• August 2018 (Revised September 2018)
• Supplement

LendingClub (B): Decision Trees & Random Forests

By: Srikant M. Datar and Caitlin N. Bowler

This case builds directly on the LendingClub (A) case. In this case students follow Emily Figel as she builds two tree-based models using historical LendingClub data to predict, with some probability, whether borrower will repay or default on his loan.
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Keywords: Data Science; Data Analytics; Decision Trees; Investment; Financing and Loans; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis; Forecasting and Prediction

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Datar, Srikant M., and Caitlin N. Bowler. "LendingClub (B): Decision Trees & Random Forests." Harvard Business School Supplement 119-021, August 2018. (Revised September 2018.)

• 2023
• Working Paper

Senior Team Emotional Dynamics and Strategic Decision Making at a Platform Transition

By: Timo O. Vuori and Michael L. Tushman

Based on an inductive case study, we develop an emotional-temporal process model of an incumbent’s strategic decision making at a platform transition. We describe the senior team’s emotional response to this transition and the impact of these emotions on their... View Details

Keywords: Emotions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Transition; Digital Platforms

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Vuori, Timo O., and Michael L. Tushman. "Senior Team Emotional Dynamics and Strategic Decision Making at a Platform Transition." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-054, March 2023.

• 2011
• Working Paper

The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision Making

By: Pablo Casas-Arce, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez and V.G. Narayanan

This paper analyzes the effects of providing forward-looking metrics on employee decision making. We use data from a southern European bank that, in April 2002, started providing its branch managers with customer lifetime value (CLV) information about mortgage... View Details

Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Decision Choices and Conditions; Mortgages; Employees; Information; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Service Delivery; Banking Industry; Europe

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Casas-Arce, Pablo, F. Asis Martinez-Jerez, and V.G. Narayanan. "The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision Making." Working Paper, 2011.

• 2009
• Chapter

Organizational Design: Balancing Search and Stability in Strategic Decision Making

By: Jan Rivkin and Nicolaj Siggelkow

Managers often must make decisions that depend on decisions in other parts of the organization. These interactions create a network of interdependent choices and make strategizing difficult. In this chapter, the authors explore the intersection between organizing and... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Strategy; Balance and Stability

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Rivkin, Jan, and Nicolaj Siggelkow. "Organizational Design: Balancing Search and Stability in Strategic Decision Making." In The Network Challenge: Strategy, Profit, and Risk in an Interlinked World, edited by Paul R. Kleindorfer and Yoram Wind. Wharton School Publishing, 2009.

• December 1989
• Case

Managerial Decision Making and Ethical Values, Course Module

By: Kenneth E. Goodpaster and Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Decision Making; Ethics; Values and Beliefs

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Goodpaster, Kenneth E., and Thomas R. Piper. "Managerial Decision Making and Ethical Values, Course Module." Harvard Business School Case 2-313, December 1989.

• May 2004 (Revised October 2007)
• Background Note

Best Practices: Decision Making Among Venture Capital Firms

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

Describes investment decision-making processes, based on interviews with 56% of the top 38 venture capital firms in the country. Discusses some implications for the future growth of the industry. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Venture Capital; Investment; Industry Growth

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Hardymon, G. Felda, Josh Lerner, and Ann Leamon. "Best Practices: Decision Making Among Venture Capital Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-176, May 2004. (Revised October 2007.)

• December 1989
• Case

Managerial Decision Making and Ethical Values, Instructor's Manual

By: Mary C. Gentile, Kenneth E. Goodpaster and Thomas R. Piper

Keywords: Decision Making; Values and Beliefs; Ethics

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Gentile, Mary C., Kenneth E. Goodpaster, and Thomas R. Piper. "Managerial Decision Making and Ethical Values, Instructor's Manual." Harvard Business School Case 2-321, December 1989.

The Power of Experiments: Decision Making in a Data-Driven World

In this book, Michael Luca and Max Bazerman explain the importance of experiments for decision making in a data-driven world. Luca and Bazerman describe the central role experiments play in the tech sector, drawing lessons and best practices from the experiences of... View Details

• 25 May 2023
• News

3 Strategies for Making Better, More Informed Decisions

• 1998
• Book

Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions

By: John S. Hammond, Ralph L. Keeney and Howard Raiffa

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Decision Making; Information

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Hammond, John S., Ralph L. Keeney, and Howard Raiffa. Smart Choices: A Practical Guide to Making Better Decisions. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1998, Finnish ed. (Paperback: Broadway Books, 2002; Translations: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.)

• October 2024
• Article

Strategic Decision Making at Platform Transitions: The Case of Nokia (2010-2011).

By: Timo O. Vuori and Michael Tushman

We studied Nokia’s decision to adopt the Windows platform in 2011 to induce new theory on the emotional dynamics of incumbent firms’ strategic decision making at platform transitions. We find that platform companies’ entry into an established industry activates a... View Details

Keywords: Emotions; Technology Adoption; Corporate Strategy; Transition

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Vuori, Timo O., and Michael Tushman. "Strategic Decision Making at Platform Transitions: The Case of Nokia (2010-2011)." Strategic Management Journal 45, no. 10 (October 2024): 2018–2062.

• April 1981
• Case

GM & Ford: Decision Making in Turbulent Times

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McCaskey, Michael B. "GM & Ford: Decision Making in Turbulent Times." Harvard Business School Case 381-172, April 1981.

• 19 May 2021
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How to Make Better Decisions About Your Career

• July 1991 (Revised July 1995)
• Background Note

Decision Making and Ethical Values, Overview and Assignments

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

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Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "Decision Making and Ethical Values, Overview and Assignments." Harvard Business School Background Note 392-007, July 1991. (Revised July 1995.)

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Pitfall or Scaffolding? Starting-point Pull in Configuration Decision Making

By: Eliran Halali, Yoella Bereby-Meyer and David Leiser

In configuration problems, such as the construction of a weekly study schedule, decision makers must assemble a combination of parts under a set of constraints. Interactions may be present between the parts, and more than a single objective function may exist, such as... View Details

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Halali, Eliran, Yoella Bereby-Meyer, and David Leiser. "Pitfall or Scaffolding? Starting-point Pull in Configuration Decision Making." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 39, no. 2 (March 2013): 502–514.