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- March–April 1998
- Article
Even Swaps: A Rational Method for Making Trade-Offs
By: John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney and Howard Raiffa
Hammond, John S., Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa. "Even Swaps: A Rational Method for Making Trade-Offs." Harvard Business Review 76, no. 2 (March–April 1998): 137–+.
- 28 Feb 2022
- News
What Makes a Company Successful at Using AI?
- April 10, 2017
- Article
The Different Approaches Firms Use to Set Strategy
By: Kimberly Teti, Mu-Jeung Yang, Nicholas Bloom, Jan Rivkin and Raffaella Sadun
Many senior executives struggle to describe how they make strategic decisions. That’s a serious problem since the process for making strategic decisions can shape the strategy itself. To understand better how companies really make strategic choices, we interviewed 92... View Details
Teti, Kimberly, Mu-Jeung Yang, Nicholas Bloom, Jan Rivkin, and Raffaella Sadun. "The Different Approaches Firms Use to Set Strategy." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 10, 2017).
- 06 Dec 2010
- News
To Make a Strong Case, Don't Be a Data Dumper
- Research Summary
Intra-Household Decision Making
Professor Ashraf's research in intra-household decision making examines how households make financial and health decisions, particularly in the presence of asymmetric information or benefits.
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- Fall 2016
- Book Review
Review of Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report, by Saba Mahmood
By: Kristin Fabbe
Fabbe, Kristin. "Review of Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report, by Saba Mahmood." Journal of Church and State 58, no. 4 (Fall 2016): 753–755.
- January 2024
- Background Note
Making Strategic Choices
By: Jan W. Rivkin
This note lays out a process that students and business leaders can follow to make well-integrated sets of strategic choices. View Details
Rivkin, Jan W. "Making Strategic Choices." Harvard Business School Background Note 724-447, January 2024.
- November 2007
- Case
Differences at Work: Allie (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon
On a business trip, Allie's boss demands that she and a colleague skip planned company meetings and "meet him at the beach in their bikinis." View Details
Sucher, Sandra J., and Rachel Gordon. "Differences at Work: Allie (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-037, November 2007.
- August 2023
- Background Note
A Note on the Differences Between Therapeutics, Medical Devices, and Diagnostics
By: Satish Tadikonda, Ananya Zutshi, Hunter Goble and William Marks
Tadikonda, Satish, Ananya Zutshi, Hunter Goble, and William Marks. "A Note on the Differences Between Therapeutics, Medical Devices, and Diagnostics." Harvard Business School Background Note 824-045, August 2023.
- 2022
- Working Paper
Beliefs about Gender Differences in Social Preferences
By: Christine L Exley, Oliver P. Hauser, Molly Moore and John-Henry Pezzuto
While there is a vast (and mixed) literature on gender differences in social preferences, little is known about believed gender differences in social preferences. This paper documents robust evidence for believed gender differences in social preferences. Across a wide... View Details
Exley, Christine L., Oliver P. Hauser, Molly Moore, and John-Henry Pezzuto. "Beliefs about Gender Differences in Social Preferences." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-079, June 2022.
- June 12, 2025
- Article
How to Build a Life: Dare to Act Differently and Be Happier
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Dare to Act Differently and Be Happier." The Atlantic (June 12, 2025).
- 26 Apr 2017
- News
Merge, Bail, and Make Out Like a Bandit
- November 2007
- Case
Differences at Work: Jason (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon
Jason is a member of his firm's recruiting team, which has a mandate to create a more diverse workforce. When the group decides to interview a candidate based on the candidate's race, Jason wonders whether they made the right decision and how, in general, diversity... View Details
Sucher, Sandra J., and Rachel Gordon. "Differences at Work: Jason (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-016, November 2007.
- 13 Jun 2013
- News
Apple Thinks, and Makes, Different
- October 2008
- Article
It's Time to Make Management a True Profession
By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
In the face of the recent institutional breakdown of trust in business, managers are losing legitimacy. To regain public trust, management needs to become a true profession in much the way medicine and law have, argue Khurana and Nohria of Harvard Business School. True... View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Education; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Management; Trust; Value Creation
Nohria, Nitin, and Rakesh Khurana. "It's Time to Make Management a True Profession." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 10 (October 2008).
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
reorganization. Camp could have imposed her solution unilaterally, but she knew that if she did, she'd undermine the senior team's commitment, which was critical to making this complex global structure work. She needed to find View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- September 2006 (Revised November 2007)
- Exercise
Market Making Exercise
By: Malcolm P. Baker
Students make a market in a new security, posting bid and offer prices and quantities for a new derivative security. View Details
Baker, Malcolm P. "Market Making Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 207-033, September 2006. (Revised November 2007.)
- November 2007 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Differences at Work: Martin (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon
Martin, a gay man who was not out at his Italian firm, witnesses his division manager deliver a homophobic comment to his boss. He wonders what he should do. View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Behavior; Managerial Roles; Ethics; Gender; Diversity; Power and Influence
Sucher, Sandra J., and Rachel Gordon. "Differences at Work: Martin (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-019, November 2007. (Revised July 2009.)
- 2015
- Working Paper
Making a Difference: Leader Evaluation, Selection, and Impact
By: Gautam Mukunda
The relationship between leader selection and impact is important to both researchers and practitioners. This paper introduces Leader Filtration Theory (LFT)—a theory from political science—to managerial audiences, applies it to organizations, and uses it to improve... View Details
Mukunda, Gautam. "Making a Difference: Leader Evaluation, Selection, and Impact." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-074, May 2015.