Decision Rights - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Phillip Michael Strazzulla

long term goals. When you go through an experience like that, it’s really hard to recover and get back on track. So, making the right decisions early in your career is so important. That’s what I’m... View Details

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

credit analysts exhibit a sizable partisan gap in their economic outlook, with roughly two-thirds the size of the gap observed among households. This bias affects analysts’ decision to upgrade or downgrade corporate credit ratings,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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Anja Anliker

duty, Anja rose to the rank of Lieutenant. Through a special program that subsidizes MBA training for logistics officers, Anja received funding to attend business school. Examining the impact of decisions “HBS had always been my dream... View Details

25 Apr 2012
What Do You Think?

How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?

waiting for the analysts to gain understanding (presumably of the decisions to be made)." (Sean O'Riordain) Rather than concentrating on the data, focus on "being able to formulate the right questions to ask... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Joseph Blair

right or wrong answers, so I knew I needed to learn how to effectively make decisions with incomplete information. The HBS case method has helped me improve dramatically in this area. How has your overall... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital / Private Equity; Financial Services; Retail

21 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19

material and make quick decisions based on operating principles. Business leaders can utilize this approach to generate fast, smart decisions based on useful information gathered from customers or... View Details

Keywords: by Euvin Naidoo

01 Mar 2003
News

Trust Me

trust. “The aspect of a contract that hurts the building of trust is its binding nature. When I know that you are forced to cooperate, it takes away all of the risk. If I leave some element of risk in, by using a contract that isn’t completely binding — like a verbal... View Details

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

24 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?

more likely to bid higher on an eBay auction when competing to buy a product? To test their hypothesis, Bos and Cuddy conducted an experiment at the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory, a university-wide research facility for behavioral... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Consumer Products

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2.2 Recruiting Standards of Conduct | MBA

from the date the student receives the written offer, whichever date is later. For Both Classes Organizations may offer incentives to students to accept offers early. The base offer (base salary, guaranteed compensation, job function, and location) is expected to... View Details

01 Sep 2005
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Perfection’s Price

Kaplan realized he had made a classic entrepreneurial mistake. He let his quest for perfection get in the way of progress. “We thought we could find the perfect location, get the right costs, the right... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

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Designing Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

organizations—and how to design them. They will employ system dynamics modeling using simulation software to inform business model choices, and gain practice with organization design methods to diagnose misalignment and resolve tradeoffs (e.g. efficiency vs.... View Details

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Nikki Skovran

great way to get exposure to a wide range of industries and functions in a short period of time,” she says. Looking ahead, Nikki is not sure whether she will stay in public service work or shift into private business. Either way, she says, HBS will have helped her... View Details

28 Feb 2014
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The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)

all other possibilities and have now escalated to me so I can make a decision. Knowing that decisions have consequences and not making the right decision can mean that our new... View Details

Keywords: General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade

Career Coach

Nikki Talerman

spaces. She enjoys assisting students who are interested in social impact work, consulting, or who are making career changes. She is particularly helpful for: 1) Cross-sector decisions - advising students who are deciding between... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Power Trip

MAYO: Since the 1970s, the MBA has become a necessary credential to pursue the inside track to corporate power. So much of what business schools teach is focused on making the right managerial decisions at a... View Details

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

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1.4.1 Recruiting Standards of Conduct | MBA

remain open until the decision dates noted above. For former full-time employees (including sponsored students), students and organizations may determine a mutually agreeable decision date. Reneging on... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

The School of Life

battled it out in an ever-increasing test of nerves, a kind of Darwinian gauntlet. Early NASA executives had decided this was how to identify who had been born with “the right stuff.” Many companies looking to make top staffing View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

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Investment Management and Capital Markets - Course Catalog

capital markets and asset classes are updated every year. Classes often feature guest speakers to help students develop an up-close perspective on the issues raised in the case discussion and enhance students’ skills in investment View Details

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Business and Geopolitics - Course Catalog

developing countries. The second module will look at recent and contemporary instances of business and investment decisions that have geopolitical effects. The final module will focus on the US-China relationship, and look at how business... View Details

May 2010 (Revised May 2010)
Case

Data.gov

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Robert D. Austin and Yumi Yi

This case presents the logic and execution underlying the launch of Data.gov, an instantiation of President Obama's initiative for transparency and open government. The process used by Vivek Kundra, the federal CIO, and his team to rapidly develop the website and to... View Details