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- January–February 2018
- Article
Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality
By: Robert S. Kaplan, George Serafeim and Eduardo Tugendhat
More than a billion people in the developing world remain in extreme poverty and outside the formal economy. Traditional CSR programs have done little to alleviate the situation and rarely produce transformative change.
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Keywords:
Inclusive Growth;
Sustainability;
Social Impact;
Business Strategy;
Shared Value;
Impact Investing;
Inequality;
Corporate Governance;
Balanced Scorecard;
Strategy Execution;
Economic Growth;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Poverty;
Equality and Inequality;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Strategy;
Investment
Kaplan, Robert S., George Serafeim, and Eduardo Tugendhat. "Inclusive Growth: Profitable Strategies for Tackling Poverty and Inequality." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 127–133.
- October 2013 (Revised October 2013)
- Supplement
Henkel's CEO Kasper Rorsted: On Building a Winning Culture
By: Robert L. Simons
Keywords:
Performance Measurement;
Performance Appraisals;
Human Resource Management;
Work/life Balance;
Strategy Execution;
Values;
Organizational Transformations;
Pay For Performance;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Values and Beliefs;
Work-Life Balance;
Organizational Culture;
Performance Evaluation;
Compensation and Benefits
Simons, Robert L. "Henkel's CEO Kasper Rorsted: On Building a Winning Culture." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 114-703, October 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
- December 2016 (Revised May 2018)
- Module Note
Strategy Execution Module 15: Using the Levers of Control to Implement Strategy
By: Robert Simons
This module reading pulls together key concepts and techniques from the Strategy Execution series into an integrated model—the levers of control. The four levers are: (1) belief systems, (2) boundary systems, (3) diagnostic control systems, and (4) interactive control...
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Keywords:
Management Control Systems;
Implementing Strategy;
Execution;
Levers Of Control;
Balancing Innovation And Control;
Managing Growing Businesses;
Turn Around Management;
Human Behavior;
Organizational Life Cycle;
Strategy;
Management Systems;
Performance;
Measurement and Metrics;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Behavior
Simons, Robert. "Strategy Execution Module 15: Using the Levers of Control to Implement Strategy." Harvard Business School Module Note 117-115, December 2016. (Revised May 2018.)
- 23 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers
report guides organizations in supporting work-life balance for caregivers. Fuller finds that there are strong incentives to support these employees with benefits; payoffs include lower turnover and less absenteeism. Instead of urging...
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by Kara Baskin
- June 2013
- Supplement
Elasto Therm: The Next Step (Video Supplement)
By: Jim Sharpe
This is the Video Supplement for Elasto Therm: The Next Step (HBS Case #813030).
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurial Management;
Entrepreneurs;
Search;
Search Funds;
Manufacturing;
Pricing Policies;
Pricing;
Pricing Strategy;
Sales Channels;
Sales Force Management;
Customer Focus;
Customer Specificity;
Manufacturing Tools;
Acquisitions;
Growth Strategy;
Growth And Development Strategy;
Growth;
Plastics;
Turnarounds;
Labor Management;
Stockholders;
Careers;
Job Design;
Gender;
Life Planning;
Employee Empowerment;
Work/family Balance;
Work-life Balance;
Entrepreneurship;
Management;
Employee Ownership;
Acquisition;
Rubber Industry;
Auto Industry;
United States
Sharpe, Jim. "Elasto Therm: The Next Step (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 813-703, June 2013.
- December 2002 (Revised February 2015)
- Case
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
Jim Sharpe, 10 years after receiving his MBA from Harvard and working for others, has finally become his own boss and 100% owner of manufacturer of aluminum extrusions. After 10 months of an unfunded search, he acquires the business in an LBO and prepares to face his...
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Keywords:
Search Funds;
Search;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Operations Strategy;
Acquisitions;
Work/family Balance;
Unions;
Union;
Turnarounds;
Funding Model;
LBO;
Bank Debt;
Bank Loans;
Equity Investment;
Career Management;
Small Business;
Work-Life Balance;
Negotiation;
Operations;
Labor Unions;
Investment;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Borrowing and Debt;
Business Strategy;
Manufacturing Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Barbara Feinberg. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (Abridged) ." Harvard Business School Case 603-084, December 2002. (Revised February 2015.)
- 23 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Strategy-Focused Organization
In The Strategy-Focused Organization, HBS professor Robert Kaplan and David Norton, president of the Balanced Scorecard Collaborative, share the results of ten years of research into companies that have implemented the View Details
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by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Benchmarks Don’t Work
is fundamentally different. Is It Possible To Evaluate Differentiated Services? The question remains: how to evaluate the effectiveness of service units that offer differentiating outputs? Dave Norton and I argue that the cause-and-effect linkages in a service unit's...
