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- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Becoming a VC Insider
is the carry divided within the partnership?” If the carry is divided equally among senior and junior partners, that speaks to a firm where everyone has a voice on decisions. But an organization where most of the carry goes to senior partners suggests a hierarchical...
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- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
all, say Professor Krishna G. Palepu and Assistant Professor Tarun Khanna, authors of "Corporate Strategies for Business Groups in Emerging Markets," a working paper slated to be published (under a different title) in the July-August...
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Judith A. Ross
- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
parts and permutations—really works. A carbon trading simulation designed by Harvard Business School professor Peter Coles gives students the opportunity to experience firsthand the pressure-packed decision-making process and uncertainty...
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- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Take Time to Transition (If it’s Time)
slave to the markets, as it were,” she says. “So that is a big factor in his decision-making process.” Do a thorough assessment. Talk to people in the areas and roles that are of interest to you, to see if you’re a strong fit, and “very...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Have Ideas, Will Travel
With a growing body of knowledge supported by its global research centers, the School last May conducted its first research symposium abroad, hosting an all-day event in Rio de Janeiro for a select group of 45 Latin American business...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Chinese CEOs, Professors Study at HBS
needed in today’s global economy.” The GCPC addresses current business and management demands on Chinese CEOs, focusing on the effects of country differences on decision-making and organizational competitiveness. The program aims to...
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- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
decision making. The insider is the decision-maker at the point of a decision—emotions and all; the insider is prone to bias and regards each decision as one of a kind. The outsider is the decision-maker who...
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by Max H. Bazerman
- 28 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
Improving Accountability at the World Bank
Editor's Note: As an institution charged with fighting global poverty, the World Bank has found itself on the firing line of late. Critics cite a persistent lack of transparency and failure to include local insights in decision-making...
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by Alnoor Ebrahim
- 06 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Takeaways from the Peek Women's Colleges Cohort
debated about the relative values of different managerial approaches, my peers and I began to realize how nuanced and subjective decision-making could be in the business world. During these debates, some of the most enlightening comments...
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- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
in this organization in whether or not employees are selected via channels that are likely to sort on the alignment of their preferences with organizational objectives. I find that employees selected through such channels are more likely to use View Details
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Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
taxonomy that assembles the field's knowledge about these decision-making bounds and organizes efforts toward deepening this knowledge and developing strategies for improvement. Specifically, we group five...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Short Takes
Be Flexible In today's competitive and volatile business environment, depending on forecasting as the basis for planning and strategy has become a particularly risky way to operate. Especially vulnerable are manufacturing projects that are locked into early-stage View Details
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Garry Emmons and Caroline Chauncey
- Web
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job (MDD) - Course Catalog
enabling coordinated action in pursuit of organizational performance. Our emphasis is on how GMs get things done through making and guiding both larger and smaller decisions. We show how to use decision-making processes to achieve results...
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- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
Alumnae to Celebrate Official Launch of HBS Women’s Association The Harvard Business School Women’s Association (HBSWA) will host a Virtual Launch Celebration on Wednesday, June 12, to mark its official expansion as a nationwide HBS alumnae Shared Interest View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
400 and Counting: Surge in HBS Cases with Women Protagonists
overseen the venture. While the five-year time span of the initial project is now officially over, a group of alumnae from the Class of 1976 designated that their class gift support and continue the effort. Harvard Business School...
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- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
increasingly successful claims of social scientists, backed by philanthropic foundations, on business education and the growing appeal of "scientific" approaches to decision-making and management. We also show that these...
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Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
Hall and Yuval Millo from the London School of Economics look at how these employees can use their own skills to become so-called frame-makers, part of their organizations' strategic decision-making teams. While their research focused on...
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- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: You Can't Enlarge the Pie
finite "pie" of the book's title. This adherence to the status quo often blocks out negotiations and tradeoffs that could benefit everyone. The authors suggest that what public policy needs — and what a democracy's citizens must insist on — is the sort of approach to...
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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
the decision-making process. From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy, by Yves Doz, José Santos, and Peter Williamson, focuses on a new breed of global company — the metanational — that is turning the...
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- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Predictable Surprises
how can a CEO avoid making decisions that favor short-term results, even if those choices lead to predictable surprises? What I would like to take out of corporate decision-making are situations where a special-interest View Details