Benchmarking - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2010
News

Get Well Soon

to be among the best hospitals in the country, even though it had scant evidence to benchmark its performance against others. But data co-collected by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation instead showed that the outcome for the clinic’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Oct 2014
Blog Post

A Summer Internship: Sparking Curiosity

management. As I embark on this next stage of learning and discovery, I am certain that my summer experience at Danaher will provide a valuable benchmark and perspective. -Gong Ke, MBA 2015 View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology

25 May 2016
News

Education Is the Key

Committee, and he became increasingly involved with HBS. His experiences at the School helped him to benchmark what constitutes an outstanding business school. “I came to see education as the key to success for any country,” says Haddad,... View Details

09 May 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

measures' informativeness about managerial effort and talent depends critically on the judicious selection of peer firms as performance benchmarks. By evaluating the efficacy of firms' chosen relative TSR benchmarks in performance-based... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2017
News

The Category Kingmaker

designs. Later, he became the first entrepreneur-in-residence at Benchmark Capital, working with his fellow founders to launch Ariba, the first enterprise application on the Internet, which established the category of B2B e-commerce. SAP... View Details

Keywords: Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Corporate Services

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Preqin | Baker Library

equity, venture capital, private debt, real estate, hedge funds, ESG Profiles, and Preqin reports . Subscription does not include: natural resources, secondary market, and asset level benchmarks data. Preqin Private Equity and Venture... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Professors Introduce Valuation Software

financial data to perform accounting analysis, ratio analysis, forecasted financials, and valuation. It also provides benchmarking for comparable firms. It was created by Harvard Business School faculty Krishna Palepu and Paul Healy, in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2016
News

Enabling the Dream of Building A Healthy Future for India

attend HBS. Earning her MBA, she says, will enable her “to look at myself and my home country from a very different perspective.” In the first-year Required Curriculum, she found Business, Government, and the International Economy to be especially insightful in View Details

12 Jan 2004
Research & Ideas

Does Your HQ Operation Fit With Corporate Strategy?

headquarters, and e) try to produce benchmarks for companies to use in evaluating the size of their own headquarters. Q: You wrote in the paper, "The most striking aspect of the survey results is the wide variation in the size and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid

governance benchmarks based on objective, third-party assessments. Once eligible, countries put forward their own proposals showing what they need money for and how they will use it. Overall, of the Western donor countries, I'd say the... View Details

Keywords: foreign aid; Government

06 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 6

during the class period. Named directors receive more negative recommendations from Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a proxy advisory firm, and significantly more negative votes from shareholders than directors in a benchmark... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

01 Jun 2017
News

Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving

Institute of MIT and Harvard to further genomic research, developing a contest that aimed to improve the benchmark algorithm set by Broad scientists, which it did, 14 times faster. Lakhani explains that when structuring an experiment, he... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Does My Résumé Work?

grow up. If you are unsure of your ideal job or industry, advised Davis, “back away from specifics. Instead, try to picture elements of work that best match your skills and ambitions.” Take advantage of self-assessment tools such as the School’s online CareerLeader... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; jobs; interviews; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Mar 2011
News

Tax and Grow

“excess” cash holdings. The definition of excess cash holdings will be critical. But such levels easily could be defined relative to industry benchmarks from periods that featured more standard corporate savings behavior. Implementing a... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Jun 2005
News

Better than Cash

benchmarking to an art museum, a local YMCA, and a philanthropic organization. Alumni volunteer for CAP projects out of their desire to go beyond a simple donation to a good cause. “They want to be involved in the community,” says... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; CAP; HBS; nonprofits; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

05 Apr 2017
Research & Ideas

For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost

matter if it’s correct information or incorrect information—sellers altered their price quote,” Israeli says. “What is interesting is that once any benchmark price is mentioned, all gender differences disappear, and that is what’s very... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild Swearingen; Auto; Service

09 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Set Your Recruiting Vision for 2020

seamless conversations between recruiters and students. Goal: Increase Yield Consider resources available to increase your yield from offer to accept. Benchmark your salary and bonuses against your competitors in the industry with the... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Mar 2012
News

Speak English, Please!

aware that workers often underestimate their language capabilities. In many cases, testing and offering benchmarks can help calm anxieties, as could limiting meetings for low-confidence English speakers until their language skills... View Details

Keywords: Kim Girard; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Putting the Project Puzzle Together

at it through different lenses.—F. Warren McFarlan Q: What is some of your basic advice for helping companies align their portfolios? A: Understand your portfolio by looking at it through different lenses; try to benchmark yourself... View Details