Balance and Stability - Publications - Faculty & Research

January–February 1992
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The Balanced Scorecard: Measures that Drive Performance

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Measurement and Metrics; Performance

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Balancing Work & Life - Alumni

Careers Balancing Work & Life Careers Balancing Work & Life Achieving the right work-life balance is important, and sometimes it takes practice... View Details

February 1999
Case

PDVSA & Citgo (A): Seeking Stability in an Uncertain World

By: Ashish Nanda

In order to secure demand for its heavy oil, PDVSA buys 50% of the U.S. refining and retail company Citgo. In 1990, it buys the remaining 50% ownership of Citgo. The case describes the challenges faced by PDVSA and Citgo managements as they try to make their... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Business Subsidiaries; Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy Sources; Mining Industry; Energy Industry

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2016
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The Federal Reserve's Balance Sheet as a Financial-Stability Tool

By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel Gregory Hanson and Jeremy C. Stein

We argue that the Federal Reserve should use its balance sheet to help reduce a key threat to financial stability: the tendency for private-sector financial intermediaries to engage in excessive amounts of maturity transformation—i.e., to finance risky assets using... View Details

Keywords: Central Banking; Policy; Risk Management; Public Administration Industry; United States

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May 2007 (Revised April 2010)
Teaching Note

Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm (TN)

By: Boris Groysberg

Keywords: Balance and Stability; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Culture; Legal Services Industry

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2002
Working Paper

Balancing Search and Stability: Interdependencies among Elements of Organizational Design

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Nicolaj Siggelkow

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October 2023 (Revised May 2024)
Case

JSW Steel: Balancing Growth While Decarbonizing

By: Vikram S Gandhi and Radhika Kak

Sajjan Jindal, Chairman & Managing Director of JSW Steel, India's largest steel producer by market capitalization, was facing a dilemma. Steel demand in India was expected to grow exponentially over the next decade. However, given its traditional reliance on carbon,... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Environmental Sustainability; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth and Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Pollutants; Pollution; Production; Steel Industry; India

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Leading Change with the Balanced Scorecard

By: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton

Keywords: Leadership; Change; Balanced Scorecard

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2020
Working Paper

Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies

By: Robert S. Kaplan and David McMillan

Many companies are now attempting to achieve triple bottom line performance on financial, environmental, and societal metrics. Successful strategies for such performance, however, generally require new relationships among multiple players in multiple sectors across a... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Adaptation; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Performance; Strategy

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15 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Julio Cedeno (MBA 2020) Talks the Case Method and Work-Life Balance

Julio Cedeno was born in Texas just months after his mother and father (originally from Mexico and Venezuela respectively) arrived in the United States from Venezuela. Julio became an electrical engineer... View Details

02 Oct 2013
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Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

been unable to keep pace in no small part due to the reliance on hierarchy and the dominant position given very highly compensated CEOs." Jackie Le Fevre put it this way: "Short answer to the question—increasingly difficult... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Oct 2021
News

Three Rules for Better Work-Life Balance

January 2007 (Revised August 2007)
Case

Fulton County School System: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Monica Nah Lee

Illustrates the adaptation and implementation of a private sector management tool, the Balanced Scorecard, to a public school district. As part of a continuous improvement initiative, the Director of Planning and Policy facilitates the development of a strategy map and... View Details

Keywords: Education; Governance; Leadership; Balanced Scorecard; Performance Improvement; Strategy; Education Industry

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14 Jan 2019
Blog Post

"It'll All Work Out": Two Alumni Discuss Balancing Marriage and Markets

Carolina and Charlie believe that the key to balancing marriage and the marketplace is to not feel obligated to evenly balance everything, all... View Details

October 2012
Article

Central Bank Balance Sheets as Policy Tools

By: Alain Durré and Huw Pill

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June 2024
Teaching Note

JSW Steel: Balancing Growth While Decarbonizing

By: Vikram S Gandhi and Radhika Kak

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 824-002. View Details

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November 1997
Case

Borden Ranch: Balancing Private Property Rights and Social Interests in Ag

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Don Daniels and Diane Richmond

Angelo Tsakopoulos wanted to convert grazing land to crop agriculture. He received different advice from different government agencies and became involved in legal battles. View Details

Keywords: Property; Social Entrepreneurship; Rights; Agribusiness; Social Issues; Interests; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry

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11 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits

profits and, by and large, paying a living wage to their editorial employees, the study notes. That stability also enabled the field’s moral calling to mature and develop like... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis