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  • 03 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

What do you do when the people with whom you are negotiating act in ways that can best be called counterproductive? Before throwing up your hands, take a deep breath and ask yourself 3 questions. Do these people lack good information? Are... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
  • 24 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

Note on U.S. Public Education Finance (A): Revenues Harvard Business School Note 307-069 Describes the revenue structure of U.S. public education. Covers funding by federal, state, and local governments. Examines in detail two federal education laws: the Elementary and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 22

Dharmapala Publication:The Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming) Abstract This paper investigates how dividend taxes influence portfolio choices, using the response to the distinctive treatment of a subset of foreign dividends... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 7, 2016

May 2016 American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings International Data on Measuring Management Practices By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, Daniela Scur, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We examine methods used to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

  Working PapersGrowth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract In this paper we distinguish different "qualities" of FDI to re-examine the relationship... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

provided their business practices were sound from an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) perspective regardless of where they were located. By allowing investment in these types of companies regardless of where they operated,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 20, 2016

strengths and limitations of this method, and address two misconceptions about ABMs: reductionism and “you get out what you put in.” We also offer maxims for good and bad ABMs, give practical tips for beginner modelers, and include a list... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

in place by management – can corrupt the behaviour of both individuals and the organisation as a whole. At Sears, for example, management implemented a new goal-setting and compensation system to spur sales at the company’s auto repair... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Nov 2017
  • What Do You Think?

What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?

David DeSteno, Who Can You Trust?, reminded us that “90% of people—most of whom identify themselves as morally upstanding—will act dishonestly to benefit themselves if they believe they won’t get caught.” Possible remedies were suggested... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Banking
  • 08 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

determinant of choices than fairness, and iii) agents display a marked propensity to work for principals with similar distributional concerns.   Working PapersReport on the State of Available Data for the Study of International Trade and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 2

achieve actionable transparency by embedding their design in a centralized system with a shared design language and near-real-time updating, where everyone with an interest in improving the design has the right and the means to act on it.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Oct 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?

Few people see a relationship between tipping and bribing. But consider this: In places where people tip heavily, bribes are more likely to exchange hands as well. Research shows that there's actually a fine line between the socially acceptable View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

Paper: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/Coming%20Through%20in%20a%20Crisis_1ffcaae3-d616-47f1-875b-de4b09d97b65.pdf When the Crowd Fights Corruption Authors:Healy, Paul M., and Karthik Ramanna Publication:Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017

democratic history and an immediate, practical exercise for anyone looking for a way to strengthen our common civic commitments. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52134 2017 Academy of Management Annals... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 10

Abstract—Can a business case be made for acting sustainably? This is a difficult question to answer precisely, largely because there is no generally accepted definition of the term "sustainability." Is it View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

infrastructure platform for resale. In this episode James describes why the company decided to handle physical goods rather than act as a pure marketplace, how ThredUp helps brands run their own resale channels, and how AI and automation... View Details
  • 15 Dec 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

a knowledge management system to optimally leverage employee-generated know-how. In particular, we consider the following practical strategic questions for the manager of a knowledge-intensive firm: should her firm develop a formal... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

Enron was an innovative company, and its downfall can be traced to supreme arrogance bred by considerable success, some extremely poor diversification decisions, and poorly conceived and implemented administrative practices that led, over... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • 17 Jan 2023
  • Book

Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

procedures, foreign corrupt practices, and virtual currency. The book speaks to “how organizations are actually held criminally accountable,” says co-author Eugene F. Soltes, the McLean Family Professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

maintaining such high standards can impact not only a multinational's business in an emerging market but also its wider business. 4 In mid-2009, it was reported that more than 120 companies were under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice for potential... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace