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      • May 2022
      • Article

      When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct

      By: Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos and Amit Seru
      We examine gender differences in misconduct punishment in the financial advisory industry. We find evidence of a “gender punishment gap”: following an incident of misconduct, female advisers are 20% more likely to lose their jobs and 30% less likely to find new jobs...  View Details
      Keywords: Financial Advisers; Brokers; Gender Discrimination; Consumer Finance; Financial Misconduct And Fraud; FINRA; Financial Institutions; Employees; Crime and Corruption; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Personal Finance; Financial Services Industry
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      Egan, Mark, Gregor Matvos, and Amit Seru. "When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct." Journal of Political Economy 130, no. 5 (May 2022): 1184–1248.
      • October 2021
      • Case

      Luke Fuszard

      By: Leslie Perlow and Matthew Preble
      Luke Fuszard (MBA 2010) shares the personal details of his life leading up to the moment when he was unexpectedly fired from his job in early 2021.  View Details
      Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Wisconsin
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      Perlow, Leslie, and Matthew Preble. "Luke Fuszard." Harvard Business School Case 422-026, October 2021.
      • October 19, 2021
      • Article

      The Facebook Trap

      By: Andy Wu
      Facebook has a clear mission: Connect everyone in the world. Clarity is good, but in Facebook’s case, it has also put the company in a bind because the mission—and the company’s vision for creating value through network effects—has also become the source of its biggest...  View Details
      Keywords: Business And Society; Mission and Purpose; Network Effects; Value Creation; Corporate Accountability; Strategy
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      Wu, Andy. "The Facebook Trap." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (October 19, 2021).
      • July 2021
      • Case

      'Why I Blew the Whistle': Mauro Botta v. PwC

      By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Sarah Mehta
      Set in April 2021, this case tells the story of Mauro Botta, a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In 2016, Botta filed a whistleblower claim with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging that PwC had failed to fulfill its obligations to remain...  View Details
      Keywords: Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Ethics; Fairness; Moral Sensibility; Values and Beliefs; Governance; Corporate Governance; Accounting Industry; United States; California; San Jose
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      Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and Sarah Mehta. "'Why I Blew the Whistle': Mauro Botta v. PwC." Harvard Business School Case 122-005, July 2021.
      • January 2021
      • Case

      The FIRE Savings Calculator

      By: Michael Parzen and Paul Hamilton
      This case follows Carol Muñoz, a member of the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) lifestyle movement. At the age of 45, Carol is considering retiring and living off the $1 million she has accumulated. Using Monte Carlo simulation, Carol forecasts the...  View Details
      Keywords: Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Personal Finance; Saving; Risk and Uncertainty; Diversification; Theory; Personal Development and Career; Financial Services Industry
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      Parzen, Michael, and Paul Hamilton. "The FIRE Savings Calculator." Harvard Business School Case 621-087, January 2021.
      • October 2020
      • Technical Note

      Firing at Startups

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      Keywords: Firing
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Firing at Startups." Harvard Business School Technical Note 821-057, October 2020.
      • April 2020
      • Teaching Plan

      Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt

      By: David G. Fubini, Amy Klopfenstein and James Barnett
      This teaching plan serves as a supplement to the case “Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt,” HBS 420-024. The case examines the early decisions of Vanderbilt University’s new athletic director, Malcolm Turner. A newcomer to college athletics, Turner made a series of...  View Details
      Keywords: Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Sports; Planning; Strategic Planning; Education; Higher Education; Leadership; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Education Industry; Sports Industry; Tennessee
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      Fubini, David G., Amy Klopfenstein, and James Barnett. "Malcolm Turner at Vanderbilt." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 420-081, April 2020.
      • 2020
      • Book

      Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

      By: Rebecca Henderson
      Free market capitalism is one of humanity’s greatest inventions and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But this success has been costly. Capitalism is on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society as wealth rushes to the top....  View Details
      Keywords: Capitalism; Economic Systems; Ethics; Society; Environmental Sustainability
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      Henderson, Rebecca. Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire. New York: PublicAffairs, 2020.
      • March 2020
      • Article

      Do Fire Sales Create Externalities?

      By: Sergey Chernenko and Adi Sunderam
      We develop three novel measures of how much of the price impact of their trading different mutual funds internalize. We show that mutual funds that internalize more of their price impact hold larger cash buffers and use these buffers more aggressively to accommodate...  View Details
      Keywords: Fire Sales; Externalities; Investment Funds; Price; Financial Liquidity; Management
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      Chernenko, Sergey, and Adi Sunderam. "Do Fire Sales Create Externalities?" Journal of Financial Economics 135, no. 3 (March 2020): 602–628.
      • December 2019
      • Supplement

      Interview with Stephen L. Herbert, X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Protagonist in 617-046 X Fire Paintball & Airsoft

      By: Willy C. Shih and Feng Zhu
      This is an interview with Stephen L. Herbert, founder of X Fire Paintball & Airsoft, in which he discusses competing with his online channel, Amazon. It is for use with HBS Case No. 617-046 X Fire Paintball & Airsoft.  View Details
      Keywords: Internet and the Web; Competition; Ethics; United States
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      Shih, Willy C., and Feng Zhu. "Interview with Stephen L. Herbert, X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Protagonist in 617-046 X Fire Paintball & Airsoft." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 620-706, December 2019.
      • December 2019
      • Article

      Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence from Fire Sales

      By: Andrea Barbon, Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni and Augustin Landier
      Using trade-level data, we study whether brokers play a role in spreading order flow information. We focus on large portfolio liquidations, which result in temporary drops in stock prices, and identify the brokers that intermediate these trades. We show that these...  View Details
      Keywords: Predatory Trading; Back Running; Fire Sales; Brokers; Stocks; Price; Information; Knowledge Dissemination; Ethics
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      Barbon, Andrea, Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni, and Augustin Landier. "Brokers and Order Flow Leakage: Evidence from Fire Sales." Journal of Finance 74, no. 6 (December 2019): 2707–2749. (LEAD ARTICLE.)
      • October 2019
      • Supplement

      Airbus vs. Boeing (H): Wing Cracks and Battery Fires (2013)

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman
      This case describes an issue with the batteries of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner planes overheating and sometimes catching fire in 2013. The planes were grounded for several months until Boeing introduced new safety measures. The case also discusses a problem with cracks on...  View Details
      Keywords: Product Development; Air Transportation; Projects; Competition; Safety; Manufacturing Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States; Europe
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Karen Elterman. "Airbus vs. Boeing (H): Wing Cracks and Battery Fires (2013)." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-383, October 2019.
      • September 2019
      • Exercise

      Difficult Conversations (A)

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      The exercises can be used as a follow-up to the Yesware (A) case (#816-039), or in conjunction with any case that involves replacing a founding team member (and/or providing feedback to a top executive). This is a role-playing exercise, and has been carried out in the...  View Details
      Keywords: Firing; Feedback; Founders; Culture; Values; Neuroscience; Business Startups; Organizational Culture; Resignation and Termination; Communication; Emotions; Trust; Human Resources; Entrepreneurship
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Difficult Conversations (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 820-055, September 2019.
      • September 2019
      • Exercise

      Difficult Conversations (B)

      By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
      The exercises can be used as a follow-up to the Yesware (A) case (#816-039), or in conjunction with any case that involves replacing a founding team member (and/or providing feedback to a top executive). This is a role-playing exercise, and has been carried out in the...  View Details
      Keywords: Firing; Feedback; Founders; Culture; Values; Neuroscience; Business Startups; Organizational Culture; Resignation and Termination; Communication; Emotions; Trust; Human Resources; Entrepreneurship
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      Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Difficult Conversations (B)." Harvard Business School Exercise 820-056, September 2019.
      • September 2019 (Revised December 2022)
      • Case

      Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (A)

      By: Susanna Gallani, Francesca Gino and Raffaella Sadun
      Plant management at Pasta Serafina, a pasta producer in the south of Italy, is struggling to contain employee absenteeism. While the misbehavior is concentrated in a minority of the workers, its effects impact not only the plant’s performance, but also the climate and...  View Details
      Keywords: Absenteeism; Moral Hazard; Employees; Behavior; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Productivity; Decision Making
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      Gallani, Susanna, Francesca Gino, and Raffaella Sadun. "Cooking Down a Storm: Changing Culture at Pasta Serafina (A)." Harvard Business School Case 120-013, September 2019. (Revised December 2022.)
      • May 2019 (Revised August 2019)
      • Teaching Note

      X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Is Amazon a Friend or Foe? (A) and (B)

      By: Feng Zhu
      Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 617-046 and 617-047.  View Details
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      Zhu, Feng. "X Fire Paintball & Airsoft: Is Amazon a Friend or Foe? (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 619-072, May 2019. (Revised August 2019.)
      • April 16, 2019
      • Article

      Research Confirms: When Receiving Bad News, We Shoot the Messenger

      By: Leslie John, Hayley Blunden and Heidi Liu
      Most jobs require us at some point to deliver bad news—whether it be a minor revelation such as a recruiter telling a prospective employee that there’s no wiggle room in salary, or something major, like when a manager must fire an employee. We dread such discussions...  View Details
      Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Perception; Judgments
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      John, Leslie, Hayley Blunden, and Heidi Liu. "Research Confirms: When Receiving Bad News, We Shoot the Messenger." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 16, 2019).
      • 9 Apr 2019
      • Conference Presentation

      A Systems Analysis of Army Long Range and Support Fires

      By: Hise O. Gibson, M. Cortes, C. Ramirez, D Reeves and Z. Scott
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      Gibson, Hise O., M. Cortes, C. Ramirez, D Reeves, and Z. Scott. "A Systems Analysis of Army Long Range and Support Fires." Paper presented at the 13th IEEE International Systems Conference (SysCon), April 9, 2019.
      • January 19, 2019
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      What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

      By: Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht and Abhijit Naik
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      Groysberg, Boris, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik. "What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (January 19, 2019).
      • January–February 2019
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      Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other

      By: Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
      In this fictional case, the CEO of a sports apparel manufacturer is faced with an ongoing conflict between two of his top executives. Specifically, the head of sales and the CFO are at each other’s throats and the tension is having a ripple effect on their teams and...  View Details
      Keywords: Interpersonal Conflict; Management Teams; Conflict Management
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Katherine Connolly Baden. "Case Study: When Two Leaders on the Senior Team Hate Each Other." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 1 (January–February 2019).
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