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- 09 Apr 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses
anticipation of a reward or punishment than the actual payoff. What do you think of this research? Have you seen incentive programs that incented the wrong behavior? Give us your insights below. View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
The Color of Private Equity: Quantifying the Bias Black Investors Face
as well as the majority groups.” When a Black- or Hispanic-owned fund performs above average, it is able to raise funds at the same rate as white firms. But if its performance is poor, it is punished more harshly. Lerner and colleagues... View Details
- 09 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?
de-escalation. My personal assessment is that it is likely to get worse, and maybe much worse, in the coming days, weeks, and months. Forman: What would trigger that? Abdelal: The extraordinary intensity of the sanctions regime as a View Details
- 24 Feb 2021
- Lessons from the Classroom
What History's Biggest Wars Teach Us About Leading in Peace
often begets aggression A political crisis sparked by the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to escalating mobilizations, trench warfare, the collapse of the Russian Empire, and a peace treaty that punished Germany.... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- Blog
Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety
Edmondson explains why a psychologically safe environment is more important than ever. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY? People who feel psychologically safe are confident that candor and vulnerability are welcome in their workplace. They believe that they will not be... View Details
- 04 Nov 2009
- What Do You Think?
What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?
conditions for capitalism, practiced fairly and responsibly, to flourish. And to make the punishments for not doing so appropriately threatening and onerous for those who don't." Others were less definitive in their comments. As... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 17 Jan 2023
- Book
Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them
people's minds, the idea of how organizations are held criminally accountable is perplexing, because you think of crime and punishment being associated with individuals, because only individuals can go to prison. But actually, much of the... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details
- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
African American social life that revolved around church, adds Miller. Walker associated comfortably with churchgoing folk, and while maintaining her punishing schedule of business travel by train, she was invited to stay in the homes of... View Details
- 02 Mar 2021
- HBS Case
The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?
able to begin talking about such a difficult episode and fraught question.” Those opposed to reparations point to the fact that so much time has passed since the damage, and that neither the victims nor the perpetrators are still living. Providing compensation with... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Dec 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?
Can a Platform-Based Tech Giant Be Broken Up? The answer to this month’s question of whether platform-based tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google should be broken up was a resounding “no.” “TD in FL” put it succinctly with one of the age-old defenses of... View Details
- 10 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
How to Get Companies to Make Investments That Benefit Everyone
Regulators often punish companies for bad behavior—for instance, by fining them if they pollute the environment. But instead of focusing on what business leaders are doing wrong and constantly slapping their hands, government officials... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 31 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do
that strategic use of leisure time could help counteract the negative effects of idle time in the workplace as well. For that to happen, managers must encourage transparency, so they know how much work employees are actually doing, and not View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
be concerned with producing elites who are motivated by something beyond the pursuit of self-interest under the laws of the marketplace, or the fear of punishment under the laws of the land? A self-interested, self-indulgent corporate... View Details
- 08 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
National Coming Out Day is October 11, 2021, and HBS will be supporting and participating in events that celebrate the LGBTQ+ community throughout October. Some students come out before business school, some students wait until they arrive on campus, and some who... View Details
- 04 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Real Cost of Bribery
punishing the offending party proved to be good for business. "Dismissal of an employee that initiated bribery or cease of business relations with an outside party that initiated bribery is significantly associated with a lower... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Research Summary
Political Risk, Foreign Intervention and International Arbitration
The Empire Trap: America's Attempts to Protect Property Rights Overseas, 1898-2008, is a history of the U.S. government's attempts to protect the property rights of American investors when they venture outside the boundaries of the United... View Details
- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
them via social media, 33 percent of surveyed consumers claimed that they were already punishing brands that were not responding well to the crisis by convincing others through social pressure to stop using them. However, marketers should... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- 27 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing
rewarding and promoting people who can team, and actively work across the marketing/sales boundary leads to a cadre of more balanced managers. These same companies also often explicitly punish salespeople and marketing executives who... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro
- Portrait Project
Patrick MacKenzie
other in the hallway observing a student being paddled. For cursing, for showing defiance, for being tardy. In rural Mississippi, where I taught, corporal punishment was not only legal, it was supported by the community. It is a practice... View Details