Judgment And Decision-making - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

hamper productivity through “human obstruction” tactics, by purposely and surreptitiously making poor decisions and being uncooperative. “Making a faulty decision may be simply a matter of placing tools in... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

27 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Video: Inspirational Women in Business

judgment and learn how to voice my opinion eloquently. Briti Ghosh: Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors. Entering such a male-dominated industry, getting to the top with her leadership style of being assertive... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

for business school. Access your free e-book Free E-Book Advance Your Career with Essential Business Skills Learn how to contribute to key business discussions and drive strategic decision-making with this... View Details

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Online Management Course | HBS Online

Change at Fuerte Construction Featured Exercises Small group process analysis Peer feedback exercise 10-12 hrs Module 2 Shaping the Decision-Making Process Analyze the decision-making process View Details

30 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

Companies have long poured time and money into surveying customers. Now, with new research showing artificial intelligence provides plenty of rich data about shopper preferences, could customer surveys become obsolete? Companies turn to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

24 Oct 2018
Blog Post

The Energy & Environment Club

looking for.” With the help of HBS career resources, Kate LeBeau (MBA ’19) created firm decision-making criteria that helped her “quickly identify company fit and provided clarity in the job-selection... View Details

16 Apr 2019
Blog Post

How Being an Introvert Influenced My Business School Experience

style of working – quiet, intentional, and thorough. And lastly, if you aren’t entirely sure where you fall on the introversion spectrum, we do a few personality tests during RC year (first-year) to help... View Details

18 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams

negative effects generated by an overpowering leader can make non-leaders feel more empowered to assert their own point of view—whether or not the person dominating the conversation is a formal leader. Life And Death The Gino team has... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

2019
Working Paper

Rehabilitating Corporate Purpose

By: Malcolm S. Salter

In this paper, I address how the ascendance of the theory of shareholder value maximization into the central consciousness of public corporations and its canonization as the only legitimate expression of corporate purpose has contributed to both a widening breach... View Details

Keywords: Capitalism; Justice; Corporate Purpose; Shareholder Value Maximization; Ethical Reciprocity; Economic Systems; Business Ventures; Mission and Purpose; Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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04 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Tech Club

judgment to continue to make that decision with changing inputs. So, in many ways, the Tech Club here should probably just be a small part of your decision calculus. The bigger questions are if you think you’re at the point in your life... View Details

March 2023
Teaching Note

Ransomware Attack at Colonial Pipeline Company

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-069. On the morning of May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline Company became aware that the company had been the victim of a malicious ransomware attack that had stolen and locked up company data. The extortionists demanded 75 bitcoins (worth... View Details

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21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

reason that the issue of trust arises is that these individuals are expected to exercise judgment—based on specialized knowledge and methods of analysis that they alone are thought to possess—in areas in which their decisions affect the... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

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Networking Events - Recruiting

the Most of Your Company Event By: Molly DeCastro & Lia Mastrogiacomo 02 May 2022 | Recruiting Insights & Advice Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation By: Becca Carnahan 14 Jul 2020 | Recruiting Insights & Advice Improve View Details

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Overview

By: Kris Johnson Ferreira

Professor Ferreira's research primarily focuses on how retailers can use algorithms to make better revenue management decisions, including pricing, product display, and assortment planning. In the retail industry, anticipating consumer demand is arguably one of the... View Details

Keywords: E-commerce; Analytics; Revenue Management; Pricing; Assortment Planning; Field Experiments; Operations; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Retail Industry

17 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

The Trial of Elizabeth Holmes: Visionary, Criminal, or Both?

people. Gazette: One rationale for prosecuting complex cases like the one against Holmes and Balwani is that they put others on notice. Is a fear of enforcement a factor in the decision-making of the... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Biotechnology; Technology; Medical Devices & Supplies

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Courses - Private Capital Project

models such as venture capital, growth equity, and buyouts. Participants will study investment criteria, management strategies, and decision-making processes essential in the... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots

Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Josh Krieger (Courtesy subject) Many innovations in modern medicine have come about due to cutting-edge drugs—advances that required both a scientific leap and a willingness to take risks. And while most pharmaceutical companies would... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

12 Sep 2018
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Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals

– and it's okay if they're complex or thorny." Give yourself permission to not know exactly what you want or where you're going. Instead of a plan, coaching participants are better served by bringing an open mind View Details

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

quantitative foundations. We recommend completing Economics for Managers before taking Business Strategy. Economics for Managers Global Business Business Strategy Practitioner's Toolkit: For mid-career professionals seeking a practitioner’s toolkit in strategic View Details

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Entrepreneurial Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

large companies as well as the public sector benefit just as much as a small firm’s founder from the lessons we will explore. Examining small companies allows us to more fully understand decision-making and... View Details

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