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- 19 May 2021
- News
How to Make Better Decisions About Your Career
- Research Summary
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...
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- December 2008
- Article
Fundamental Dimensions of Social Judgment
By: A. Abele, A.J.C. Cuddy, C. Judd and V. Yzerbyt
Abele, A., A.J.C. Cuddy, C. Judd, and V. Yzerbyt. "Fundamental Dimensions of Social Judgment." European Journal of Social Psychology 38, no. 7 (December 2008): 1063–1065.
- October 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Decision Making at the Top: The All-Star Sports Catalog Division
By: David A. Garvin and Michael Roberto
Describes a senior management team's strategic decision-making process. The division president faces three options for redesigning the process to address several key concerns. The president has extensive quantitative and qualitative data about the process to guide him...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Management Teams;
Performance Improvement;
Planning;
Mathematical Methods;
Strategy
Garvin, David A., and Michael Roberto. "Decision Making at the Top: The All-Star Sports Catalog Division." Harvard Business School Case 398-061, October 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- winter 1996
- Article
Ethics for the 21st Century: A Decision Making Approach
By: D. M. Messick and M. H. Bazerman
Messick, D. M., and M. H. Bazerman. "Ethics for the 21st Century: A Decision Making Approach." MIT Sloan Management Review 37, no. 2 (winter 1996): 9–22.
- October 2013
- Case
Decision Making at the Top: The All-Star Sports eBusiness Division
By: David A. Garvin and Michael A. Roberto
Describes a senior management team's strategic decision-making process. The division president faces three options for redesigning the process to address several key concerns. The president has extensive quantitative and qualitative data about the process to guide him...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Management Teams;
Performance Improvement;
Planning;
Mathematical Methods;
Strategy
Garvin, David A., and Michael A. Roberto. "Decision Making at the Top: The All-Star Sports eBusiness Division." Harvard Business School Case 314-010, October 2013.
- Web
Behavioral Economics for Managerial Decision Making - Course Catalog
managerial judgment through the lens of behavioral economics, experiments, and other forms of data. The course aims to help students (a) improve their ability to make View Details
- 2009
- Working Paper
The Devil Wears Prada: Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making
By: Roy Y.J. Chua and Xi Zou
Although the concept of luxury has been widely discussed in social theories and marketing research, relatively little research has directly examined the psychological consequences of exposure to luxury goods. This paper demonstrates that mere exposure to luxury goods...
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Keywords:
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Judgments;
Ethics;
Marketing;
Behavior;
Power and Influence;
Luxury
Chua, Roy Y.J., and Xi Zou. "The Devil Wears Prada: Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-034, November 2009.
- 10 May 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision Making
- 11 Feb 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Gender Stereotypes in Deliberation and Team Decisions
Decision Leadership
DECISION LEADERSHIP is a passionate argument that leaders are, above all, decision architects. They pursue truth over power. When they do, their decisions are more ethical, accounting for broad constituencies and diverse perspectives. Their approach to any task is... View Details
- August 1993 (Revised December 1997)
- Background Note
Decision Analysis
Describes decision analysis, a systemic approach for analyzing decision problems. A running example illustrates problem structuring (decision trees), probability assessment and endpoint evaluation, folding back the tree as a method of analysis, and sensitivity...
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Wu, George. "Decision Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 894-004, August 1993. (Revised December 1997.)
- December 2004 (Revised March 2006)
- Background Note
Decision Trees
By: Robin Greenwood and Lucy White
This case introduces decision analysis. Using a simple example, it illustrates the use of probability trees and decision trees as tools for solving business problems.
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Keywords:
Decision Making
Greenwood, Robin, and Lucy White. "Decision Trees." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-060, December 2004. (Revised March 2006.)
- October 2002
- Article
The Speed Trap: Exploring the Relationship between Decision Making and the Temporal Context
By: Leslie Perlow, Gerardo Okhuyson and Nelson Repenning
Keywords:
Decision Making
Perlow, Leslie, Gerardo Okhuyson, and Nelson Repenning. "The Speed Trap: Exploring the Relationship between Decision Making and the Temporal Context." Academy of Management Journal 45, no. 5 (October 2002): 931–955.
- November 2022 (Revised February 2024)
- Exercise
Managing Customer Retention at Teleko
By: Eva Ascarza
This exercise aims to teach students about 1) Targeting Policies; and 2) Algorithmic decision making, and 3) Retention management.
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Ascarza, Eva. "Managing Customer Retention at Teleko." Harvard Business School Exercise 523-005, November 2022. (Revised February 2024.)
- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
The Impact of Forward-Looking Metrics on Employee Decision Making
By: Pablo Casas-Arce, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez and V.G. Narayanan
- Research Summary
Managerial Decision Analysis
By: David E. Bell
David E. Bell and Arthur Schleifer, Jr. are concluding a multiyear project aimed at producing more field-oriented case material for the Managerial Economics course, specifically, materials on decision, data, and risk analysis. A series of case- and textbooks (with...
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- 29 Aug 2016
- News
Make better decisions by using stress to your advantage
- Blog
Making the Decision to Attend: Our Participants Share Their Stories
right time? Many find it challenging to make time for education but, once they attend, they discover that for significant career development this time is important to reenergize and gain a broader...
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