Decision Support - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Mar 2020
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Expanding Cancer Care

able to impact the work that we do, improve the quality of care that we give to our patients, and also make our clinicians more efficient. One of the things that we focus on doing is creating clinical decision View Details

01 Dec 2012
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50 Years & Counting

laboratory settings, the evidence often doesn't support those assumptions." To get a better sense of if and how gender affects negotiations in the workplace, in 2005 McGinn and colleagues Hannah Riley Bowles (DBA 2001) and Dina Pradel... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2008
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Lesson from the Fall

breakdown was hastened by Enron’s turbocharged incentives, which offered executives enormous bonuses tied to estimated future profits and a very generous stock-option plan that paid out richly as Enron’s stock became increasingly overvalued. Creating an environment... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Sep 2012
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The School of Life

project, some parents might even finish it for him. They might even think, “I’ve helped my child through this rough spot. I’m being a supportive parent.” But think about what course you have just given your child with the View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

01 Apr 2002
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

would be reflecting on the success of another sold-out Global Alumni Conference (GAC), but as many of you already know, we made a very difficult decision to cancel the conference scheduled for March in Buenos Aires. We extend our deepest... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Feb 1997
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Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management

Does a new general manager who delegates decisions run the risk of appearing indecisive? Is an "open-door" policy a good way for a general manager to get information, or a terrible waste of time? What happens when a manager asks employees... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

21 Dec 2022
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HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

iStock MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR On February 27, Dean Srikant Datar sent a message to the HBS community regarding the invasion of Ukraine, noting the resources available to those looking to offer support and highlighting learning... View Details

01 Apr 2002
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Q&A - Mark Fields

linguistic, economic, social,and business-culture obstacles — daunting for a foreigner under the best of circumstances — while making the inevitably unpopular decisions required to achieve a turnaround. Fast-forward a couple of years, to... View Details

Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake

In an interview in last December's Bulletin Dean Kim B. Clark talked of launching "a profound transformation around information technology (IT)," an initiative that would earn for the School an unequaled reputation for intelligent, creative, and efficient utilization... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

01 Feb 2000
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Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

U.S. consumers more power over decisions related to health care. Those who advocate consumer-driven health care - including conference chair Professor Regina E. Herzlinger - believe that shifting control of health-care purchasing View Details

01 Sep 2014
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Afghanistan’s Hope and Light

objective was to provide an air-conditioned environment; offer support for customers who couldn’t read or write; and get them in and out of the store in 15 minutes with working service.” It sounds like a reasonable goal. But building the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed

application process is open, and qualified buyers are selected on the basis of lotteries and other methods. Our projects attract and retain people in the neighborhood, which contributes to stability, further investment, and a broader tax base to View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Dec 2002
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Mary Callahan Erdoes

you a standard answer to that, but I need to understand each client's specific circumstances before ever giving asset-allocation advice. What are their income and lifestyle needs, time horizons, and goals? Is the money going to charity, to children, or to View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2003
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President’s Report

economies, and accounting/control. Thanks to the support of our colleagues in Executive Education, this five-module program will be rolled out in New York City starting in January. The reunions subcommittee was chaired by Janet Clarke... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2006
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Profiles from the Class of 2006

girl” from the hills of Jamaica, Sacasha Brown moved with her parents and two younger brothers to Delray Beach, Florida, when she was 10. “My parents made many sacrifices to educate and support us, and they always told me I could be... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Margie Kelley;Lewis I. Rice;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

condemnation and sanctions plague Russian adventurism in Ukraine, Putin retains control of Donbass and Crimea and threatens to take more. How should the West (specifically, the United States) support Ukrainian democratic capitalism and... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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One-on-One with Thomas Riley

so. Whenever I have to make a key decision, it reminds me of a case: Here’s the info, the background, do we support this, how do we communicate this, from what angle, what’s critical here, and so on. There are no “answers,” and you must... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance; Government

04 Sep 2019
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The School that Donham Built

government, became his mentor and continued to support his studies through law school. Donham specialized in corporate restructuring as a vice president at Boston’s Old Colony Trust Company and won wide praise from both labor and... View Details