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- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
Behavioral Decision Making The Impact of 'Display-Set' Options on Decision-Making By: Karmarkar, Uma R. Abstract—The way a choice set is constructed can have a significant influence on how individuals...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
instrumental in shaping research on Human Behavior & Decision-Making. Today, our research focuses on individual and interactive judgment and decision making and explores the role of personal bias, cognition...
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- May 1998
- Teaching Note
Development Relationships TN
By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy
The final class of the Career Development module of the Self-Assessment and Career Development course (SACD) uses the topic of mentoring and developmental relationships to encourage students to think beyond the point of finding and accepting a suitable job offer. The...
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- August 2017 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Ardian: Portfolio Company Governance
By: Lynn S. Paine, Emer Moloney and Tonia Labruyere
Leaders of the mid-cap buyout group at Ardian, the Paris-based private equity firm led by Dominique Senequier, have been asked to review and assess the governance model the firm uses for majority-owned companies in its portfolio. The case describes the governance model...
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Paine, Lynn S., Emer Moloney, and Tonia Labruyere. "Ardian: Portfolio Company Governance." Harvard Business School Case 318-017, August 2017. (Revised April 2024.)
- Program
Strategy for Health Care Delivery—Virtual
working with accomplished health care executives from various backgrounds, sectors, and countries across the globe Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career View Details
- 2013
- Working Paper
Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Evidence from I.T. Purchasing
By: Kristina McElheran
Recent contributions to a growing theory literature have focused on the tradeoff between adaptation and coordination in determining delegation within firms. Empirical evidence, however, is limited. Using establishment-level data on decision rights over information...
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Keywords:
Business Units;
Business Headquarters;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Operations;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Power and Influence;
Adaptation;
Cooperation
McElheran, Kristina. "Delegation in Multi-Establishment Firms: Evidence from I.T. Purchasing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-101, April 2011. (Revised April 2012, July 2012, January 2013.)
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
also show how these same principles and tactics can be applied in everyday life, whether you are making corporate deals, negotiating job offers, resolving business disputes, tackling obstacles in personal relationships, or even...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Campus & Culture | About
teaching of ethics here is explicit, not implicit, and our community values of mutual respect, honesty and integrity, and personal accountability support the HBS learning environment and are at the heart of a School-wide aspiration: to...
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- August 2020
- Case
This Old House of Worship: St. Anthony Shrine (A)
By: Ryan Raffaelli
This multimedia case asks students to consider how leaders of non-profit organizations manage difficult financial, operational, and cultural turnarounds. Since its founding in 1947, St. Anthony Shrine had been a central partner in serving the Downtown Boston community....
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Keywords:
Leadership And Change Management;
Turnarounds;
Non-profit Management;
Leadership;
Change Management;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Management;
Religion;
Mission and Purpose;
Transformation;
Organizational Culture;
United States
Raffaelli, Ryan. "This Old House of Worship: St. Anthony Shrine (A)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 421-701, August 2020.
- March 2021
- Article
Deliberately Prejudiced Self-driving Vehicles Elicit the Most Outrage
By: Julian De Freitas and Mina Cikara
Should self-driving vehicles be prejudiced, e.g., deliberately harm the elderly over young children? When people make such forced-choices on the vehicle’s behalf, they exhibit systematic preferences (e.g., favor young children), yet when their options are unconstrained...
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Keywords:
Moral Judgment;
Autonomous Vehicles;
Driverless Policy;
Moral Outrage;
Moral Sensibility;
Judgments;
Transportation;
Policy
De Freitas, Julian, and Mina Cikara. "Deliberately Prejudiced Self-driving Vehicles Elicit the Most Outrage." Cognition 208 (March 2021).
- 26 Sep 2023
- Research & Ideas
Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates
hindering the company’s DEI efforts, they might have made different decisions. “Make whatever decision you want,” says Jackson, “but make it consciously and not because you're driven there by these...
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by Kristen Senz
- November 2008
- Supplement
NEC Electronics (CW)
By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students with...
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- 16 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million
customers by matching them “by hand” with early suppliers (e.g., Etsy scoured craft fairs to sign up artisans); acquiring them in bulk (Uber ran promotions during concerts and events); and doing whatever it took to make their offerings...
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HBR Classics - Alumni
Manage, John Hamm The Power of Talk, Deborah Tannen Transforming Corner - Office Strategy into Frontline Action Decision-Making Conquering a Culture of Indecision, Ram Charan Stop Making Plans Start Making...
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- 06 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Truth About Authentic Leaders
are times when leaders have to make difficult decisions that are sure to displease people, and they’ll need to give tough feedback. At other times they need to be inspiring, good coaches, and consensus...
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by Bill George
- December 2013
- Case
Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (A)
Isolated by the KGB in Moscow, Harvard graduate student Bruce Allyn faces high-pressure negotiation tactics to recruit him for the Soviet spy agency. At the tense height of the Cold War, with CIA agents systematically being exposed and executed in Russia, Allyn was...
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Keywords:
Negotiation;
Bargaining;
Hard Bargaining;
KGB;
Espionage;
Spying;
War;
National Security;
Alliances;
Ethics;
Negotiation Tactics;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Negotiation Participants;
Negotiation Offer;
Cambridge;
Moscow;
Soviet Union
Sebenius, James K. "Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (A)." Harvard Business School Case 914-027, December 2013.
- March 1985 (Revised November 1988)
- Case
Precision Parts, Inc. (A)
Contains a description of a decision confronting two entrepreneurs in mid-1981. They are considering purchasing a small manufacturer of precision electromechanical parts. Among the issues in the case are the following: 1) Should Taylor and Grayson buy Precision Parts,...
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Keywords:
Leveraged Buyouts;
Venture Capital;
Financing and Loans;
Cost vs Benefits;
Investment Return;
Strategy;
Management Practices and Processes;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Outcome or Result;
Manufacturing Industry
Sahlman, William A. "Precision Parts, Inc. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-131, March 1985. (Revised November 1988.)
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Problem-based learning and the case method
- July 1984 (Revised September 1986)
- Case
CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)
Describes a series of decisions confronting Charles Leighton, co-founder and chairman of the CML Group. CML is a successful participant in the leisure time industry with two lines of business: specialty retailing and recreational consumer products. The key issues in...
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Keywords:
Valuation;
Going Public;
Strategy;
Business or Company Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
SWOT Analysis;
Investment Banking;
Financing and Loans;
Planning;
Corporate Finance;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry
Sahlman, William A. "CML Group, Inc.: Going Public (A)." Harvard Business School Case 285-003, July 1984. (Revised September 1986.)