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  • 03 Nov 2016
  • News

You’re Fired: Managing Gray-Area Decisions

  • 13 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

readily be reclaimed by investors in the firm who lost money." In a new research paper, coauthored with World Bank economists Martin Kanz and Leora Klapper, Cole explores how various performance incentives affect lending decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking
  • 1999
  • Book

Smart Money Decisions

By: M. H. Bazerman
Keywords: Money; Decisions
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Bazerman, M. H. Smart Money Decisions. John Wiley & Sons, 1999. (Recognized as one of the 10 Best Personal Finance and Investing Books of the Year by Amazon.com and as one of the 30 Best Business Books of the Year by Soundview Executive Book Summaries. Published in Spanish. Adaptations published in Soundview Executive Book Summaries, Personal Excellence, and Bottom Line.)
  • August 1982 (Revised May 1983)
  • Background Note

Capital Structure Decision

By: William E. Fruhan Jr.
Keywords: Capital Structure; Decision Making
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Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Capital Structure Decision." Harvard Business School Background Note 283-021, August 1982. (Revised May 1983.)
  • 2005
  • Dictionary Entry

Behavioral Decision Research

By: M. H. Bazerman
Keywords: Decision Making; Behavior; Research
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Bazerman, M. H. "Behavioral Decision Research." In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Organizational Behavior. Edited by N. Nicholson, P. Audia, and M. Pillutla. Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
  • June 1997 (Revised January 1999)
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Understanding Costs for Management Decisions

By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Defines types of costs--current, sunk, opportunity, relevant, differential--and their use in management and management decision making. Contrasts single-period and multiple-period cost analysis. View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Decision Making
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Bruns, William J., Jr. "Understanding Costs for Management Decisions." Harvard Business School Background Note 197-117, June 1997. (Revised January 1999.)
  • 25 Nov 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making

Keywords: by Roy Y.J. Chua & Xi Zou; Consumer Products; Retail
  • June 1983 (Revised May 1993)
  • Case

Hospital Replacement Decision

By: Regina E. Herzlinger
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Decision Making; Health Industry
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Herzlinger, Regina E. "Hospital Replacement Decision." Harvard Business School Case 183-207, June 1983. (Revised May 1993.)
  • January 2014
  • Other Article

The Answer is 9,142: Understanding the Influence of Disruption Risk on Inventory Decision Making

By: Mark Cotteleer, Maria Ibanez and Geri Gibbons
The question was how many units of inventory a manager should order when faced with a possible disruption in supply. The correct answer is not guesswork, but based on 150 years of theory and practice. We examine individual choices made in this critical situation—and... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral; Behavioral Operations; Inventory; Bias; Operations Management; Operations
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Cotteleer, Mark, Maria Ibanez, and Geri Gibbons. "The Answer is 9,142: Understanding the Influence of Disruption Risk on Inventory Decision Making." Deloitte Review 14 (January 2014).
  • 15 Aug 2016
  • News

How to Tackle Your Toughest Decisions

  • January 2006
  • Article

Decisions Without Blinders

By: M. Bazerman and Dolly Chugh
Keywords: Decision Making
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Bazerman, M., and Dolly Chugh. "Decisions Without Blinders." Harvard Business Review 84, no. 1 (January 2006).
  • 1995
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Decisions under Uncertainty

By: D. E. Bell and A. Schleifer Jr.
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions
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Bell, D. E., and A. Schleifer Jr. Decisions under Uncertainty. Cambridge, MA: Course Technology Inc. (CTI), 1995.
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Moral Traps: When Self-serving Attributions Backfire in Prosocial Behavior

By: Stephanie C. Lin, Julian Zlatev and Dale T. Miller
Two assumptions guide the current research. First, people's desire to see themselves as moral disposes them to make attributions that enhance or protect their moral self-image: When approached with a prosocial request, people are inclined to attribute their own... View Details
Keywords: Morality; Attributions; Decision Making; Prosocial Behavior; Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Perception
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Lin, Stephanie C., Julian Zlatev, and Dale T. Miller. "Moral Traps: When Self-serving Attributions Backfire in Prosocial Behavior." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 70 (May 2017): 198–203.
  • 20 Jun 2018
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Show or Tell? Improving Agent Decision Making in a Tanzanian Mobile Money Field Experiment

Keywords: by Jason Acimovic, Chris Parker, David F. Drake, and Karthik Balasubramanian; Banking; Financial Services
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Lack of Shared Decision Making in Cancer Screening Discussions: Results from a National Survey

By: Richard M. Hoffman, Joanne G. Elmore, Kathleen M. Fairfield, Bethany S. Gerstein, Carrie A. Levin and Michael P. Pignone
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Hoffman, Richard M., Joanne G. Elmore, Kathleen M. Fairfield, Bethany S. Gerstein, Carrie A. Levin, and Michael P. Pignone. "Lack of Shared Decision Making in Cancer Screening Discussions: Results from a National Survey." American Journal of Preventive Medicine 47, no. 3 (September 2014): 251–259.
  • April 5, 2016
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An Interview with Raffaella Sadun: "Information" vs. "Communication:" The Battle to Influence Decision Making

By: Raffaella Sadun and Frieda Klotz
I explain how two traditionally connected technologies may appear to pull organizations in opposing directions. View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Strategy; Organizations
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Sadun, Raffaella, and Frieda Klotz. An Interview with Raffaella Sadun: "Information" vs. "Communication:" The Battle to Influence Decision Making. Art. 57407. MIT Sloan Management Review (website) (April 5, 2016).
  • April 2005 (Revised September 2005)
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Pegasus Capital: The Musimundo Decision

By: Michael Chu and Barbara Zepp Larson
The five managing directors of Pegasus Capital were meeting in June 2003 to make a go/no-go decision regarding the investment of Musimundo, one of the largest entertainment retailers in Argentina. Just four days before the planned closing of the sale, Pegasus' 50%... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Debates; Decision Choices and Conditions; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Music Entertainment; Investment; Business or Company Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Opportunities; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Argentina
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Chu, Michael, and Barbara Zepp Larson. "Pegasus Capital: The Musimundo Decision." Harvard Business School Case 305-093, April 2005. (Revised September 2005.)
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Experience and description-based decision making.

Prof. Barron and his co-authors study the effect of the economic environment on decision making. One example involves the effect of rare (low probability) events. People behave as if they overweight these events in some settings (e.g., when buying insurance and... View Details
  • December 2001
  • Case

Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A)

By: Myra M. Hart, Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Harden and Susan Saltrick
Sarah Vickers-Willis, HBS MBA 1999, faces a critical career decision: Does she redirect the Internet start-up she helped found or join in shaping a for-profit firm with a social mission? Sarah, a young Australian business executive, has always strived to "find space"... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Leadership; Internet and the Web; Social Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Business Startups
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Hart, Myra M., Lynda M. Applegate, Sarah Harden, and Susan Saltrick. "Sarah Vickers-Willis: Career Decisions (A)." Harvard Business School Case 802-111, December 2001.
  • 06 May 2015
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