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  • 29 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

expanding into high-wage economies in Europe and North America; (2) the company was expanding its presence in China—a country where front-line employees were not used to exercising decision-making authority;... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

Pro-self? Furthermore, Santana borrowed a concept from strategic games and socially interdependent decision-making that divides people based on their "social value orientation" (SVO). When faced... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products
  • 02 Jul 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Is Profit as a “Direct Goal” Overrated?

decision-making and even to the future and viability of capitalism. One debate concerned the primacy of profit as a goal. Deaver Brown led this argument by saying, "Profit... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 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
  • 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
  • 05 Sep 2008
  • What Do You Think?

Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

"Cases help to develop 'pattern recognition' skills that are very important in decision-making ...." Dave Schnedler added that cases help develop "critical thinking," teach that "digging hard pays off,"... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education
  • 19 Oct 2010
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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
  • 15 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 15, 2008

environments. Reduce the Risk of Failed Financial Judgments Authors:Robert G. Eccles, Jr., and Edward J. Riedl Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August 2008).... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

case: http://hbr.org/product/andreessen-horowitz/an/814060-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-067 'These People Are Fiduciaries...' The fiduciary duties of loyalty and care, the corporate opportunity doctrine, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

for fifteen to twenty years, special intuition and judgment are required," he observes. "Compared with operations, marketing, and strategy, we don't really know as... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health
  • 21 Mar 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Are We Thinking Too Little, or Too Much?

shortcuts and heuristics, and therefore they're susceptible to biases and mistakes. The implication is that if maybe they thought more, they'd do better. "And then there's... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 2

medical schools continue to focus on the basic sciences, to the exclusion of such managerial topics as running effective teams. The approach to executing reform appears to assume that practice managers and entrepreneurs can undertake the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

environment, workplace safety, and community involvement, most firms do not provide this information. Second, it is not economically efficient for shareholders with a small stake in a number of companies to ferret out sufficient... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
  • 28 Nov 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

policy and has put out a formal request for information to help guide that decision-making process, to which Trichakis, Bertsimas, and Farias are contributing. Their key idea... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health
  • 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016

luck. Together, these results raise the possibility that the American public views the allocations of taxes and pre-tax outcomes as morally relevant, a judgment that is inconsistent with conventional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 17, 2006

  Working PapersInstitutional Pressures and Environmental Strategies Authors: Magali A. Delmas and Michael W. Toffel Abstract This paper suggests how institutional theory can explain enduring differences in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2016
  • News

Takeaways

organization’s collective wisdom in the process.” —Catherine J. Turco (MBA 2003), The Conversational Firm “Work through gray-area problems as a manager, using the best advice and information, and then... View Details
  • 10 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 10

without controversy, to be a tool for empowering women. Here, using a randomized controlled trial, we examine whether access to and marketing of an individually held commitment savings product lead to an increase in female View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 26

http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/long_rate_paper_20140814_FINAL.pdf August 2014 Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Guilt Enhances Sense of Control and Drives Risky Judgments By: Kouchaki, M., C.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Jul 2016
  • Op-Ed

Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?

85 percent of consumers make a purchase after reading such online reviews. But in the world of doctors, nothing compares in assisting consumers to make decisions that are arguably more involved emotionally and with higher financial risk.... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health