Harm - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jan 2005
What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

that will be perceived as doing the least harm to a status quo that is not perceived by most (at least in the U.S.) as being currently painful? What kind of trade-offs should be made between personal responsibility, free enterprise, and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

01 Jun 2022
News

Making It Count

to how companies measure and report their ESG metrics. A company that touts its record in one dimension might be failing to mention hidden societal costs in others, like harmful labor practices, environmental degradation, or further... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

31 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

circumstances in which the harm done by moving forward with a major strategic decision that the CEO considers a serious mistake—a large acquisition, say—is greater than the harm done by issuing orders. But,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria

17 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

for harms caused by defective products may also affect innovation incentives. This paper examines this issue, exploiting a major quasi-exogenous increase in liability risk faced by U.S. suppliers of polymers used to manufacture medical... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Handgun Waiting Periods Prevent Hundreds of Homicides Each Year

the weapon, if the only intention for making the purchase was to do harm within a certain period of time. “The most plausible explanation as to why waiting periods work is this: People have visceral states, such as anger or suicidal... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

too often still result in decisions that take scant account of public health and whether the health of individual citizens is being advanced. When worker safety is jeopardized by unenforced building codes or exposure to harmful industrial... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

01 Dec 2022
News

I Gave at the Office

There was quite a bit of research on this, but it was inconsistent about whether it helps or harms donations. So my coauthor, Dale Miller, and I looked at whether different framings of that situation can impact people’s willingness to... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

Pisano and Shih: It’s naive to believe that manufacturing can be shipped abroad without harm to U.S. competitiveness. Related Links Why Manufacturing Matters - HBS Working Knowledge Making Their Way James McNerney Jr. After decades of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

03 Jul 2018
What Do You Think?

Should CEO Satya Nadella Cancel Microsoft’s Contract with ICE?

problem with cancelling the ICE contract is that it is probably one of hundreds of MS contracts with the government, many of which are supporting other potentially unpopular programs Because MS is providing business infrastructure to ICE, cancelling the contract could... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

short-term bias, boards of public firms must be careful with the type of incentives they set or risk that managers will behave in a way that might harm the long-term interests of the company. "It's important that boards of public... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

31 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Taking the Fear out of Diversity Policies

I'm interested in understanding when and for what multiple identities can be harmful vs. helpful." Thomas is preparing a case that shows how General Electric used its internal diversity policies to enhance both its business efforts... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2011
News

What’s after Fannie and Freddie?

adverse effects of a housing price bust that would harm the financial system. How does this approach differ from the mortgage guarantees provided by Fannie and Freddie and the reform option with government guarantees favored by the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

29 Sep 2011
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Leveraging Intellectual Property

the problem can be curtailed if studios adopt a multipart strategy. Key concepts include: Despite a thriving movie industry in India, Hollywood studios have experienced difficulty making much money there. Researchers discovered a complicated mix of piracy and... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

01 Jun 2009
News

Too Big To Fail

the economy or the taxpayer.” Finding a Middle Path Neither has to happen, says Moss, who ardently believes that his approach finds a middle ground between the harm and moral hazard extremes foreseen by Sununu. Today, financial... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

stagnant since the 1970s. We now worry about government-caused asset bubbles. Governments must avoid doing this because asset bubbles benefit virtually no one and harm nearly everyone. Cleaning up the mess is a deadweight cost to society... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

12 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

Working Papers Dirty Work, Clean Hands: The Moral Psychology of Indirect Agency Authors: Paharia, Karim S. Kassam, Joshua D. Greene, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other people. Are View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

Moss Kanter: Silos, Cronies, and the Business Monarchy When organizations are structured into narrow territories that reinforce “silos” or “cells,” that can be harmful in several ways. Under such conditions, individuals in the... View Details

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

harmful actions carried out through others evaluated less negatively than harmful actions carried out directly? Four experiments examine the moral psychology of indirect agency. Experiments 1A, 1B, and 1C... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

describes a growing experimental literature that suggests how perceived ethics surrounding transactions with multiple partners can encourage misbehavior. It is noted that causing harm indirectly through another can protect View Details