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- 1985
- Manual
Teacher's Manual for Revitalizing Businesses: Shareholder/Work Force Conflicts
By: W. E. Fruhan Jr.
Fruhan, W. E., Jr. Teacher's Manual for Revitalizing Businesses: Shareholder/Work Force Conflicts. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, Division of Research, 1985.
- December 2022
- Article
Conflicting Interests and the Effect of Fiduciary Duty: Evidence from Variable Annuities
By: Mark Egan, Shan Ge and Johnny Tang
We examine the variable annuity market to study conflicts of interest and the effect of fiduciary duty in brokerage markets. Insurers typically pay brokers higher commissions for selling more expensive annuities. Our results indicate that sales are four times as... View Details
Keywords: Variable Annuity; Brokers; Fiduciary Duty; Finance; Investment; Insurance; Conflict of Interests; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; United States
Egan, Mark, Shan Ge, and Johnny Tang. "Conflicting Interests and the Effect of Fiduciary Duty: Evidence from Variable Annuities." Review of Financial Studies 35, no. 12 (December 2022): 5334–5386.
- June 2019
- Article
Brokers vs. Retail Investors: Conflicting Interests and Dominated Products
By: Mark Egan
I study how brokers distort household investment decisions. Using a novel convertible bond dataset, I find that consumers often purchase dominated bonds—cheap and expensive versions of otherwise identical bonds coexist in the market. The empirical evidence suggests... View Details
Keywords: Brokers; Fiduciary Standard; Consumer Finance; Structured Products; Household; Investment; Decisions; Motivation and Incentives; Conflict of Interests
Egan, Mark. "Brokers vs. Retail Investors: Conflicting Interests and Dominated Products." Journal of Finance 74, no. 3 (June 2019): 1217–1260.
- January–February 2019
- Article
Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other
By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
In this fictional case, the CEO of a sports apparel manufacturer is faced with an ongoing conflict between two of his top executives. Specifically, the head of sales and the CFO are at each other’s throats and the tension is having a ripple effect on their teams and... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly Baden. "Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 1 (January–February 2019).
- Article
Too Hot to Handle? How to Manage Relationship Conflict
By: A. C. Edmondson and D. M. Smith
Edmondson, A. C., and D. M. Smith. "Too Hot to Handle? How to Manage Relationship Conflict." California Management Review 49, no. 1 (Fall 2006): 6–31.
- Article
Overt Interfunctional Conflict (and Its Reduction through Business Strategy)
By: J. J. Rotemberg and Garth Saloner
Rotemberg, J. J., and Garth Saloner. "Overt Interfunctional Conflict (and Its Reduction through Business Strategy)." RAND Journal of Economics 26, no. 4 (Winter 1995): 630–653.
- Article
A Model for Managing System Conflict during Franchise Expansion
By: P. J. Kaufmann and V. K. Rangan
Kaufmann, P. J., and V. K. Rangan. "A Model for Managing System Conflict during Franchise Expansion." Journal of Retailing 66, no. 2 (Summer 1990): 155–173.
- January 2025
- Supplement
Colbún’s Angostura Dam Project (B)
By: James K. Sebenius and Nicolas Andrade
The A case describes Colbún Chile’s plans for the Angostura dam in the Bío Bío River, a hydroelectric construction venture with major challenges given the region’s history of indigenous resistance. This context was especially unfavorable given the highly contentious... View Details
- 27 Jun 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Social Norms Versus Social Responsibility: Punishing Transgressions Under Conflicting Obligations
- 2010
- Working Paper
Manipulability in Matching Markets: Conflict and Coincidence of Interests
We study comparative statics of manipulations by women in the men-proposing deferred acceptance mechanism in the two-sided one-to-one marriage market. We prove that if a group of women employs truncation strategies or weakly successfully manipulates, then all other... View Details
Ashlagi, Itai, and Flip Klijn. "Manipulability in Matching Markets: Conflict and Coincidence of Interests." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-111, June 2010.
