Risk Taking - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jan 2019
News

The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition

different backgrounds really helped give me a broader perspective on all that it takes for an organization to be effective.” Gandhi: “I find myself referencing lessons from my time at HBS almost every day, and sharing them with my... View Details

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

maximize the purchasing power of consumers or if it is to reinforce certain government favoured industries and, indirectly, the people who work and invest in those industries. After more than thirty years when broad international consensus appeared to View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

researchers and practitioners alike: What is the proper balance to be struck by a business between encouraging autonomy so that employees can ignore red tape to serve the customer quickly and efficiently, and mitigating the risk that... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Jun 2015
News

Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right

than mere life phase. Take how they were raised. This is a generation that’s grown up as the center of attention, thrust into the nucleus of the family, with parents orbiting around them. They have been told they can be anything they want... View Details

18 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 18

payout policy, profitability, and industry. We consider interpretations of these results based on both time-varying risk premia and mispricing. Our results are primarily consistent with the view that firms issue and repurchase shares to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Nov 2014
HBS Case

How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World

something” Khaire: In the literature it is called a "blending strategy." The idea is there are multiple worlds in our society, and people are judged differently in each world. Take any individual and she behaves differently and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

14 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

spread over 45 countries. Comcraft produces steel, plastics, and aluminum products. Chandaria had the option of taking well-paying jobs after his studies in the United States and India in 1951, but opted to View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto

01 Sep 2018
News

Case Study: A Good Fit

attention and resources. Are the potential of the disability market and the proven success in wellness sufficient to enable the company to raise funds and apply separate leadership to the additional market opportunities, to mitigate the View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

The following article is the eighth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. Whether it involves getting striking baseball players back on the field, cutting a deal with a foreign supplier, or... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Choose the Best Deal

should be a blessing in negotiation, of course. But picking the best possible deal takes careful planning. The set of techniques outlined here will put you on the right path. Beyond Batnas According to basic negotiation theory, Jim's... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Wheeler

12 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 12

experiment to examine the effect of management fiduciary duties on equity‐debt conflicts. A 1991 Delaware bankruptcy ruling changed the nature of corporate directors' fiduciary duties in firms incorporated in that state. This change limited managers' incentives to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

to Choice. Under positive-sum competition, all restrictions to choice at the disease or treatment level would disappear, including network restrictions and approvals of referrals. Reasonable co-pays and large deductibles combined with medical savings accounts would let... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

23 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick

Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

Researchers Prove C-Suite Gender Gap—but Can’t Explain It

she takes off to raise children, or the quality of her network connections. Career paths are different for men and women in Sweden and elsewhere. ©iStockPhoto/Delpixart “Our results point towards the possibility that male and female... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Oct 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

companies can crank out a marketable prototype in a matter of months, clean-tech companies can take years to develop products—solar panels, batteries, biofuels, and the like. And even when a working prototype is born, it's hard for a... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities; Financial Services

28 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

to going to HBS, it wasn’t until I took “Investing in the 21st Century: Return, Risk and Impact,” taught by Professors Shawn Cole and Vikram Gandhi, that I had a chance to learn about what impact investing was and understand how big the... View Details

18 Nov 2020
News

Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

Clubs News Clubs News Clubs Take 2020 Global Networking Online to Explore the Future of Work For the first time ever, HBS alumni around the world gathered online and across time zones on October 20 to kick off the HBS Global Networking... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2014
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

Alumni Books Dual Momentum Investing: An Innovative Strategy for Higher Returns with Lower Risk by Gary Antonacci (MBA 1978) (McGraw-Hill) Antonacci explains his investing method, which combines U.S. stock, non-U.S. stock, and aggregate... View Details

13 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 13

brands. He describes four different ad types and explains how each can influence multitasking consumers. To create an effective media mix, he recommends that companies take advantage of lean advertising principles and adopt a sequential... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Gurus in the Garage

as a master craftsman, not as an apprentice. Guild members depend on one another to prequalify potential entrepreneurs. Every hour that a guild member spends reviewing an investment risk represents a deposit in the bank. "I could... View Details

Keywords: by Dorothy Leonard & Walter Swap

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