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- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
However, most work has examined hiring for entry and mid-level positions, not senior management. Management positions differ in terms of the amount of uncertainty in identifying candidates qualified for the job, in the intensity of external View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
two centuries. We evaluate the implications of our estimates for aggregate TFP and per capita income. Our results reveal that, on average, countries have adopted technologies 47 years after their invention. There is substantial variation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Dec 2019
- What Do You Think?
How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?
solution What’s to be done? Nick C. suggested that ‘Some mechanisms can be so suffocating and can fall into the ‘over governed and under led’ bucket, others are so loose as to be undetectable and easily worked around. One perspective that might be helpful here is to... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- What Do You Think?
Will Business Management Save US Health Care?
doctors and hospitals to remove the cartel and guild aspects of medicine and put more of the purse strings directly into the consumers' hands " Addressing incentives, Tom Dolembo suggested that "We should pay doctors well who cure patients, award hospitals... View Details
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
collected information from some 300 large American firms, focusing primarily on the period between 1986 and 1999. By evaluating a combination of confidential compensation surveys, public accounting records, and technology investment data,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Latin America - Global Activities 2020
needs—everybody benefits. Ben Roth: Another stream of work is thinking about new kinds of credit products Fondo could offer and evaluating both the new products and some existing ones to understand their impact on borrowers. For example,... View Details
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
interesting to see what they come up with. Kost: Are companies actively evaluating the working conditions of their suppliers? Toffel: In some industries, it has become really quite common. In the US, it dates back to scandals, really. So,... View Details
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
week in advance of delivery. Looking to determine how personal decisions made for tomorrow differ from decisions made for several days from now, researchers from Harvard Business School and the Analyst Institute evaluated a year's worth... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
breakthrough ideas and entrepreneurs is a tough task for venture capitalists, he says. In his classes, Lassiter teaches the case of Highland Capital: the venture firm evaluated some 400 clean-tech start-ups—and invested in only three of... View Details
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Trends and Insights: Board Leadership Diversity and Organizational Performance - Blog: RGE Report
diverse a board is, directors must practice active listening and respectful discussion . To help create this kind of work culture, board chairs can use annual board and director evaluations to reinforce inclusive leadership behaviors and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
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strategy, organizing for performance, and using information for performance measurement and control. He then explains how to create performance-measurement systems by building a profit plan, evaluating strategic profit performance,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
investors of the organization’s goals and results and attract potential investors with straightforward reports and graphics. “It isn’t as easy to evaluate the output of our loans as it is for commercial banks,” Oakes explains later,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
algorithms for antibody clustering, imputing gene expression data, and querying the Connectivity Map (CMap). Performance gains are evaluated quantitatively using realistic, albeit sanitized, data sets. The solutions produced through these... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
to make predictions and teaches the core metrics to evaluate how accurate predictions are. It helps students understand how to choose among alternative model specifications and introduces the concepts of overfitting and in-sample versus... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
thin representation at senior levels remains in place. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51896 Are 'Better' Ideas More Likely to Succeed? An Empirical Analysis of Startup Evaluation By: Scott, Erin L.,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
and Max H. Bazerman Abstract When powerful people cause harm, they often do so indirectly through other people. Are harmful actions carried out through others evaluated less negatively than harmful actions carried out directly? Four... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 29, 2008
are used to evaluate investments creates a systematic bias against successful innovation. The authors recommend alternative methods that can help managers innovate with a much more astute eye for future value. Why Mentoring Matters in a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
it's worth noting that evaluating the benefits from collaboration is hard. Many firms struggle with this issue, given they need to quantify the benefits before making the kinds of investment we are talking about. It's easy when it's all... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
3 Reasons I Chose to Attend HBS
and diversity of experiences of its students and faculty. The case method – When I was applying to business schools, I reviewed all of the formal performance evaluations that I had received while working as a consultant. One of the items... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
and develop a construction budget and financing plan. Students are asked to evaluate the prospective financials for this development and assess the viability of the development plan and its prospective returns. The case then ends with a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace