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  • 09 Nov 2015
  • Working Paper Summaries

Toxic Workers

Keywords: by Dylan Minor
  • 2015
  • Working Paper

Toxic Workers

By: Michael Housman and Dylan Minor
While there has been a strong focus in past research on discovering and developing top performers in the workplace, less attention has been paid to the question of how to manage those workers on the opposite side of the spectrum: those who are harmful to organizational... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Human Resource Management; Misconduct; Worker Productivity; Superstar; Ethics; Performance Productivity; Personal Characteristics; Employees
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Housman, Michael, and Dylan Minor. "Toxic Workers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-057, October 2015. (Revised November 2015.)
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Public Debt and Investment Under Political Competition: Evidence from Toxic Loans

By: Julien Sauvagnat and Boris Vallée
We examine how political considerations shape local government responses to a substantial rise in indebtedness. We use the delayed yet sharp deterioration of “toxic” loans held by French municipalities as a quasi-natural experiment to empirically investigate such... View Details
Keywords: Public Debt; Public Investments; Political Contestation; Toxic Loans; Borrowing and Debt; Investment; Public Sector; Government and Politics; Local Range; Financing and Loans
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Sauvagnat, Julien, and Boris Vallée. "Public Debt and Investment Under Political Competition: Evidence from Toxic Loans." Working Paper, 2024.
  • 11 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

Talk of the recent financial crisis often falls into a simplistic narrative of villainous banks, marketing toxic financial products to innocent customers who did not understand their risks. Among the storied victims are municipal... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 18 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

Toxic workers aren’t just a pain in the rear; they’re also a pain in the bottom line, according to a new Harvard Business School working paper. Dylan Minor, visiting assistant professor of business administration in the HBS Strategy unit,... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • 1984
  • Other Unpublished Work

Legitimizing Risk Management for Toxic Chemicals

By: Dutch Leonard and Richard Zeckhauser
Keywords: Risk Management; Chemicals; Pollutants; Chemical Industry
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Leonard, Dutch, and Richard Zeckhauser. "Legitimizing Risk Management for Toxic Chemicals." Interdepartmental Committee on Toxic Chemicals (Canada), Canada, March 1984.
  • February 3, 2009
  • Article

How to Value Toxic Bank Assets

By: Robert C. Pozen
Keywords: Value; Banks and Banking; Assets
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Pozen, Robert C. "How to Value Toxic Bank Assets." Wall Street Journal (February 3, 2009).
  • October 22, 2012
  • Column

Toxics Release Inventory: A Case Study in Information Disclosure Regulation

By: Glen W. S. Dowell and Michael W. Toffel
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Dowell, Glen W. S., and Michael W. Toffel. "Toxics Release Inventory: A Case Study in Information Disclosure Regulation." Regulatory Review (October 22, 2012).
  • February 1980 (Revised November 1981)
  • Case

Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances

By: J. Ronald Fox and Lynne O. Cabot
Keywords: Government Administration; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Public Administration Industry; United States
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Fox, J. Ronald, and Lynne O. Cabot. "Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances." Harvard Business School Case 380-081, February 1980. (Revised November 1981.)
  • June 1981
  • Teaching Note

Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances TN

By: J. Ronald Fox
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; United States
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Fox, J. Ronald. "Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 381-207, June 1981.
  • August 1984
  • Case

Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)

By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pollutants; Public Administration Industry
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Bower, Joseph L. "Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 385-063, August 1984.
  • February 20, 2025
  • Article

How to Build a Life: The Ultimate Antidote to Toxic Behavior Online

By: Arthur C. Brooks
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Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Ultimate Antidote to Toxic Behavior Online." The Atlantic (February 20, 2025).
  • March 2021 (Revised January 2023)
  • Case

The Trouble with TCE

By: Vincent Pons, Rafael Di Tella and Galit Goldstein
Trichloroethylene, or TCE, was a chemical used by tens of thousands of businesses in the United States. It was an affordable tool for many. Yet, TCE had been associated with important health risks, including cancer and autoimmune disease. TCE potentially posed other... View Details
Keywords: Trichloroethylene; Toxicity; Lobbying; Chemicals; Health Disorders; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Ethics; Business and Government Relations; Chemical Industry; United States
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Pons, Vincent, Rafael Di Tella, and Galit Goldstein. "The Trouble with TCE." Harvard Business School Case 721-031, March 2021. (Revised January 2023.)
  • August 19, 2021
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How to Build a Life: Fake Forgiveness Is Toxic for Relationships

By: Arthur C. Brooks
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Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Fake Forgiveness Is Toxic for Relationships." The Atlantic (August 19, 2021).
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

Workplace Design: The Good, the Bad, and the Productive

By: Michael Housman and Dylan Minor
We study the effects of performance spillover in the workplace-both positive and negative-on several dimensions, and find that it is pervasive and decreasing in the physical distance between workers. We also find that workers have different strengths, and that while... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Human Resource Management; Peer Effects; Productivity; Spillovers; Toxic Worker; Strategy; Working Conditions; Performance Productivity; Human Resources
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Housman, Michael, and Dylan Minor. "Workplace Design: The Good, the Bad, and the Productive." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-147, June 2016.
  • 03 Dec 2014
  • What Do You Think?

Can the Brilliant Jerk Be Managed Effectively?

Summing Up Can the Brilliance of the "Jerk" Be Tapped? The best business problem cases are those that divide a class into groups making two or more persuasive arguments. The questions of whether or not and how to make investments in "brilliant... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 22 Jan 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Why You Are Unhappy at Work

importance of being supportive. Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers A productive workplace can be easily disrupted by one unruly employee. Here's what companies can do to detox the problem-makers. If the CEO’s High... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Nov 2015
  • First Look

November 3, 2015

discretion. This is because, when faced with similar applicant pools, managers who exercise more discretion (as measured by their likelihood of overruling job test recommendations) systematically end up with worse hires. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2017
  • Article

The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments

By: Christophe Pérignon and Boris Vallée
We examine the toxic loans sold by investment banks to local governments. Using proprietary data, we show that politicians strategically use these products to increase chances of being re-elected. Consistent with greater incentives to hide the cost of debt, toxic loans... View Details
Keywords: Financial Innovation; Political Elections; Financing and Loans; Innovation and Invention
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Pérignon, Christophe, and Boris Vallée. "The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments." Review of Financial Studies 30, no. 6 (June 2017): 1903–1934.
  • June 18, 2022
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In Defense of Online Anonymity

By: Michael Luca
Lack of transparency on the internet may help fuel toxic dialogue, but it also encourages honest feedback and protects people against discrimination View Details
Keywords: Transparency; Anonymity; Honesty; Social Media; Prejudice and Bias
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Luca, Michael. "In Defense of Online Anonymity." Wall Street Journal (June 18, 2022).
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