Decision Making Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

Issue Focus: Leadership Illustration by Craig Frazier What HBS Learned from West Point The Evolving Case Method Issue Focus Li & Fung's Global Footprint Making the Leadership Case Related Faculty Research What Top Scholars Say about... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; FIELD program; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

April 1991 (Revised July 1991)
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RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Charles Hugel, the chairman of RJR Nabisco, receives a call from RJR Nabisco's CEO, Ross Johnson; Johnson plans to present an LBO plan to the board of directors at the board meeting the following week. The case details Hugel's actions as chairman, and describes the... View Details

Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Situation or Environment; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Managerial Roles; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

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01 Feb 2013
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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

07 Jul 2016
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Teaching History in the Present Tense

people were making difficult decisions and put ourselves in those moments, which is the essence of the case method.” The class—an atypical mix of Harvard undergraduates and MBA students—is consistently... View Details

04 Jun 2021
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When an Educated Guess Beats Data Analysis

29 Apr 2016
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The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)

do you use what you learned at HBS in your role as COO of ArtLifting? “So far, the biggest learnings from HBS that I have noticed myself directly applying relate to strategy, decision making, and communication. “We are a View Details

28 Feb 2014
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The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)

all other possibilities and have now escalated to me so I can make a decision. Knowing that decisions have consequences and not making the right View Details

Keywords: General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

December 2021
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? Assessing Risk in Carlos Ghosn's International Escape

By: Eugene F. Soltes, Grace Liu and Muneeb Ahmed

In 2018, automotive tycoon Carlos Ghosn was arrested in Japan on financial misreporting charges, followed later by charges of improper payments and misappropriation of funds. Over a year later, still awaiting trial, Ghosn organized his escape from house arrest in Tokyo... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Ethics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Law; Courts and Trials; Rights; Risk and Uncertainty; Auto Industry; Japan

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January 2021 (Revised March 2021)
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Juno (B): Leveraging Student Power

By: Joshua Schwartzstein, Kathleen L. McGinn and Amy Klopfenstein

In March 2020, Juno co-founders Chris Abkarians and Nikhil Agarwal decided to pitch banks in anticipation of their annual auction while negotiating directly with private lender Eager. Responses from the majority of private lenders—including Juno’s 2019 partner—were not... View Details