Decision Choices And Conditions - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

Inclusiveness, often seen as a female trait, has a business benefit in complex situations: get more data, solicit more diverse opinions, draw on different types of talents, and then decide. Don't rush to judgment in order to appear View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Sizing Up Social Impact

sometimes we don't." BEFORE: Infrastructure investments made by the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Ghana targeted poor road conditions and a lack of reliable electricity in rural areas. Photo courtesy... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit

sector, HBS professor Bill George noted that business leaders often are picked by the wrong criteria. “We mistakenly make choices based on charisma, image, and style when we should be choosing based on... View Details

Keywords: Government

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Europe - Global Activities 2021

players, such as Just Arrived, to initiate change. They, in turn, pressure decision makers to create conditions for them to reach scale and depth. Ultimately, you see, they... View Details

05 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

difficult decisions over what investments to keep and what investments to cut. How they made those choices and what effect they had on business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking

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WesTrek 2025: Exploring the future of tech in Silicon Valley - Recruiting

the complexities of balancing work and life. One particularly impactful moment was meeting Qasar Younis (MBA 2008), CEO of Applied Intuition. His perspective on career choices left a lasting impression for... View Details

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Aaron Chadbourne

the choices made by Kenneth Feinberg, the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation. We wanted to write a case looking at his compensation decisions and their... View Details

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Kristen Jones

big and going public just wasn’t the right fit. I thought it was better for him to simply get bought out than to embrace a role that wasn’t right for him.” Kristen’s ability to see the personal side of business View Details

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Richard Lou

it also pushed him to his limits. "I knew what I didn't know about leadership, and I wanted to explore opportunities that could make a difference. An MBA would push me to the next level." HBS was Richard's top View Details

06 Jun 2013
Op-Ed

How to Do Away with the Dangers of Outsourcing

they never leave responsibility for work conditions in the hands of their partners or cede decisions on quality control. Implemented with care, this freedom within a framework sharpens View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati; Manufacturing; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion

01 Jun 2023
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The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope

moreover every CEO or employee is also a member of society. It’s important to ask the question, What kind of society do I want to live in? McGee: Students are going to be constantly asked to make judgments, and the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities

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

options have some key features in common. Consumers would be able to choose their own health-care plans, typically using tax-advantaged funds supplied by their employers; have substantial choice among health-care plans; View Details

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From the Director | Baker Library

evolved since that time, through innovations in teaching and learning, but the core emphasis on decision making and addressing management problems through participant-centered... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Two Presidents, One Goal: Building on the Club of Chicago

and Baskin led various programs), neither was ready to be “the Lone Ranger” and plunge into a solo presidency. Ultimately, the decision to become copresidents was a pragmatic... View Details

Keywords: Amy Burton

01 Sep 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

private companies, the USPS has to have even its best ideas reviewed by regulators and contested by competitors. But inevitably making tough choices about technology to create new services has to be... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

disciplined firms are at the market and segment levels if the same focus and precision don't exist in customer choice as well," Narayandas points out. In the second phase,... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

01 Dec 1999
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The Way You See It

electricity infrastructure, and cell phones. Up the Organization Citations for the "most influential company/organization" conformed to choices for most significant innovations View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.

01 Jun 2010
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MBAs on a Mission

for example — we are working to influence the environmental choices global companies make in the large-scale production of commodities such as palm oil, pulp, livestock, and soy.” The Power of Serendipity... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach;Deborah Blagg;Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

12 Jun 2006
Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

but an insufficient grasp of the details, and CMOs (chief marketing officers) often view go-to-market decisions as being tactical. What passes for channel strategy often rests with sales divisions, but their... View Details

Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

by dragging and dropping choices into two different categories Get social by collaborating and networking with a global community of peers before, during, View Details

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