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  • 08 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 8

Srikant M. Datar, and Madhav Rajan Publication:14th ed. Prentice Hall, forthcoming (2012) Abstract Emphasizing the "different costs for different purposes," this text focuses on strategy and the decision-making process.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

decision-making processes. Identifying a potential employer's career imprint entails asking questions about much more than job function; it entails gathering information regarding workers' career paths so that patterns can be identified... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007

larger class of financial and managerial consultants who sought to refine business decision-making through the introduction of statistical data and scientific analysis. The failure of most forecasting agencies to predict the stock market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jul 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

beginnings and the incentives they foster. As he put it, “the hunger to rise is most strong in those who fight through the odds. That warm meal may lull someone better off to pause and rest a while ” Asrarqureshi attributed the success of super stretch goals to the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14

based in part on the likelihood of obtaining patents and in part on the projected cash flows of the business under various scenarios. This case examines issues of intellectual property in science, international differences in patent law, and the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

e-commerce initiatives, the payoffs of e-commerce investments must be calculated and integrated into management decision-making systems. Developing Appropriate Metrics To closely monitor the cause and effect relationships evidenced in the... View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

environments. Further, this effect is larger when (i) there are greater cross-border frictions between the parent and subsidiary and (ii) the parents are relatively more involved in their subsidiaries' investment decision-making process.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

organizational contexts and provides practical strategies for changing your decision-making processes and improving these processes so that they become part of your permanent behavior. Throughout, you'll find numerous hands-on decision... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

hierarchy did form (Thyssen hardly ran some sort of democracy), but one that accorded a space of responsibility and decision-making flexibility to subordinate managers. In spite of the fact that he was personally very authoritarian and it... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2013
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First Look: January 15

Was CSIRO prepared to let short-term thinking in light metals firms drive its agenda? The case examines the technical decision-making process. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/613029-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jul 2007
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First Look: July 24, 2007

general? The Moral Leader is based upon the renowned course of the same name taught at Harvard Business School for over two decades. With an emphasis on decision-making and action, students learn to identify moral problems, to address... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

philosophical tone in his 1981 inaugural address when he famously observed: "Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." Thereafter, regulatory minimalism and a "market knows best" mindset took hold in Washington and on Wall Street and... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
  • 08 May 2007
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First Look: May 8, 2007

studies. Despite its impact, however, we suggest researchers who rely on the Carnegie School have progressively lost touch with its defining commitment to a decision-centered view of organizations. Decision-making has given way to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 3, 2009

Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis Authors:Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Datar, Madhav Rajan, and Chris Ittner Publication:13th ed. Prentice Hall, 2009 Abstract Emphasizing the "different costs for different purposes," this text focuses on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Sep 2024
  • HBS Case

If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?

our classrooms,” Badaracco says, “but you have got to be willing to be a little dumb on this stuff.” Managers cannot be experts on everything, but AI represents such a foundational, significant change to decision-making that they must... View Details
Keywords: by Tom Quinn; Auto; Technology
  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

shocks and within-/cross-category spillovers. Multiple equilibria are addressed by estimating a selection function from the observed data. The Bayesian approach that combines decision-making with parameter inference, as well as multiple... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16

clashed as decision-making power, pay and incentives, and clout were altered and redistributed. JLL realized that its organizational structure was hindering the firm in achieving key strategic goals, such as rapid scalability of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

obsolescence built into the technology transfer agreement. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/712049-PDF-ENG Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (A) Amy C. Edmondson and Kerry HermanHarvard Business School Case 612-095 This case documents View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

modern industrial corporation not only separates decision-making power from the full economic consequences of the corporation's decisions, but it also insulates shareholders from accountability for the consequences of those decisions. So... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 18 Sep 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Unspoken Cues: Encouraging Morals Without Mandates

attention to the human input into the system since so much moral decision-making is repeatedly delegated to individuals. The screening and hiring procedures need therefore be quite robust to ensure continuity. In addition, a lot of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Education

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