Decision-making - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization Is the 'Experimentation Organization' Becoming the Competitive Gold Standard? Do work rules sabotage a company?... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

30 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators

without realizing it Bazerman draws on the psychological study of ethical decision-making and applies it to negotiations in his recent Academy of Management Perspectives article, Bounded Ethicality and Ethical Fading in Negotiations:... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

is a classic example of want-should conflict. Past decision-making research has shown that when a decision will take effect in the future, people weigh the interests of the want-self less relative to the interests of the should-self. For... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation

12 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment

decision-makers hold back: They’re concerned about safety. Another could be time pressures, Lane notes. Still, she’s concerned such a feasibility preference could kill solutions before they are given a chance. “The experts are not the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Aerospace

05 Feb 2018
What Do You Think?

Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?

Principles, Bridgewater practices what Dalio preaches, for example, by videotaping all meetings. The tapes are available to meeting participants and others who can then study effective decision-making behaviors (as described by the many... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

15 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News

associate professor at Harvard Business School. “But we also find that a surprisingly large degree of information avoidance doesn't appear to be related to such excuse-driven motives.” By replicating past experiments that sought to understand View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

pernicious effects that power has." Sharing some of their power with their employees, for example by giving them more autonomy or allowing them to contribute to the decision-making process, can actually lead to better results: higher... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Online Business Analytics Course | HBS Online

business discussions and drive strategic decision-making with this free guide. Access your free e-book Upskill Your Team, Transform Your Organization Whether you represent a large multinational corporation or a small local business, we... View Details

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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

funders as they seek to advance the enterprise from startup to scale. It focuses on the evolution of four social entrepreneurs and their decision-making paths as they attempt to scale their respective organizations. It then develops a... View Details

Paul W. Marshall

MBA Class of 1960 Professor of Management, Paul W. Marshall, is affiliated with the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and teaches The Entrepreneurial Manager in the Turnaround Environment. This Elective Curriculum course focuses on the role of... View Details

Keywords: aerospace; banking; brokerage; computer; consulting; defense; management consulting; manufacturing; metals; professional services; retail financial services; retailing; steel

21 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

hidden biases embedded in internal systems, organizational structures, and decision-making processes. It's often hard, for example, to get the kind of cost information you need to think strategically. Or the company's incentive system... View Details

Keywords: by Joan Magretta

11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

business model. Similarly, more and more institutional investors are incorporating sustainability into their resource allocation decision-making process. As a result we are seeing the emergence of a new view of the role of the corporation... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

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28 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Unilever: Transformation and Tradition

Fourthly, although a low-profile corporation, Unilever was embedded in business systems and official decision-making worldwide. This was derived from the company's long-established position as a large firm in many countries, from its role... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Consumer Products

Jun 03 2016
Interview

A Tactical Game Plan for Making the Best M&A Deal

20 Apr 2021
Book

A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success

in this way, its ROIC would grow by 16 percent.” Oberholzer-Gee elaborates on his approach to strategic decision-making in his new book Better, Simpler Strategy: A Value-Based Guide to Exceptional Performance, which comes out April 20. We... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

rise of German universal banking, and placing students in the decision-making role made them reconsider the myths that often surround historical figures. “What you are doing is writing the Constitution—specifically Article 1, Section 8,”... View Details

Keywords: April White

06 Jul 2016
What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

government policies, short-term corporate management thinking, the World Trade Organization (Paul saying, “Personally, I’m a long-time supporter of globalization, but the WTO decision-making process needs to be more transparent and... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing

January 15, 2019
Article

Is Your Company's Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?

By: Josh Baron

The legacy of Vanguard founder John Bogle has brought attention to the transformative influence of ownership structures within the business world. Bogle's revolutionary insight into the limitations of active fund management led to the widespread adoption of index... View Details

Keywords: Ownership Type; Business Strategy; Organizational Structure; Strength and Weakness; Competitive Advantage

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09 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?

geopolitics of the moment. The interesting thing about the energy sector is that it is always and everywhere inherently geopolitical, even when the decision-making by firms is utterly commercial in its rationale. These were fundamentally... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Energy

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