Performance Improvement - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2003
News

Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?

again with respect to some of the issues raised by China.” Innovation and continuous improvement are the keys to moving to a stronger competitive position, he says. “We changed more than the Japanese did. The Chinese are more... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Manufacturing

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

about butts in seats—it’s about helping people learn and make progress in life. That experience set me on a trajectory to convert a passion for education into my career. Now I am leading a transformation at the world’s largest education company to View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

sites and perform other labor-intensive high-tech work. A year later, that company is up and running. CitySoft (www.citysoft.com), which harnesses the computer skills of young adults from low-income Boston neighborhoods, has just... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

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Past Issues - Alumni

regulations can help set things right, but ultimately improved board performance is up to shareholders and companies. Complete Table of Contents March 2010 Money Matters How two HBS classmates ditched their... View Details

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students' understanding and use of highly relevant, practical skills, and how to use them in day-to-day activities that enhance their ability to make better decisions and to improve their own and their team's View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

ourselves against other countries,” he says. “There’s the feeling that India will be left behind if it doesn’t improve its infrastructure — it has no choice.” In any discussion of India’s economy, China is an almost inevitable subtext.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

30 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

and non-distortive system. The system that was created had no special rates, no exemptions, no exceptions, and almost no deductions. The Finance Minister told us that Slovakia had implemented one of the most simple, neutral, and effective systems in the world that... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 22

Shawn A., Martin Kanz, and Leora Klapper Abstract—This paper uses a series of experiments with commercial bank loan officers to test the effect of performance incentives on risk assessment and lending decisions. We first show that while... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208125 China's Financial Markets: 2007 Harvard Business School Note 208-147 Provides an overview of capital markets in mainland China in 2007, evaluating the up-to-date View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Sep 2011
First Look

First Look: Sept. 7

sociologists present a clear analysis of Cuba's economic and social circumstances and suggest steps for Cuba to reactivate economic growth and improve the welfare of its citizens. These authors focus first on trade, capital inflows,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 1996
News

Leading In a New Era

arrival at LC in 1994 that the company had done relatively little consumer research, he immediately launched an intensive survey of customer needs. He also performed an asset inventory of the entire organization, which revealed "a lot of... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

30 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Market Makers Bid for Success

understand all the communications protocols and the way everything fit together. There was a time when that became less important in the whole server era, but now it's happening with the Web. In order to get performance out of the Web,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Web Services; Technology

12 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

around underperforming and undervalued companies, Relational's principals saw opportunities for Home Depot to improve its stock price through changes in strategy, corporate governance, and capital allocation. In particular, Relational... View Details