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  • October 2011
  • Case

Raleigh & Rosse: Measures to Motivate Exceptional Service

By: Robert Simons and Michael Mahoney
In January 2010, U.S. luxury goods retailer Raleigh & Rosse is being sued by its employees for encouraging "off the clock" hours. At the center of the class action lawsuit is the famous Raleigh & Rosse performance measurement system previously thought to be the core of... View Details
Keywords: Control Systems; Performance Measurement; Goal Setting; Compensation; Incentives; Motivation; Sales Compensation; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Growth Management; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizational Culture; Management Systems; Customer Focus and Relationships; Employees; Performance Evaluation; Compensation and Benefits; Retail Industry; United States
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Simons, Robert, and Michael Mahoney. "Raleigh & Rosse: Measures to Motivate Exceptional Service." Harvard Business School Brief Case 114-353, October 2011.
  • 2014
  • Article

Notes from the Search for Deep Indicators in Services

By: James L. Heskett
Much of the research in the service sector over the last four decades has concerned itself with the search for deep indicators that explain service performance. This paper provides a brief retrospective of some of this research and illustrates the directions that this... View Details
Keywords: Service Delivery; Organizational Culture; Performance; Service Industry
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Heskett, James L. "Notes from the Search for Deep Indicators in Services." Journal of Service Management 25, no. 3 (2014): 298–309.
  • January 2025
  • Case

Redwood & Strong: The Value of a Consulting Engagement

By: David G. Fubini and Patrick Sanguineti
The board of Redwood & Strong LLP (R&S), the American branch of a large global law firm, is meeting to review the findings of a recent strategic initiative designed to identify potential merger candidates. The request for the engagement originated from Daniel Crawford,... View Details
Keywords: Client Service; Professional Service Firm; Professional Services; Consulting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Reports; Strategic Planning; Value; Legal Services Industry; Legal Services Industry; United States
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Fubini, David G., and Patrick Sanguineti. "Redwood & Strong: The Value of a Consulting Engagement." Harvard Business School Case 425-070, January 2025.
  • October 2014 (Revised May 2015)
  • Case

HandsOn Bay Area: Scaling Up Community Service

By: James Heskett
HandsOn Bay Area, an organization devoted to the performance of (and development of leaders for) community service, is undergoing a significant (and internally controversial) shift in its business model from "retail" projects involving individual volunteers to... View Details
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Heskett, James. "HandsOn Bay Area: Scaling Up Community Service." Harvard Business School Case 915-404, October 2014. (Revised May 2015.)
  • 2016
  • Book

Innovation Equity: Assessing and Managing the Monetary Value of New Products and Services

By: Elie Ofek, Eitan Muller and Barak Libai
This book bridges the gap between what academics know, and what innovation stakeholders—from managers, to investors, to analysts, to consumers—need to know about how new products and services are expected to perform in the marketplace. The book develops a compelling... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Technology Diffusion; New Products; Customer Lifetime Value; Monetization Strategy; Social Influence; Innovation Adoption; Forecasting Demand; Commercialization; Marketing Strategy; Practice; Customer Value and Value Chain; Research; Innovation and Management; Technology Adoption; Forecasting and Prediction; Product Development
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Ofek, Elie, Eitan Muller, and Barak Libai. Innovation Equity: Assessing and Managing the Monetary Value of New Products and Services. University of Chicago Press, 2016.
  • 1997
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Social Enterprise Series No. 2: Making Business Sense of Community Service

By: James E. Austin
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Austin, James E. "Social Enterprise Series No. 2: Making Business Sense of Community Service." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 98-020, September 1997.
  • June 2013
  • Case

Multiasistencia: Redefining the Relationship with Its Service Professionals

By: F. Asis Martinez-Jerez, Maria Garcia Perez and Katherine M. Miller
Multiasistencia, a major Spanish BPO of insurance repairs, is changing the relational contract with its service professionals from a referral model to a guaranteed workload one. View Details
Keywords: Outsourcing; Incentives; Relational Contracts; Business Model; Motivation and Incentives; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Contracts; Insurance Industry; Spain
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Martinez-Jerez, F. Asis, Maria Garcia Perez, and Katherine M. Miller. "Multiasistencia: Redefining the Relationship with Its Service Professionals." Harvard Business School Case 113-143, June 2013.
  • May 2022 (Revised July 2022)
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AWS and Amazon SageMaker (C): The Commercialization of Machine Learning Services

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Shane Greenstein and Kerry Herman
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Lakhani, Karim R., Shane Greenstein, and Kerry Herman. "AWS and Amazon SageMaker (C): The Commercialization of Machine Learning Services." Harvard Business School Supplement 622-087, May 2022. (Revised July 2022.)
  • May 2022
  • Supplement

AWS and Amazon SageMaker (B): The Commercialization of Machine Learning Services

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Shane Greenstein and Kerry Herman
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Lakhani, Karim R., Shane Greenstein, and Kerry Herman. "AWS and Amazon SageMaker (B): The Commercialization of Machine Learning Services." Harvard Business School Supplement 622-086, May 2022.
  • June 2001
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The Potential Downside of Bundling: How Packaging Services Can Hurt Consumption

By: John T. Gourville and Dilip Soman
Keywords: Customers
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Gourville, John T., and Dilip Soman. "The Potential Downside of Bundling: How Packaging Services Can Hurt Consumption." Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly 42, no. 3 (June 2001): 29–37.
  • July 2000 (Revised September 2005)
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Madison Avenue: Digital Media Services (A)

