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  • 27 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?

emotions on unrelated decisions (chapter 2), and the consequences of having an (overly) narrow focus when evaluating information and making decisions (chapter 3). Forces from our relationships are factors that characterize our... View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino
  • 13 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Reinforcing Values: A Public Dressing Down

working; in such cases, employees' performance should be evaluated as much on their adherence to the new standards and processes as on their substantive choices. In this spirit, Levy chose to think of himself primarily as a kind of... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin & Michael A. Roberto
  • 01 Mar 2023
  • News

The Exchange: Micro Management

borrower to come up with a personalized repayment schedule that matches their cash flows. Rigol: We’ve given out about 20 loans so far, and we’re planning to run a randomized evaluation to understand the impact of these kinds of loans on... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance
  • January 2024
  • Supplement

Winning Business at Russell Reynolds

By: Ethan Bernstein and Cara Mazzucco
In an effort to make compensation drive collaboration, Russell Reynolds Associates’ (RRA) CEO Clarke Murphy sought to re-engineer the bonus system for his executive search consultants in 2016. As his HR analytics guru, Kelly Smith, points out, that risks upsetting—and... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Talent and Talent Management; Compensation and Benefits; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry
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  • February 1999 (Revised June 2000)
  • Case

Cimetrics Technology (A-1)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jose Royo
Jim Lee, president of Cimetrics (a young, fast growing, software start-up) is reevaluating his small company's geographically dispersed product development model. To take advantage of talented low-cost labor in Russia, the company has relied on two software engineering... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Applications and Software; Business or Company Management; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Labor and Management Relations; Product Development; Performance Evaluation; Information Technology Industry; Russia; Canada; United States
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  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Hire an MBA: The Benefits and Misconceptions for Startups

they can add. Sample projects might include: Competitive/Pricing Analysis Market Analysis & Segmentation Business Partner Evaluations Due diligence & ROI analysis New Business Development It is not uncommon for second years who... View Details
Keywords: All Industries; Entrepreneurship
  • Web

International Applicants | MBA

International Applicants Application Process Harvard Business School (HBS) welcomes students from around the globe. The admissions criteria applied in evaluating international applicants are the same as those for US citizens. All... View Details
  • Web

Data Visualization for Analysis and Communication - Course Catalog

planning on managing or advising teams that work with data. We will discuss how to critically evaluate visualizations, and how to use them as a bridge between quantitative analysis and decision-making. Because the course will require... View Details
  • 01 Jun 1997
  • News

New Releases

evaluate and stimulate continual improvements in performance, and convey best practice information throughout the organization. Matsushita Leadership by John P. Kotter (Free Press) Born to poverty, Konosuke Matsushita founded and presided... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Where Are They Now?

in management control systems through research focused on the various issues related to the design and effects of performance measurement, evaluation and incentive systems, and, more recently, corporate control and governance systems. “In... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 22 Jan 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

elements that executives need to align and strengthen. This article describes how companies have used the matrix to clarify their relationships with daughter brands, retool their identities to support new businesses, revamp their overall image, View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 14 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53507 forthcoming Journal of Financial Economics Bubbles for Fama By: Greenwood, Robin, Andrei Shleifer, and Yang You Abstract—We evaluate Eugene Fama's claim that stock... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 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
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; International Relations; Globalized Markets and Industries; Goals and Objectives; Service Delivery; Business Subsidiaries; Performance Evaluation; Performance Expectations; Financial Services Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry
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  • 12 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The Difficult Transition from For-Profit to Nonprofit Boards

mission and whether we are doing it in a fiscally responsible fashion. Chapter Two deals with the complex multifaceted issue of mission definition and evaluation of its appropriateness. Chapter Three shows, in a series of examples, how... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

interests of society to engage in self-serving behaviors, often simply for the sake of winning a high-profile political battle. We hope that our book gives our readers the tools they need to evaluate politicians on the extent to which... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
  • 15 Mar 2019
  • Blog Post

PART 3: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Getting on the JD/MBA Path

many well-qualified veterans are not admitted to HLS and HBS every year. Evaluate the strength of your application relative to other veterans. Other than your military record, what makes you special or unique relative to everyone else?... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2001
  • News

A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire

herself, which is a very American thing to do. Bruce Llewellyn, an African-American entrepreneur of outstanding talent, also comes to mind. As a historian, my only advantage over other scholars in other disciplines is perspective. I have to wait until someone is no... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management
  • 13 Aug 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors

than experiments. But Huang and her co-authors, Brad N. Greenwood, of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and Seth Carnahan, of the Washington University in St. Louis, offer a few suggestions. One reason may be that training is traditionally based on male... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health
  • Web

Harvard Business School

Organization of a Bank; a Study of Selected New Banks R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. (DBA) 1974 The Management of the Liberal Arts College: A Case Study Rudolph Winston Jr. (DBA) 1975 A Study to Determine How Personnel Managers' Perceptions of Risk and Deservedness Affect... View Details
  • Web

IT Strategy: Building a Smarter, Scalable Future in the Cloud | Information Technology

help us continually improve the economics of running in the cloud. Cloud Migration Roadmap and Playbook: We are evaluating our current applications and services to determine which ones can be moved to the cloud. This transition will help... View Details