Impact Measurement - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion

percent of its workforce go via a Zoom conference call. In response to criticism, founder Travis VanderZanden tweeted, “We did ask all managers to reach out to the impacted employees 1on1 immediately after the zoom call, so it's already... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

When Benchmarks Don’t Work

strategies. The strategy map for a support unit typically includes a financial objective to improve its efficiency in supplying services to the enterprise. This objective is usually measured by the cost of services provided and a... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Service

12 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

pursuit of financial gain and pay closer attention to their impact on employees, customers, communities, and the environment. But changing an organization’s DNA may require upending the existing business model and lowering profitability,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win

Enduring Success Provides There are four satisfactions of enduring success, according to Stevenson: Achievement: Do you measure accomplishments against an external goal? Power, wealth, recognition, competition against others. Happiness:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

resource constraints (potentially affecting unfairness concerns) can impact outcomes under the plan. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55144 Summer 2018 Antitrust Chronicle An Introduction to the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

issues impacts policy change—or not. We’re trying to figure out what we can measure and what we can look for both in the assessment phase and as we build our portfolios that will help us substantiate those... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

08 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 8

empirical lacuna, we have developed a research program to measure the internal organization of firms—including their decentralization decisions—across a large range of industries and countries. Enamored with Scale: Scaling with Limited... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Apr 2022
Op-Ed

Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned

innovation. Organizations consistently applied new metrics to measure performance but used activity and time logged into systems to proxy for the actual value. Forging a new, better workplace Businesses are only as good as their people,... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

21 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)

research, which the authors believe is the first attempt to measure the impact of strict ID laws on voter fraud. Their paper is titled Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

across the School. Because current use gifts can be spent immediately, they have a significant impact on the net operating surplus and, therefore, the School’s ability to capitalize on emerging strategic opportunities. For example,... View Details

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Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

Evaluate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors, and learn how to incorporate them into investment decisions and measure and manage their impact. 6 weeks, 5 hrs/week Enroll by January 2 $1,850 Certificate Power and Influence... View Details

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

should they balance operational activities and advocacy efforts? How can they better measure performance against their missions and improve accountability to stakeholders?" The authors discuss their book in the following Q&A.... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

02 Aug 2016
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August 2, 2016

management team, supported by an external consulting firm, introduced a series of aggressive cost-cutting measures that resulted in a downsizing of the workforce, and impacted some distinctive features of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

especially for courses run in conjunction with Harvard Online and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Can I still share my HBS Online achievement without a copy of my certificate? Your course completion status is not impacted by... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Management (Honolulu, Hawaii, 15-18 July 2014) for “Taking a Meaning Perspective: A Third Dimension of Innovation,” with Åsa Öberg. Feng Zhu : Winner of the Inaugural ISS Practical Impacts Award from the Institute for Operations Research... View Details

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

murdering somebody). Afterward, the researchers measured how well the participants remembered the experiences. The memory scores were lowest among those trying to recall a time they engaged in unethical behavior. Memories of our own... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

should or shouldn’t do a major project. All that time questioning what to do will impact productivity,” Austin says. “Managers should make the call on high-level priorities, so employees can focus on their best work.” At a time when many... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

17 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 17, 2009

Working PapersFemale Empowerment: Impact of a Commitment Savings Product in the Philippines Authors:Nava Ashraf, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin Abstract Female 'empowerment' has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself... View Details