Publications

01 Oct 1998
News

New Releases

an organized framework to help individuals make intelligent choices. It presents ways to identify the right problem or opportunity, probe one's values, generate and evaluate alternatives, think about tradeoffs, and cope with uncertainties... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

New Economy Notables: Peter C. Wendell

$10 billion. In 2001, in its current "depressed" condition, the industry will attract $40 billion or more of fresh capital. Key elements in evaluating a business proposal Great people pursuing a big market with a plan that gives them a... View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan; Finance

01 Aug 2002
News

HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive

evaluating new business ventures. This year, thirty teams submitted business plans to be judged by a distinguished panel of business leaders, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists. In a semifinal round of judging on April 5, also known... View Details

September 2020
Teaching Note

TransDigm in 2017: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-422. TransDigm was a highly acquisitive company that manufactured a wide range of highly engineered aerospace parts for both military and commercial customers. Over the ten years ending in 2016, its stock price had increase ten times,... View Details

January 2010
Case

Pratham - Every Child in School and Learning Well

By: Srikant M. Datar, Stacey M. Childress, Rachna Tahilyani and Anjali Raina

The case focuses on how Pratham, a non-governmental organization, provided quality education to underprivileged children in India by collaborating with the government. It focuses on the problem Madhav Chavan, the founder, is trying to solve, the contributing factors... View Details

Keywords: Non-Governmental Organizations; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Social and Collaborative Networks; Performance Evaluation; Change Management; Organizational Design; Early Childhood Education; Management Systems; Strategy; Quality; Education Industry; India

November 2007
Case

The 1995 Release of the Institutional Investor Research Report: The Impact of New Information

By: Boris Groysberg, Nitin Nohria and Derek Haas

In 1995, Institutional Investor magazine began selling a complete ranking of the best equity research analysts. This report allowed research firms to assess the relative quality of each analyst across the industry, and this enabled firms to know nearly as much about... View Details

Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Investment Banking; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Reports; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Performance Evaluation; Banking Industry

04 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From

tasks that are relevant to Recruit. For example, an HR manager who had wanted to be a rock star worked on creating large splashy events for Recruit’s annual company gathering and played in the company’s band. "Managers are evaluated on... View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

Web

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them - Recruiting

aligned directly with what will define success in this role and remove any that are superfluous or could exacerbate bias. Also, ensure that multiple people within your company either sit in on the interview or conduct their own standard individual interviews so that... View Details

04 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 4, 2007

this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808074 DW Healthcare Partners Harvard Business School Case 208-005 No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208005 View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53587 The Real Exchange Rate, Innovation and Productivity By: Alfaro, Laura, Alejandro Cuñat, Harald Fadinger, and Yanping Liu Abstract—We evaluate manufacturing firms' responses to changes... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 18, 2007

institutions. Risk-adjusted CCA balance sheets facilitate simulations and stress testing to evaluate the potential impact of policies to manage systemic risk. Purchase the paper from SSRN.com ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13607... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 1998 (Revised February 1999)
Case

City of Charlotte (A)

By: Robert S. Kaplan

The city manager's office in Charlotte, North Carolina, is attempting to align and focus the city's programs and operating departments. City managers, working collaboratively with the elected mayor and city council, have identified five strategic themes to make... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Government Administration; City; Growth and Development Strategy; Adoption; Public Sector; Management Teams; Programs; Performance Evaluation; Motivation and Incentives; Public Administration Industry; North Carolina

March 1998 (Revised November 2004)
Case

FAG Kugelfischer-A German Restructuring

By: Stuart C. Gilson

A large German manufacturer of ball bearings and precision machinery experiences severe financial difficulty brought on by poor management practices, an ill-conceived acquisition of a former East German ball-bearings company, and an industry recession. The company... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Acquisition; Restructuring; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Machinery and Machining; Policy; Resignation and Termination; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Evaluation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Europe; Germany; United States