Benchmarks - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2002
News

Redefining Success: Women & Work.

granting that she still defines success by the typical benchmarks of money and responsibility, the former VC partner also recounts a recent conference she and her husband had with her son's teacher. "She said he was very smart, and he's... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2010
News

Fair Trade

especially in the range of skin tones that were recognized as being beautiful, and profitable. Worldwide, though, paler skins, rounder eyes, slim figures, and white teeth remained the benchmark of female beauty, regardless of ethnicity.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2015
News

Fıelds of Gold

and climate of bordering Iran, is capable of producing saffron that bests the benchmark in color, taste, and aroma, says the cofounder of the new social enterprise company Earth2Globe. The still-small 1,700 acres of Afghanistan’s saffron... View Details

Keywords: April White; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

01 Dec 2018
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

covered in Parts 2 and 3 to specific, challenging boardroom conversations: for example, giving critical feedback to the CEO or handling a difficult media conversation. Delivering Alpha: Lessons from 30 Years of Outperforming Investment View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Star Search

function of having an engaged and motivated workforce. So how do you keep talent engaged and motivated? There is a table stakes component that I believe is compensation related, and we obviously try to benchmark and maintain that. But... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Apr 2000
News

Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti

timely service. Directly related to that approach are our new customer-oriented benchmarks for IRS performance: customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, overall compliance by each tax-paying sector, and continuous improvement. You've... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2006
News

Down the Memory Chute

member would select three to five papers for grading by the entire group of readers. We would use those benchmarking sessions to try to assure that evaluations were consistent from reader to reader.” Wailes later became one of only a few... View Details