Giving And Receiving Feedback - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

company; help develop policies that help the company and its shareholders achieve their goals; provide performance feedback to senior management, especially the CEO; ensure that the business remains... View Details

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

Quantifying performance and measuring results are no longer the sole domain of for-profit enterprises. Today, many nonprofit organizations also find themselves on the hot seat—not with stockholders but with donors who expect similar... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Jan 2012
News

E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

joys,” he adds. The letters of appreciation and career updates that Stamps has received from the hundreds of Stamps Scholars are one of his most treasured assets. This investment, like so many in Roe... View Details

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

invest according to broadly held environmental and social values, as well as to investors wishing to align their investments with their faith. Should Selim give up a very successful career to compete in a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

31 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Transitioning From the Military to Business School

received almost constant feedback from a variety of sources and thus found it relatively easy to understand how I was performing. But at HBS most classes consist of only two... View Details

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Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Steve Allen Show in 1954, where television hosts revealed through one new medium the wonders of another. 71 Polaroid excelled at customer service. Camera owners received letters of welcome and inviting... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

Case Study: The Home Team

with a schedule and scope of future expenses, can equip the buyer with clearer expectations about a home’s total cost over time, Kennealey observes. “You may want to put down a big down payment, but if you know you have a new roof coming,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

18 Feb 2019
Book

What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

non-committal prices. That is, until Birchbox came along in 2010 with an innovative offer: Pay a monthly fee and receive a curated box of beauty samples by mail. “They said, ‘We're going to start off doing... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Beauty & Cosmetics; Insurance; Service; Retail

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

attention and especially energy around speculation and trading—this gives an entrepreneur more time to focus and actually develop their product... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

04 Dec 2023
Blog Post

My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service

memories took place in national parks. I spent 80% of the pandemic going up and down parks along the Pacific Coast Highway. Using business skills to give back to an organization that had provided so much joy... View Details

22 Sep 2023
News

Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Photo provided by Harvard University Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Who was the most important person you met at HBS? And why? This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and when my colleagues set up on Spangler Lawn during Spring Reunions... View Details

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Alternative Investments Course | HBS Online

and assignment completion, we expect you to offer feedback on others’ reflections and contribute to conversations on the platform. Participants who fail to complete the course... View Details

09 Feb 2021
News

Investing in Entrepreneurship

acquisition route.” While he “retired” from Venrock in 1997 in order to let the next generation move ahead, Crisp soon returned part-time when Laurance and his brother David asked him to serve as vice chair of the family holding company,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Harvard schools. PIC participants benefit from tailored venture-building resources, membership in a thriving innovation community, and expert feedback from diverse judges, not to mention a chance to win up... View Details

01 Sep 2006
What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

under the supervision of a "floating" manager responsible for several such stores. They received above-market pay, partially in the form of performance incentives. The result? More highly energized workers, better cost control,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

advantage. As a result, he said, companies should rethink how much they pay for IT given this reduced return on investment. HBR received a large number of positive and critical responses to Carr's piece... View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan

08 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching

mock class to a lecture hall full of their colleagues, who play the roles of students and mentors in providing feedback after the fact.) Interactive learning through office norms Less formally, however,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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Judging Success - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

to its impact in areas such as leadership and professional identity. The development of self-awareness, judgment, and a capacity to act under uncertainly may receive important... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

our story and gain feedback from an audience of potential investors,” Goble says. The victory also came with $75,000, a sizable sum for the young firm facing basic company-formation costs. The enterprise... View Details

Keywords: April White

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

offerings: Design Thinking and Innovation, Power and Influence for Positive Impact, and Sustainable Investing. Total HBS Online revenue amounted to 8 percent of the School’s... View Details

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