Conflict Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 24, 2007

Working PapersPoverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal Authors:Quy-Toan Do and Lakshmi Iyer Abstract We conduct an econometric analysis of the economic and social factors which contributed to the spread of violent View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

7 PM – 9 PM EDT, 29 Sep 2016

Alumnae Circles Open House: Washington D.C.

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

Readers also benefitted when, in 2008, we began to publish HBS faculty working papers—often the first expressions of emerging ideas on the cutting edge of management research. The most popular paper looks at the dark side of goal-setting,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

uncharted areas that is part of most people's lives, and yet we haven't prepared managers and the business community to think about this very strongly," Nash says. "What we were very concerned about with the book is not to set... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Jun 2010
First Look

First Look: June 29

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-060.pdf Manipulability in Matching Markets: Conflict and Coincidence of Interests Authors:Itai Ashlagi and Flip Klijn Abstract We study comparative statics of manipulations by women in the men-proposing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

Professors Lorsch, Palepu, Kanter, Healy, Koehn, and Hall. Spangler Center, Fall 2002. Photography by Webb Chappell. With corporate America rocked by revelations of conflict of interest, malfeasance, negligence, and greed, a group of HBS... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

28 Apr 2008
HBS Case

Negotiating with Wal-Mart

perspective. There are numerous media accounts of the corporate monolith riding its suppliers into the ground. But what about those who manage to survive, and thrive, while dealing with the classic hardball negotiator? In "Sarah... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

01 Mar 2019
News

In Character: A Case Discussion Drama

the global economy. BanyanGlobal Family Business Advisors offer five steps for bringing in a new generation, noting that some degree of conflict is not only inevitable, but desirable. As family firms grow and scale, BCG offers a roadmap... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

are consistent with economic theory and reconcile conflicting evidence from an extensive literature on the effects of competition on innovation, with implications for R&D policy, competition policy, and organizations in creative or... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

01 Sep 2011
News

Coming Full Circle

“Mutiny is a rare and extreme example, but my findings also apply to situations where it becomes necessary to manage conflict or create buy-in for organizational change,” she adds. Merryman cites HBS... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

Rhetoric and Independence Are Not Enough: Empowering Managers and Directors to Do What Is Right, you challenge the adequacy of the Business Roundtable's assertion that the selection of a well-qualified and ethical CEO is the most... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

01 Feb 1998
News

Short Takes

altruistic reasons for serving, many also reported that such participation allowed them to practice business skills and make professional contacts not always possible through their everyday duties. "One focus group of top-level managers... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

02 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges

to and efficiency of irrigation, utility control and monitoring software." She added “leak detection,” “water treatment,” and “infrastructure” to the list and noted, “our aging infrastructure struggles to efficiently deliver clean water and View Details

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders

you and your coauthors of "Making Sense of Officership: Developing a Professional Identity for 21st Century Officers," a chapter in The Future of the Army Profession, decide to study professional identity as a part of leadership development? Why is this a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2005
News

Bringing Hope to a Violent Land

earned a bachelor’s degree in government and international studies before moving to Washington, D.C., where she worked from 1973 to 1979 for several nongovernmental organizations. Starting as a receptionist, she rose through NGO View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; UNICEF; nonprofit; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Feb 2001
News

Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde

Department estimates that 99.9 percent of the criminal money presented for deposit in the United States is accepted into secure accounts. It's a sad fact, but American banks, under an umbrella of conflicting American laws and policies,... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Government

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

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12 Jan 2016
First Look

January 12, 2016

Management Science The Relationship Between Workplace Stressors and Mortality and Health Costs in the United States By: Goh, Joel, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Stefanos A. Zenios Abstract—Even though epidemiological evidence links specific... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

June 2007 (Revised June 2011)
Case

TA Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships

By: William R. Kerr, Daniel J. Isenberg and Ant Bozkaya

Stimulates discussion of entrepreneurship in emerging economies, especially for entrepreneurs returning to their home countries to start businesses with global technologies and partners. Focuses on the partnership tensions between global firms and local... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Developing Countries and Economies; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Globalized Firms and Management; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict and Resolution; Turkey