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5.1 Information Technology | MBA
system or database, falsely obtaining electronic services or data without payment of required charges, intentionally intercepting electronic communications, and obtaining, altering, or destroying others’ electronic information. Similarly,... View Details
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
guy who calls the guy.'" When David Lax, my coauthor on 3-D Negotiation: Creating and Claiming Value for the Long Term (forthcoming from Harvard Business School Press), and I were advising a client who was seeking to sell his... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
than a decade ago. In a word, the Europeans are acting as if they know something we in the U.S. don't. If one has to generalize, it is fair to say thatAmericans pursue risk and Europeans seek stability.— Antonio De Luca, Warner... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Aug 2003
- Research & Ideas
Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?
they trust? And wouldn't those trusted stores in return be motivated to use that information wisely? "The challenge is to give people a claim on their identities while protecting them from mistreatment," says Deighton. "The... View Details
- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
customers are used to seeing fake discounts,” he says. “Contrary to that expectation, the data tells me no.” Participants did, however, rate the bag higher on one factor—how dishonest the seller was. Taken together, those findings bolster View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Medicaid.) Some contend that the Public Option’s low-cost premiums are falsely achieved by shifting Medicare’s costs to private insurers, but Medicare’s massive... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
beliefs,” Greenwood says, chalking it up to an abundance of optimism. Before the crisis, for instance, the “Armageddon scenario” for housing price growth in 2006 was a 5 percent drop. During the lowest point of the crisis, housing prices fell by 31.8 percent. This... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability
Image by John Ritter Is there a business case to be made for companies to act in environmentally friendly ways? Rebecca Henderson: If one can imagine that all business in the entire world was run by one person, it’d be pretty... View Details
- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
Wheeler hopes. "I can't control whether the person across the table has had a bad day, but if I put my attention on the skills that are tested in the app, that is something positive I can do. As opposed to having negotiation be something that happens to you, you can... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
impossible feat, claimed by a growing number of companies, is achieved by calculating the greenhouse-gas emissions of the organization's operations, investing in energy efficiency and other methods to reduce those emissions, and... View Details
- 19 Oct 2012
- News
Past and Present
employees to get it done than it is about my individual contribution.” But he cites the case method as most influential in his development as a businessperson. “The case method was essentially five laboratories daily in which to think about a problem and its possible... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
Division Problems Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Emin Karagozoglu, and Bettina Klaus Abstract We consider estate division problems a generalization of bankruptcy problems. We show that in a direct revelation claim game, if the underlying division... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
as rule makers, referees, and players. In both value-net games and public interest games, governments establish the rules by which the players operate, acting as rule makers. But governments also interpret and enforce the rules,... View Details
- 19 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 4/5
Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the false narrative that being... View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5
Black students in our community have spent the last few weeks grappling with the weight of a devastating truth: that our country and society has undeniably and systemically failed Black communities – and the false narrative that being... View Details
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
engaging the patient to the point that she may take action that is not in her best interest?” (The American Cancer Society in October pushed back its age for recommended mammograms in part because they can lead to false positives and... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
were renowned for their work in the antislavery cause. Both were at the peak of their powers and reputation. Instead the convention chose a one-term congressman whose claim to fame was an unsuccessful run for the Senate from Illinois: the... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
cross-listed firms that violate the law. What can be done to rectify this situation? Doesn't this undercut one of the supposedly main benefits of listing in this country? Jordan Siegel: The SEC faces two primary challenges. One is that it is still severely resource... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
secretary. Talk about a nonstarter: no way am I going to voluntarily pay more. That noble act would neither correct the unfairness of the system nor make much of an impact on the country’s unbalanced budget. Perhaps I could justify my... View Details
- 02 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Good Deeds Invite Bad Publicity
Do companies with reputations for acting in socially responsible ways receive public goodwill when unpleasant news hits? The question of how much (or even if) corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies benefit companies beyond the... View Details