- 2003
- Book
When You Say Yes But Mean No: How Silencing Conflict Wrecks Relationships and Companies
By: Leslie Perlow
“Saying yes when you really mean no” is a problem that haunts organizations from start-ups to multi-nationals. It exists across industries, levels, and functions. And it’s exacerbated by a down economy, when the fear of losing one’s job is on everybody’s mind and the... View Details
Perlow, Leslie. When You Say Yes But Mean No: How Silencing Conflict Wrecks Relationships and Companies. New York: Crown Business, 2003.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Stepping Stone, Stopping Point, or Slippery Slope? Negotiating the Next Iran Deal
The November 2013 "interim" nuclear deal between Iran and the "P5+1"—the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, and Germany—raises challenging questions. Will the initial deal function as a stepping stone toward a more comprehensive deal? Or will it drift into... View Details
Keywords: Negotiations; Iran; Nuclear; Conflict Resolution; Winning Coalition; Blocking Coalition; Strategy; Negotiation; International Relations; France; Germany; Iran; China; Great Britain; United States; Russia
Sebenius, James K. "Stepping Stone, Stopping Point, or Slippery Slope? Negotiating the Next Iran Deal." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-061, January 2014. (Revised March 2014.)
- Article
Negotiating with Yourself and Losing: Understanding and Managing Conflicting Internal Preferences
By: M. H. Bazerman, A. E. Tenbrunsel and K. A. Wade-Benzoni
Bazerman, M. H., A. E. Tenbrunsel, and K. A. Wade-Benzoni. "Negotiating with Yourself and Losing: Understanding and Managing Conflicting Internal Preferences." Academy of Management Review 23, no. 2 (April 1998): 225–241.
- Article
The Role of Conflict in Economic Decision-Making Groups: Some Empirical Results
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "The Role of Conflict in Economic Decision-Making Groups: Some Empirical Results." Quarterly Journal of Economics 79, no. 2 (May 1965).
- November 2006 (Revised June 2007)
- Teaching Note
Conflict on a Trading Floor (TN) (A) and (B) (LCA)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Aldo Sesia
- 2008
- Working Paper
Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients: Conflicts of Interest and Mutual Fund Portfolio Choice
By: Lauren Cohen and Breno Schmidt
We explore a new channel for attracting inflows using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial inflows by being named trustee of a 401(k) plan. This affords the plan sponsor potential... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Conflict of Interests; Financial Services Industry
Cohen, Lauren, and Breno Schmidt. "Attracting Flows by Attracting Big Clients: Conflicts of Interest and Mutual Fund Portfolio Choice." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-054, January 2008. (Winner of the Barclays Global Investors Best Paper Prize, Asset Allocation Symposium, European Finance Association 2006. Winner of the Society of Quantitative Analysts Award, Best Paper in Quantitative Investments, Western Finance Association 2007.)
- July 2021 (Revised October 2021)
- Case
Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (A)
By: Nour Kteily, Deepak Malhotra and David Lane
As founders of the software company Basecamp, Jason Fried and David H. Hansson were used to being the subjects of social media attention. Both maintained active and dedicated Twitter followings for their unique perspectives on management and life. But on April 26,... View Details
Keywords: Change; Communication; Policy; Diversity; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Employees; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Work-Life Balance; Labor and Management Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Identity; Social Issues; Equality and Inequality; Digital Platforms; Conflict Management; Information Technology Industry; United States
Kteily, Nour, Deepak Malhotra, and David Lane. "Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (A)." Harvard Business School Case 922-003, July 2021. (Revised October 2021.)
- January 2006
- Article
Reports of Solving the Conflicts of Interest in Auditing Are Highly Exaggerated
By: Max H. Bazerman, Don A. Moore, Philip E. Tetlock and Lloyd Tanlu
Bazerman, Max H., Don A. Moore, Philip E. Tetlock, and Lloyd Tanlu. "Reports of Solving the Conflicts of Interest in Auditing Are Highly Exaggerated." Academy of Management Review 31, no. 1 (January 2006).
- November 2011
- Article
Paradoxical Frames and Creative Sparks: Enhancing Individual Creativity through Conflict and Integration
By: E. Miron-Spektor, F. Gino and L. Argote
Miron-Spektor, E., F. Gino, and L. Argote. "Paradoxical Frames and Creative Sparks: Enhancing Individual Creativity through Conflict and Integration." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 116, no. 2 (November 2011): 229–240.
- July 2021
- Supplement
Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (B)
By: Nour Kteily, Deepak Malhotra and David Lane
Supplement to the (A) case View Details
Keywords: Change; Communication; Diversity; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Employees; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Work-Life Balance; Labor and Management Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Identity; Social Issues; Equality and Inequality; Technology Platform; Information Technology Industry; United States
Kteily, Nour, Deepak Malhotra, and David Lane. "Trouble at Basecamp: Managing Politics, Polarization, and Conflict in the Workplace (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 922-004, July 2021.