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- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
of corporate fraud, considerations of intent dominate the details of compliance or noncompliance with arcane legal rules. This is the right message to send to the American business community. The behavior that became so widespread and... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
for fake list prices but smaller in longer-lived stores and stores closer to regular retail channels. In a complementary laboratory experiment, we find that fake list prices have no impact on purchase intent when consumers have full... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
ratio of CEO wage to the average employee's wage. Our six studies show that pay ratio disclosure affects purchase intention of consumers via perceptions of wage fairness. The disclosure of a retailer's high pay ratio (e.g., 1000 to 1)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Free Software
Iansiti adds. As a measure of IBM's commitment to open source, the company announced its intent to invest $1 billion to the development and promotion of the Linux operating system. This new reality upends the classic rules of strategy and... View Details
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
confirm the influence of issue framing on public opinion and suggest that CEOs can sway public opinion, potentially to the same extent as prominent politicians. Moreover, Cook’s CEO activism increased consumer intentions to purchase Apple... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
sick. Exercise doesn’t need to happen at the same day or time; it just needs to happen. Be realistic and forgiving. Daily gym sessions scheduled with the best intentions can quickly become self-sabotage triggers when life’s inevitable... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 19 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers
customers. Again, they tested two conditions separately, one that spoke about the company’s intent to “collect” customer data, and the other that spoke about its desire to “protect” customer information. They even had a separate group of... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
higher empathic concern for a person in need, which, in turn increased intentions to help. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-079.pdf Platform Competition under Asymmetric Information Authors:Hanna Halaburda and Yaron... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley
Widely deemed the most important piece of security legislation since formation of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934, the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was born into a climate still reeling from the burst of the high-tech bubble and fraud scandals at... View Details
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
which concerns itself with research in supply chain management. The paper attempts to provide some context for those addressing issues of sustainability. Its intent is to get us beyond questions such as, Is sustainability desirable? or... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
current proposals as well as to consider other options. We believe that the current responses are inadequate, since they do not attack the root causes of the recent problems. Our intention is to encourage further discussion and debate in... View Details
- 15 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
Deconstructing the Price Tag
relative to costs. Interestingly, a company that exposes costs still sees a decent level of purchase intent even with a fairly high price markup. "We wanted to understand when cost transparency would be harmful," Buell says. "With a... View Details