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- 07 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 7
ObenchainHarvard Business School Supplement 310-057 After posting its first-ever quarterly loss in 2008, Goldman Sachs surpassed market expectations for the first quarter of 2009 but came under intensive fire for, among other things, announcing its View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Jan 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Should Management Deal With “Anonymous”?
Summing Up The title of this wrap-up and the one that accompanied this month's original column basically just deletes "Wikileaks." The original title was my mistake. The intent was not to direct attention to Wikileaks in a... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
codified in law. Fraud, for example, is defined as a "material misrepresentation of fact on which someone reasonably relies to his or her detriment." Each of those words carries weight. The notion of misrepresentation implies View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
emerged in areas ranging from labor markets to credit applications to housing—sometimes made worse by a lack of regulation, the absence of in-person interactions, and the use of automation and big data. How can companies reverse the tide? The key lies in more View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 31
relative to their costs in evaluating a product. So the production method should not be relevant. Anecdotal evidence suggests otherwise. Six studies show how the production method of versioning may be perceived as unfair and unethical and lead to decreased purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 22 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
predicting their current language learning. Further, we find that recipients’ cognitive and affective responses over time differentially influence two future behavioral outcomes: intention to leave the organization and willingness to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
the former and disapprove of action in the latter, despite identical consequences. The difference is often explained in terms of the intention principle—whether the consequences are intended or incidental. Our results suggest that when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
introduction of stretch goals was also accompanied by both positive and negative incentives. The message to the frontline, whether intentional or not, was hit the goal; don’t necessarily tell us how you did it. The result, as we know,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
coordinate the activities of the three product-based business units which, until now, have operated autonomously. As he is executing the restructuring, Bank of America, an important account of the firm, announces its intention to reduce... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
problem in the health care industry comes partly from a clash of interests. Doctors are passionate about addressing the individual needs of each patient, while regulators and policy makers are intent on having one piece of legislation... View Details
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
How to be Extremely Productive
to outside obligations should be as important to those at the organization's highest levels as it is to middle managers. Q: We often find that work obligations overwhelm our best intentions when it comes to spending time with family. How... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 07 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark
environment—that is deeply grounded in that community. Yet it's very new, in that it only recently became a four-year school. The challenge is to build and innovate on the enduring center of that legacy and tradition. BYU-I will be very different from the traditional... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
You also want to start when they’re young, with fewer workers, because it’s harder to desegregate a workforce of 1,000 people.” Koning says many firms intent on improving their hiring and promotion pipelines to reduce bias focus mostly on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
solicitation of interest from sovereign wealth funds alongside traditional buyers. IPOs require a leap of faith from investors who have to bet on a new company. The new GM wants to be just that, a corporation intent on presenting itself... View Details
- 01 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 1
radical change in the world of U.S.-listed foreign firms. In March 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court signaled its intention to geographically limit the reach of the U.S. antifraud regime. The Court thus excluded the overwhelming majority of... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 15, 2008
consist of action research and interviews with managers and artists involved in innovation and processes of creation, and our intention is to explore the following questions: How do business innovators know when to keep things open and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
result of deregulation, the derivatives market and the market for mortgage-related securities had exploded in both size and complexity. By the end of the decade, there were as an intentional result of deregulation, intense competitive... View Details
- 11 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
The House Wants to Squelch Voices of ‘Small’ Shareholders. Research Shows Those Voices Matter.
about how it’s designed,” Soltes says. “The intention for revising the legislation is well past due, but I think it can be done in a bit more balanced way—to protect shareholders while at the same time making sure that people who make... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
capture. We review the research on when people expect too little and or too much self-interest in the intentions of others, as contrasted with rational behavior. We also discuss the antecedents and consequences of these naïve and cynical... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
people to mentally simulate events more extensively. People who considered situations with their eyes closed rather than open judged immoral behaviors as more unethical and moral behaviors as more ethical. In addition, considering potential decisions with closed eyes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne