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- February 2006
- Article
Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions, and Managerial Investment Decisions
By: Daniel B. Bergstresser, Mihir A. Desai and Joshua Rauh
Bergstresser, Daniel B., Mihir A. Desai, and Joshua Rauh. "Earnings Manipulation, Pension Assumptions, and Managerial Investment Decisions." Quarterly Journal of Economics 121, no. 1 (February 2006): 157–195.
- 2022
- Working Paper
When Do Individuals Give Up Agency? The Role of Decision Avoidance
By: Holly Dykstra, Christine L. Exley and Muriel Niederle
A common policy problem is that individuals reject recommended options and insist on making their own choices. Via a large-scale experiment, we document and investigate what factors contribute to this preference for agency. Our main results show that individuals’... View Details
Dykstra, Holly, Christine L. Exley, and Muriel Niederle. "When Do Individuals Give Up Agency? The Role of Decision Avoidance." Working Paper, October 2022.
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Making Corporate Boards More Effective
resilience, strategic direction, executive compensation, and regulatory compliance. At the same time, you will learn how to work more effectively with fellow directors and company management to strengthen governance, manage unexpected... View Details
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Making Corporate Boards More Effective
By: Suraj Srinivasan
While a corporate board may have broadly defined legal duties, its role in evaluating management, providing strategic oversight, and dealing with the complexity of today's regulatory environment has never been more tested—or more critically dependent on effective... View Details
- 1980
- Other Unpublished Work
Congress Ned Pattison - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox
Keywords: Decision Making
- 2006
- Chapter
A Decision Perspective on Organizations: Social Cognition, Behavioral Decision Theory and the Psychological Links to Micro and Macro Organizational Behaviour
By: M. A. Neale, A. E. Tenbrunsel, T. Galvin and M. H. Bazerman
Keywords: Decision Making; Perspective; Behavior; Cognition and Thinking; Organizations; Mathematical Methods
Neale, M. A., A. E. Tenbrunsel, T. Galvin, and M. H. Bazerman. "A Decision Perspective on Organizations: Social Cognition, Behavioral Decision Theory and the Psychological Links to Micro and Macro Organizational Behaviour." In The SAGE Handbook of Organization Studies. 2nd ed. Edited by Stewart R. Clegg, Cynthia Hardy, Thomas Lawrence, and Walter Nord. Sage Publications, 2006.
- Article
Decisions about Medication Use and Cancer Screening across Age Groups in the United States
By: Kathleen M. Fairfield, Bethany S. Gerstein, Carrie A. Levin, Vickie Stringfellow, Heidi Wierman and Mary McNaughton-Collins
Objective
To describe decision process and quality for common cancer screening and medication decisions by age group.
Methods
We included 2941 respondents to a national Internet survey who made at least one decision about colorectal, breast,... View Details
To describe decision process and quality for common cancer screening and medication decisions by age group.
Methods
We included 2941 respondents to a national Internet survey who made at least one decision about colorectal, breast,... View Details
Fairfield, Kathleen M., Bethany S. Gerstein, Carrie A. Levin, Vickie Stringfellow, Heidi Wierman, and Mary McNaughton-Collins. "Decisions about Medication Use and Cancer Screening across Age Groups in the United States." Patient Education and Counseling 98, no. 3 (March 2015): 338–343.
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt--‘Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World’
book excerpt Management Is Not Leadership From Chapter 4, Accelerate: Building Strategic Agility for a Faster-Moving World By John Kotter Listen to how most people talk in everyday conversation, and you'll find that they often use the... View Details
Keywords: Re: John P. Kotter
- 25 Mar 2013
- News
Decide and make your move
- 03 Jan 2022
- News
Making Healthy Practices Habitual
What Makes a Successful Celebrity Brand?
Celebrity endorsements of existing brands have been a part of marketing strategy for decades. But in a world where celebrities have built enormous social media followings and have become effective influencers, many stars are making a pivot: Instead of endorsing or... View Details
- January 2020
- Article
How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?
By: Paul A. Gompers, William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan and Ilya A. Strebulaev
We survey 885 institutional venture capitalists (VCs) at 681 firms to learn how they make decisions across eight areas: deal sourcing, investment selection, valuation, deal structure, post-investment value-added, exits, internal firm organization, and relationships... View Details
Gompers, Paul A., William Gornall, Steven N. Kaplan, and Ilya A. Strebulaev. "How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions?" Journal of Financial Economics 135, no. 1 (January 2020): 169–190.
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
What Makes a Good Leader
good leader? Name: Joseph Badaracco, John Shad Professor of Business Ethics Course head: Leadership, Values, and Decision Making module Developed and teaches: The Moral Leader, MBA elective Title of next... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 02 Apr 2024
- What Do You Think?
What's Enough to Make Us Happy?
(Image created with Midjourney, an artificial intelligence tool) Happiness, an elusive condition we all want to experience, is a popular topic. It’s a complex subject. It may or may not require everything from good health to sufficient wealth to good relationships in... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
intersection of accounting, strategy, and finance, and learn how to evaluate a business’s performance, prospects, and value to make strategic investment decisions that generate... View Details
- 30 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
Why Anger Makes a Wrongly Accused Person Look Guilty
University—found that anger can make a person come across as guilty even when they are not. Too often, when an employee is accused of wrongdoing, people evaluating the situation can make snap judgments based... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding