Judgment - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

How Consumers Value Global Brands

developing countries like China and India as they are in developed countries in Europe. What we didn't find was anti-American sentiment that colored judgments about U.S.-based global brands. Since American companies dominate the... View Details

Keywords: by Douglas B. Holt, John A. Quelch & Earl L. Taylor

02 Oct 2008
What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

themselves to loans they cannot afford." Elizabeth Doty commented, "The promise that individual actions lead to societal gain also means that individual failures of judgment lead to societal risk and pain, as we are seeing . This is why I... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

27 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?

"The best-laid schemes of mice and men go often awry." - Robert Burns, 1785 An entrepreneur starts a company with plans to go public, but ultimately accepts a low-ball acquisition offer from a competitor. A newlywed husband plans to spend 10 minutes in Whole... View Details

2010
Working Paper

Conveniently Upset: Avoiding Altruism by Distorting Beliefs about Others

By: Rafael Di Tella and Ricardo Perez-Truglia

In this paper we present the results from a "corruption game" (a dictator game modified so that the second player can accept a side payment that reduces the overall size of the pie). Dictators (silently) treated to have the possibility of taking a larger proportion of... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Fairness; Values and Beliefs; Game Theory; Personal Characteristics

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01 Dec 2015
News

Preparing Future Leaders for Tomorrow’s Challenges

puts students in the shoes of case protagonists, helping them develop the skills and judgment required to be an effective general manager. While case discussions remain core to the School’s learning model, HBS is continually exploring... View Details

Portrait Project

Tony Deifell

virtue of my skin color, gender, and Harvard education. Sometimes the cracks seems small and easy to overlook – saying people's names incorrectly, not giving thanks before a meal, forgetting my mom's birthday (she'd say that was a big crack), and being too View Details

30 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

research has focused on understanding when and why people rely on (or ignore) advice and how this impacts judgment accuracy; little is known about the interpersonal consequences of the advice-seeking process. In this paper, we investigate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Apr 2013
What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

women (or men) with multiple commitments. The implication is that women in leadership will be more likely than men to rethink work in this fashion. Sandberg's advice largely assumes that work will not be rethought. Instead, women will have to "lean in" and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Aug 2019
Blog Post

3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career

conversations happen a lot at HBS is because we all agree to be vulnerable and candid for each other's learning. This is not easy. You need to overcome the fear of judgment to be vulnerable, and the fear of not being liked to be radically... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

Q&A: John Quelch

and our faculty have been making their own wise judgments in that regard. My view is that the terrorist attacks underscore the importance of international understanding and coalition building. If there was a danger of the United States... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

30 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

Professional Networks in China and America

affect- and cognition-based trust? A: Trust is a state of mind toward another person that can arise through distinct psychological processes. Cognition-based trust refers to trust "from the head"—it's a judgment based on... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

http://hbr.org/product/handbook-of-leadership-theory-and-practice/an/12326-HBK-ENG Big Five Personality Factors, Hardiness, and Social Judgment as Predictors of Leader Performance Authors:Scott Snook, Paul T. Bartone, Jarie Eid, Bjorn... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2009
Working Paper

The Devil Wears Prada: Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making

By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Xi Zou

Although the concept of luxury has been widely discussed in social theories and marketing research, relatively little research has directly examined the psychological consequences of exposure to luxury goods. This paper demonstrates that mere exposure to luxury goods... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Judgments; Ethics; Marketing; Behavior; Power and Influence; Luxury

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Real Estate Private Equity - Course Catalog

proposal and present the investment concept. Pedagogical Mix Private equity real estate investments lend themselves to the case study method as virtually every subject requires both quantitative and qualitative analysis, judgment calls... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Job Interviews

important; the rest of the meeting often serves to confirm an initial judgment made very early on.” That confirmation process frequently begins with an open-ended question such as, “Tell me about yourself,” which Butler views as a prime... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2010
News

Eight Join HBS Faculty

teaching. His coauthored research on golfer performance has aided the PGA’s development of a new metric to measure putting skills. Francesca Gino is an associate professor in the Negotiation, Organizations Markets Unit and teaches negotiation in the MBA Program. Her... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Negative Ad Power

against an attractive but relatively unknown candidate. The alternative of crafting a distinct, positive image takes longer and becomes more difficult as the day of judgment approaches. Policy differences grow fuzzier as both candidates... View Details

Keywords: John A. Quelch;Katherine E. Jocz; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities

you might say—about the mechanical effects of an economic policy. We are not very good at thinking about the broader value judgments underneath those decisions. What part does the minimum wage debate play in larger policy discussion about... View Details

Keywords: April White; faculty research; writing

26 Apr 2011
News

Do You See What I See?

In the second-year elective The Moral Leader, students read and discuss a wide selection of literary sources, confronting complex moral challenges and developing the analytical skills and judgment that will be required of them as business... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Aug 2015
First Look

First Look Tuesday

foreign officials, and the packaging and sale of toxic securities to naïve investors-require ethically problematic judgments and behaviors. However, dominant models of workplace unethical behavior fail to account for what we have learned... View Details

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