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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research
Business and Government (HKS-HBS Joint Degree Seminar) Andy Zelleke Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Crucibles of Crisis Leadership Nancy Koehn Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Doing Business with China 2035: Navigating Uncertainty William Kirby Spring 2026 Q3 1.5... View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
asset beta. See Malcolm’s other research here and Jeffrey’s other research here . More Info The Pass-through of Uncertainty Shocks to Households By: Marco Di Maggio , Amir Kermani , Rodney Ramcharan , Vincent Yao & Edison Yu AUG 2020 What... View Details
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Health-care Applications
Active postmarketing drug surveillance. There is substantial interest within the U.S. health community and among health policymakers in developing a surveillance system that scans public health databases in order to proactively detect potential drug safety... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
performance, and measures; and of broadening the negotiation perspective is what makes the approach so powerful. It enables the parties to shed light on the sources of the uncertainties and to illuminate new ways in which they can... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sylvester Wee
travelled – entrepreneurship. For the first time in my career, I face maximum uncertainty with no fall back option. “90% of startups fail.” I seem to have heard a variation of that before. I am scared, but that’s not stopping me. My... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
transparent communication. Embracing a program that is Unrelenting and iterative. Setting Concentrated and focused steps to serve as a guiding set of goals. Driving Action by accepting uncertainty as the new normal. Embracing Agility and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
inclined to minimize that loss by stretching the truth. When negotiators have a lot of uncertainty and lack information, they are more likely to engage in deceptive practices. If negotiators think their counterparts have treated them... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online
Concepts Understand negotiation dynamics and how to prepare for uncertainty Learn to craft agile strategy and be quick on your feet in changing circumstances Resolve small differences before they escalate Secure maximum value for your... View Details
- November 1994
- Case
Dow Corning and the Breast Implant Controversy (A)
By: Willis M. Emmons III, Monica Brand and Greg Keller
In early 1994, Dow Corning Corp. debates whether to participate in a proposed $4.2 billion product liability settlement. Specifically, the firm must decide whether to contribute $2 billion to end a class action suit filed by women suffering from connective tissue... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Ethics; Health Disorders; Government Legislation; Crime and Corruption; Legal Liability; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Communication Strategy; Lawsuits and Litigation; Health Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Emmons, Willis M., III, Monica Brand, and Greg Keller. "Dow Corning and the Breast Implant Controversy (A)." Harvard Business School Case 795-047, November 1994.
- October 1992 (Revised September 1993)
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L.L. Bean, Inc.: Item Forecasting and Inventory Management
L.L. Bean must make stocking decisions on thousands of items sold through its catalogs. In many cases, orders must be placed with vendors twelve or more weeks before a catalog lands on a customer's doorstep, and commitments cannot be changed thereafter. As a result,... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Risk Management; Cost Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Demand and Consumers; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Retail Industry; United States
Schleifer, Arthur, Jr. "L.L. Bean, Inc.: Item Forecasting and Inventory Management." Harvard Business School Case 893-003, October 1992. (Revised September 1993.)
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Gender Changes the Negotiation
inequities over time. Awareness of the factors that create gender-related advantages and disadvantages can help you mitigate their consequences—and promote a more egalitarian workplace. How Ambiguity Affects Negotiation At Park's firm, a high degree of View Details
- 11 Aug 2003
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Why Budgeting Kills Your Company
eleven regions compete like teams in a league, trying to beat one another's return on equity. Similarly, the 550 branches compete on two other key performance indicators: Cost to income and profit per employee. The relative standings are publicized throughout the... View Details
Keywords: by Loren Gary
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
be classified into five segments: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards. Each of the five segments has its own behavioral and demographic characteristics, with varying levels of uncertainty about the... View Details
- 17 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?
which helped get them through the feelings of uncertainty that came with retirement. One woman described herself as being “very optimistic and fairly happy most days.” Enacting a previous identity in a new way: Several retirees found ways... View Details
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Milly Wang
challenging moments. Even the smallest gestures can have a meaningful daily impact. Instead of discovering anything big and spectacular in space, I want to become someone who others can turn to for comfort and reassurance, who can be trusted to offer support and... View Details
- 10 Nov 2015
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Using an MBA for a Career Change
school and I have ended up in a place and position where I am excited to walk into work every day. It was definitely worth all of the stress and uncertainty over the past few years. Career change is hard. It’s a never-ending process. ... View Details
- 11 Apr 2012
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The High Risks of Short-Term Management
profits (or worse, the short-term benefits come at the expense of long-term value creation). This phenomenon does not come out of the blue, but is attributable to fundamental frictions in capital markets related to the uncertainty of... View Details
- January 2008 (Revised August 2008)
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The Time Warner Center: Mixed-Use Development
By: A. Eugene Kohn, Arthur I Segel and David Lane
Despite the failure of other attempts to bring mixed use development in New York City, Related Companies in 2004 opened Time Warner Center, a huge complex incorporating offices, shops, restaurants, music auditoriums, a hotel, and luxury apartments on Columbus Circle in... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Marketing; Buildings and Facilities; Construction; Development Economics; New York (city, NY)
Kohn, A. Eugene, Arthur I Segel, and David Lane. "The Time Warner Center: Mixed-Use Development." Harvard Business School Case 208-081, January 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
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Leading Successful Digital Transformation
there is a lot of uncertainty about digital future. However, in a global organization, this bottom-up approach often leads to hundreds of experiments that unfortunately do not add up to much. Although new projects drive a sense of... View Details