by Joshua D. Margolis - Publications - Faculty & Research

02–09 Dec 2020
Virtual Programming

Building Resilient Organizations for Turbulent Times

Connect with your fellow HBS alumni for two timely leadership programs, presented by professors Ranjay Gulati and Joshua D. Margolis, that will provide a framework to address some of the most unprecedented challenges currently facing business today. Register for either... View Details

2001
Working Paper

Social Enterprise Series No. 19 -- Misery Loves Companies: Whither Social Initiatives by Business

By: Joshua D. Margolis and James P. Walsh

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20 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Risky Business with Structured Finance

close examination and clear explanation of how the process of securitization transformed trillions of dollars of risky assets into securities that many considered to be a safe bet. Authored by HBS professors View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

Prosocial Identity Reduces Prosocial Behavior Authors:Adam M. Grant, Andrew Molinsky, Joshua D. Margolis, Melissa Kamin, and William Schiano Periodical:Journal of Applied Social Psychology 39, no. 2 (2009):... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Apr 2016
First Look

April 26

Harm By: Minor, Dylan Abstract—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... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Research Summary

Business Ethics

By: Joshua D. Margolis

Joshua Margolis is interested in how individuals can exercise leadership in the face of competing ethical and economic responsibilities, and how organizations can enable them to do that. In particular, how can managers and companies simultaneously advance... View Details

09 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 9

Publications September 2014 Cambridge University Press Consumer Lending in France and America: Credit and Welfare By: Trumbull, Gunnar Abstract—Why did America embrace consumer credit over the course of the twentieth century, when most other countries did not? How... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 12 May 2016
Webinars: Career

Adding Resilience to Your Career Toolkit

How can we handle adversity in our lives, whether it is the day-to-day stressors we face or major turbulence that hits us periodically? According to Professor Joshua Margolis, it is possible to build resilience by taking charge of how one both thinks about and reacts... View Details

26 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change

research with Ahmet Kaan Uğuralp and Zeliha Oğuz-Uğuralp of Turkey’s Bilkent University; L. A. Paul of Yale University; Joshua Tenenbaum of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Tomer D. Ullman, an... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

21 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

profitability. But in a review of all of the studies that have been published on the topic over the past thirty years, HBS professor Joshua Margolis and Jim Walsh concluded that the connection between social... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Apr 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Making the Move to General Manager

their own case study describing an important leadership challenge they face. The "Your Case Study" exercise, developed by HBS professor Joshua D. View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Jan 2010
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis

Joshua D. Margolis of Harvard Business School and Andrew L. Molinsky of Brandeis University International Business School. Their research sheds light on best... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

shareholders by attracting customers who support this. A sustainable strategy with a multi-stakeholder perspective means that sometimes trade-offs must be made. As Joshua View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

Organizational Behavior - Doctoral

John Jillian J. Jordan Rakesh Khurana Hyunjin Kim Shirley Lu Joshua D. Margolis Edward McFowland III Kathleen L. McGinn Tsedal Neeley Michael I. Norton Leslie A. Perlow Jeffrey... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

3-Minute Briefing: Derek Bouchard-Hall (MBA 2004)

cycling. But to be perfectly frank, the sport was so deeply corrupted by doping, I ultimately concluded it was something I didn’t want to be a part of. I went a more traditional route: consulting. The sport has been very much challenged... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Scott Clark

04 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 4, 2018

'Could' Lead to Good? On the Road to Moral Insight By: Zhang, Ting, Francesca Gino, and Joshua D. Margolis Abstract—Dilemmas featuring competing moral imperatives are prevalent... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Web

Business Economics - Doctoral

Tango Boris Vallee Luis M. Viceira Matthew C. Weinzierl Dennis A. Yao Current HBS Faculty & Students by Interest Asset pricing Lauren H. Cohen Robin Greenwood Samuel G. Hanson Ishita Sen Adi Sunderam Behavioral finance Malcolm P. Baker... View Details

October 2009
Case

Medisys Corp.: The IntensCare Product Development Team

By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis

Key topics include designing teams, managing teams, managing conflict, group dynamics, project management, product development, interdepartmental relations, and organizational change. MediSys, a U.S.-based medical equipment maker, has been developing IntensCare, a new... View Details

Keywords: Project Management; Interdepartmental Relations; Organizational Change; Leadership; Conflict Management; Interpersonal Communication; Groups and Teams; Product Design; Product Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Health Care and Treatment; Power and Influence; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States