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any on-campus classroom, but with participants joining from around the world. Joshua D. Margolis , James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration Unit... View Details

04 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 4

supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/312035-PDF-ENG Danielle Marcoux at AdNet2Win Technologies Anthony J Mayo and Joshua D. MargolisHarvard Business School Case 412-039 Danielle Marcoux, director... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

Influence (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:F. Gino and Joshua D. Margolis Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract In four laboratory... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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grow as a leader. ” Joshua Margolis James Dinan and Elizabeth Miller Professor of Business Administration Chair, Program for Leadership Development Unconventional Leadership Style Having worked for the bank... View Details

2008
Working Paper

Dirty Work, Clean Hands: The Moral Psychology of Indirect Agency

By: Neeru Paharia, Karim S. Kassam, Joshua D. Greene and Max H. Bazerman

When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other people. Are harmful actions carried out through others evaluated less negatively than harmful actions carried out directly? Four experiments examine the moral psychology of indirect agency.... View Details

Keywords: Judgments; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Power and Influence

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17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

finance. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2171497 Does 'Could' Lead to Good? Toward a Theory of Moral Insight By: Zhang, Ting, Francesca Gino, and Joshua D. View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

Adversity Authors:Joshua D. Margolis and Paul G. Stoltz Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 1 (January-February 2010) Abstract The article focuses on how companies can be managed to overcome... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 15

(B):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112037-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement (C):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/112038-PDF-ENG "Denise Frazer and Paolo Canto: A Case Vignette on Feedback—Denise Frazer's Perspective Joshua... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2007
Background Note

Asset Allocation I

By: Joshua D. Coval, Erik Stafford, Rodrigo Osmo, John Jernigan, Zack Page and Paulo Passoni

The goal of these simulations is to understand the mathematics of mean-variance optimization and the equilibrium pricing of risk if all investors use this rule with common information sets. Simulation A focuses on five to 10 years of monthly sector returns that are... View Details

Keywords: Asset Pricing; Capital; Investment Return; Risk Management; Mathematical Methods

April 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Teaching Note

Necessary Evils: A Diagnostic Exercise (TN)

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Andrew Molinsky

Teaching Note to (9-404-027), (9-404-113), (9-404-125), and (9-404-805). View Details

Keywords: Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques

2006
Chapter

Three Practical Challenges of Moral Leadership

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Andrew Molinsky

Keywords: Ethics; Trust; Leadership Style; Problems and Challenges

Article

The Emotional Tightrope of Downsizing: Hidden Challenges for Leaders and Their Organizations

By: Andrew Molinsky and Joshua D. Margolis

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Problems and Challenges; Emotions; Leadership; Organizations

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September 1990 (Revised March 1991)
Case

Mod IV Product Development Team

By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis

Focuses sharply on a crossfunctional product development team at Honeywell's Building Controls Division. Traces the history of teams at the division, which introduced them as a response to intensifying competition and the need for faster development. Reveals the... View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management Teams; Product Development; Organizational Structure; Groups and Teams; Competitive Strategy

July 1994
Article

The Delicate Art of Designing Interdisciplinary Teams

By: Anne Donnellon and Joshua D. Margolis

Keywords: Groups and Teams

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June 2024
Case

Lana Ghanem: Pushing the Boundaries of Health Care Through Venture Capital

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Ahmed Dahawy

Lana Ghanem, managing director of Hikma Ventures, the corporate venture arm of larger pharmaceutical group Hikma, is considering how to grow the venture arm as well as progress her own career. Over the past few years Hikma's executive team had been pressuring the... View Details

Keywords: Business Divisions; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Investment; Corporate Governance; Health Care and Treatment; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Venture Capital; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Jordan

December 2021 (Revised June 2022)
Case

Darden Restaurants: The Nine Square Feet

By: Joshua D. Margolis and James Barnett

In June 2021, Darden Restaurants CEO Gene Lee contemplates how to position the world’s biggest full-service restaurant more than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic. View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Agribusiness; Change; Decision Making; Food; Human Resources; Leadership; Operations; Strategy; Health Pandemics; Opportunities; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

July 2011
Article

Bringing Ethics into Focus: How Regulatory Focus and Risk Preferences Influence (Un)ethical Behavior

By: F. Gino and Joshua D. Margolis

Keywords: Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk and Uncertainty

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June 2004
Case

Aventis SA (A): Planning for a Merger

By: Joshua D. Margolis and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Eight executives at Hoechst and Rhone-Poulenc must make four crucial decisions on the eve of merging their companies to become Aventis--what would become the world's third largest pharmaceutical firm. In addition to formulating a vision and strategy, the two firms must... View Details

Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Mergers and Acquisitions; Horizontal Integration; Organizational Design; Organizational Culture; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States