This is simply a case of appeal to authority. No reviewer or editor would reject a paper from either HBS or LBS, let alone a joint paper between the two. Doing

This is simply a case of appeal to authority. No reviewer or editor would reject a paper from either HBS or LBS, let alone a joint paper between the two. Doing so would be akin to career suicide. And therein lies the uncomfortable truth: Collaborative opportunities take priority over veracity in publications every time.