by Max H. Bazerman - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

will be more willing to commit resources to the firm. In this way, success breeds success and strengthens performance persistence. Conflict of Interest and the Intrusion of Bias Authors:Don A. Moore, Lloyd Tanlu, and Max View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 May 2021
News

Speaking with Katy Milkman about “How to Change”

September–October 2020
Article

A New Model for Ethical Leadership

By: Max Bazerman

Rather than try to follow a set of simple rules (“Don’t lie.” “Don’t cheat.”), leaders and managers seeking to be more ethical should focus on creating the most value for society. This utilitarian view, Bazerman argues, blends philosophical thought with business school... View Details

Keywords: Social Value; Leadership; Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Decision Making; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Society

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02 Apr 2011
News

Insider Trading: Why We Can't Help Ourselves

01 Jan 2003
News

11 Jun 2020
In Practice

Are Digital Organizations Better at Overcoming COVID?

advantage. With that in mind, we asked faculty associated with Harvard Business School’s Digital Initiative how technology is setting the most successful organizations apart during the coronavirus crisis. Here’s what they said: Lauren H.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

25 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

experiments for second-year MBA students and in his 2020 book, The Power of Experiments: Decision-Making in a Data-Driven World, co-written with Max H. Bazerman, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

06 Sep 2016
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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

02 Jan 2007
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2006

Trust Your Gut Most of us trust our intuition more than we should, especially when the pressure is on in negotiations. Professors Max Bazerman and Deepak Malhotra on negotiating more rationally. From... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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

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

01 May 2012
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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