Confidence - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Aug 2010
News

A Lonely Crusader

municipal bond insurer, MBIA, is the subject of a new book, Confidence Game. MBIA’s stellar financial performance and rock-solid triple-A rating masked the firm’s growing fragility as it ventured deeper and deeper into insuring... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; subprime mortgages; Finance; Real Estate

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HBS Veteran Spotlight: Lindsey Chrismon (MBA 2025) - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

30 May 2024
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How to Have Effective Conversations

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details

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Course Development

General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

people in the area regained confidence that life was returning to normal. Niinami’s company also donated lunch to Soma City elementary school students for three days in April before the school could get lunch service going again. When he... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Values, Purpose, Meaning, and Expectations: Why Culture and Context Matter

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

The "rational person" standard, based on assumptions of economic self-interest, has long prevailed in legal reasoning. But understanding of decision making, behavioral choices, and possibilities for action must be enlarged to include a variety of factors that give... View Details

Keywords: Standards; Interests; Decision Making; Behavior; Value; Groups and Teams; Performance Expectations; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Business Cycles; Forecasting and Prediction; Motivation and Incentives

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

critical for business success and I now feel confident that I have the foundations in place. I am looking forward to embracing this capability further in my career. Emily Hardy Sr. Director Traffic Generation & Web Analytics, adidas Group... View Details

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

but at this stage, if you don’t have the confidence and the right people to do things without you, it will be a rough ride. In fact, when founding CEOs don’t learn to step up into their roles and empower their leaders, investors and board... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

05 Oct 2023
Blog Post

A Pathway to Public Service: Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025)

disagreements. The case method demands both the confidence to express your own opinion and the humility to listen to others with an open mind. We, as a country, could benefit from applying this concept more broadly. RC year has already... View Details

20 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

two-thirds of our innovation skills still come through learning—from first understanding the skill, then practicing it, and ultimately gaining confidence in our capacity to create. This is one reason that individuals who grow up in... View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

23 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

moving in favorable directions. McCool confirmed his belief in the strategy when he confidently told the employees to stay the course, to keep improving the performance driver measures on the scorecard. And his faith was soon confirmed:... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

and know-it-all, they won’t get anywhere,” Beer says. “People at the top have more decision rights, and that gives them a sense of distance and sometimes a false sense of confidence that they have the answers to everything. But they... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Dec 2020
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Making Club History in Japan; Startup Accelerator Case Goes Virtual in Atlanta

role came down to a focus on communication, transparency, and a confidence in her ability to adapt and recover. “This case was an opportunity to document something unique,” says Prince, whose successful leadership yielded The Farm an... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Do Private Equity Buyouts Get a Bad Rap?

show the buyout’s effect. In the end, they were left with 9,800 firms bought out between 1980 and 2013 and were able to follow 6,000 firms with a high-enough confidence to determine outcomes. Stark differences When they finally sorted... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services; Banking

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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online

earn a Certificate of Specialization and signify your deep expertise in entrepreneurship and innovation. Learn More about what you earn What Learners are Saying Disruptive Strategy has given me confidence and clarity in my decisions, and... View Details

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Regional Winners - Alumni

Bor, MBA 2003, CEO Region: Central U.S./Atlanta Hue Hue helps brands and retailers embed TikTok-style shoppable videos on their e-commerce websites to give customers confidence to add to cart. Janvi Shah, MBA 2022 Co-Founder & CEO Nicole... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

Managers Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration for Harvard Business School and Harvard University’s Vice Provost for Advances in Learning “Economics for Managers is a course that we hope will give you much more confidence... View Details

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Taylor Walden

challenges with greater creativity, adaptability, and empathy, ultimately enhancing my ability to navigate complex business environments with confidence and insight. If you could give one piece of advice to prospective students, what... View Details

29 Jul 2021
Blog Post

Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

Office. Specifically, I am working on the COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence and Equity project. Many New York City residents are either hesitant to receive the vaccine or lack access to healthcare facilities to get the vaccine. Using insights... View Details

26 Apr 2022
Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

members.” He and other leaders explicitly communicated confidence in their employees, enshrining trust as one of the company’s core values. But for autonomy to blossom, employees also had to trust leaders. They had to have faith that... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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