Publications

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective

situation. Extensive research has documented an unconscious mechanism that enhances one's own side, "portraying it as more talented, honest, and morally upright," while simultaneously vilifying the opposition. This often leads... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

12 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

Working Papers Dirty Work, Clean Hands: The Moral Psychology of Indirect Agency Authors: Paharia, Karim S. Kassam, Joshua D. Greene, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?

kind of moral bankruptcy, it isn't going to last. There are so many questions around the world as to whether we are taking on the responsibilities of economic leadership in a proper way. It takes great... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

September 2017 (Revised November 2017)
Case

John Rogers and Ariel Investments

By: Steven Rogers and Greg White

The strong, public advocacy of a highly successful African American CEO has the potential to negatively impact his company. The CEO is deciding if he should listen to the advice of others who are urging him to “tone it down”. View Details

Keywords: Advocacy; Diversity; Investment Management; Affirmative Action; Disruption; Cost vs Benefits; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; Financial Services Industry; Chicago

13 Jun 2016
Lessons from the Classroom

That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome

contemporary readings to surface insights into the age-old issue of leadership. Q: Why is ancient Rome a good lens for exploring modern leadership themes? Dench: It’s a remote, dead society, yet larger than life, which makes it a very... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

“Having empathy in day-to-day interaction with employees, customers, vendors, investors, etc. is always an important leadership skill, but this empathy is dramatically heightened during a crisis that is impacting everyone personally and... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

06 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

dignity and—as important—lays the groundwork to allow him/her to rebound and move on in a constructive way. Typically overlooked is that the task must be done in a way that enables the manager performing the deed to sustain his/her own well-being, ongoing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School

Radcliffe College, indicating a personal commitment to educating women well before they were officially admitted into the full two-year MBA Program. In 1965, the School hired an administrative assistant to the Dean, whose main responsibility was to recruit women and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

Open/User Innovation, and Ecosystems: A Strategic Leadership Perspective By: Altman, Elizabeth J., and Michael Tushman Abstract—Platform, open/user innovation, and ecosystem strategies embrace and enable interactions with external... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 15

alternative forms of political representation: large-scale membership of women in local councils affects crime against them more than their presence in higher-level leadership positions. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 6

rights and efficient debt enforcement mitigate the effect of excess control rights on loan spreads. Taken together, our results suggest that potential tunneling and other moral hazard activities by large shareholders are facilitated by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics. Ebrahim teaches the required MBA course Leadership and Organizational Behavior, and chairs the Executive Education program Governing for Nonprofit Excellence. Q: Mario, tell us about Venture... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

colleagues set out to find some answers. Being the Boss (26,224) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6573.html Published: January 17, 2011 Striking the right balance between good management and good leadership is a daunting but necessary challenge... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

19 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

related to improved project performance in some cases. Our results highlight a need for more nuanced approaches to leveraging experience in team management. Deed, Clear Conscience: When Cheating Leads to Moral Disengagement and Motivated... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Article

Don't Let Power Corrupt You

By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro

Although power is essential to taking charge and driving change, it makes leaders vulnerable to two traps that can not only erode their own effectiveness but also undermine their teams. Hubris—the excessive pride and self-confidence that can come with power—causes... View Details

Keywords: Humility; Empathy; Hubris; Leadership; Power and Influence; Moral Sensibility; Performance Effectiveness

Find at Harvard

September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
Case

An Innovative Anti-bribery Commitment?

By: Eugene Soltes

Reebonz, an online luxury goods platform based in Singapore that operates across the Asia-Pacific region, offers its investors the opportunity to redeem shares if either the firm or its founder are investigated by the U.S. or U.K governments with regard to complying... View Details

Keywords: Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; United Kingdom Bribery Act; Law; Leadership; Moral Sensibility; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Asia

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

judgment, and to come to terms with their own definition of moral leadership and how it can be translated into action. Drawing on the inspiration of major literary and historical figures such as Machiavelli,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

As America recedes from global leadership under President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies, a new generation of business statesmen is stepping up to take on global issues of monumental importance: global trade, climate change, job creation, and healthy living.... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

October 2020 (Revised February 2021)
Case

The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations

By: Mihir A. Desai, Suzanne Antoniou and Leanne Fan

How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details