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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

measure of company returns but are deeply flawed. We propose an alternative measure that isolates operational performance from financial engineering, titled Core Operating... View Details
  • 2016
  • Working Paper

The Impact of Supplier Inventory Service Level on Retailer Demand

By: Nathan Craig, Nicole DeHoratius and Ananth Raman
To set inventory service levels, suppliers must understand how changes in inventory service level affect demand. We build on prior research, which uses analytical models and laboratory experiments to study the impact of a supplier's service level on demand from... View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Forecasting and Prediction; Learning; Consumer Behavior; Service Delivery; Performance Expectations; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Service Industry
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  • 22 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

Nordstrom and Apple illustrate some unorthodox performance measurement choices that provide the pathway to superior results. 4. What Strategic Boundaries Have You Set? Every strategy brings with it the risk... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 24 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

practical capacity is grossly in error, the process of running the time-driven ABC system will reveal the error over time. The capacity of most resources is measured in terms of time availability. Returning to our example, let's assume... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson
  • Web

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performing marketing, promotions and advertising, either directly or through third-parties. These activities may include interest-based advertising, targeted advertising and online behavioral advertising in order to increase the... View Details
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Biometric Monitoring, Service Delivery and Misreporting: Evidence from Healthcare in India

By: Thomas Bossuroy, Clara Delavallade and Vincent Pons
Developing countries increasingly use biometric identification technology in hopes of improving the reliability of administrative information and delivering social services more efficiently. This paper exploits the random placement of biometric tracking devices in... View Details
Keywords: Biometric Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Technological Innovation; Analytics and Data Science; Quality; Performance Improvement; India
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  • 2012
  • Discussion Paper

Labor Productivity and Quality Change in Singapore: Achievements in 1974-2011 and Prospects for the Next Two Decades

By: Koji Nomura and Tomomichi Amano
Labor productivity growth in Singapore that has grown at a rate of over 3.0 percent per year since 1970s considerably slowed down to 0.5 percent on average per annum in the latter half of the 2000s. The purpose of this paper is to ask, first, to what extent Singapore’s... View Details
Keywords: Labor; Performance Productivity; Quality; Economic Growth; Singapore
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  • 27 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

masculinity is also pursued in other work settings. Research has documented how mainstream organizations conflate stereotypical masculine traits with effective performance in white-collar jobs, such as manager, scientist, and lawyer:... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • Web

Online Business Courses & Certifications | HBS Online

program to earn a Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business . Finance & Accounting Learn financial principles, understand financial statements, and unlock insights into performance and potential. Explore Subject Leading... View Details
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Marketing Channels (1) Marketing Communications (15) Marketing Strategy (173) Marketing (322) Marketplace Matching (5) Markets (302) Mathematical Methods (10) Measurement and Metrics (16) Media (15) Medical Specialties (5) Mergers and... View Details

    Andre F. Perold

    André Perold is a Founder, Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of HighVista Strategies, a Boston-based investment firm. HighVista focuses on investing in structurally inefficient public and private markets, including in life sciences,  lower middle market private... View Details

    Keywords: banking; financial services; information; investment banking industry; professional services
    • Web

    Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

    sustainability disclosure, and alternative ways of measuring IR. Moreover, I show that investor activism on environmental or social issues or a large number of concerns about a firm's environmental or social impact leads a firm to... View Details
    • 11 Apr 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

    foundations of strategic costing systems. The breakthrough came by combining an idea I had while writing Cost & Effect with an innovation developed by Steve Anderson, an HBS MBA, who was a student in my second-year elective, Cost View Details
    Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
    • 20 Mar 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: March 20, 2007

    sales, inventory, and gross margin. We show that our model can be used to benchmark retailers' performance in sales, inventory, and gross margin simultaneously. Finally, we show that our model can be used to generate sales forecasts even... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 22 Oct 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

    need to be shoulder-to-shoulder to collaborate,” Neeley says, “but you have to trust people will show up when they need to. 2. Stop counting ‘butts in seats’ As a corollary to trusting in workers, managers must also change the way they View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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    Data - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    HBS ISC Resources Resources Video Courses Data Events & Presentations Frameworks News Publications Data Data Resources U.S. Cluster Mapping The Cluster Mapping Project assembles a detailed picture of the location and performance of... View Details
    • 2019
    • Working Paper

    The Impact of Professionals' Contributions to Online Knowledge Communities on Their Workplace Knowledge Work

    By: Hila Lifshitz - Assaf and Frank Nagle
    Knowledge work is becoming increasingly challenging as pace of change in the knowledge frontier is increasing. Organizations have created multiple mechanisms to minimize knowledge gaps and increase learning such internal training, mentorship programs as well as... View Details
    Keywords: Open Source; Future Of Work; Software Development; Knowledge Work; Online Community; Learning; Knowledge Sharing; Applications and Software; Open Source Distribution; Performance Productivity
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    HBS - The year in Review

    2022, HBR highlighted its favorite articles and published a new book, HBR at 100: The Most Influential and Innovative Articles from Harvard Business Review’s First Century. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Making the MBA Program More Affordable Over the past several... View Details
    • 17 Jan 2023
    • In Practice

    8 Trends to Watch in 2023

    As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
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    Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Direct Costs in a Primary Care Setting with Optimal Performance by Robert S. Kaplan, Rohit A. Bobade, Richard A. Helmers, et.al. March 2019 Am J Kidney Dis Development of an International Standard Set of Value-Based Outcome View Details