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- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
luck. Together, these results raise the possibility that the American public views the allocations of taxes and pre-tax outcomes as morally relevant, a judgment that is inconsistent with conventional objectives depending solely on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation
size and structural issues, the bill relies largely upon the judgment and willingness of regulators and politicians to deal with firms that threaten the "system" and make difficult decisions before a crisis strikes. In light of... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 2016
- Working Paper
Who Pays for White-Collar Crime?
By: Paul Healy and George Serafeim
Using a proprietary dataset of 667 companies around the world that experienced white-collar crime, we investigate what drives punishment of perpetrators of crime. We find a significantly lower propensity to punish crime in our sample, where most crimes are not reported... View Details
Keywords: Crime; Gender Bias; Women; Women Executives; Corruption; Legal Aspects Of Business; Firing; Human Capital; Human Resource Management; Prejudice and Bias; Crime and Corruption; Judgments; Law Enforcement; Human Resources; Corporate Governance; Gender
Healy, Paul, and George Serafeim. "Who Pays for White-Collar Crime?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-148, June 2016.
- 03 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 3, 2009
Publication: Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A., in press Abstract A collection of papers on ethics, translated into Italian. Social Decision Making: Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments Editors: R. M. Kramer, A. E. Tenbrunsel, and M.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52570 Algorithm Appreciation: People Prefer Algorithmic to Human Judgment By: Logg, Jennifer M., Julia A. Minson, and Don A. Moore Abstract—Even though computational algorithms often... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
long been based on the principle of delegating tasks to subordinate officers (take the hill without specifying how, leaving it to the judgment of the relevant unit commander—called Aufgabentaktik), while the American army tends to follow... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- February 2022 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
Jaypee Infratech and the Indian Bankruptcy Code
By: Kristin Mugford, William Vrattos and Radhika Kak
In 2016, India passed a new bankruptcy law (IBC) to counter a brewing bank crisis and increased corporate distress. Homebuilder Jaypee Infratech, one of India largest distressed companies (the “dirty dozen”) began restructuring under the IBC in 2017. Two years later,... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Decisions; Judgments; Voting; Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Public Sector; Asset Pricing; Borrowing and Debt; Corporate Finance; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Bonds; Investment Return; Price; Government Legislation; Laws and Statutes; Bids and Bidding; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; India; Delhi
Mugford, Kristin, William Vrattos, and Radhika Kak. "Jaypee Infratech and the Indian Bankruptcy Code." Harvard Business School Case 222-071, February 2022. (Revised May 2022.)
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
Seeker Beware: The Relational Costs of Advice-Seeker Decisions By: Blunden, Hayley, Jennifer M. Logg, Alison Wood Brooks, Leslie John, and Francesca Gino Abstract—Prior advice research has focused on understanding when and why people rely on (or ignore) advice and how... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
chick” and said she performed surgery “like a girl.” Jurors ultimately awarded her $168 million, the largest judgment for a single victim of workplace harassment in United States history. Years later, sexual harassment remains a problem... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 16 Apr 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom
understood, and improved. By so doing," Bok noted, "he has exemplified Harvard's commitment to the quality of teaching." HBS Dean John McArthur observed, "Chris has been at the forefront in the search for better ways for faculty to develop insight... View Details
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
incompetence. Warmth and competence judgments support systematic patterns of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral reactions, including ambivalent prejudices. Past views of prejudice as a univalent antipathy have obscured the unique... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates
risks, without higher authorities specifying what such a risk might entail, is de facto silent. More generally, whenever an employer calls for a member to pass a judgment without specifying how to do so, silence prevails. But if this... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
environments. Reduce the Risk of Failed Financial Judgments Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., and Edward J. Riedl Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August 2008). Abstract When crucial financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Abstract—Seven experiments explore people's decisions to share or withhold personal information and the wisdom of such decisions. When people choose not to reveal information—to be "hiders"—they are judged negatively by others (experiment 1). These negative... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
that people make in their everyday lives—from choosing yogurts to choosing religions to choosing spouses—research in judgment and decision making has taken many forms. We suggest, however, that much of this research has been conducted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2021
- Supplement
Aster DM Healthcare: Budget Exercise
By: V.G. Narayanan and Amy Klopfenstein
In April 2020, Alisha Moopen, Deputy Managing Director of Aster DM Healthcare, a network of clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies in the Middle East and India, must create her company’s budget for the 2021 fiscal year in light of the onset of Covid-19. The pandemic had... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Judgments; Decision Choices and Conditions; Cost vs Benefits; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Accounting; Budgets and Budgeting; Management; Crisis Management; Health Pandemics; Health Industry; Asia; India; United Arab Emirates; Dubai
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
the effect arises by affecting people's judgments of the intrusiveness of the inquiries; Study 2C goes further by showing that the effect is altered when privacy concerns are primed at the outset of the study. This research helps... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
Publications Blind Ethics: Closing One's Eyes Polarizes Moral Judgment and Discourages Dishonest Behavior Authors: E. M. Caruso and F. Gino Publication: Cognition (forthcoming) Abstract Four experiments demonstrate that closing one's eyes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- March 2023 (Revised June 2023)
- Teaching Note
Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-065. In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Policy; Employees; News; Cybersecurity; Digital Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Management; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management; Business or Company Management; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Negotiation Tactics; Failure; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Attitudes; Behavior; Perception; Reputation; Trust; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Health Industry; Alabama; United States
- October 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Case
The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
By: Mihir A. Desai, Suzanne Antoniou and Leanne Fan
How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Race; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Prejudice and Bias; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Tulsa; Oklahoma; United States
Desai, Mihir A., Suzanne Antoniou, and Leanne Fan. "The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations." Harvard Business School Case 221-039, October 2020. (Revised February 2021.)