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cancelled or delayed). In such instances, students are expected to be physically present in the classroom or to properly report their absence (e.g. Travel Disruption). Students who live off-campus are advised to use their judgment about... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
PublicationsEstimating Demand Uncertainty Using Judgmental Forecasts Authors:Vishal Gaur, Saravanan Kesavan, Ananth Raman, and Marshall L. Fisher Periodical:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online
Accountability Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration “This course will offer valuable tools to sharpen your judgment and decision-making skills and help you act and lead with integrity and good conscience.” Dates & Eligibility... View Details
- December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Teaching Note
The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
By: Mihir A. Desai and Suzanne Antoniou
How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments; Race; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Perspective; Prejudice and Bias; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Welfare; Tulsa; Oklahoma; United States
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
Experiences, and Overindebtedness Authors:Annamaria Lusardi and Peter Tufano Publication:NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14808, March 2009 Abstract We analyze a national sample of Americans with respect to their debt literacy, financial experiences, and their View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 19 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
in one way or another.” Can you finish this statement? "My HBS experience was..." Pradhan: “All about the people I met and the time I spent with them.” Gandhi: “Challenging, energizing, empowering, and rigorous.” Tucker: “All about adding perspective. I think... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
direct evidence that incentive contracts distort judgment and beliefs, even among trained professionals with many years of experience. Loans evaluated under more permissive incentive schemes are rated significantly less risky than the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 26, 2010
participate or withdraw. Students need to use judgment with respect to estimates of key variables including stabilized income, construction cost, and minimum expectations for return on investment in order to prepare their bids. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
Working PapersA Reference Point Theory of Mergers and Acquisitions Authors:Malcolm Baker, Xin Pan, and Jeffrey Wurgler Abstract The use of judgmental anchors or reference points in valuing corporations affects several basic aspects of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
environment, workplace safety, and community involvement, most firms do not provide this information. Second, it is not economically efficient for shareholders with a small stake in a number of companies to ferret out sufficient information to enable them to make an... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
judgment, using a joint/separate evaluation paradigm. Experiment 2A demonstrates that effects of indirect agency cannot be fully explained by perceived lack of foreknowledge or control on the part of the primary agent. Experiment 2B indicates that reflective moral... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
acquiring new resources. However, as the assets become larger and more strategic, management judgment becomes the determining factor. For assets that enhance operating efficiencies or increase revenue, we review techniques such as... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
supervision as well as expression. Cautioning against the hasty judgment that gray zone practices are simply wrong, Moral Gray Zones contributes to a deeper understanding of the culture, group dynamics, and deviance found in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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