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- 05 Oct 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Vanguard Corporation
progress on these issues. One reason is that he keeps reminding Americans of our higher moral purpose. He doesn't get dragged down into the mud when people attack him on all sides. That kind of leadership is necessary to deal with... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Resisting the Seductions of Success
and the reason Tony takes the bribe. Recall that Tony is excited, not scared, when Max presents Lassatta's offer. Later that night, as he lies awake in bed, Tony thinks he will be reborn the next day. For forty-three years, he had... View Details
- 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 H.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
dead wrong. And when the rules failed, the reason was always the same: Companies trip up when they try to attract large volumes of customers without understanding (1) the strength of mutual attraction among various customer groups and (2)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
Working PapersNo Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments (revised) Authors:Francesca Gino, Don A. Moore, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We present six studies demonstrating that outcome information biases View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
of the paper’s authors. The main reason is that party and candidate positions on key issues subtly or not-so-subtly change from election to election in reaction to shifts in voter sentiment, undercutting the demographic trends. Political... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 23 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2007
ethical analysis of management decisions, policies, and plans of action. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307059 Infosys in India: Building a Software Giant in a Corrupt Environment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2024
- Op-Ed
Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
something like a competitive equilibrium, with no one party gaining a lasting edge. One reason seems to be that the parties didn’t sit on the sidelines. Our analysis of data combining voters’ opinions with party platforms showed that... View Details
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
QV literature assumes that everyone votes, turnout is endogenous. Drawing on other work, we consider the representativeness of endogenously determined turnout under QV. Second, who will vote quadratically? Conditional on turning out, we examine View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 16, 2015
Business Review You Need an Innovation Strategy By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract—Why is it so hard to build and maintain the capacity to innovate? The reason is not simply a failure to execute but a failure to articulate an innovation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
discussing a number of questions, including the following: should GAP include environmental and social aspects beyond food safety; what was GLOBALGAP's role outside of Europe; and how GLOBALGAP is a 'hidden asset' compared to ethical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 18, 2009
Chairman and CEO of KPMG, the firm made a number of changes in compensation, governance, and culture in order to address the underlying reasons for actions that occurred prior to him becoming CEO that led to the accounting giant paying... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
business sector is economic value creation, the altruistic dimension prevails in the third sector. In our cases, social leaders approached companies for a variety of reasons that most certainly included accruing some organizational... View Details
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
Cambridge Analytica, this is about the heart of Facebook's business model." That's the only reason you would go into hiding for five days. He didn't have an answer to that one. Kenny: What are some of the problems are with the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Daniel Rabetti
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
democratic decision-making and accountability," Ebrahim told the committee. As author of NGOs and Organizational Change: Discourse, Reporting, and Learning (Cambridge University Press, 2003), co-editor of Global Accountabilities: Participation, Pluralism and... View Details
Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 20 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively
the different groups of its broadening investor and stakeholder base." — Vincent Dessain Other signs included the growing number of analysts dedicated to ethical issues, ethical funds, and specific... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
Although much of the debate focuses on the possible health hazards posed by genetically engineered crops, as well as their potential for causing environmental harm, some observers have also expressed ethical concerns regarding the medical... View Details
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
efforts of U.S. and European banks to induce changes in organization culture in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Since this crisis, wide ranging regulations aimed at improving risk management and bankers’ ethics have been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
very interesting laboratory. Free market principles were introduced initially under the authoritarian regime. Compared with other emerging markets anyway, Chile has since become a paragon of reasonably good governance. Its process of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
away from Brazil (as Vale increased its exports to China and purchased Chinese vessels to ship iron ore to Asia) were reasons to start an open campaign to pressure Vale and Roger Agnelli to invest in integrated steel mills in Brazil. In... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace