Decision Making Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2024
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Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade

for enterprise-sized businesses, where multiple teams (of 50 to 1,000 people) are collaborating on a single program to build hardware. Companies fitting that description tend to be in aerospace and defense, Wen says, so Stell focused on... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Computer Systems Design and Related Services; Professional Services

15 Dec 2015
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Lovepop Woos The Sharks

our whole team was going to be focused on making sure the website was up and fielding customer service calls. We were all hands on deck—we even had a whole bunch of extra people come on to help us out. We... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Just Keep Our Money

money. But refunds are many families’ best opportunity to put away a few dollars for their children and their futures. For the past three years, a team comprising researchers, the nonprofit Doorways to Dreams Fund (which I cofounded),... View Details

Keywords: Peter Tufano; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Mar 2025
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On The Case: The Base Factor

In her research as a marketing modeler, Professor Eva Ascarza focuses on understanding customers—and predicting, in particular, who will be a good one and how best to retain them. Without customers, obviously, there is no business. That could also be the tagline for... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

13 Nov 2020
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Insatiably Curious

read Year One, a 1994 book offering one student’s perspective on earning an MBA at HBS, and that convinced her to apply. Expanding Horizons Giving up her income to go back to school was not a decision that Ma took lightly, but when she... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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The Future of VR is Animated Bunnies

forecasts: According to the research firm SuperData, the sector, driven by early adopters, is on track to make $3.7 billion in revenue this year, and the firm estimates it could swell to more than $28 billion by 2020. But Maureen Fan (MBA... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

01 Oct 1998
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Beyond the Numbers

Lowell Robinson is a numbers guy, with a twist. "A company's numbers tell a story," says the reflective CFO and executive vice president of the Manhattan-based PRT Group Inc., a high-tech services firm. "When you make that story come... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Oct 2002
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Steven C. Watson

Massachusetts, classroom. Explaining the decision that led him to this radical midcareer transition, Watson, an engaging veteran entrepreneur with a long and successful record of cofounding and running early-stage companies all over the... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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Cyberposium: Pros and Cons of Outsourcing

percent outsourced. “We are absolute converts,” he said, citing the benefits of cost reduction, quality, and flexibility. The end of a contract is always a new opportunity to make improvements, demand more, and reprice. If IT workers were... View Details

Keywords: cyberposium; cost; Corporate Services

14 Feb 2018
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A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace

demonstrate how they can be more innovative and successful by fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. Coleman, who previously was managing director of the Nobel Peace Prize–nominated Feminist Majority Foundation, believes diversity View Details

01 Feb 2001
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The Doctor Is In

the hallways, patients and their families mingle with physicians in loose-fitting scrubs making their rounds, earnest administrators with armfuls of files, busy nurses, and other hospital personnel who team... View Details

Keywords: healthcare; Health, Social Assistance

21 Nov 2017
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Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

Their answers suggest that clean power will take off over the next decade or so, but hydrocarbon fuels will remain dominant. The E & E Club teamed up with the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) to host the receptions—one in New... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power

29 Apr 2021
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Equal Partner

daughter of Indian immigrants, Aditya was acutely aware of the inequalities that plague the venture capital world, including the less than 3 percent of VC money that goes to all-women founding teams (a number that is even smaller for... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

07 May 2020
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Ensuring Student Equity

2008, the nonprofit has grown to a staff of 35, who work with 2,500 volunteers each year and 50 partner organizations. Before the pandemic, Grumhaus, a former investment banker at Goldman Sachs and founding team member of City Year in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Sep 2005
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Trouble in Mouse Land

In 1984, two board members of the Walt Disney Company (WDC) — Stanley Gold and Roy Disney — mounted a targeted campaign to convince major shareholders that Michael Eisner and Frank Wells were the right team to lead the faltering... View Details

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

01 Jun 2025
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Alumni and Faculty Books

Social Security benefits―along with the calculations that make this decision crystal-clear. Author and renowned investor Charley Ellis shows you how to set yourself up for investment success by creating an... View Details

01 Oct 1999
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The View from the Pit

and an interest in health-care management. She currently teaches the required course General Management and the Foundations module Leadership, Values, and Decision Making. Twenty-five years after her own graduation, Barrett notes that... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Sep 2006
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Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

Secretary Samuel Bodman added his voice to those who say that critical decisions must be made without delay. “We are overly dependent on fossil fuels and will only become more so unless we make some critical... View Details

01 Jun 2020
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Unleashed

purple” (the company’s primary logo color) culture marked by a get-it-done ethos and disregard for external signifiers, including race, gender, and company status. Everyone mattered. Everyone had the agency and obligation to contribute in meaningful ways. Diane’s bold... View Details