Judgment - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Nov 2020
What Do You Think?

Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?

taxpayers a bundle, but a fraction of what Google can easily afford to spend to defend itself and, if necessary, provide restitution. After all, a recent European Union judgment against Google of more than $9 billion was hardly noticed by... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service

02 Apr 2019
Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

is far more complex. Despite years of social change, the label “bad mother” still looms large for women who struggle with guilt and sense judgment if they’re late to pick up their child from day care. Fathers face their own painful choice... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

16 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’

process, who must stand watch, identify and weigh, decide and move, time and time again. The strategist is the one who must decline certain opportunities and pursue others. Consultants' expertise and considered judgments can help, as can... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery

22 Mar 2016
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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

18 Feb 2015
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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

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

with our students. That kind of interaction would make a deep and valuable impression. Hall: We need to show our students how incremental errors of judgment can lead down a slippery slope to a whole heap of trouble. In addition to having... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

April 2024 (Revised July 2024)
Case

Market Dynamics and Moral Dilemmas: Novo Nordisk’s Weight-Loss Drugs

By: Joseph L. Badaracco, Tom Quinn and John Schultz

Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk was owned by a charitable foundation, and since its founding in the 1920s had focused on producing insulin to treat diabetes. In 2017, however, it released Ozempic, a diabetes treatment with the revolutionary side effect of... View Details

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26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

of their ethical blind spots. Ethical judgment is learned and cultivated over the course of a career, but it begins with an understanding of one's personal values. Since many management students, especially those at leading business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

a more significant impact on performance. In fact, if one reads the leading scholarly journals, such a judgment seems to have been made; there is remarkably little work within the academy on leadership. However, we believe that drawing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

judgment on issues of scientific and econometric uncertainty. As a result, the basis for dispute judgment and the broader legitimacy of the WTO is shifting from questions of representation that have long... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

February 2021
Teaching Plan

Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Amy Klopfenstein

This teaching plan serves as a supplement to the case “Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?” HBS 820-098. The case explores the tension between two different financing and expansion plans for a startup, and explores issues related to business model pivots and industry... View Details

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13 Mar 2018
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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

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

01 Mar 2008
News

Classroom Legend

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 and judgment in their students and, not incidentally, in... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Roland Christensen; George Albert Smith; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Richard Meriam; Edmund P. Learned; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

28 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 28

financial and nonfinancial measures, some envisioned its role only in formulaic compensation contracts. We describe an alternative view, in which the scorecard's formal measures are created and used for informal management, with executives using discretion and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

the dimensions of human behavior, decision making, and judgments in carrying out the work of the modern corporation. A most fortuitous event in starting the project was the engagement of our research assistant who has a theater academic... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-095.pdf Working PapersBehavioral Ethics: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Moral Judgment and Dishonesty Authors:Max H. Bazerman and Francesca Gino Abstract Early research and teaching on ethics focused... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

Book Excerpt: ‘The Strategist’

March 22, 2016

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

First Look: February 18

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

Bad Times for Business

Market Dynamics and Moral Dilemmas: Novo Nordisk’s Weight-Loss Drugs

First Look: September 26, 2006

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

First Look: December 20

Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

March 13, 2018

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

Classroom Legend

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