Judgment And Decision-making - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision

metaverse, and quantum-edge computing are just a few examples. In this environment, leaders must understand how to use data for decision-making (and use judgment for data); how... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

16 Dec 2019
Research & Ideas

Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce

mobility, and decision-making power, among other factors) rose to the point that the gap between the two groups of women (constrained and unconstrained) was essentially closed.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

02 Dec 2010
What Do You Think?

Making Right Choices: Art or Science?

so that alternative actions could be arrayed according to their attractiveness, expressed in quantitative terms. Recently, brain-scan technology has enabled researchers to associate choice and View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

to Make Careful Decisions? Summing up reader responses, Professor Jim Heskett finds compelling arguments for a process involving intuition based on analysis and experience. Should people also make their own View Details

Keywords: by Staff

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

profession, by joining the U.S. Army and deploying to multiple combat zones – including going to Syria to support the women militias fighting ISIS. Warfare shapes all lives, which is why women must challenge to belong in its highly... View Details

11 May 2023
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How FOMO Became a Fixture

book, do a TED Talk, and create a podcast, all about how FOMO shapes decision-making in business and life. "Given the power of the term, I knew that I had to do something to... View Details

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

crisis—much like the one we're in now—is where a principled approach to leadership and decision-making is most needed. The leaders who successfully navigate their organizations through crises are ones who... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

19 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?

not see their role ‘as an enabler of direct public participation in decision-making through formats such as deliberative meetings, and do not believe there are personal benefits for investing in these... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

06 Jan 2016
What Do You Think?

Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?

suggested. They included such things as Fizzinnf’s suggestion that we merely ask employees whether their needs are being met, a factor contributing to a leader’s “exercise of judgment and discretion.” Mauro... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto; Fashion

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Business Insights Blog | HBS Online

Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Topics Topics Accounting Analytics Business Essentials Business in Society Career Development Communication Community ConneXt Decision-Making Digital Transformation Earning Your MBA Entrepreneurship &... View Details

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

savings difficult by changing the savings decision-making process, the time and place for savings, or the cost-benefit of savings itself. Such ideas could help low- to moderate-income households, View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

a lifeline and to rely more heavily on the advisor's judgments. That's not necessarily a bad thing—in fact, it's reassuring to think that people who are unsure of their own judgment might reach out to a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

04 Dec 2019
Book

Creating the Experimentation Organization

subtle tweaks to everything from varying shades of color to alternative placement of links and menu options for booking properties. It’s part of an innovative culture of experimentation that pervades every aspect of how the company... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

an inner circle where all decisions got made, and despite the fact that I reported to him, I was not part of that in- formal decision-making body. I was the only female on the executive team, View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

as new generations come into decision-making positions and may advocate for new strategies such as impact investing. Once a strategy is in place, selecting the right investments or funds requires extensive... View Details

14 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

presaged a world that is “volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous” —VUCA, for short. VUCA describes perfectly what is happening in the global business world today. Business is not running as usual. Leaders must deal with growing... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

12 Jan 2023
News

‘Debiasing’ Debt with Data

institutions, he says, and small-business lending is one of the least automated parts of the U.S. banking system. That means it relies mostly on commercial bankers making personal judgments about borrowers.... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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Strategy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Distinguished Global Thinker by IILM, New Delhi, India, 2016. Andy Wu : “Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners” was selected in 2016 for publication in... View Details

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Peter Gumulia

Growing up in Indonesia, Peter Gumulia experienced life as a cycle of “school, athletics, homework, and repeat. Discipline played an important role early on in my life.” This pushed Peter onto the national golf team when he was only... View Details

21 Aug 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

discussions around case studies. “First, students learned a framework for combining intuition and data/analytics (including regression and optimization) into a comprehensive View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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