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- 01 May 2017
- News
The Debate on Corporate Tax Reform Just Started for Real
- 2008
- Book
Predictable Surprises
By: Max Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins
Most events that catch us by surprise are both predictable and preventable, but we consistently miss (or ignore) the warning signs. This book shows why such "predictable surprises" put us all at risk, and shows how we can understand, anticipate, and prevent them before...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Leadership;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Behavior
Bazerman, Max, and Michael D. Watkins. Predictable Surprises. Paperback ed. Harvard Business School Press, 2008.
- 31 Jul 2020
- News
Negative Impact Correlates with Lower Market Valuation, Study Shows
Lazy Prices - Follow the Filings
Using the complete history of regular quarterly and annual filings by U.S. corporations from 1995-2014, Professor Lauren Cohen shows that when firms make an active change in their reporting practices, this conveys an important signal about future firm operations.
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- 13 Feb 2013
- News
Valentine’s Day a Show of Wealth for Single Men?
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Science says parents of successful kids have 17 things in common
- 2023
- Working Paper
Sending Signals: Strategic Displays of Warmth and Competence
By: Bushra S. Guenoun and Julian J. Zlatev
Using a combination of exploratory and confirmatory approaches, this research examines how
people signal important information about themselves to others. We first train machine learning
models to assess the use of warmth and competence impression management...
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Keywords:
AI and Machine Learning;
Personal Characteristics;
Perception;
Interpersonal Communication
Guenoun, Bushra S., and Julian J. Zlatev. "Sending Signals: Strategic Displays of Warmth and Competence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-051, February 2023.
- May 2012
- Case
Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Kerry Herman
This case documents decision-making processes, organizational culture, and other contributors to NASA's failed Columbia mission in 2003. Addresses the question of how organizations should deal with "ambiguous threats" - weak signals of potential crisis - and explores...
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Keywords:
Cognitive Biases;
Teams;
Organizational Learning;
Ambiguous Threat;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Decision Making;
Failure;
Crisis Management;
Aerospace Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., and Kerry Herman. "Columbia's Final Mission (Abridged) (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-095, May 2012.
- 11 Feb 2019
- News
Research: When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
improvements in delivering specific healthcare services and justify further investigation of process improvements. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54827 in press Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Handshaking Promotes...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- January 1983 (Revised February 1988)
- Case
Hospital Corp. of America (B)
By: W. Carl Kester
Focuses on HCAs financing options for reaching its target capital structure. The options include new equity conversion of convertible debentures, a debt-for-equity swap, the sale of assets, and fixed-rate debt. Students must address the problem of market timing and...
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Keywords:
Assets;
Capital Structure;
Cash Flow;
Equity;
Debt Securities;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Health Industry;
United States
Kester, W. Carl. "Hospital Corp. of America (B)." Harvard Business School Case 283-054, January 1983. (Revised February 1988.)
- 05 Jan 2014
- News
The American accountability crisis
- 24 Aug 2021
- Cold Call Podcast
Why Did Pet Concierge Startup Baroo Fail?
- September 2011
- Article
The Labor Illusion: How Operational Transparency Increases Perceived Value
By: Ryan W. Buell and Michael I. Norton
A ubiquitous feature of even the fastest self-service technology transactions is the wait. Conventional wisdom and operations theory suggests that the longer people wait, the less satisfied they become; we demonstrate that due to what we term the labor illusion, when...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Perception;
Valuation;
Service Delivery;
Consumer Behavior;
Performance Effectiveness;
Customer Satisfaction;
Service Industry
Buell, Ryan W., and Michael I. Norton. "The Labor Illusion: How Operational Transparency Increases Perceived Value." Management Science 57, no. 9 (September 2011): 1564–1579.
- 11 Jan 2022
- News
Sales Management That Works with Frank Cespedes
- summer 2003
- Article
Patents, Invalidity, and the Strategic Transmission of Enabling Information
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
The patent system encourages innovation and knowledge disclosure by providing exclusivity to inventors. Exclusivity is limited, however, because a substantial fraction of patents have some probability of being ruled invalid when challenged in court. The possibility of...
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Keywords:
System;
Innovation and Invention;
Knowledge Dissemination;
Courts and Trials;
Competition;
Patents;
Corporate Disclosure
Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Patents, Invalidity, and the Strategic Transmission of Enabling Information." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 12, no. 2 (summer 2003): 151–178. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- 06 Feb 2019
- News
Unlike Trump, most CEOs have very little ‘executive time’
- 13 Jun 2019
- News