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- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Stuck in Gear: Why Managers Don’t Act
future. He also offers suggestions for avoiding the worst mistakes and gives advice for reviving your own company. For most companies, a big jolt in the industry landscape is a pretty rare event, Sull says. The travel industry, for... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
policymakers avoid a repeat of that painful episode. Greenwood, Hanson, and colleagues have identified the signs that potentially signal trouble. Three years of rapid growth in credit and asset prices increased the odds of a crisis to 40... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf: A Manager's Responsibility in the 21st Century
It's easy to think that the 2010 disaster at the BP drilling platform Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico was the result of a chain of cascading events beyond the control of anyone to stop. But as the authors of Avoiding Corporate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Alumni Books
decisions without the benefit of hindsight? The authors offer a model for making better decisions, describing key red flags to watch for and detailing needed decision-making safeguards. They analyze past bad View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?
leaders of our largest financial institutions worldwide struggling to justify decisions that have placed their organizations in jeopardy. I was reminded, too, of the CEO of a well-known retail organization who, I believe, would be... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
work place." Others addressed the more general question of who or what should determine the limits of transparency in an organization. While there was an acknowledgement that not all things can be disclosed, confidentiality was seen as a potential means for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The New Brand Manager: You
consumers upfront to avoid making bad decisions that incite criticism. I prefer a more collaborative, co-creative approach with consumers—understanding how they are likely to respond to key branding changes... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Jan 2018
- Blog Post
EXPERTS SHARE 5 TIPS TO BECOME A BETTER MANAGER
manage. 1. Have a process At its core, good management is all about processes. A process is a series of steps or actions that results in a particular outcome. When you look at management and decision making as a process, it's easier to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
was an isolated incident. The board then weighed an important decision that turned on their view of the CEO’s role and the company’s compensation policies: Would a sanction be enough, or should the board force Easterbrook out? And if the... View Details
- 26 Mar 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Disaster!
must be prepared to act when the stakes are much greater than expected. What Signals Should Leaders Send During A Crisis? High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest On May 10, 1996, five mountaineers from two teams perished... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
an entrepreneur; what the role of a fundraising leader entails; and why and how fundraising can be rewarding and fun. The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup by Noam Wasserman (Princeton... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
image by Edmon de Haro So you have an idea for a new business, product, or service. What are you going to call it? As any cash-strapped entrepreneur, product manager, or “creative” will tell you, that decision can be critical when it... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Ban the Butterfly Rule for Corporate Directors
that trigger a director's resignation. Section 8 of the Clayton Act, for example, prohibits a person from serving as a director or officer of competitors (to avoid possible antitrust complications). A new job may preempt time and... View Details
Keywords: Joseph Hinsey IV
- 21 Nov 2013
- News
Case Study: BlackBerry and Thorsten Heins
BlackBerry Messenger limit his market? Was the decision to release a touch-screen version before the phone with a physical keyboard—a favorite of the business class—a strategic error? Should he have re-focused on enterprise users? Willy... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New Releases
explains that his "back of the envelope" approach to analysis provides short cuts to quantifying those returns. A practical handbook, The Real Estate Game will help readers recognize good opportunities; make smart decisions about... View Details
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
meeting needs of multiple stakeholders will be met with controversy. Those giving McMillon the lowest grades appeared to be gun owners or supporters. As BobG put it, “Anyone who makes a decision to not support a Constitutional right of... View Details
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
emotional state, which the authors call competitive arousal, often leads to bad decisions. Managers can minimize the potential for competitive arousal and the harm it can inflict by avoiding certain types of interaction and targeting the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
What would Aristotle think about self-driving cars? As the abilities of artificial intelligence systems to automate complex tasks accelerate, warnings about the dangers of outsourcing life-and-death decisions to machines are pumping the... View Details
- 12 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making
and you want to avoid rapid convergence because that convergence reduces how much the group explores and considers alternatives.” The study shows the intermittent interaction pulls not just the groups up, but the best performers as well.... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Faculty Books
satisfaction in my career? How can I avoid compromising my integrity? Using lessons from some of the world’s greatest businesses, Christensen and his coauthors provide insight into these challenging questions. The Architecture of... View Details