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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Decisions through the Ages
WATANABE: A primer for all ages on how to think entrepreneurially. Photo Courtesy Portfolio/Penguin Group USA In business and education, Japan and the United States seem to alternate as inspirations for one another, and Ken Watanabe (MBA ’05) may be the latest guru in... View Details
- 08 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?
How a company decides who is authorized to make what types of decisions can have a profound effect on its business, both in terms of everyday effectiveness and the bottom line. Consider the experience of one... View Details
Keywords: by Peter Jacobs
- 31 Oct 2014
- News
Identifying the Biases Behind Your Bad Decisions
- 29 Oct 2013
- News
How Anxiety Can Lead Your Decisions Astray
- October 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Exercise
Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (D)
This series provides the instructions for a group decision-making simulation in which students experience four different methods for leading a group decision process. In the simulation, all students work in groups, with one person designated as the team leader. All... View Details
"Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (D)." Harvard Business School Exercise 301-029, October 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- October 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Exercise
Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (F)
This series provides the instructions for a group decision-making simulation in which students experience four different methods for leading a group decision process. In the simulation, all students work in groups, with one person designated as the team leader. All... View Details
"Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (F)." Harvard Business School Exercise 301-049, October 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- February 2015
- Supplement
The Affordable Care Act (D): Making a Decision on the Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Tax Exclusion
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
In the summer of 2009, a meeting is called in the White House to discuss the impact of changing the rules on the employer-sponsored health insurance tax exclusion. View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Policy; Health; Government and Politics; Health Industry; United States
Bower, Joseph L., and Michael Norris. "The Affordable Care Act (D): Making a Decision on the Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Tax Exclusion." Harvard Business School Supplement 315-035, February 2015.
- October 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Exercise
Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (C)
This series provides the instructions for a group decision-making simulation in which students experience four different methods for leading a group decision process. In the simulation, all students work in groups, with one person designated as the team leader. All... View Details
"Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (C)." Harvard Business School Exercise 301-028, October 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- October 2000 (Revised December 2000)
- Exercise
Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (E)
This series provides the instructions for a group decision-making simulation in which students experience four different methods for leading a group decision process. In the simulation, all students work in groups, with one person designated as the team leader. All... View Details
"Participant and Leader Behavior: Group Decision Simulation (E)." Harvard Business School Exercise 301-030, October 2000. (Revised December 2000.)
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
political science to explain drivers behind the crafting of public policy. Now Bazerman and coauthors Jonathan Baron and Katherine Shonk are looking into the psychology of decision making to provide a fuller... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- February 1991
- Case
Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (A)
By: Julie H. Hertenstein and Robert S. Kaplan
Burlington Northern's decision whether to invest in ARES, an automated train control system, is a ($350 million) strategic investment in information technology. Although set in a service industry (railroad) the issues around this decision arise in many organizations... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Rail Transportation; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Performance Evaluation; Performance Effectiveness; Cost vs Benefits; Technology Adoption; Technological Innovation; Customers; Quality; Rail Industry
Hertenstein, Julie H., and Robert S. Kaplan. "Burlington Northern: The ARES Decision (A)." Harvard Business School Case 191-122, February 1991.
- Research Summary
Overview
Grant uses a combination of laboratory and field experiments to harness consumers' cognitive and affective resources to increase their well-being. Consumers make countless daily decisions in the pursuit of happiness -- whether and how to spend or save their money, what... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
When Does Uncertainty Matter?: Understanding the Impact of Predictive Uncertainty in ML Assisted Decision Making
By: Sean McGrath, Parth Mehta, Alexandra Zytek, Isaac Lage and Himabindu Lakkaraju
McGrath, Sean, Parth Mehta, Alexandra Zytek, Isaac Lage, and Himabindu Lakkaraju. "When Does Uncertainty Matter?: Understanding the Impact of Predictive Uncertainty in ML Assisted Decision Making." Working Paper, January 2021.
- 2006
- Working Paper
Too Hot to Handle? Engaging in Hot Conflict to Make Better Decisions and Build Resilient Management
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Diana M. Smith
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
Universal that produce and distribute movies. More and more, fears of piracy impact decisions that industry executives make regarding release strategies. However, a different picture emerges for theatrical... View Details
- December 1971 (Revised November 1975)
- Background Note
Note on Decision Analysis
By: Paul W. Marshall
Marshall, Paul W. "Note on Decision Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 172-221, December 1971. (Revised November 1975.)
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
Is it possible to truly empower employees to make their own decisions—even when those decisions could mean life or death? That is the question posed by Dutch home healthcare organization Buurtzorg, which has... View Details
- 10 Jul 2014
- News
A Case for Group Risk-Taking
- October 2006 (Revised August 2008)
- Background Note
Performing Industry Research to Inform Investment Decisions
Conducting thorough research about an industry is often an important component of investment analysis. Written specifically for HBS MBA students, provides guidance on how to perform industry research to inform investment decisions. Provides detailed information about... View Details
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Ann Cullen. "Performing Industry Research to Inform Investment Decisions." Harvard Business School Background Note 207-069, October 2006. (Revised August 2008.)
- Article
The Best of Both Worlds: Integrating Conscious and Unconscious Thought Best Solves Complex Decisions
Two studies address the debate over whether conscious or unconscious mental processes best handle complex decisions. According to Unconscious Thought Theory (Dijksterhuis & Nordgren, 2006), both modes of thinking have particular advantages: conscious thought can follow... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Values and Beliefs; Information; Knowledge Management; Management Skills; Management Style; Measurement and Metrics; Success; Research; Cognition and Thinking; Personal Characteristics; Perception
Nordgren, Loran F., Maarten W. Bos, and Ap Dijksterhuis. "The Best of Both Worlds: Integrating Conscious and Unconscious Thought Best Solves Complex Decisions." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 47, no. 2 (March 2011): 509–511.