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Patrick Ferguson

performance measurement and evaluation. He is interested in how and why firms use performance metrics for contracting and feedback purposes, as well as the limitations of quantitative metrics and the role of human judgment in hiring and... View Details

04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008

research by judgment and decision-making scholars, psychologists have developed a detailed picture of the ways in which human judgment is bounded. This paper argues that the time has come to focus attention... View Details

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John Safer Search 1983 | About

monumental public works and commissions. In 1979, he made a bronze sculpture for Harvard Law School titled Judgment , which led to the commission for HBS. Search was designed in 1983, cast in bronze by the Tallix foundry in New York, and... View Details

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Real Estate Investing - Course Catalog

subject requires quantitative and qualitative analysis, judgment calls, quick thinking and development of practical action plans. "Cold calling" and active participation are frequent and important components of class. We expect that... View Details

2020
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When Do Experts Listen to Other Experts? The Role of Negative Information in Expert Evaluations for Novel Projects

By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Misha Teplitskiy, Gary Gray, Hardeep Ranu, Michael Menietti, Eva C. Guinan and Karim R. Lakhani

The evaluation of novel projects lies at the heart of scientific and technological innovation, and yet literature suggests that this process is subject to inconsistency and potential biases. This paper investigates the role of information sharing among experts as the... View Details

Keywords: Project Evaluation; Innovation; Knowledge Frontier; Negativity Bias; Projects; Innovation and Invention; Information; Diversity; Judgments

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01 Sep 2003
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Lessons from Everest

reasons, to reach the summit — undermined the better judgment of professionals and amateurs alike. A lesson for leaders, Roberto noted, is that even the most qualified and experienced people can make mistakes. Yet experts are often... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

January 1988
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Santa Clara County Transportation Agency (B)

Describes manager's decision from the (A) case and resulting court decisions, culminating in landmark 1987 Supreme Court ruling. View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Courts and Trials; Judgments; Transportation Industry; Public Administration Industry

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27 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie

a prop, or exhibited nudity, drinking, or drug use. As to the impact on observers of the posts, the temporary-sharers were characterized as having worse judgment than those who shared in permanent mediums. That belief was underscored... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

January 2014 (Revised November 2015)
Background Note

Rational Choice and Managerial Decision-Making

By: Willy Shih

This note discusses Herbert Simon's notion of bounded rationality: how managers may sometimes make suboptimal choices because of their limited ability to access or process information. View Details

Keywords: Rational Choice; Bounded Rationality; Satisficing; Herbert Simon; Agenda-setting; Choice; Alternatives; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Judgments

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Memory Lane and Morality: How Childhood Memories Promote Prosocial Behavior

By: F. Gino and S. Desai

Four experiments demonstrated that recalling memories from one's own childhood lead people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from their childhood were more likely to help the... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Research; Emotions; Relationships; Judgments

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01 Dec 2016
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Takeaways

organization’s collective wisdom in the process.” —Catherine J. Turco (MBA 2003), The Conversational Firm “Work through gray-area problems as a manager, using the best advice and information, and then resolve these problems as a human being, relying on your best View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Faculty Books

he seeks counsel from a panel of advisers, resulting in a wealth of teaching moments. Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right by Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville (Harvard Business Review... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Naivete and Cynicism in Negotiations and Other Competitive Contexts

By: Chia-Jung Tsay, Lisa L. Shu and Max H. Bazerman

A wealth of literature documents how the common failure to think about the self-interests of others contributes to suboptimal outcomes. Yet sometimes, an excess of cynicism appears to lead us to over-think the actions of others and make negative attributions about... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Outcome or Result; Trust; Judgments

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31 Oct 2004
What Do You Think?

Should the Wisdom of Crowds Influence Our Thinking About Leadership?

view that the term "crowd" might be a bit extreme in describing effective management processes. For example, John Baxter suggests that "a group of knowledgeable 'veterans' ... in conjunction with others from the external world ...can make more... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jun 2000
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Of Dugouts and Sweatshops

going to be exercising leadership in a world in which information is much easier to access than it was before," he said. "This changes the implicit rules in terms of what I call public ethics, because public judgments will happen whether... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

22 Sep 2015
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Reflecting on 24 Years at Harvard

Each day we challenge each other’s' thinking, and over the course of a semester and over the course of two years we try to develop judgment --- in my opinion the scarcest but most important managerial talent. It's a fun environment and I... View Details

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George F. Baker - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

a low profile and rarely gave interviews, but those in business and government consistently sought advice from the man who had lived through ten financial panics and still kept his optimism and judgment intact. 9 Sheridan A. Logan. George... View Details

05 Feb 2009
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Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

Summing Up How do we close the gap between theory and results in selecting leaders? In discussing why our achievements in selecting leaders are less than stellar, contributors offered a rich set of ideas. Given their number, I've tried to categorize them into several... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Status Affect Judgments of Moms Punishment and Prescribed Overcompensation for "Deviant Moms": How Race and Work Status Affect Judgments of Moms Peter Glick Speaks at the 2013 Gender & Work Symposium BS at... View Details

July 2022 (Revised September 2024)
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York Capital and Enovix

By: William Vrattos, Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo

In June 2020, Jeremy Blank prepared for a meeting with his fellow partners at York Capital to discuss an investment he had championed in Enovix, a company developing a state-of-the-art, silicon-based battery. Early-stage technology companies, like Enovix, were not... View Details

Keywords: Investment Evaluation; Partners and Partnerships; Investment Portfolio; Judgments; Opportunities

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