Decision Avoidance - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Jul 2018
Op-Ed

4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World

then develop the case for pursuing this opportunity. Be pragmatic, not just idealistic. Transformational solutions are appealing, but they can leave people overwhelmed by the size of the problem. Incremental work, on the other hand, allows you to gather collaborators... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

30 Sep 2019
Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

working world. Boosting women and minorities is “good business,” as diversity improves the quality of decision making on complex tasks, team performance, and innovation. Yet, despite the long-standing interconnections between race, work,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Andi Wang

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Race Does Matter in Mentoring

in the career trajectories of white and minority executive suggests that companies implicitly have two distinct tournaments for access to the top jobs.— David A. Thomas Although it took Williams longer to reach middle management than he thought it should, he View Details

Keywords: by David A. Thomas

Web

Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

literacy by honing instincts that will help business leaders avoid legal pitfalls, attain a competitive edge and promote long-term success. Expanding well beyond the basic legal concepts introduced in LCA, the course will refine students’... View Details

14 Jul 2009
First Look

First Look: July 14

participation in OS arises as the optimal decision of profit-maximizing firms, and (2) OS and P firms may (or may not) coexist in equilibrium. Firms decide their type and investment in R&D and sell packages composed of a primary good... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

avoid backsliding into dysfunctional routines—habitual patterns of negative behavior by individuals and groups that are triggered automatically and unconsciously by familiar circumstances or stimuli. Employees need help maintaining new... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Bringing the Environment Down to Earth

Avoiding dissenting opinion. People find it comfortable to talk with those who share their views. Managers need to keep their minds open to the new perspectives and new facts that can come from regular conversations with government... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

slow to change, and fraught with obstacles to learning. We describe “strategy-as-learning” to contrast with the traditional concept of “strategy-as-planning.” Practicing the work of organizational strategy as a learning process implies eschewing a set of firm View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

like private equity fund managers, especially in terms of forming exit strategies at the time of business development; base decisions on an assumption of increasing competitive discontinuity and impermanence; View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Student-Faculty-Profile

Michelle Shell & Ryan Buell

best decisions and undermine our service experiences in the process. Behavioral science and economics has identified choice architecture as one path for helping consumers make better decisions in these... View Details

26 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

sanitation station in order to avoid bringing any unwanted diseases into the greenhouse. It is an active greenhouse, meaning the team has full control over the climate and light conditions. Inside, there are dozens of rows of tomato... View Details

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

goes, ‘Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students.’ So, if time is of the essence, how to best think and frame the problems we need to solve with our teams to survive this crisis? What is sequence of those actions and View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

road improvement project built through the heart of the city. Ann Cullen: The Big Dig in Boston is coming to completion. In terms of project financing, what are your thoughts on this project? Was there a better way to finance the project to View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

05 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 5

Regulation? By: Drake, David F., and Robin L. Just Abstract—A regulator's ability to incentivize environmental improvement among firms is vital in achieving long-term sustainability. However, firms can and do respond to environmental regulation in a variety of ways:... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

29 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact

and dispose of them. The circular economy uses what is already there, which saves on the extraction and processing piece, then keeps those materials in the system. If you can avoid both extraction and waste disposal costs, it can create... View Details

19 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016

coffee. Preparing the Self for Team Entry: How Relational Affirmation Improves Team Performance Despite their potential to perform at high levels and make decisions that are better than those of individual members, teams are often unable... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Feb 2000
News

Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

U.S. consumers more power over decisions related to health care. Those who advocate consumer-driven health care - including conference chair Professor Regina E. Herzlinger - believe that shifting control of health-care purchasing View Details

01 Dec 2015
First Look

December 1, 2015

Abstract—Operational decisions under information asymmetry can signal a firm's prospects to less-informed parties, such as investors, customers, competitors, and regulators. Consequently, managers in these settings often face a tradeoff... View Details