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  • 29 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

Ramanna, who holds appointments as the Henry B. Arthur Fellow, supporting the research and teaching of business ethics, and as a Marvin Bower Fellow, helping faculty launch innovative new business agendas. "Capitalism delivers on certain normative goals such as... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 18 Nov 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

period we are in today, had witnessed a dramatic loss of confidence in business and American institutions more generally. In 1968, 70 percent of the public thought business tried to strike a fair balance between profits and the public... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 31 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

Any parent can tell you that a surefire way to turn joy into rage is to offer your child a big candy bar—and then turn around and offer an even bigger one to his sister. Suddenly, a special treat turns into a great injustice. "Hey! How come she got more? That's not... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • April 2019 (Revised December 2021)
  • Case

Sears: The Demise of an American Icon

By: Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2019, ESL Investments’ $5.2 billion offer to purchase Sears Holdings out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, was accepted, despite opposition from the company's unsecured creditors and other parties. ESL, which was led by Eddie Lampert, had acquired a stake in Sears following... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Reorganization; Bonds; Restructuring; Business Divisions; Transformation; Fairness; Borrowing and Debt; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance; Motivation and Incentives; Retail Industry; United States
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  • Web

Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Received the 2021 Robert F. Greenhill Award. Robert S. Huckman : Winner of the 2021 Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Student Mentoring. Himabindu Lakkaraju : Recipient of a 2021 Amazon Research Award. Himabindu Lakkaraju : Recipient of a 2021 View Details
  • 08 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

History of the HBS Women's Student Association

advocating for key administrative changes that have profoundly impacted the academic and social environment for women at HBS. One notable achievement includes the introduction of scribes in classrooms, a strategic move aimed at minimizing professor bias and ensuring a... View Details
  • 30 May 2024
  • Blog Post

PRIDE at HBS

September – one of the most popular HBS social events of the year and a great opportunity to have fun with the PRIDE community and beyond. Diversity Career Fair: Alongside other clubs, PRIDE hosts the Diversity Career Fair which brings... View Details
  • 02 May 2016
  • Blog Post

5 Facts about Clubs at HBS

Fair early in the RC year, and clubs advertise themselves to recruit members. It may feel overwhelming at first to see so many clubs hawking for you to join. And many clubs charge membership dues (often one and two-year rates) in order to... View Details
  • 06 Oct 2010
  • Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

and then to spin a tale that ends with consequences that are genuinely frightening or that just push the anxiety buttons we all have. The logic that goes from the fact to the dreadful consequence will be wrong, maybe even silly. A story that reminds us of scary events... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
  • 21 Aug 2019
  • Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

gave each one a name. Those who used positive language and a range of facial expressions, for example, were deemed Excitable. Those who showed anger, contempt, and disgust but also a fair amount of neutral expressions were labeled Stern.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 15 Oct 2001
  • Research & Ideas

What You Don’t Know About Making Decisions

and group harmony usually disappear in the absence of active listening. Perceived Fairness. A real-time measure of perceived fairness is the level of participation that's maintained after a key midpoint or milestone has been reached.... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
  • April 2017 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying to political activism. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must... View Details
Keywords: Boycott; Corporate Political Activity; Lobbying; LGBTQ; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Retail; Shareholder Activism; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Media; Political Elections; Taxation; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Diversity; Customers; Communication; Business and Government Relations; Retail Industry; United States
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  • 01 Oct 1997
  • News

Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend

who in addition to his role with the HADC had served as Midwest chair of the Congress of Racial Equality (C.O.R.E.) before coming to HBS, said that initially he believed he would not get a fair shake as a black person at a predominantly... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
  • November 2021 (Revised January 2022)
  • Case

Scott Tucker (A): Race to the Top

By: Aiyesha Dey and Amram Migdal
The case tells the story of the rise and fall of Scott Tucker, an entrepreneur, businessman, passionate race car driver, competitor, and owner of a professional racing team. From 1997 to 2012, Tucker built a nationwide network of payday lending businesses, becoming a... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Fairness; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; United States
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  • 21 Jan 2022
  • Blog Post

Tipping Point: Investing in the Women of Kenya’s Coffee Farms

that if 10 percent of Kahawa’s customers are willing to pay more to support fair labor practices, it could be life-changing for the women of the Kenyan coffee industry. Already, Nyamumbo has seen women who have benefited from Kahawa’s... View Details
  • 06 Feb 2014
  • HBS Seminar

Karthik Ramanna, Harvard Business School

  • 03 Oct 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

intentions, were left asking themselves, "Why did she behave so irrationally?" What the managers failed to appreciate was that money and status were not the only issues of interest to Leslie. She also cared about perceptions of View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
  • 21 Feb 2005
  • Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

of highly specialized knowledge, laypersons may not be in a position to pass accurate and fair judgment on the conduct of specialists. Most normative codes, like the ancient Hippocratic Oath for doctors, clearly articulate a profession's... View Details
Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
  • Web

Guidelines for Choosing Resources - Research Computing Services

SAS nodes, and can run for an unlimited length of time. Fairshare Without additional intervention, schedulers usall dispatch jobs by FIFO - first in, first out. This can lead to persons dumping hundreds or thousands of jobs on the cluster, monopolizing resources and... View Details
  • 26 Mar 2018
  • Research & Ideas

To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty)

Gallani, an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management Unit at Harvard Business School. How much those systems spur employees, however, may depend on how fair employees perceive them to be. “We have a tendency to attribute... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Manufacturing