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  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

comfort level, even at the expense of others. It may be this activated social norm that affects people's judgment and decision-making. Alternatively, exposure to luxury may directly increase people's... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 01 Feb 2023
  • Blog Post

How Alumni Can Recruit When They Aren’t Recruiters

your interview and decision-making process is long and arduous, but it’s best to be open about these things as early as possible. Your transparency will make it clear that... View Details
  • 03 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 3, 2009

Publication: Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A., in press Abstract A collection of papers on ethics, translated into Italian. Social Decision Making: Social Dilemmas, Social Values, and Ethical Judgments Editors: R. M.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle

basic ways: Decision calculus: Knowledgeable people use their judgment in a systematic way to predict how consumers will respond to actions. Experiments: The company trials different marketing actions, either in the field or in a lab, on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Mar 2021
  • Office Hours

Readers Ask: What's the Next 'Big Thing' in Finance?

Question: What is your favorite podcast on finance and why? Cohen: NPR’s Hidden Brain. Look, this is not a podcast about finance, or specifically about finance. It’s a podcast more about decision-making... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services
  • 02 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

WE RISE

formed True Wealth Ventures in 2015, and it is the philosophy that drives the firm today. Its requirement that there be at least one woman in a decision-making role on the executive team of any startup it... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

In Brief

tell the story of how they launched SmartPak, a rapidly growing company in the horse- and dog-supplements business that landed smack in the middle of the melamine-pet food scare last spring. Seeking Silent Voices. Successful View Details
Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
  • 25 Mar 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

experiments for second-year MBA students and in his 2020 book, The Power of Experiments: Decision-Making in a Data-Driven World, co-written with Max H. Bazerman, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 05 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 5

HawkinsHarvard Business School Supplement 111-032 Analyst must identify role of management and actuarial judgment in measuring corporate post-employment benefit obligations and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • April 2004 (Revised April 2011)
  • Case

Enron Corporation: May 6, 2001 Sell Recommendation

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen
A consulting firm to institutional investors recommends selling Enron Corp.'s equity short on May 6, 2001, while many sellside analysts are recommending the stock as a "buy." View Details
Keywords: Judgments; Financial Reporting; Investment; Competency and Skills; Financial Statements; Consulting Industry
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  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

http://hbr.org/product/handbook-of-leadership-theory-and-practice/an/12326-HBK-ENG Big Five Personality Factors, Hardiness, and Social Judgment as Predictors of Leader Performance Authors:Scott Snook, Paul... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Sep 2010
  • First Look

First Look: September 14, 2010

that employees selected through such channels are more likely to use decision-making authority in the granting and structuring of consumer loans than those who are not. Conditional on using View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The New CEO’s Wrong Message

agreement about decision-making criteria. At an off-site meeting, for example, the CEO can reveal his priorities and concerns by setting the agenda while giving his team a chance to participate View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter, Jay W. Lorsch & Nitin Nohria
  • 11 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 11

on location choices. However, industries with a significant presence of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are oligopolistic in nature, which suggests that rivalry among firms plays an important role in firms' dynamic decision-making... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

drug discovery organization at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and focuses on the decisions to: (1) centralize decision-making within drug discovery and (2) institute numerical... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 14 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 14

based in part on the likelihood of obtaining patents and in part on the projected cash flows of the business under various scenarios. This case examines issues of intellectual property in science, international differences in patent law,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Mar 2025
  • News

Uncertain Terms

After Amar Bhidé (MBA 1979/DBA 1988) became an HBS assistant professor in 1988, then-dean John H. McArthur (MBA 1959/DBA 1963) gave him a copy of economist Frank Knight’s 1921 book Risk, Uncertainty and Profit. Knight’s idea that “uncertainty” must be distinguished... View Details
  • 13 Jun 2012
  • HBS Case

HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants

giant that's been in business for nearly a century decides to assign a triple-A rating to a product that should be triple-C. The effects of such errors in judgment are far-reaching. Ratings are used by a variety of people View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Banking; Financial Services
  • 04 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Start to Measure Your E-commerce Success

e-commerce initiatives, the payoffs of e-commerce investments must be calculated and integrated into management decision-making systems. Developing Appropriate Metrics To closely monitor the cause View Details
Keywords: by Marc J. Epstein
  • 21 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Get Buried in Customer Data—Use It

on," says Harvard Business School marketing professor Gerald Zaltman. A more strategic approach to data mining can provide the foundation for that decision-making architecture. Below, advice on how to use information about the... View Details
Keywords: by Jean Ayers