Persistence Of Performance Improvements - Publications - Faculty & Research

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

society—lifting millions of people out of poverty and providing valuable products and services that have improved standards of living around the... View Details

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

New Challenges for Long-Term Investors

companies, which in turn are linked to the overall performance of the economy. There is an inherent uncertainty about the future prospects of these companies and the economy... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

01 Dec 1997
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Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize

accomplishment from both sides of the Charles. "Robert Merton has been an innovative leader in the field of economic valuations and in improving the capacity to manage... View Details

02 Apr 2010
What Do You Think?

Why Are Fewer and Fewer U.S. Employees Satisfied With Their Jobs?

responsibility for poor performance and continue to get highly paid, it's no wonder there is widespread dissatisfaction." E. Shields stated that it may be the result of disappointed expectations:... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jan 2004
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Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

positions. In 1973, Franklin left the White House to become one of the first commissioners of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. She focused on society's most vulnerable... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices

considerably better off, even as it creates both winners and losers, and the losers often suffer through no fault of their own. A capitalist economy should be judged not just on the aggregate economic View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

01 Mar 2007
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Letters to the Editor

possible time. Perhaps they make a contribution, but the process seems close to plain old “pump and dump,” hardly my idea of long term. Professor Salter offers several thoughtful recommendations to improve... View Details

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Hold ourselves accountable to meaningful, measurable progress. - Advancing Racial Equity

Action Plan Hold ourselves accountable to meaningful, measurable progress. Like many of the organizations we study, Harvard Business School is at risk of declaring a lot of... View Details

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management

Conference on November 7. Beaulieu's research focuses on many aspects of healthcare—including contracting, quality competition in managed care, and human capital management and performance measurement. At... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Oct 1996
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New Releases

vision has resulted in many financially driven companies becoming more mission-oriented. In this changing climate, HBS professor Robert Kaplan and David Norton (DBA '73), president of Renaissance Solutions, offer a View Details

01 Feb 2018
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HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

years,” Dean Emeritus McArthur remembered. “During my years as Dean, he was one of just a handful of our colleagues who carried the greatest weight in leading and changing this community and our activities.... View Details

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Institute Associates - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

involved in numerous regional and national health policy initiatives, including the American Joint Replacement Registry, where he serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors; the Yale Center for Outcomes... View Details

18 Jul 2024
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New Hires Lose Psychological Safety After Year One. How to Fix It.

employees clam up, the overall performance of an organization often suffers—and the effects can be dire, especially in an industry like health care. “Delivering patient care is one View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

03 Aug 2016
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How Can We Hold the “Leadership Industry” Accountable?

Why Does the Leadership Industry Continue to Thrive? The unstated assumption underlying most of responses to this month’s column is that the leadership industry has done little or nothing to improve... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

for its carbon performance. Such ratings and rankings are largely based on companies' direct carbon footprint. For example, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJIS), which evaluates the economic, environmental, and social performances... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Hussain, who have all influenced her work. Ganavya holds graduate degrees in performance (Berklee College of Music), and ethnomusicology (UCLA). She is currently doing her PhD (Harvard), studying Creative... View Details

27 Jan 2016
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A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

while he was in Congress. DeLay’s portfolio between 2004 and 2006 was allocated 100 percent to stocks, Minor says. Lessons for the boardroom The implications extend beyond the Senate or House floor to the boardroom. “Whether it’s entrepreneurship or traditional... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

18 May 2021
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Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

have done a better job checking your work. Just because your manager is accountable doesn’t mean you can’t be as well, though. High performers treat every assignment as it if were their reputations – not their manager’s – that are on the... View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

@hoc enables e-business to significantly strengthen the critical relationship between the business and its customers. @hoc’s Persistent Communications technology creates a continuous Channel of communication... View Details

06 Jan 2017
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Mental Illness and the Workplace

so important. And that's one of the reasons we really need to improve the ability of people with mental health conditions to get back to work quickly and back to school quickly... View Details

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