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- 02 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017
April 14, 2017 Harvard Business Review Companies Like United Need to Cultivate Good Judgment, and Free Their Employees to Use It By: Deighton, John A. Abstract—United Airlines has pledged to improve its training programs and empower its employees to put customers first... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jul 2021
- Op-Ed
What Pirates Can Teach Us About Leadership
In the deep heat of an 18th-century summer, a crew of pirates was sailing off the Virginia coast when a lookout spotted a merchant ship to the south. Springing into action, the pirates launched an attack, rocking the merchant ship with a cascade of musket balls and... View Details
Keywords: by Francesca Gino
- 15 Nov 2022
- Book
Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work
in unethical acts and policies if we use a few strategies: Reduce the risk of speaking up. Workers and managers who want to speak out should develop a game plan just in case speaking out results in being fired. Workers can also make it more difficult for an... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
punishment may seem to resist the type of tradeoffs we advocate. Parties who view the opposite side as morally wrong will often refuse to yield the slightest bit from their positions. Although we recognize that our recommendations will... View Details
- 01 Nov 2020
- Research & Ideas
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
consistently kind and to offer encouragement and show genuine interest in employees' mental well-being in punishing times. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, at once forceful and compassionate, remarked that one of the criticisms... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
that you can’t reopen—then that’s a positive move forward for the organization, not a negative one. We often punish frontline teams when things don’t go right, and that’s the wrong instinct. JF: You mentioned in the book SpaceX’s... 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
home country of Russia waiving a rainbow flag is likely to get you arrested. In Saudi Arabia a man dressed as woman will face 100 whips. In Brunei being gay is punishable by death. Despite huge strides in LGBTQIA+ rights in America let’s... View Details