risk tolerance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2002
News

View from the Top

a culture in business that does not tolerate “nodders” and “yes men,” neither in management nor in the boardroom. We need a culture that is willing, when necessary, to ask awkward and embarrassing questions and that insists on believable... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Six Receive 2017 HBS Alumni Achievement Award

three days, though.’ Sometimes, confusion—even being shaken to one’s roots—can be a good thing.” Reasonable expectations: “In baseball, the best hitters average .330 or .370. You don’t have to bat a thousand to stand out, to be good at something.” Managed View Details

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55514 January–February 2019 Harvard Business Review The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract— Innovative cultures are generally depicted as pretty fun. They’re characterized... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2020
News

The Devil You Don’t Know

economically and politically—to go forward with the kind of fiscal stimulus that might be needed then? So I worry that we’re at risk of “fighting the last war.” History is a wonderful teacher. Many of the lessons from the Great... View Details

10 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 10, 2009

in defined-contribution pension plans, such as stable value funds, balanced funds, and life-cycle (or target date) funds. We find that life-cycle funds designed to match the risk tolerance and investment... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5

businesses are shut out of the Paycheck Protection Program. How long do you expect people to tolerate such consistent failure to uphold a semblance of equity? The movements also represent a refusal to continue accepting a fallacious and... View Details

02 Sep 2018
News

Havana Rising

Michael and I think about that question,” says Gordon, adding that with the privileges they’ve had, if they don’t take risks in life, they’re wasting it. So, yeah, maybe her parents think she’s a little bit nuts for doing this, she says.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

infrastructure and ready talent, and an underdeveloped consumer market. Some innovators, however, have succeeded by building franchises to serve poorer consumer segments; tapping the vast opportunity represented by nonconsumption; internalizing View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

when cities can tolerate risk and when there is enough labor with low opportunity costs. We also report on an inexpensive Boston-based restaurant tournament, which yielded algorithms that proved reasonably... View Details