Decision Rights - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 27, 2007

seller the decision to waive rights involves giving up the value associated with a confidentiality right in exchange for an increase in buyer participation. Our analysis... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2016
First Look

exclusionary effects. We then assess Google’s practices under competition law and, where appropriate, suggest remedies to right the violations we uncover. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51607 Global... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems

workers by catching them on technical mistakes and telling them how to do something the right way. "You can see how that would erode the staff's trust in management," Tucker says. "A worker might think, 'Leadership just... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

13 Sep 2019
News

Hollywood Ending

on and enough customers to make it a viable business. They’re not settling for half-measures. “If we have great content but we don’t have a differentiated experience, we fail,” she says. “And the reverse is true too.” The urgency to get there first and get it View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photo by Christina Gandolfo

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John Rogers

unique and impactful field opportunities through the Immersion Experience Program and Social Enterprise Initiative Summer Fellowship. This balanced educational experience, along with the privilege of joining a respected and global alumni network, made attending HBS the... View Details

Keywords: Other Financial Services; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2012
News

Hierarchy's Last Stand

humiliated. Higher status used to be equated with wisdom. A person at the top, or anyone older and more experienced, could claim to know more than those below. He could have the final word, issue decisions in a puff of smoke, and tell... View Details

Keywords: Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Corporate Services

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

goes, ‘Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its students.’ So, if time is of the essence, how to best think and frame the problems we need to solve with our teams to survive this crisis? What is sequence of those actions and View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

02 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?

the Internet. If you need a vet, you aren't going to do that over the Internet. Q: The second strategy is Shrink and Transform the Format. Alvarez: The other two strategies we describe—Shrink and Transform the Format and Wind Down—are really about a View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

19 Dec 2006
First Look

First Look: December 19, 2006

of all organizational units. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-030.pdf Future Lock-in: Or, I'll Agree to do the Right Thing Next Week Authors:Todd Rogers and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When making View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

Choosing the right software platform is a critical task for developers. It can be a business life-or-death decision picking between Android or iPhone, Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform, Xbox or... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

18 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

Leading Innovation is the Art of Creating ‘Collective Genius’

miles from Burbank, California, to Emeryville, near San Francisco, setting the systems up over a weekend. The move worked and the studio hit both deadlines. The book cites short-term innovation, in the decision to borrow the computers,... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

15 May 2015
Blog Post

Tips for Applying to Business School

stronger applicant. Sam: I worked for six years before deciding to apply for an MBA, so first I’d encourage applicants not to feel rushed by anyone else’s timeline. For me, the right time to apply to MBA programs came when I realized that... View Details

29 Jan 2021
News

Holding Business to Account

the naming rights to the team’s Maryland stadium and, in 2003, FedEx’s CEO became a minority owner in the team. In protest of the shipping-services giant’s involvement with the football team, a group of impact investors—including the... View Details

04 Sep 2019
News

A Measured Approach

machine learning model, which enabled the organization to locate between 50 and 200 percent more out-of-school children for no additional cost. “That’s the sort of success case that gets us really excited, where we can unlock so much impact by providing the View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

20 Jun 2008
News

Risk and Reward

www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/2005/march/profile.html). Three Chimneys paid a reported $50 million for breeding rights to Big Brown after he won the Kentucky Derby. Smarty Jones, another near-Triple Crown champ at Three Chimneys, commands a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management

20 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Leadership In Challenging Times: Thierry Ibri (MBA 1997)

what inspires me. That and support from our community. This immediate and deep support has helped us say yes more and make the right decisions as the pandemic surges on. Those interested in learning more... View Details

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Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Accountability Course | HBS Online

Considerations An Analysis Using the Reflective Leadership Framework Examining Employee Responsibilities at Scale: What Can We Learn from Google? Review and Self-Reflection Featured Exercises Analyze your biases and reflect on past View Details

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corporate governance ecosystem, you will learn about the work boards do and the critical decisions they make; how boards select company leaders, shape strategy, and oversee performance; the complex dynamics among boards, executives, and... View Details

08 Sep 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

information, revealing too much can benefit individuals but hurt businesses. Why Managers Should Reveal Their FailuresIf you want to get your messages through to employees, be ready to confess your own management shortcomings. The Right... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Carol Lauson

Seeking a holistic vision Right away, Carol knew she wanted an MBA program "strong on general management. I had a couple of mentors with HBS degrees and was impressed by their perspectives. They had a more holistic view of business... View Details

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