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

2015
Working Paper

The Value of Corporate Citizenship: Protection

By: Dylan Minor

We explore the notion that corporate citizenship, as obtained through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is used by managers to protect firm value, helping their firm better withstand negative business shocks. We formally explore two parallel mechanisms for such... View Details

Keywords: Value; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Finance

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2016
Working Paper

Executive Compensation and Environmental Harm

By: Dylan Minor

We explore the relationship between managerial incentives and environmental harm. We find that high-powered executive compensation packages can increase the odds of environmental law breaking by 40%–60% and the magnitude of environmental harm by over 100%. We document... View Details

Keywords: Misconduct; Environmental Performance; Accounting Scandal; Sustainable Finance; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Executive Compensation; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Governance

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2015
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Risk Preferences and Misconduct: Evidence from Politicians

By: Dylan Minor

When seeking new leaders, business and government organizations alike often need individuals that are less risk averse, or even risk-seeking, in order to improve performance. However, individuals amenable to increased risk-taking may be more likely to engage in... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Behavior; Ethics; Government and Politics; United States

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2016
Chapter

The Organization of Non-market Strategy

By: Dylan B. Minor

The purpose of this paper is to explore how firms organize to engage in non-market strategy. To achieve this end, we explore the organization of non-market strategy via a formal model of the firm. The model is motivated by a qualitative study of the organization of... View Details

Keywords: Non-market Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility; Strategy; Organizational Design; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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