Ethical Behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

context, reflected in its introduction of product features, is influenced by prior industry affiliation. We hypothesize first, that prior industry experience shapes a set of shared beliefs resulting in similar and concurrent firm behavior; second, that firms will... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 26

bonds. Insurance companies have capital requirements tied to the credit ratings of their investments. Conditional on ratings, insurance portfolios are systematically biased toward higher yield, higher CDS bonds. This behavior appears to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

competent and reliable. It is a judgment that one makes from information about the other's behavior in specific situations. In contrast, affect-based trust refers to trust from the heart, a bond that arises from one's own emotions and a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models Authors:Mair, Johanna, Julie Battilana, and Julian Cardenas Publication:Journal of Business Ethics Abstract In this article, we use content and cluster analysis on a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?

to stop chasing stock price and shareholder value. Maybe they shouldn't have as many users. Maybe they have to expunge a lot of those users and clean up their site a lot more. Kenny: You review that decision to go public. Was that a mistake? Is that driving some of the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Andi Wang

05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

looking behavior in the last period. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44102 Do Market Leaders Lead in Business Process Innovation? The Case(s) of E-Business Adoption Authors:McElheran, Kristina S. Abstract This paper... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

might be working with peers in pharmaceuticals or defense to accelerate the development of virtual reality capabilities. In my work, I use the ethnographic methods of anthropology to study transformation as it takes place through shared mindsets and everyday View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 28, 2008

was highly susceptible to normative pressure and most evident among individuals concerned with self-presentational aspects of appearing biased (Study 1). However, this tendency was often counterproductive, as avoiding race during interracial interaction predicted... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

http://www.innovation-enterprise.com/archives/vol/15/issue/1/article/4941/sustaining-innovation-when-outsourcing-components Ethically Adrift: How Others Pull Our Moral Compass from True North Authors:C. Moore and F. Gino... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

January 2025
Case

Constitutional Fiction: John Miller & the Legitimacy of Family Constitutions

By: Lauren Cohen, Octavian Graf Pilati and Sophia Pan

John Miller sat reviewing his family’s Constitution, grappling with how best to implement and enforce its provisions. Designed to prevent ambiguity in governance, the Family Constitution set out core values and guidelines to promote harmony and cohesion among family... View Details

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29 Sep 2009
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Self-Service Distribution Channels: Evidence from Customer Behavior in an Online Banking Channel Authors:Dennis Campbell and Frances X. Frei Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract This paper uses the context of online... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

grounded in the competitive dynamics that may otherwise drive a race-to-the-bottom. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50203 forthcoming Journal of Business Ethics Corporate Governance and Executive... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

September 2019 (Revised September 2019)
Case

Facebook Fake News in the Post-Truth World

By: John R. Wells, Carole A. Winkler and Benjamin Weinstock

In August 2019, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, was surrounded by controversy. The first major storm of protest followed the surprise election of Donald Trump as President of the United States on November 8, 2016; many put the blame at the door of fake... View Details