by Max H. Bazerman - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2003
News

06 Sep 2016
First Look

September 6, 2016

Final-Offer Arbitration Challenge Gives Negotiators a Valuable New Tool By: Bazerman, Max H., and Daniel Kahneman Abstract—In legal disputes, contested insurance claims, and similarly adversarial negotiations, one party is likely to open... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Aug 2011
News

Blind Spots, Bernie Madoff's and Ours

05 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Alive! Business Scholars Turn to Experimental Research

salience of one's own ethical standards at the time of temptation (that is, when one faces the decision to cheat) reduces unethical behavior, a conclusion reached through a combination of lab and field studies with Professor Max View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 1

Publications Behaviorial Ethics: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Moral Judgment and Dishonesty Authors: Max Bazerman and Francesca Gino Publication: Annual Review of Law and Social Science (forthcoming)... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

31 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator

system by repeatedly downloading their own papers, so that others would see the high download count and assume that these particular papers were very popular. SSRN maintains detailed historical records of every paper download and is able... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical and How to Stop

It is easy to condemn obvious wrongdoers such as Elizabeth Holmes, Adam Neumann, Harvey Weinstein, and the Sackler family. But we rarely think about the many people who supported their unethical or criminal behavior. In each case there was a supporting cast of... View Details

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

specific, challenging goals motivate performance far better than "do your best" exhortations. Authors Lisa D. Ordóñez, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Adam D. Galinsky, and Max H. View Details

Keywords: by Staff

01 Oct 2014
What Do You Think?

Is Too Much Focus a Problem?

both individually and organizationally, something that Bazerman believes strongly (or he wouldn't be teaching and writing about it). It requires leaders who, among other things suggested by Bazerman, develop... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

organization, join the club. Despite the mantra that goals are good, the process of setting beneficial goals is harder than it looks. New research by HBS professor Max H. View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Jun 2011
Research & Ideas

Signing at the Top: The Key to Preventing Tax Fraud?

experiments, are published in a new paper, When to Sign on the Dotted Line? Signing First Makes Ethics Salient and Decreases Dishonest Self-Reports, written by Lisa L. Shu, Francesca Gino, and Max View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting

02 Aug 2020
What Do You Think?

Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard?

level. Their work has been both influenced by and reported recently by several academics. Harvard Business School professors Michael Luca and Max View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

along" seem crude and outdated workplace mantras when contrasted with the sophistication of modern business, yet they are still considered sound advice. Compensating Candor HBS professor Max Bazerman of... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

relevant. In fact, basic research can help to predict—or even to prevent—real-world events years before they happen. Case in point: In 1996, Max H. Bazerman and several... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

behavior or minimizing it, you’re setting up an environment that allows sexual harassment to flourish.” Professor Max Bazerman agrees companies need to be clear about behavior they won’t tolerate. “Leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Dec 2004
What Do You Think?

Why Do Managers Fail to Act on Their Predictions?

Orleans. Although Southwest has never had a fatal accident in its history, the odds are that it will sometime in the future. And the organization is ready to respond to what Max Bazerman and Michael Watkins... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 29, 2007

Working PapersLeading and Creating Collaboration in Decentralized Organizations Authors:Heather M. Caruso, Todd Rogers, and Max Bazerman Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-090.pdf... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 26

PublicationsPolicy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay, and Max H. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

A Fast Start on Your New Job

finishing a book that I am coauthoring with my colleague Max Bazerman called Predictable Surprises, which will be published by Harvard Business School Press next year. It's... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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