Publications

08 Oct 2013
News

Regulators ban advice fees and conflicts

1980
Chapter

Managing Communications and Conflict in Interpersonal Relationships

By: John J. Gabarro and Cyrus F. Gibson

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Conflict Management; Relationships

01 Mar 2006
News

The Real Conflict

shareholders. Instead, millions of Americans who shop at Wal-Mart would likely end up paying higher prices. This last point suggests that the debate around Wal-Mart isn’t really about a Marxist conflict between capital View Details

Keywords: Pankaj Ghemawat; Ken A. Mark; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

October 1987 (Revised December 1992)
Supplement

Atlas Copco (B): The Conflict Episode

By: V. Kasturi Rangan

Describes the sequence of events that led to a conflict with a distributor. View Details

Keywords: Conflict Management

Article

India's Conflict Between Dirigisme and Democracy

By: Amar Bhidé

June 1995 (Revised July 2006)
Supplement

Barilla SpA (D): JITD Problem Resolution

By: Janice H. Hammond

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Distribution; Sales; Demand and Consumers; Fluctuation; Problems and Challenges

August 2019
Supplement

Legal Time - Confidential Information for the Defense Attorney (Drew Davis)

By: Christine L. Exley, Katherine B. Coffman and Joshua Schwartzstein

Legal Time is a two-party dynamic negotiation simulation. Students take the role of either the prosecution or the defense in a case that centers on a client who has been accused of spear-heading a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. This conflict-resolution scenario gives... View Details

Keywords: Conflict Resolution; Time Stress; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Fairness; Learning

April 2013
Article

What Roger Fisher Got Profoundly Right: Five Enduring Lessons for Negotiators

By: James K. Sebenius

Roger Fisher, who died in 2012, enjoyed a remarkable career that modeled one way that an academic, especially in a professional school such as law or business, could make a significant, positive, and lasting difference in the world. Distinctive aspects of his career... View Details

Keywords: Bargaining; Conflict Resolution; Dealmaking; Negotiation; Personal Development and Career; Conflict and Resolution

2005
Book

Conflicts of Interest

By: D. Moore, G. Loewenstein, D. Cain and M. H. Bazerman

Keywords: Conflict of Interests

03 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

Red shoes can help you stand out at the office. Credit: iStock Welcome to January, dear readers! We at Harvard Business School Working Knowledge want nothing but the best for you in the new year. And for those of you who have made New... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

July 2021
Article

Electronic Trace Data and Legal Outcomes: The Effect of Electronic Medical Records on Malpractice Claim Resolution Time

By: Sam Ransbotham, Eric Overby and Michael C. Jernigan

Information systems generate copious trace data about what individuals do and when they do it. Trace data may affect the resolution of lawsuits by, for example, changing the time needed for legal discovery. Trace data might speed resolution by clarifying what events... View Details

Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Lawsuits and Litigation; Digital Transformation; Welfare; Health Industry

September 2019
Supplement

Legal Time Case – Video Short 2

By: Christine L Exley, Katherine B. Coffman and Joshua Schwartzstein

Legal Time is a two-party dynamic negotiation simulation. Students take the role of either the prosecution or the defense in a case that centers on a client who has been accused of spear-heading a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. This conflict-resolution scenario gives... View Details

Keywords: Conflict Resolution; Time Stress; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Fairness; Learning

August 2019
Case

Legal Time Case

By: Christine L. Exley, Katherine B. Coffman and Joshua Schwartzstein

Legal Time is a two-party dynamic negotiation simulation. Students take the role of either the prosecution or the defense in a case that centers on a client who has been accused of spear-heading a conspiracy to commit wire fraud. This conflict-resolution scenario gives... View Details

Keywords: Conflict Resolution; Time Stress; Negotiation; Conflict and Resolution; Fairness; Learning

Educators

February 2010
Article

Conflict of Interest and the Intrusion of Bias

By: Don A. Moore, Lloyd Tanlu and Max Bazerman

This paper presents evidence of performance persistence in entrepreneurship. We show that entrepreneurs with a track record of success are much more likely to succeed than first-time entrepreneurs and those who have previously failed. In particular, they exhibit... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Prejudice and Bias; Performance; Entrepreneurship; Market Timing; Competency and Skills; Perception; Business Startups; Resource Allocation

1978
Chapter

Conflict Between the Political and Private Sectors

By: Michael Jensen and William H. Meckling

Keywords: Public Sector; Private Sector; Conflict and Resolution

September 2003 (Revised February 2005)
Case

Analyst Conflicts (A): Resolved?

By: Ashish Nanda

This case tracks the events leading to the April 2003 industry settlement on equity research in financial services companies. View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Law; Negotiation Deal; Financial Services Industry

Educators