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- September 2018 (Revised November 2018)
- Case
From Beirut With Love (A)
By: Christina R. Wing, Esel Y. Cekin and Samer Al-Rachedy
This case describes how Robert Fadel, CEO and chairman of ABC, one of Lebanon’s leading retail and real estate groups, professionalized the family business. Robert was the second son of the company’s founder, Maurice Fadel, who had run it single-handedly. Concerned...
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Keywords:
Family Conflicts;
Sibling Rivalry;
Second-generation;
Foundation;
Trust;
Work-life Balance;
Succession Planning;
Corporate Culture;
Shareholders;
Board Of Directors;
Retail;
Department Store;
Shopping Mall;
Real Estate;
Growth;
Non-executive Chairman;
Sustainability;
Family Business;
Conflict Management;
Management Succession;
Governance;
Leadership;
Transformation;
Leading Change;
Organizational Structure;
Management;
Growth and Development;
Retail Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Lebanon;
Middle East
Wing, Christina R., Esel Y. Cekin, and Samer Al-Rachedy. "From Beirut With Love (A)." Harvard Business School Case 619-024, September 2018. (Revised November 2018.)
- January 2007 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
Describes the challenges of using the Balanced Scorecard to implement a triple-bottom-line strategy for delivering excellent economic, environmental, and social performance. The owners and senior executive team of Amanco, a producer of plastic pipe and complete water...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Measurement and Metrics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Environmental Sustainability;
Social Issues;
Strategy;
Construction Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Latin America;
Brazil
Kaplan, Robert S., and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Amanco: Developing the Sustainability Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 107-038, January 2007. (Revised January 2008.)
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
How should men and women strike a balance between work and personal life in order to feel as happy and fulfilled as possible? In a packed auditorium, three speakers at the Möbius Leadership forum session titled "Walking the Tight...
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by Martha Lagace
- September 2013
- Case
The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2013
By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan Jr. and Elizabeth A. Meyer
Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. This case consists of an exercise in which students are given balance sheet data in percentage form and other selected financial data for companies in 14...
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Keywords:
Financial Management;
Accounting Statements;
Ratio Analysis;
Financial Statements;
Finance
Desai, Mihir A., William E. Fruhan Jr., and Elizabeth A. Meyer. "The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2013." Harvard Business School Case 214-028, September 2013.
- January 2011 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Identifying Firm Capital Structure
Students are asked to link concealed balance sheets with firm descriptions. The case helps students understand how balance sheets reflect industry and firm characteristics.
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Becker, Bo. "Identifying Firm Capital Structure." Harvard Business School Case 211-072, January 2011. (Revised November 2011.)
- June 1998 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A)
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Nicole Tempest
Wells Fargo, the industry leader in electronic banking, has implemented a Balanced Scorecard in its online financial services group (OFS) to track and measure performance. The OFS group develops and supports services that allow existing and future banking customers to...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Internet and the Web;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Strategy;
Performance Evaluation;
Finance;
Change;
Situation or Environment;
Measurement and Metrics;
Banking Industry;
Financial Services Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Nicole Tempest. "Wells Fargo Online Financial Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 198-146, June 1998. (Revised August 2001.)
- 03 Jul 2013
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Limits of Transparency?
Summing Up What Is Transparency's "Sweet Spot"? We generally think of transparency as an admirable organization quality. But commenting on this month's column, Kapil Kumar Sopory summed up a lot of the thinking with the observation that "excess of...
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by James Heskett
- September 2013
- Teaching Note
The Case of the Unidentified Industries—2013
By: Mihir A. Desai, William E. Fruhan, Jr. and Elizabeth A. Meyer
Helps students to understand how the characteristics of a business are reflected in its financial statements. This case consists of an exercise in which students are given balance sheet data in percentage form and other selected financial data for companies in 14...
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- September 2000 (Revised October 2002)
- Background Note
Professional Services Module Seven: Becoming a Professional
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
Discusses strategies for balancing private and professional life.
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DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module Seven: Becoming a Professional." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-013, September 2000. (Revised October 2002.)
- March–April 1979
- Article
How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy
By: M. E. Porter
Many factors determine the nature of competition, including not only rivals, but also the economics of particular industries, new entrants, the bargaining power of customers and suppliers, and the threat of substitute services or products. A strategic plan of action...
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Porter, M. E. "How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy." Harvard Business Review 57, no. 2 (March–April 1979): 137–145.
- November 2003 (Revised August 2005)
- Case
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation
By: Robert S. Kaplan
First Commonwealth Financial Corp., a financial institution in central and southwestern Pennsylvania, implemented the Balanced Scorecard for describing and implementing its new customer-focused strategy. Its founder and chairman decided that the Balanced Scorecard also...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Corporate Strategy;
Customers;
Corporate Governance;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Customer Relationship Management;
Executive Compensation;
Financial Services Industry;
Banking Industry;
Pennsylvania
Kaplan, Robert S. "First Commonwealth Financial Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 104-042, November 2003. (Revised August 2005.)