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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Warren Law Remembered
baeaf807ff44b783a02acf3d1d6a1e8a Warren A. Law, the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, died at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, in December. He was 79 years old. “Warren... View Details
- September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Background Note
Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU
By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard
This note reviews the basic rules for copyright protection in both the U.S. and the EU. It outlines the works and rights protected, the fair use and first-sale limitations on copyright, as well as the application of these rules to software, video, recordings, and... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Copyright; Laws and Statutes; European Union; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Elizabeth Leonard. "Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-052, September 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 2018
- Chapter
The Strategic Imperative of Psychological Safety and Organizational Error Management
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Paul Verdin
Despite discussion in the management literature about agile organizations or learning organizations, many large organizations are top-down, slow to change, and fraught with obstacles to learning. We describe “strategy-as-learning” to contrast with the traditional... View Details
Edmondson, Amy C., and Paul Verdin. "The Strategic Imperative of Psychological Safety and Organizational Error Management." In How Could this Happen? Managing Errors in Organizations, edited by Jan U. Hagen. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
- 2006
- Chapter
Economics Wins, Psychology Loses, and Society Pays
By: Max H. Bazerman and Deepak Malhotra
- 2021
- Government Testimony
How Health Care Consolidation Is Contributing to Higher Prices and Spending, and Reforms That Could Bolster Antitrust Enforcement and Preserve and Promote Competition in Health Care Markets
By: Leemore S. Dafny
Reforms to antitrust law and enforcement can help to address rising healthcare prices and spending. View Details
Keywords: Antitrust Law; Health Care and Treatment; Consolidation; Price; Spending; Cost Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; United States
Dafny, Leemore S. "How Health Care Consolidation Is Contributing to Higher Prices and Spending, and Reforms That Could Bolster Antitrust Enforcement and Preserve and Promote Competition in Health Care Markets." Government Testimony, Washington, DC, United States, April 2021.
- March 2012
- Article
Perspectives on the Social Psychology of Creativity
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Julianna Pillemer
Scholars began serious study into the social psychology of creativity about 25 years after the field of creativity research had taken root. Over the past 35 years, examination of social and environmental influences on creativity has become increasingly vigorous, with... View Details
Amabile, Teresa M., and Julianna Pillemer. "Perspectives on the Social Psychology of Creativity." Journal of Creative Behavior 46, no. 1 (March 2012): 3–15.
- 2008
- Other Unpublished Work
The Psychology of Versioning
By: Andrew Gershoff, Ran Kivetz and Anat Keinan
Keywords: Social Psychology
- 09 Aug 2023
- News
Psychological Safety De-risks Candor and Fuels Courage.
- 18 May 2017
- News
How Laws and Culture Hold Back Socially Minded Companies
- 2017
- Chapter
Toward Transparent Reporting of Psychological Science
By: Etienne P. LeBel and Leslie K. John
In this chapter we make a case for increased transparency of the methods used to obtain research findings. Although comprehensive reporting facilitates accurate assessment of a paper’s claims, the current reporting norm is secrecy, not openness. We begin by putting... View Details
LeBel, Etienne P., and Leslie K. John. "Toward Transparent Reporting of Psychological Science." In Psychological Science under Scrutiny: Recent Challenges and Proposed Solutions, edited by S.O. Lilienfeld and I.D. Waldman. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
- 21 Nov 2014
- HBS Conference
The History of Law and Business Organization
- 1998
- Book
Islamic Law and Finance: Religion, Risk and Return
By: Frank Vogel and Samuel Hayes
Vogel, Frank, and Samuel Hayes. Islamic Law and Finance: Religion, Risk and Return. Kluwer Law International, 1998.
- Article
The Integration of Psychological and Network Perspectives in Organizational Scholarship
By: Tiziana Casciaro, Sigal G. Barsade, Amy C. Edmondson, Cristina B. Gibson, David Krackhardt and Giuseppe Labianca
Although multiple disciplines have been applied to the study of organizations, organizational research is rarely interdisciplinary in the sense of two or more disciplines being linked in the joint analysis of organizational phenomena. The articles in this special issue... View Details
Casciaro, Tiziana, Sigal G. Barsade, Amy C. Edmondson, Cristina B. Gibson, David Krackhardt, and Giuseppe Labianca. "The Integration of Psychological and Network Perspectives in Organizational Scholarship." Special Issue on the Psychology of Organizational Networks. Organization Science 26, no. 4 (July–August 2015): 1162–1176.
- spring 1993
- Article
Highly Levered Transactions and Fraudulent Conveyance Law
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Lance Lloyd Hirt
Keywords: Laws and Statutes
Luehrman, Timothy A., and Lance Lloyd Hirt. "Highly Levered Transactions and Fraudulent Conveyance Law." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 6, no. 1 (spring 1993): 104–15.
- May 1995
- Background Note
Note on Industry Self-Regulation and U.S. Antitrust Laws
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Describes the purpose and nature of industry self-regulation and outlines the factors self-regulatory groups must consider to avoid infringing U.S. antitrust laws. Several examples of industry self-regulation are discussed. View Details
Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Note on Industry Self-Regulation and U.S. Antitrust Laws." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-214, May 1995.
- 2012
- Article
Behavioral Economics and the Psychology of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
By: Joe Price and Jason Riis
Behavioral economics is an emerging paradigm that challenges the assumptions and predictions of classical economics. This new paradigm emphasizes that consumers do not always make optimal use of available information nor do they always make choices and tradeoffs in a... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Food; Social Marketing; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Nutrition
Price, Joe, and Jason Riis. "Behavioral Economics and the Psychology of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption." Journal of Food Studies 1, no. 1 (2012): 1–13.
- February 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Background Note
Note on the Law of Sexual Harassment
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Lara Adamsons
This note provides an introduction to the law of sexual harassment. It has three parts. Part One describes the laws on harassment in the United States. Part Two explores controversial and emerging aspects of the American legal framework. Part Three gives a brief... View Details
Keywords: Social Issues; Laws and Statutes; Policy; Gender; Asia; Latin America; United States; Europe
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Lara Adamsons. "Note on the Law of Sexual Harassment." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-096, February 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- 2015
- Book
The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology
By: Michael I. Norton, Derek D. Rucker and Cait Lamberton
Why do consumers make the purchases they do, and which ones make them truly happy? Why are consumers willing to spend huge sums of money to appear high status? This handbook addresses these key questions and many more. It provides a comprehensive overview of consumer... View Details
Norton, Michael I., Derek D. Rucker and Cait Lamberton, eds. The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal
By: Lara B. Aknin, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James and Michael I. Norton
This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). Analyzing survey data from 136 countries, we show that... View Details
Keywords: Spending; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Happiness; Motivation and Incentives; Welfare; Uganda; Canada
Aknin, Lara B., Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James, and Michael I. Norton. "Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-038, September 2010.
- Article
Does the Law and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History?
By: Aldo Musacchio and John D. Turner
For the body of work known as the law and finance literature, the development of
financial markets and the concentration of ownership across countries is to a large
extent the consequence of the legal system nations created or inherited decades or
hundreds of years... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Business History; Financial Markets; Financial History; Business and Shareholder Relations; Law; Financial Services Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo, and John D. Turner. "Does the Law and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History?" Special Issue on Law and Finance: A Business History Perspective. Business History 55, no. 4 (June 2013): 524–542.