Decision-making - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2009
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How to Fix Wall Street

organizations. Admittedly, good judgment and sound decision-making are not typically thought of in ethical terms. In a free society, individuals are at liberty to make thoughtless, uninformed, and even self-destructive decisions so long... View Details

Keywords: Lynn Paine; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

Mar 08 2018
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17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?

territory, all of them are looking for guidance on how to make more rational consumption decisions. Those who know me will not be surprised to learn that I have strong opinions on these issues, many of them informed by research on View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

Editor's Note: As an institution charged with fighting global poverty, the World Bank has found itself on the firing line of late. Critics cite a persistent lack of transparency and failure to include local insights in decision-making... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

01 Mar 2010
News

A New Oath for Business Leaders

At the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Forum for Young Global Leaders (YGL) resolved to study the idea of developing an oath to guide decision-making when facing tough business choices. HBS professors Rakesh Khurana... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Four Questions for David Garvin and Michael Roberto

assess the decision-making process at their companies. How often should leaders do such self-assessment? A: They should use the litmus test—in real time—as they wrestle with all major strategic decisions. This is not as often as it... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Feb 2004
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Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?

people: 1) those who "will never agree with the CEO and are always in the minority," 2) those who help "clean up the decision-making process," and 3) "true 'yes men' ... [who] get the job done." Cheryl Price... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett