Publications

December 2024
Technical Note

Ethical Analysis: Conflicts of Interest

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Matthew Souba

This note briefly outlines a working definition of what constitutes a conflict of interest, the challenges in negotiating such conflicts, and how individuals and organizations can address them. View Details

Educators

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

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

September 2019
Supplement

Legal Time Case – Video Short 1

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

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

08 Mar 2017
Book

Why American Democracy Thrives On Conflict

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

Article

India's Conflict Between Dirigisme and Democracy

By: Amar Bhidé

November 2021
Case

Steve Schwarzman on Dealmaking II: When They Hold All the Cards (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green

Blackstone Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman, whom Forbes has called “Wall Street’s Greatest Dealmaker,” played a major role in the negotiations that transformed Blackstone from a fragile startup in 1985 with $400,000 in capital into a dominant... View Details

Keywords: Dealmaking; Bargaining; Conflict Resolution; Negotiation; Private Equity; Entrepreneurship; Conflict and Resolution; Problems and Challenges; Negotiation Tactics; Financial Services Industry

Educators

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Wintel: Cooperation or Conflict

Keywords: by Ramon Casadesus-Masanell & David B. Yoffie; Computer

November 2021
Case

Steve Schwarzman on Dealmaking I: “Becoming a ‘Friend of the Situation’” (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Alex Green

Blackstone Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman, whom Forbes has called “Wall Street’s Greatest Dealmaker,” played a major role in the negotiations that transformed Blackstone from a fragile startup in 1985 with $400,000 in capital into a dominant... View Details

Keywords: Dealmaking; Bargaining; Conflict Resolution; Negotiation; Private Equity; Conflict and Resolution; Entrepreneurship; Problems and Challenges; Negotiation Tactics; Financial Services Industry

Educators

1980
Chapter

Managing Communications and Conflict in Interpersonal Relationships

By: John J. Gabarro and Cyrus F. Gibson

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Conflict Management; Relationships

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

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

2005
Book

Conflicts of Interest

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

Keywords: Conflict of Interests

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

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... View Details

1978
Chapter

Conflict Between the Political and Private Sectors

By: Michael Jensen and William H. Meckling

Keywords: Public Sector; Private Sector; Conflict and Resolution

February 1985
Article

Common and Conflicting Interests in Two-Sided Matching Markets

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Markets