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- January 2009 (Revised November 2010)
- Case
The Dojima Rice Market and the Origins of Futures Trading
By: David A. Moss and Eugene Kintgen
In 1730, Japanese merchants petitioned shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune to officially authorize trade in rice futures at the Dojima Exchange, the world's first organized (but unsanctioned) futures market. For many years, the Japanese government had prohibited the trade of...
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Futures and Commodity Futures;
Price;
Food;
Business History;
Market Transactions;
Business and Government Relations;
Japan
Moss, David A., and Eugene Kintgen. "The Dojima Rice Market and the Origins of Futures Trading." Harvard Business School Case 709-044, January 2009. (Revised November 2010.)
- Article
Unconscious Bias Training That Works
By: Francesca Gino and Katherine Coffman
To become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, many companies have turned to unconscious bias (UB) training. By raising awareness of the mental shortcuts that lead to snap judgments—often based on race and gender—about people’s talents or character, it strives to...
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Keywords:
Implicit Bias;
Social Integration;
Empathy;
Prejudice and Bias;
Employees;
Training;
Attitudes;
Behavior;
Organizational Change and Adaptation
Gino, Francesca, and Katherine Coffman. "Unconscious Bias Training That Works." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 5 (September–October 2021): 114–123.
- July–August 2016
- Article
Minimum Advertised Pricing: Patterns of Violation in Competitive Retail Markets
By: Ayelet Israeli, Eric Anderson and Anne Coughlan
Manufacturers in many industries frequently use vertical price policies, such as minimum advertised price (MAP), to influence prices set by downstream retailers. Although manufacturers expect retail partners to comply with MAP policies, violations of MAP are common in...
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Keywords:
Pricing Policies;
Pricing;
Channel Management;
Legal Aspects Of Business;
Price;
Governance Compliance;
Marketing Channels;
Retail Industry
Israeli, Ayelet, Eric Anderson, and Anne Coughlan. "Minimum Advertised Pricing: Patterns of Violation in Competitive Retail Markets." Marketing Science 35, no. 4 (July–August 2016): 539–564. (Lead article.)
- 12 Jan 2022
- News
China Locks Down Ahead of the Winter Olympics
- April 2011
- Article
Ethical Breakdowns: Good People often Let Bad Things Happen. Why?
By: Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
Companies are spending a great deal of time and money to install codes of ethics, ethics training, compliance programs, and in-house watchdogs. If these efforts worked, the money would be well spent. But unethical behavior appears to be on the rise. The authors observe...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Moral Sensibility;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Governance;
Leadership;
Behavior;
Conflict of Interests
Bazerman, Max H., and Ann E. Tenbrunsel. "Ethical Breakdowns: Good People often Let Bad Things Happen. Why?" Harvard Business Review 89, no. 4 (April 2011).
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
Exercise of Leadership, a New Model Authors:Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron, Kari L. Granger Abstract This paper is the (pre-course) introduction document to an experimental course developed by the authors and taught at...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Designing, Not Checking, for Policy Robustness: An Example with Optimal Taxation
- 25 Jun 2015
- News
The riff: Linkin Park and Harvard turn the jargon up to 11
- 2011
- Book
Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It
By: Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability...
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Keywords:
Crime and Corruption;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Failure;
Performance Evaluation;
Sales;
Consumer Products Industry
Bazerman, Max H., and Ann E. Tenbrunsel. Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It. Princeton University Press, 2011.
Jeffrey J. Bussgang
General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
Former entrepreneur turned VC, HBS Senior Lecturer, author, dad of three, husband of one, civic leader, Cross Fitter and fan of all Boston sports.
Jeffrey J. Bussgang is a Senior... View Details
- 11 Apr 2012
- News
Why Managers Fail Their Teams - And What To Do About It
- 05 Sep 2014
- News
Cure for public-speaking jitters: Stand like a starfish
- 27 Nov 2013
- News
Three Strategy Lessons From the Latest Round of Xbox vs. PlayStation
- 16 May 2013
- News
Harvard study finds U.S. losing edge on jobs
- 27 Dec 2010
- News
HBS Faculty on 2010's Biggest Business Developments
- 03 Jun 2021
- News
Insurance to Mitigate the Risk of AI Systems Coming into View
- 31 Jan 2020
- Video
A Community of Entrepreneurs Shaping the Future of Life Science
Why Don’t Women Self-Promote As Much As Men?
Requests for self-assessments of one's performance are pervasive throughout one's career. Why do women engage in less self-promotion than men when asked to describe their performance? The authors of a recent study show that it is not as simple as gender...
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- 18 Jan 2017
- Working Paper Summaries