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- 18 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 18, 2018
Abstract—Prior advice research has focused on why people rely on (or ignore) advice and its impact on judgment accuracy. We expand the consideration of advice-seeking outcomes by investigating the interpersonal consequences of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
individual ethics and as a specific version of a broader argument made for centuries by theorists from Hume to Hayek. I also provide evidence of an example in which real-world policy judgments are consistent with this theoretical... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
Unfortunately, these same boards often have very little process in place to judge the leadership style, daily behaviors, and cultural norms being established by their senior operating leadership. As a result, board judgments are... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
HawkinsHarvard Business School Supplement 111-032 Analyst must identify role of management and actuarial judgment in measuring corporate post-employment benefit obligations and assets. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
reforms seem unlikely, but we are missing a large opportunity by avoiding them. In general, I hesitate to pass judgment on our tax system as a whole. My intuition is that tax theorists have as much or more to learn from existing policies... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
and debunk the myth that behavioral and neoclassical economic perspectives need be in conflict. Cognitive, Affective, and Special-interest Barriers to Policy Making Authors:Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay, and Max Bazerman Publication:In Social View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
case: http://hbr.org/product/andreessen-horowitz/an/814060-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-067 'These People Are Fiduciaries...' The fiduciary duties of loyalty and care, the corporate opportunity doctrine, and the business View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
or to fire someone because of poor job performance. We did not find any clear patterns, but we did find strong opinions. Some managers expressed the view that because layoff victims' own performance was not responsible for their fate, delivering the news did not amount... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
Bazerman Abstract The optimal moment to address the question of how to improve human decision making has arrived. In recent research, judgment and decision-making scholars have moved beyond the concept of bounded rationality to recognize... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 26
http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/long_rate_paper_20140814_FINAL.pdf August 2014 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Guilt Enhances Sense of Control and Drives Risky Judgments By: Kouchaki, M., C. Oveis, and F. Gino Abstract—The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sometimes Success Begins at Failure
of these went out of business; a few became valuable; and three of them were later reacquired by Lucent, just two or three years after the Lucent business had chosen not to use the technology internally. How did Lucent businesses miss the value of these technologies?... View Details
- January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
- Supplement
Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power
By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein
In March 2020, Juno co-founders Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal decided to pitch banks in anticipation of their annual auction while negotiating directly with private lender Eager. Responses from the majority of private lenders—including Juno’s 2019 partner—were not... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Cost vs Benefits; Judgments; Education; Higher Education; Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Negotiation; Negotiation Deal; Negotiation Offer; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Types; Financial Services Industry; Education Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Boston
Schwartzstein, Joshua, Kathleen L. McGinn, and Amy Klopfenstein. "Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power." Harvard Business School Supplement 921-033, January 2021. (Revised March 2021.)
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
Consumer Neuroscience: Advances in Understanding Consumer Psychology By: Karmarkar, Uma R., and Carolyn Yoon Abstract—While the study of consumer behavior has been enriched by improved abilities to generate new insights, many of the mechanisms underlying View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 2
when they were randomly assigned to wear them (Experiment 1b). Experiment 2 shows that the effects of wearing counterfeit sunglasses extend beyond the self, influencing judgments of other people's unethical behavior. Experiment 3... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
transactional form was used: deferential business judgment review for freezeouts executed as tender offers, and stringent "entire fairness" review for transactions structured as mergers. Subramanian (2005), Subramanian (2007),... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
Mike Babcock, as head coach? Or was it sub-coaches and player-leaders who made the judgment calls at critical moments? The answer, of course, is all of the above. Even at the top, leaders often come in pairs, trios, and quartets,... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 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