Decision Making Teams - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

internal marketplace for ideas, talent, and capital. Concurrently, leadership will move from that of a "wise seer" making the big decisions to individuals within the firm who create the context in... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

about baseball and race, he's explored questions such as how much money motivates ministers, and how much financial journalists affect the stock market. "I am interested in what motivates people," he says, "and what causes them to View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

improvement programs kept failing. Meliones created a leadership team with representatives from each of the three employee groups to redefine the mission and to develop a Balanced Scorecard that incorporated two apparently conflicting... View Details

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

08 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 8, 2008

journey from 2003 to 2006. The case describes the changes in the senior team, structure and processes of the organization. It follows two illustrations of a powerful employee engagement process for honest conversations between the senior View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News

Revelation of Bad News, were published in September. To determine when and why companies engage in this behavior and what it might indicate about their future earnings, the research team examined roughly 70,000 call transcripts from all... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

negotiations can affect interaction processes and how negotiations can be not only a solution to, but also a source of, inter-organizational conflict. Principals, agents, and teams face different sets of constraints and opportunities in... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

services. Health plans will eliminate their restrictive networks, allowing members to choose in a competitive (and regional or even national) marketplace the providers that offer the best value for their condition. Plans will help patients View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How the Giants of Enterprise Seized the Future

became. With his eyes on the future, he drastically pruned the company's product line, jettisoning items that held little promise and concentrating on data processing. The most important decision any company ever View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

of having cases written about them? How do you work with reluctance or hesitation? A: Most Japanese companies I contacted to ask for cooperation to develop cases have been quite cooperative. I believe that the high academic standards of our faculty and the reputation... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

cases that makes them so enduring?" Saki, Sizzle, Sayonara Case: Benihana of Tokyo Written: 1972 Copies Sold: 269,584 Touring the United States in 1959 with his Japanese university wrestling team, twenty-year-old Hiroaki... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

29 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019

by Desai in mid-2017. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/818017-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 818-096 Making Markets Explains how to identify and capitalize on marketplace design opportunities. Defines markets and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

School MBA Elective Curriculum. Teams of HBS students have traveled to several developing countries to research prospects for private finance and delivery of solutions in traditional energy, renewable energy, urban transit, inter-city... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

15 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 15

infrastructure was a key question. SAP could build, own, and operate its own data centers, or partner to locate SAP HANA and other products with other cloud infrastructure providers, such as Amazon, Microsoft, or IBM. McDermott also had to View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53461 2017 Making Research Matter: A Psychologist's Guide to Public Engagement Government and Organizations: Transforming Institutions Using Behavioral Insights By: Dalton,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

economist Edward Glaeser argues in The Triumph of the City that "our greatest invention [i.e.,cities] makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier." That's all well and good, but the success of mankind's greatest... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

July 2024
Case

Wizards of the Coast and Magic: The Rebounding

By: Boris Groysberg and Tom Quinn

This case traces the history and growth of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. From its development in 1993 by tiny studio Wizards of the Coast, to Wizards’ acquisition by toy giant Hasbro in 1999, to its evolution into a billion-dollar brand in 2023,... View Details

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February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
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Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff

By: Navid Mojir, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney

Lilium is a German company focused on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) that can be used to offer air taxi services. The company went public in September 2021 through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, raising more than... View Details

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06 Nov 2017
Research Event

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

have to make sense of this.” It was a fitting introduction to a multidisciplinary panel called The Future of Cities, which considered urban growth from as many diverse perspectives as there were panelists. Hosted by the Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

11 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The Success of Reverse Leveraged Buyouts

years, the buyout team sells its stakes in these firms. "This exit can be accomplished through a sale to a strategic buyer, such as a corporation, or to another private equity group. But in many of the most successful investments,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

15 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Paul Gompers and Josh Lerner

the venture capitalist will increasingly become a team player, coordinating the firm's resources to help portfolio firms. Q: What are the opportunities and challenges for international venture capital efforts? A: For its first fifty... View Details

Keywords: by Carol Elsen; Financial Services

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