Confidence - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Find Your Pragmatic Path through Radical Uncertainty

thing not to do is make long-term bets. In budgeting for operations, for example, lots of effort is wasted by thinking that we can project with any accuracy the timing for getting the answers to the important questions that will define the new normal. Complete View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson, Eugene B. Kogan, and Shirley Spence

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

have little confidence in long-range planning, predictions of others, or their own biases. They will spend less time planning and more time fostering the organizational ability to develop and test new ideas. In a recent e-mail, Scott... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

CEO Succession: The Case at Ford

turning outside means the board has lost confidence in the insiders. And at least as long as there is some success, the terrific advantage is that the leader has the support of the board. In some instances, you also get someone who knows... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Auto; Employment

07 Nov 2005
Research & Ideas

Exit Interview: HBS Dean Kim Clark

quick to speak and more inclined to listen. In many ways, I'm more confident about grasping situations but also a lot more aware of my own limitations. I've learned to multitask and compartmentalize, to leave work at the office, to put a... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Alumni Bulletin Staff

28 May 2019
News

INK: Maker’s Manual

for everything from market research to packaging. What do you hope the book will do for would-be entrepreneurs? I’d like it to give them confidence to start their ventures with a playbook so that the path is not as lonely or ambiguous.... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Apr 1999
News

A Vibrant Brand

Blaze in order to have a monthly magazine that could concentrate solely on hip-hop music and culture. Launched with much fanfare and a tremendous vote of confidence from advertisers in August 1998, Blaze calls itself the "fifth element"... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Jun 2005
News

One-on-One with Grover Norquist

eyebrows with his provocative rhetoric. A master of hyperbole, he once declared that he wanted to “reduce government to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” Rhetorical flourishes aside, his stock in Washington has never been... View Details

Keywords: Government

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

Sarita expanded to a second school in Shanghai; Western businesspeople and diplomats account for 10 percent of the growing business. “When you have the knowledge and you know the protocol, then you have the confidence to focus on things... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

Alan Morrison Abstract—Existing studies suggest that systemic crises may arise because banks either hold correlated assets or are connected by interbank lending. This paper shows that common regulation is also a conduit for interbank contagion. One bank's failure may... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

New Dean Sets Five Priorities for HBS

we say "educate leaders," what kinds of leaders are we talking about? he asked. "If we are interested in educating leaders whom others declare to be leaders, we have to recognize that people only call someone a leader if they feel View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

lack of trust in government officials," he explained. "There is no point in adding services over a foundation we don't trust. The number-one priority of Data.gov should be to restore confidence in our government. The average... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Negotiation is Like Jazz

procurement manager's statement about trust communicates relational information about the level of confidence between the parties. Relational acts can either bring the parties together or divide them. In this case, the fact that the... View Details

Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn

01 Jun 2000
News

The Business of Biotech

BioDevastation 2000. Obviously, advances in biotechnology are not viewed with confidence by all. Although much of the debate focuses on the possible health hazards posed by genetically engineered crops, as well as their potential for... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

07 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ‘The Art of Negotiation’

weeds. Let's recap what we've agreed upon so we can put this particular issue in context." You can also build your confidence by seeking out ideas and techniques beyond your usual experience. If you run a supply chain, for example, read... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael A. Wheeler

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective

Review excerpt below, Professor James K. Sebenius describes number six on the list, "Failing to correct for skewed vision." Negotiators are often too confident of their own position and too quick to demonize the other side, he... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

03 May 2016
First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

tender offer and the urging of several activist investors and sold their firm to the smaller Dollar Tree chain. Dreiling could not help but revisit some of the key decisions he and the rest of the board had made in their pursuit of Family Dollar. From a governance... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Demo Day | New Venture Competition

tasks, and real-time feedback, it helps learners build confidence and communication skills, unlocking education, career, and global opportunities. Remarcation Hannah Wong (MDes 2025) Remarcation fosters the autonomy of disabled users in... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues

you have performed much more than adequately to have lasted so long; and a confidence that having come this far, you are well prepared to meet all future challenges." "The nation's business community," Graves said, "continues to reserve... View Details

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

Q: Throughout your career you've talked about confidence, the power of confidence. But the portrait you paint of America and Americans today doesn't look like a very confident people. A: I think we can restore confidence. We need more... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

21 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: December 21

received theory; and/or (3) reinforce the findings of more systematic investigations, giving greater confidence in their validity. Learning from such accounts calls for a "Bayesian" mindset, in which a given case study, of the... View Details

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