Ambiguity - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

for demanding "excessive" licensing royalties for SEPs related to Wi-Fi and video compression. Samsung, Apple, Nokia, and Ericsson also have been involved in major SEP-related litigation. "A lot of the litigation has had to do with the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

30 Aug 2019
Blog Post

3 Growing Pains from my First Year at HBS: Academic, Social, and Career

this kind of intentionality is essential in a complex and ambiguous business world as well, where you cannot control the outcome. Even if you satisfy everything that you should be doing and make sound decisions, you can still encounter a... View Details

08 Nov 2023
Blog Post

Zone Defense: These self-driving, AI-powered drones do recon so soldiers don’t have to

than 30 employees in 2017 to more than 190 today. “I came from the military; I had never worked in a formal company before,” says Tseng, who is now Shield AI’s COO. (Ryan Tseng serves as CEO.) But his experience as a SEAL did have its benefits. “In the SEAL Teams, you... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship

06 Sep 2005
What Do You Think?

What are the Lessons of New Orleans?

practical ends in mind." Dennis Crane added that "true leadership does make a difference." Related to this was Yuko Nakanishi's observation that "any ambiguity in terms of responsibilities . . . must be eliminated... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Jeff Surette and Mike Peters: A Winning Team at TB12

approach problems from many different directions and learn there can be many right answers. This mindset has helped me approach problems in a more flexible way in an entrepreneurial business setting.” Surette and Peters continue to face situations filled with View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

actually very helpful,” says Josh, “especially when you work across departments.” The most important contribution of a HBS education, Josh believes, “is helping people think about how to break apart and structure problems. It’s an endless repeat of the case method! You... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

The Protagonist Goes Prime Time

through resolution. In all, the ETS team shot 35 hours of footage. The final case, which was first taught in October 2014 to 940 first-year MBA students, includes just under an hour of video. “Multimedia cases won’t wholly replace traditional cases,” says Buell, who... View Details

Keywords: April White

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1.2 MBA Honor Code | MBA

Examples of Honor Code Violations While some activities – copying from another’s exam, for example – are enduring illustrations of violations of the Honor Code, advances in technology and innovation in the curriculum may create new or View Details

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Dragging Patent Trolls Into the Light

future. A Lucrative Business Patent trolling can be a lucrative undertaking because of the ambiguous nature of intellectual property. "A patent troll is a firm that sues opportunistically in hopes that an imperfect legal system will... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Legal Services

05 Jul 2016
First Look

July 5, 2016

Petrie Abstract—A growing body of empirical evidence documents a reluctance to make charitable gifts. Individuals avoid donation asks, and when asked, give less by viewing factors—such as ambiguity or risk—in a self-serving manner.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

venture funds. Minimizing Organizational Disruption The spinout process was clearly defined in the agreement in order to ensure that disputes did not arise later on and to minimize the disruption to the organization. The XTV officials insisted on a formal procedure to... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

01 Mar 2010
News

Light Looks Back on Forty-Year HBS Career

answer, and you never really know for sure. Ultimately, you’ve got to make up your mind in an ambiguous setting and move forward. Students, of course, would prefer for you to tell them the correct answer at the end of class. I never did... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

17 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

copyright law, similar to the law in the United States, lacks a clear dividing line that defines plagiarism. "The ambiguity is inherent in the product," Iyer says, making it difficult for Hollywood to collect anything in the... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

Sharing News That Might Be Bad

what you do, but how you do it. Take Cues From Negotiation Strategy With negative or ambiguous information, "the interests at stake are not necessarily an attempt to persuade or influence," says Danny Ertel, also a partner at... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

01 Sep 2011
News

Breaking Free from Fear of Change

organization. If you have fallen into any of these traps yourself, you may be sabotaging your own career. If there are high-need-for-achievement types in your organization, are there ways to help them get out of these traps? A key factor to keep in mind is that View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Oct 2018
Blog Post

Josh Latson and his Fellowship: “It’s like a pie eating contest.”

very helpful,” says Josh, “especially when you work across departments.” The most important contribution of a HBS education, Josh believes, “is helping people think about how to break apart and structure problems. It’s an endless repeat of the case method! You have... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

29 Aug 2016
Blog Post

First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business

memorizing business terms and frameworks. The case method requires a deeper understanding of the issues and principles at play. The case method requires me to defend my point of view and formulate an opinion in the face of uncertain and View Details

05 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 5

http://ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1509/jm.13.0228 May 2015 Management Science Asymmetric Effects of Favorable and Unfavorable Information on Decision-making Under Ambiguity By: Peysakhovich, Alexander, and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

Authors:Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Building on research in strategy formation and organizational innovation, this paper reports on a field study of a young company in the sustainable cities industry. We examine how company founders, facing the high View Details