Decision Support - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 17

shareholders as a category are not well positioned to guide corporate decisions or to discipline management. They also discuss problems in two other roles shareholders play with respect to corporations, as a source of funds and as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2020
News

Reimagining Chicago’s Schools

peers on a group project?” Zaikos explains. “We’re trying to force them to make decisions about their own learning, about what they need.” The organization wants more Chicago high schoolers to apply and succeed in college, and Intrinsic’s... View Details

30 Dec 2013
HBS Case

HBS Cases: What Warren Buffett Saw in Newspapers

industry," he explains, "you have to make a bet on the future: Do you have a viable business strategy, and if so, is it one of growth, of maintenance, or of decline? Given your beliefs about the future, you then need to design a financial strategy that View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Journalism & News; Publishing

12 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Applying to HBS in Round 3?

“No one gets in during round 3.” That is something I often heard or read in blogs when I was making the decision to apply in the last admission round of business school. Some apply in round three because they need the additional time to... View Details

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Turnarounds and Transformation - Course Catalog

transformation. Secondly, it would be important for investors dealing with distressed organizations needing restructuring or significant performance improvement. Finally, it will be of value to those who expect to support or interface... View Details

22 Mar 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

students without regard for their financial status. This includes the decision last summer to provide scholarships to cover the total cost of tuition and course fees for those with the greatest financial need—approximately 10 percent of... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

Why Layoffs are a Losing Strategy

into these outliers began in the late 2000s, after teaching the Malden Mills case in the MBA required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Most in the class believed Feuerstein had made a grave mistake; the decision had cost... View Details

Keywords: April White; Telecommunications; Information

04 Sep 2019
News

Accelerating Scientific Discovery

development of a course that could enhance decision making by providing participants with the knowledge and skills to better manage, fund, and commercialize scientific discoveries that could potentially cure illnesses ranging from... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Feb 1997
News

Merton Discusses Risk Management at Dean's Seminar

the "disaggregation" of financial services. "For example," he said, "mutual funds rather than banks now provide many types of services." The cumulative effect on households is that individuals must now make major financial decisions... View Details

Keywords: Elizabeth McNair

01 Jan 2008
News

James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

decisions managers must make.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS “Spend at least as much time focusing on people as you do on numbers.” ON LEADERSHIP “Too many of our leaders fail to translate macroeconomic trends into human experience. Increasing... View Details

01 Aug 2002
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

conference with the hope of returning to the country when the situation there is stabilized. We offer our most sincere thanks to members of the organizing committee in Argentina that worked so tirelessly in support of the conference and,... View Details

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

threats that Brazil faces?" Nonprofit/for-profit Collaboration Professor Diana Barrett teaches Entrepreneurial Management and the course on Leadership, Values and Decision Making. She conducts research on the relationship between... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model of disaster prevention, supported by case studies and preliminary empirics to explain why some governments prepare well for disasters and others do not. We... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 22

Publisher's Link: http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/publications/MF10-16.pdf Unable to Resist Temptation: How Self-control Depletion Promotes Unethical Behavior Authors:F., M. Schweitzer Gino, N. Mead, and D. Ariely Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Departments | Employment

variety of disciplines (education, economics, information science, journalism, librarianship, management, statistics, etc.) focused on supporting Harvard Business School (HBS)’s mission by enabling the creation and exchange of ideas,... View Details

01 Jan 2007
News

Donna L. Dubinsky, MBA 1981

everyone's life." Dubinsky found Apple's casual atmosphere—where smart people thrived—a good fit and accepted a position as a support specialist. "Apple had real energy. I loved the notion that we were changing the world. To me that was a... View Details

29 Apr 2016
News

The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)

collectively, to the company’s goals. “When it comes to decision making and communication, HBS taught me that, while there is never a ‘right answer,’ effective leaders must always 1) have an opinion; 2) View Details

15 Jun 2021
News

Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy

models in distinctive ways, the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund (NCF) and the Anti Racism Fund (ARF) are empowering changemakers within communities of color and forging community-business partnerships that support... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Jillian Dorans

effective leader. Once I made the decision to pursue my MBA, HBS was the obvious choice. I found the resources, philosophy, and people unmatched by any other institution. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career... View Details

Keywords: Services; Consulting

01 Jun 1998
News

José Royo

José Royo leaves footprints nearly everywhere he goes. A native of Spain, Royo was studying for his Ph.D. in East Asian studies at Harvard when he applied for a support job in information technology at the Business School in 1990. With... View Details

Keywords: Eileen McCluskey; photograph by Webb Chappell

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