Difficult Decisions - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2002
News

Bad Times for Business

to change the rules of the game to get to outcomes that are good. I'll bet they'd come up with lots of great ideas. They would go out into the field and grapple with these difficult questions, and it would give them a solid foundation for... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

20 Aug 2007
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Using Investor Relations Proactively

autumn 2005, the company had to weight its decisions in a controversy surrounding a nearly 6 billion euro profit. How did the company explain the profit to investors, customers, the public, and government? How much was the reaction... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

by Dolly Chugh (MBA 1994) HarperBusiness Chugh offers advice on how to confront difficult issues including sexism, racism, inequality, and injustice so that we can make the world (and ourselves) better. Being the person we mean to be... View Details

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

long-term view. Our findings contribute to the literature on incentives for innovation by showing how contract structure can motivate unplanned employee-initiated innovation activities that are difficult to contract upon ex ante Download... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

both the exchange and the acceptance of ideas-people really hear your message and become open to it. Cultivating warmth and trust also boosts the quantity and quality of novel ideas that are produced. The best way to gain influence is to combine warmth and strength-as... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Dec 2016
News

Vive la Madeleine!

yet-to-be-constructed plant 40 miles from Caen. Viana’s bid to produce luxury madeleines in a new, nearby location with 16 of the original workers was the obvious favorite, but it required an estimated 2.8 million he had yet to secure. The tribunal postponed its View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Natalya Balnova

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

picture of the pandemic and its impact on the world. Her goal, she says, is to empower people to make the best decisions to protect themselves and their families. She is the founder of MedStars, a pioneer in the health tech field that... View Details

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