Evaluation - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jun 2019
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Learning the Language of Business and Science – The MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Program

pharmaceutical company. I then chose to go to HBS to get my first formal training in business. This has helped me to become fluent in the language of business, evaluate strategic decisions through a different lens, and grow my network... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit, Information, and the Courts

the charge of libel. 15 This decision secured the future of credit reporting. 13 Ingrid Jeacle and Eamonn J. Walsh, “From Moral Evaluation to Rationalization: Accounting and the Shifting Technologies of Credit,” Accounting, Organizations... View Details

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Deals - Course Catalog

24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan

talented professionals across the world to help evaluate and support these interventions. Over the past 10 years, ADP has funded more than 50 promising nonprofits to transform hundreds of thousands of lives by building schools, clinics,... View Details

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Danny Lipsitz

2013. Importance of having the right people When visiting campuses to evaluate MBA programs, Danny was “impressed by the caliber of people” he met at HBS. “I had thought it would be a cut-throat environment, but my experience here turned... View Details

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Merit-Based Admissions, Need-Based Aid | MBA

impacting your HBS Scholarship award. Evaluating a Sponsorship Offer Carefully consider and fully understand the repayment terms required by your sponsor. Stories Alumni-Driven Funding HBS Scholarships are funded by alumni. We try to pair... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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Jennifer L. Scott

curriculum. Participating students developed their business plans in elective courses and field studies, honing their ideas with the help of some 25 HBS alumni who also evaluated the plans based on their commercial viability. Nearly 20... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2013
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Faculty Books

how organizations can create moral behavior using unspoken cues. Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway Why do businesses evaluate candidates solely on past job performance, ignoring the job's difficulty? Why do university admissions... View Details

01 Jun 2005
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Christensen Center: Open for Business

meets an important need of training current and future generations of case-method teachers. In the coming months, the center will hire a re-searcher and several consultants with expertise in a variety of teaching areas. Emmons and his staff will work with both new and... View Details

Keywords: Chris Christensen; Christensen Center; case teaching; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

October 2021 (Revised February 2022)
Case

Hospital 57357: Aligning Performance Towards a Vision of a Cancer-Free Childhood

By: Susanna Gallani and Youssef Abdel Aal

The case follows the Children Cancer Hospital in Egypt, also known as Hospital 57357, as it goes through the roll-out of a new performance management system, which Dr. Sherif Abouel Naga, founder and CEO of the hospital, had championed. This was a critical juncture as... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare; Performance Management; Performance Incentives; Strategic Alignment; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Alignment; Performance Evaluation; Mission and Purpose; Change Management; Health Industry; Egypt; Middle East

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April 2011
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Porcini's Pronto: 'Great Italian cuisine without the wait!', Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)

By: James L. Heskett and Richard Luecke

Keywords: Franchising; Syndication; Quantitative Analysis; Performance Measurement; Human Resource Management; Incentives; Motivation; Motivation and Incentives; Analysis; Consumer Behavior; Franchise Ownership; Human Resources; Performance Evaluation

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26 Apr 2022
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Leading on Climate Change

stakeholders, including employees, communities, value-chain partners, the planet, and future generations; and drives broader system changes by working in collaboration with governments and civil society. Both speakers talked about ESG—using environmental, social, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 1997
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Class of 1997 Graduates with Distinction

June 3 with a special presentation to honor the finalists in the first annual HBS Business Plan Contest. Sponsored by the School's Small Business and Entrepreneurship Club, the contest gives students experience in creating and evaluating... View Details

October 2002 (Revised January 2013)
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Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

By: Paul M. Healy

Krispy Kreme is a rapidly growing firm with a business model that has excited Wall Street. View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Financial Statements; Forecasting and Prediction; Financial Reporting; Performance Evaluation; Business Strategy; Food and Beverage Industry; New York (city, NY)

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01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

this topic so fascinating in part because it is so accessible—everybody understands the concept of doing a good job so you can build a good reputation—and yet so many of the consequences of career concerns remain unexplored. Q: Why is View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

onto your team can actually minimize the pressure associated with the team's output being evaluated. I mentioned that one of the reasons performance pressure is so stressful is the team's awareness that their end product will be judged; View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

16 Oct 2019
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The Road to Impact

education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity for the citizens of 80 countries. Founded in 1958, EDC designs, implements, and evaluates programs that range from early childhood education to suicide prevention to distance... View Details

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Avoiding Startup Failure - Course Catalog

experienced a startup failure--of their own or of a company they were a part of--and want to build a narrative toolkit for talking to future employers and investors about the experience Want to join a startup and are looking for tools to View Details

15 Jan 2025
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Building Bridges to Sustainable Infrastructure with Allied Climate Partners

(among others) in its history. On top of that, given the pressing need to address the climate crisis, I sought a summer role with a firm focused on sustainable infrastructure investment. This internship allowed me to build my expertise in the field and View Details

September 1976 (Revised January 1977)
Case

Del Norte Paper Co. (C)

By: William A. Sahlman

Designed to serve two roles: first, it provides a reasonably comprehensive description of an ongoing capital budgeting system for the international operations of a large American company. Second, it allows the student to focus upon and critically analyze a series of... View Details