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- November 1981
- Background Note
Role of Congress in the U.S. Government Decision-Making Process
By: J. Ronald Fox
Fox, J. Ronald. "Role of Congress in the U.S. Government Decision-Making Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 382-057, November 1981.
- spring 1979
- Article
Timing of Mandated Investments -- A Framework for Decision-Making
Baldwin, Carliss Y. "Timing of Mandated Investments -- A Framework for Decision-Making." MIT Sloan Management Review 20, no. 3 (spring 1979).
- 1990
- Article
The Institutionalization of Wealth: Changing Patterns of Investment Decision-Making
By: André Perold and Jay O. Light
- 1987
- Chapter
The Institutionalization of Wealth: Changing Patterns of Investment Decision-Making
By: André Perold and Jay O. Light
- Article
Effects of Description of Options on Parental Perinatal Decision-Making
By: Marlyse F. Haward, Leslie K. John, John M. Lorenz and Baruch Fischhoff
Objective: To examine whether parents' delivery room management decisions for extremely preterm infants are influenced by (a) the degree of detail with which options-comfort care (CC) or intensive care (IC)-are presented or (b) their order of presentation. Methods: 309...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Values and Beliefs;
Personal Characteristics;
Attitudes;
Motivation and Incentives;
Family and Family Relationships;
Health Care and Treatment
Haward, Marlyse F., Leslie K. John, John M. Lorenz, and Baruch Fischhoff. "Effects of Description of Options on Parental Perinatal Decision-Making." Pediatrics 129, no. 5 (May 2012): 891–902.
- 1987
- Casebook
Cases in Business Decision-Making (with Education Development Center, Inc.)
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. Cases in Business Decision-Making (with Education Development Center, Inc.). Dryden Press, 1987.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners
By: Andy Wu
Wu, Andy. "Organizational Decision-Making and Information: Angel Investments by Venture Capital Partners." Working Paper, November 2015.
- 19 Mar 2024
- News
This Company is Helping Orgs Cut down their Decision-Making Time
- April 2024
- Case
The Israeli Innovation Authority: Decision-making in a Time of Uncertainty
By: Shai Bernstein, Sabrina Howell and Josh Lerner
Bernstein, Shai, Sabrina Howell, and Josh Lerner. "The Israeli Innovation Authority: Decision-making in a Time of Uncertainty." Harvard Business School Case 824-198, April 2024.
- Article
The Role of Conflict in Economic Decision-Making Groups: Some Empirical Results
By: Joseph L. Bower
Bower, Joseph L. "The Role of Conflict in Economic Decision-Making Groups: Some Empirical Results." Quarterly Journal of Economics 79, no. 2 (May 1965).
- November 1981
- Background Note
Role of the Executive Branch in the U.S. Government Decision-Making Process
By: J. Ronald Fox
Fox, J. Ronald. "Role of the Executive Branch in the U.S. Government Decision-Making Process." Harvard Business School Background Note 382-058, November 1981.
- Article
The Impact of Personal Genomics on Risk Perceptions and Medical Decision-Making
By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Fiona Murray, J. Scott Roberts and Robert C. Green
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Fiona Murray, J. Scott Roberts, and Robert C. Green. "The Impact of Personal Genomics on Risk Perceptions and Medical Decision-Making." Nature Biotechnology 34, no. 9 (September 2016): 912–918.
- 2012
- Book
Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right
By: Thomas H. Davenport and Brook Manville
This book includes twelve detailed stories of organizations that have successfully tapped their data assets, diverse perspectives, and deep knowledge to build an organizational decision-making capability. The book introduces a model that utilizes the collective...
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Keywords:
Organizational Judgment;
Decision-making;
Decisions;
Organizational Structure;
Business Processes
Davenport, Thomas H., and Brook Manville. Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right. Harvard Business Review Press, 2012. (Publisher's Weekly Top 10 Business Book of 2012.)
- August 2016
- Article
Asymmetric Effects of Favorable and Unfavorable Information on Decision-making Under Ambiguity
By: Alexander Peysakhovich and Uma R. Karmarkar
Most daily decisions involve uncertainty about outcome probabilities arising from incomplete knowledge, i.e., ambiguity. We explore how the addition of partial information affects these types of choices using theoretical and empirical methods. Our experiments in both...
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Keywords:
Ambiguity;
Decision Making;
Outcomes;
Information;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Outcome or Result
Peysakhovich, Alexander, and Uma R. Karmarkar. "Asymmetric Effects of Favorable and Unfavorable Information on Decision-making Under Ambiguity." Management Science 62, no. 8 (August 2016).
- 2012
- Chapter
Leading in Crises: Observations on the Political and Decision-Making Dimensions of Response
By: Herman B. Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
Emergency response organizations, as we have argued in earlier writing, must deal with both "routine emergencies" (dangerous events, perhaps extremely severe, that are routine because they can be anticipated and prepared for) and "true crises" (which, because of...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Leadership;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Crisis Management;
Government and Politics
Leonard, Herman B., and Arnold M. Howitt. "Leading in Crises: Observations on the Political and Decision-Making Dimensions of Response." Chap. 3 in Mega-Crises: Understanding the Prospects, Nature, Characteristics and the Effects of Cataclysmic Events, edited by Ira Helsloot, Arjen Boin, Brian Jacobs, and Louise K. Comfort, 25–36. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 2012.
- January 2013
- Case
Cabot Corporation: The Fuel Cell Decision (A)
By: Willy Shih and Ying Zhou
Managers at Cabot Corporation are faced with deciding the future of its fuel cell program. The (A) case recounts the view of the business manager and the technical project lead, and the (B) case describes the perspective of a senior manager who is the head of the New...
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Keywords:
Technical Decision-making;
Decision-making Process;
Fuel Cells;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Decisions;
Judgments;
Business Plan;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Energy Generation;
Energy Sources;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Research and Development;
Science-Based Business;
Commercialization;
Technology Industry;
Manufacturing Industry;
Massachusetts;
United States
Shih, Willy, and Ying Zhou. "Cabot Corporation: The Fuel Cell Decision (A)." Harvard Business School Case 613-066, January 2013.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Decision-Making by Precedent and the Founding of American Honda (1948 – 1974)
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and John Heilbron
American Honda was founded in 1959 as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Honda Motor Company to facilitate sales and distribution in the United States. The details of American Honda’s early history have long served as evidence in debates among scholars and practitioners...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Business Subsidiaries;
Decision Making;
Auto Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and John Heilbron. "Decision-Making by Precedent and the Founding of American Honda (1948 – 1974)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-016, August 2016.