Risk Taking - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

the monopoly power of Medicare and Medicaid enable them to underpay providers by an estimated $90 billion, sums made up by private insurers. But if the market were entirely composed of public insurers, who would take up the slack? The... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

24 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 24

Publications August 2013 Financial Analysts Journal The Low Beta Anomaly: A Decomposition into Micro and Macro Effects By: Baker, Malcolm, Brendan Bradley, and Ryan Taliaferro Abstract—Low beta stocks have offered a combination of low View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 May 2024
Research & Ideas

A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better

automated features, such as cruise control that adjusts to traffic conditions and lane centering, and let the human take control at any point. For others, participants preferred level three, in which the car also monitors and reacts to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation; Auto

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

“cloak” their most valuable trades. This takes the form, for instance, of a manager who sells her entire position of Microsoft on March 30, and then repurchases to re-establish the same position on April 1. This manager will economically... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

we be working instead on faster vaccine development once we know the shape of the virus? Rather than take risks with human lives, should we be giving more attention to the development of human substitutes... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

31 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

you are the largest or not.” When demographics change, so do attitudes One question the researchers considered: Would white people still be racist toward the most prominent minority group as new groups arrived and grew? After all, if whites were to hold onto such... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

21 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 21

categories in the technology world? Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709466 iPremier (A): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version) Harvard Business School Case 609-092 Describes an IT security crisis, and raises... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

SpaceX and Tesla and his other businesses. While it isn’t quite building electric cars or going to Mars, the situation that Musk is stepping into at Twitter is challenging and might call for a leader who is willing to take some View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

16 Nov 2021
HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

have deeply downsized their staffs. “There’s a lot that happened in the situation that should sound alarm bells for others,” Montgomery says. “The cases point to risks that can arise when firms facing severe competitive threats adopt a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 Jan 2024
What Do You Think?

Do Boomerang CEOs Get a Bad Rap?

Schultz at Starbucks, Ron Shaich at Panera Bread, and Charles Schwab. Those who oppose the idea characterize the decision as a board’s way of taking the easy path, not doing its primary job of managing CEO succession adequately. They... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

development interests on asset management, risk management for global investment, and negotiation and deal structuring. He also served in a variety of leadership roles: as chair of the Finance Unit (1986-88); as senior associate dean,... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

07 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 7

plans to colonize Mars. Would Musk be able to realize his ambitious goals or was he taking too many risks with his investors’ money? Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2006
Background Note

Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World: Course Overview Note

By: Alan D. MacCormack

The Harvard Business School Managing Innovation in an Uncertain World course helps students understand the challenges that uncertainty implies for innovation and how to overcome them. The course emphasizes multiple levels of analysis--from creating and executing... View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Innovation and Management; Projects; Opportunities; Perspective; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk and Uncertainty; Problems and Challenges; Managerial Roles

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28 May 2024
In Practice

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

can be the best time to explore an unexpected path, professionally or geographically. Harvard Business School faculty share their viewpoints on the ever-changing job market, with a sharp eye on what it means for corporate careers from consulting to private equity. Paul... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Power Posing: Fake It Until You Make It

low-power poses increased cortisol about 17 percent and decreased testosterone about 10 percent. Not surprisingly, high-power posers of both sexes also reported greater feelings of being powerful and in charge. In addition, those in the high-power group were more... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Fail—and How Their Founders Can Bounce Back

leap, surging forward with plans without taking the time to realize that the base assumption of the business plan is wrong. They believe they can predict the future, rather than try to create a future with their customers. Entrepreneurs... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

presenting his perspective on risk taking and the challenges of living a fulfilled life. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/119043-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-043 Discover... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

the other parties and helps you strike a better deal, but in other situations, particularly those involving long-term relationships, it damages trust and goodwill and makes an impasse more likely. To avoid or defuse anger, take a break to... View Details