decision making - Publications - Faculty & Research

BURKE: Behind a complicated deal, some high-profile HBSers and cloak-and-dagger secrecy. Stephen Chernin/Getty Images Comcast’s bid for a controlling stake in NBC Universal was a complex deal that featured many HBS alumni in starring, supporting, and back-story roles.... 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

01 Feb 2013
News

Growth Strategy Has Double Bottom Line

thing for our investors, our conservation partners, and our employees. One has to make tough judgment calls and strategic decisions and figure out how aggressive to be in negotiations. But the principle of... View Details

Keywords: Louisa Rigali; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

25 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela

electricity, the thoughtful deployment of public-private partnerships, and the land allocation necessary to support up to 200 million pilgrims. There are extensible leadership and finance lessons for me here, and they can become Finance and Strategy teaching material.... View Details

Keywords: by John D. Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

19 Oct 2022
News

If I Were You

Try something else. But really open your eyes. Xavier Paternot (MBA 2002): Xavier Paternot, 2002. Make career decisions based on your, on your guts and your, and your heart, and not on- on your head. Hang Li... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)

hours later I was on a plane to Tokyo to advise the US-Japan Task Force. It’s very hard in chaos to make well-informed decisions because all the information is out there in small pockets. My first priority... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government