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December 2016
Article

The Effects of Endowment Size and Strategy Method on Third Party Punishment

By: Jillian J. Jordan, Katherine McAuliffe and David G. Rand

Numerous experiments have shown that people often engage in third-party punishment (3PP) of selfish behavior. This evidence has been used to argue that people respond to selfishness with anger, and get utility from punishing those who mistreat others. Elements of the... View Details

Keywords: Third-party Punishment; Norm-enforcement; Strategy Method; Economic Games; Cooperation; Emotions; Fairness

December 2019
Article

When Do We Punish People Who Don't?

By: Justin W. Martin, Jillian J. Jordan, David G. Rand and Fiery Cushman

People often punish norm violations. In what cases is such punishment viewed as normative—a behavior that we “should”or even“must”engage in? We approach this question by asking when people who fail to punish a norm violator are, themselves, punished. (For instance, a... View Details

Keywords: Punishment; Norms; Cooperation; Societal Protocols; Adaptation

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October–November 2004
Article

The Strategy Map: Guide to Aligning Intangible Assets

By: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton

Keywords: Strategy; Assets; Cooperation

Article

How to Build Collaborative Advantage

By: Morten T. Hansen and Nitin Nohria

Keywords: Opportunities; Cooperation

2017
Teaching Note

Global Collaboration Simulation: Tip of the Iceberg

By: Tsedal Neeley

This Teaching Note reproduces the communication dynamics that occur during global collaborations, in which diverse work teams interact in the commonly used English business language or lingua franca. View Details

Keywords: Communication; Cooperation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues

2011
Chapter

Collaborative Implementation: 'What If,' Asked George?

By: Leslie Perlow

Keywords: Social and Collaborative Networks; Cooperation

February 2007 (Revised April 2010)
Teaching Note

Innovation and Collaboration at Merrill Lynch (TN)

By: Boris Groysberg and Amanda Cowen

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Cooperation; Financial Services Industry

December 2016
Background Note

Cross-sector Collaborations for Shared Prosperity

By: Jan Rivkin

In cities and towns across America, leaders in local governments, businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions, faith-based organizations, labor unions, and other organizations are coming together in new ways to help their communities prosper. Why are such... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Business and Community Relations; Cooperation; United States

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21 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Gender and Competition: What Companies Need to Know

Pressure to not compete against men, rather than an innate preference for cooperation over competition, may keep women from earning what they're worth in the workplace, according to preliminary findings by three Harvard researchers. In... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

1988
Chapter

Joint Ventures and Collaboration in the Biotechnology Industry

By: Gary P. Pisano, W. Shan and David Teece

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Cooperation; Biotechnology Industry

April 1979 (Revised January 1988)
Case

McMullen and Worby (A)

By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Robin Cooper

20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

useful metaphor because outcomes (market share, profits) in business are the result of interactions among the strategies of a set of players. The games businesses play involve a mix of cooperation to create value and competition and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

April 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Comparative Advantage

By: Matthew Weinzierl

The theory of comparative advantage is a factor in international trade. In this note, we introduce the basic economics of comparative advantage and study its key implications. View Details

Keywords: Comparative Advantage; Economics; International Trade; Trade; Cooperation; Business and Government Relations

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