Introduces a "new-economy" company, Madison Avenue, facing challenges of mega-success. In the two years since its founding, the company's revenues have grown from zero to nearly $30 million, head count has swollen from the start-up handful to more than 200, and the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Online Advertising; Advertising Industry
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Spear, Steven J., and Jeremy Dann. "Madison Avenue: Digital Media Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 601-020, July 2000. (Revised September 2005.)
  • August 2013
  • Background Note

A Note on Knowledge Management in Professional Services Firms

By: Robert G. Eccles, Ana Kreacic and Penelope Rossano
Knowledge management is a subject of broad interest, especially in "knowledge industries" and "knowledge economies." It is also a topic filled with frustration on the part of practitioners and the level of resource commitment to this function waxes and wanes. This note... View Details
Keywords: Knowledge Management
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Eccles, Robert G., Ana Kreacic, and Penelope Rossano. "A Note on Knowledge Management in Professional Services Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 314-034, August 2013.
  • 17 Jan 2008
  • Lecture

When Professionals Lead: The Challenges of Managing the Professional Services Firm.

By: Thomas J. DeLong
Keywords: Leadership; Management
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DeLong, Thomas J. "When Professionals Lead: The Challenges of Managing the Professional Services Firm." Lecture at the A Harvard Business School Publishing Best Practice Briefing, Harvard Business School Press, January 17, 2008.
  • September 1992 (Revised November 1996)
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Royal Automobile Club Rescue Services Division: Transformation Through Technology

By: W. Earl Sasser and Roger H. Hallowell
The Royal Automobile Club uses a new computer and telephone system to improve its service standards and profitability. After the initial impact of changes from technology, the organization faces a need to choose between future technological development or... View Details
Keywords: Technological Innovation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Information Technology; Corporate Strategy; Service Industry; Service Industry; United Kingdom
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Sasser, W. Earl, and Roger H. Hallowell. "Royal Automobile Club Rescue Services Division: Transformation Through Technology." Harvard Business School Case 693-029, September 1992. (Revised November 1996.)
  • March 2013 (Revised October 2013)
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Integrated Services at Jones Lang LaSalle (2005) (B)

By: Ranjay Gulati and Luciana Silvestri
This case describes the strategic and organizational challenges that Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) faced between 2001 and 2005. Faced with the need to deliver integrated services to corporate clients in 2001, JLL created Corporate Solutions, a group that aimed to draw... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Structure; Strategy; Integration; Real Estate Industry; North America; South America; Central America
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Gulati, Ranjay, and Luciana Silvestri. "Integrated Services at Jones Lang LaSalle (2005) (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-115, March 2013. (Revised October 2013.)
  • June 2001 (Revised May 2002)
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Tradeoffs: Juggling Careers in Professional Services Firms with Private Life

By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda, Scot Landry and Scott M O'Neil
Balancing professional and private lives continues to challenge single and committed partners alike. Professionals are expected to work long hours. It is simply part of the ethos of professional service firms. This case focuses on the lives of three couples connected... View Details
Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships; Problems and Challenges; Service Industry
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DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, Scot Landry, and Scott M O'Neil. "Tradeoffs: Juggling Careers in Professional Services Firms with Private Life." Harvard Business School Case 801-463, June 2001. (Revised May 2002.)
  • 2014
  • Case

Microfinance Services in Rural Areas--Farmers' Self-reliance Branch of CFPA Microfinance in Shangyi County

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Siqun Yang and Meihua Shen
Microfinance is introduced into China in the 1990s. It had gone through 3 phases since the beginning, namely the pilot phase when all Microfinance practices are sponsored by charity funds based on projects, the promotion phase when the government subsidized some... View Details
Keywords: Rural Entrepreneurship; Value Added; China; Risk Management; Microfinance; China
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McFarlan, F. Warren, Siqun Yang, and Meihua Shen. "Microfinance Services in Rural Areas--Farmers' Self-reliance Branch of CFPA Microfinance in Shangyi County." 2014.
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Modes of Technology Transfer as a Function of Position in the Research-Development-Technical Service Spectrum

By: Michael Tushman and T. J. Allen
Keywords: Information Technology; Communication; Research and Development
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Tushman, Michael, and T. J. Allen. "Modes of Technology Transfer as a Function of Position in the Research-Development-Technical Service Spectrum." Academy of Management Journal 22, no. 4 (December 1979): 694–708.
  • 22 Sep 2010
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Task and Temporal Microstructure of Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Financial Services

Keywords: by Bradley R. Staats & Francesca Gino; Banking
  • Spring 2019
  • Article

Fluid Teams and Knowledge Retrieval: Scaling Service Operations

By: Melissa A. Valentine, Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats and Amy C. Edmondson
To scale service operations requires retrieving knowledge across the organization. However, prior work highlights that individuals on the periphery of organizational knowledge networks may struggle to access useful knowledge at work. A knowledge repository has the... View Details
Keywords: Teaming; Teams; Groups and Teams; Knowledge Management; Service Delivery; Knowledge Use and Leverage
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Valentine, Melissa A., Tom Fangyun Tan, Bradley R. Staats, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Fluid Teams and Knowledge Retrieval: Scaling Service Operations." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 21, no. 2 (Spring 2019): 346–360.
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