Decision Authority - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them

Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Green Technology

07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7

publicly announced their intention to sell their 76.7% stake in Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., an iconic Italian producer of sport performance motorcycles. The decision followed a six-year turnaround during which Ducati returned to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Jun 2007
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HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

a particular identity. And there's a piece of this in Madam Walker's decision to buck the tide in how African Americans were known by whites. This was about signaling her own self-respect and that for other African Americans" by... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics

22 Feb 2021
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Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

Selling is changing, but broad generalizations and false dichotomies about ecommerce, big data, and other trends—hallmarks of current sales advice—are keeping business leaders from making sound decisions, says Frank Cespedes, author of a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

28 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 28

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/717028-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-010 United Airlines: More Out-and-Back Flying? This case looks at United Airlines when it is facing a decision on whether to shift its aircraft... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2019
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Crowdsourcing Is Helping Hollywood Reduce the Risk of Movie-Making

Wahlen of MIT Sloan—examine whether such “wisdom of the crowd” can beat the odds in predicting a blockbuster at a higher rate than the gut of an individual producer. "While some companies have used crowdsourcing as a way to make decisions... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Motion Pictures & Video

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Disadvantaged Communities (DACs): communities “marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution.”[1] Environmental Racism: “racial discrimination in environmental policy making, corporate decision making, and/or practice which... View Details

26 Mar 2020
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7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus

in which to communicate decisions and priorities, but also have rapid communication to the entire body of constituents—not delays over hours or days or, even worse, weeks. Silence is absolutely the worst possible thing that you allow to... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

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Finance Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

one of the top 20 bestselling case authors for the past seven academic years (was #19 in 2021–2022) by The Case Centre out of more than 8,000 authors. Robin Greenwood : Winner of the 2022 Roger F. Murray Award from the Institute for... View Details

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

investment-banking revenues. To assess the generality of our findings, we test the same relations using compensation data from a second high-status bank and obtain similar results. The Best of Both Worlds: Integrating Conscious and Unconscious Thought Best Solves... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

10 Jun 2019
Blog Post

What I Did Differently Before Reapplying to HBS

seemed uncertain. A few years later, I decided to re-apply. It felt like the right time: I would have been working for four years before starting, I was getting ready to move on from the industry I was in, and, most importantly, my GMAT score was about to expire! As... View Details

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

Conduct, your jobs are secure. This decision was made with 100 percent support of the Firm’s Operating Committee. At the end of this year, we will know what we are dealing with, and hopefully, the economy will be on the mend by then.”... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

01 Feb 2021
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Has the New Economy Finally Arrived?

accumulated in the US to the point that they could fuel demand that outpaces supply, increasing inflation. Extended ultra-low interest rates may promote all kinds of unwise financial decisions and volatility. Has the new economy finally... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup

he said. "You have to know what you're doing, and you have to do what you say you're going to do. Before you have the moral authority to lead your team, you have to inspire trust," he said. "Trust is the one thing that... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

13 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 13

argue the authors of Higher Ambition. In fact, as global competition stiffens and enterprises face increasing public scrutiny, successful leaders must win on all fronts-with their people, their customers, their communities, and their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 23

suppliers and selling them to buyers). We model this as a choice between whether control rights over a non-contractible decision variable (the level of marketing activities) are better held by suppliers (the marketplace-mode) or by the... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

05 May 2011
What Do You Think?

How Ethical Can We Be?

another environment?" Anyone who has studied business cultures in various parts of the world probably would respond affirmatively. Gerald Nanninga observed that "unethical decisions can often appear to be the 'best' View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

at Harvard Business School. She is a respected authority on branding and brand management, customer... Julie Battilana Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business... View Details

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Drug & Alcohol Policy | About

community are expected to comply with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and with all HBS rules governing possessing or serving alcohol. 2 HBS holds its students, faculty, and staff responsible for the consequences of their View Details

03 Jan 2011
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Most Popular Articles of 2010

minds on this important subject. TOP 10 MOST POPULAR WORKING PAPERS OF 2010 The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making What psychological consequences do luxury goods have on people? In... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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