Decision-making - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2010
News

Becoming a VC Insider

made at the top. “It’s a reasonable question to ask and will provide revealing insights into the partnership’s culture and division of decision-making authority.” A full chapter is devoted to creating “the pitch” that will make your... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

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Sekou Calliste

conviction. "I found HBS alums from Trinidad and contacted them – they all had leadership positions and were doing phenomenal things!" But taking the lead, Sekou has discovered at HBS, "is rarely a black-and-white issue. The real difficult part of View Details

01 Jun 2012
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Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home

propelled Henry Ford to create the $5-a-day wage decades ago, and that kind of holistic competitiveness continues to influence the company today.” Asked if there is a civic duty to have an “America first” approach to decision-making about... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online

Online. What you earn . Overview Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Forecast financial performance in the near and long term to guide strategic decision-making Compare organizations’ performance and recognize value... View Details

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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

and the reflective leadership model to start assessing difficult circumstances and improve your decision-making skills. Highlights Information Asymmetry Development of Antegren Alex's Final Decision Show Hide Details Concepts Course... View Details

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

whether or not employees are selected via channels that are likely to sort on the alignment of their preferences with organizational objectives. I find that employees selected through such channels are more likely to use decision-making... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

parts and permutations—really works. A carbon trading simulation designed by Harvard Business School professor Peter Coles gives students the opportunity to experience firsthand the pressure-packed decision-making process and uncertainty... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

01 Jun 2017
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The Exchange: Venture Forth

and its place in the business ecosystem has changed significantly in the intervening decades. Two recent working papers explore those changes—Gompers’s survey of decision-making at hundreds of VC firms and Professor Ramana Nanda’s study... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2010
News

Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career

what separates a practical approach to business decision-making from a more theoretical approach that says, “There is a right answer, and you just have to find it.” Life isn’t like that in my experience. LIGHT: “If there is an overarching... View Details

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

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Katy Lankester

it armed me with the basic vocabulary of business and an understanding of the steps in certain decision-making processes. The four “P’s” of marketing may sound like a trite framework, until you’re trying to create a marketing plan from... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

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Fred Smith

When we make decisions, we have to consider a diverse student body and confront a wide variety of issues. It's a great laboratory for me to test my decision-making skills." During January break, Fred joined the China/Vietnam... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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Faculty Books

codifying values. Specifics are often left unspoken; for example, teaching notes for faculty provide much guidance on how to teach but little on what to teach. Faculty and students are exposed to a system that operates on open-ended directives requiring significant... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Ryu Kawano

shifted authority and decision-making from headquarters to local offices. After interviewing people in the pilot office, it became clear that not only was it working, it was a necessary step for such a rapidly growing organization — they... View Details

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Erika Sanchez

presentations all the time. Eventually, I became very comfortable with it.” After two- and a-half years on the technical side of things, Erika made a switch. “I became interested in the decision-making process, in applying analytical... View Details

01 Dec 2020
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Take Time to Transition (If it’s Time)

slave to the markets, as it were,” she says. “So that is a big factor in his decision-making process.” Do a thorough assessment. Talk to people in the areas and roles that are of interest to you, to see if you’re a strong fit, and “very... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Books

theories outlined in Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma and The Innovator’s Solution, Seeing What’s Next offers a practical model that helps decision-makers spot the signals of industry change, determine the outcome of competitive... View Details

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

15 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

A New Model for Business: The Museum

we understand the role and appreciate that an expert who functions as our decision-making proxy makes for a much better museum-going experience” But Harvard Business School's Ray Weaver says that what Groupon is up to is much more... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2005
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Predictable Surprises

how can a CEO avoid making decisions that favor short-term results, even if those choices lead to predictable surprises? What I would like to take out of corporate decision-making are situations where a special-interest group within the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

04 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 4

emotion regulation and utilitarian decision making. November 2014 Journal of Marketing Research Cost Conscious? The Neural and Behavioral Impact of Price Primacy on Decision-Making By: Karmarkar, Uma R., Baba Shiv, and Brian Knutson... View Details