Complicity - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

constraints, with the impact of that decision affecting everything from just their immediate team to billions of dollars of revenue globally. The beauty of the case method is that it breaks down the most complicated problems to small... View Details

09 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

increasingly important. In some ways it seems obvious, but verification requirements can be enormously complicated to implement and it can dramatically increase the cost of adoption. Q: How do self-regulation programs affect managers as... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

complicated history still dominate public consciousness. Memories of failed peace talks tend to loom larger than Israel’s image as a startup nation. Thousands of Instagram posts from Tel Aviv’s gay pride festivities or the buzz from... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Tourism

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

(MBA 2004) explains how you can integrate entrepreneurship into your career. Pitching to Venture Capitalists? Learn From an Expert Are you pitching--or getting ready to pitch--a new business idea? Sounds easy, but it is complicated and... View Details

TeachingInterests

Decision Making Under Uncertainty

By: David E. Bell

Many of the decisions we face are made complicated by having uncertain consequences: how should I set my inventory when I don’t know what demand will be, should I refinance my mortgage when rates might go lower, how big a bet shall I make in a new business, and so... View Details

09 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

people and groups that complicate the process of sustaining healthy working relationships. Any organization has design issues posed by the innate nature of its employees and also by the same innate nature of its customers, suppliers,... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

01 Dec 2016
News

In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)

to the crown of the driver and reduce drag during the swing.” Sphere of influence: “The aerodynamics of a golf ball are even more complicated because you’re looking for the right amount of lift and drag. So there’s a balancing act,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

30 Apr 2020
Book

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

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The Challenge of Color - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

three-color printing processes. In general, color printing was more complicated and expensive than black and white, and its results less reliable and “realistic.” Trade journals essentially considered black and white “preferable to lurid... View Details

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

know that anyone can access these ideas.” Dina Gerdeman: Finance intimidates people largely because the system is so complex, but you say there’s an easier way to understand it. Can you explain how? Mihir Desai: Finance is often talked about in an overly View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Jan 2023
Blog Post

Career Planning and Development: Interview with Career Coach Wendi Zhang (MBA/MPP 2013)

behind reaching a goal tends to be the easier part, even as the implementation may be complicated and cumbersome. The harder part almost always is figuring out the goal, which is unique for each individual and dynamic over time. I believe... View Details

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Strategy for Health Care Delivery - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

delivery, and patient value: Access a network of health care institutions and facilities to enhance quality and coordination of care Leverage partnerships and implement outcome measurement strategies to improve care for complicated... View Details

Portrait Project

Brandon Angelini

Weekends were for ambitious projects in my family. Someone would announce a plan for the day — it could be anything — and I remember the weekend that my mom decided we would make a picnic table. My parents are architects, well acquainted with building things more View Details

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal

the traditional ultimatum game and reverse ultimatum game help explain the dynamics of BA-ROFR? A: You might as well ask how experiments helped explain the BA-ROFR. Contracts exist in a complicated world, and there's a lot more going on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Construction; Real Estate; Entertainment & Recreation

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

productivity in your sales team after the crisis. To learn more, read Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business Frank V. Cespedes, MBA Class of 1973 Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. Tip: Determine if COVID View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2017
News

A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

the humanities,” he says, “the better foundation they will have to think critically in complicated situations and act in ways that will have a positive impact on the world. I believe that’s what the One Harvard theme is all about.” View Details

28 Mar 2012
What Do You Think?

Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

although some of these are tradable. This complicated picture raises several questions: How are priorities for government investment—for example, in education, infrastructure, subsidies to specific industries, an apprentice... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

complicated and difficult than those between non-related individuals in non-family business systems. Because family relationships have existed for many years, they have deeply ingrained tendencies, some of which can facilitate a... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

30 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way

complicated by feelings on the death penalty in general. Partly like ideas around involuntary servitude, we think that prisoners volunteering for anything has to be scrutinized very carefully. Q: Why do economists see markets so... View Details