Evaluation - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

goals, strategies, operational plans, and metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of a culture of health effort. Coordination of the effort at the top can include chief human resources executives, chief medical officers, chief... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

03 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate Social Responsibility

financial purpose. Because BlackRock manages more than $6 trillion in assets, Mr. Fink’s announcement has the potential to help change companies’ behaviors in big ways. But this will happen only if BlackRock and other large asset managers add social performance to... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Battilana

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Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Role (MDD) - Course Catalog

evaluation of others’ capability, communicating that vision, gathering and considering feedback, overseeing implementation, and responding to the unexpected. Making Difficult Decisions places particular emphasis on frameworks that help... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Venture Capital’s Comeback

our capital so that we can get a return on it. Potentially, we can even garner some strategic advantage from the relationships.” When evaluating offshore deals, cost saving isn’t the primary motivating factor, explains Breyer of Accel... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

30 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2013

presentation or job interview? Holding one's body in "high-power" poses for short time periods can summon an extra surge of power and sense of well-being when it's needed, according to Amy J.C. Cuddy. Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway Why do... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Strategy for Entrepreneurs - Course Catalog

startup’s traction and business model into funding and valuation numbers. How to give other entrepreneurs effective feedback on their startup ideas. Write cogently, persuasively, and effectively. When to ignore and when to listen to advice from VCs and other key... View Details

15 Oct 2019
News

Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa

discussed the global digital leader. If the metric for evaluating the immersion’s success is faculty enthusiasm, by all accounts it was a huge win. “This was a weeklong drink from a fire hose,” says Chandra of his experience. “I learned... View Details

01 Aug 2002
News

For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts

case on the biotechnology firm Biogen, where a seemingly innocuous decision to license databases of new proteins discovered through genomic research wound up completely transforming the company's product-development process. As Vietor led the group in a final... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

15 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions

partnership with the online review platform Yelp helped the researchers evaluate consumers’ interest in dining at restaurants as well as ordering food for delivery and takeout. The team found that: People across the US had largely stopped... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage

31 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Niche Content in an Ad-Driven World

that of 26,974 nonparticipants. Online consumers increasingly expect their content to be free.Photo: iStockPhoto After evaluating 4.4 million blog posts for content and quality—measured by a blog post's length, the number of pictures and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Information; Publishing; Journalism & News

05 Mar 2014
What Do You Think?

When Will the Next Dot.com Bubble Burst?

Internet (mobile) businesses and users (have) already evaluated the benefits (and) analysts' valuations can be more predictable " Shankar N. Mandapaka added: "The earlier dot.com bubble was due to lack of proper valuation... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Publishing; Retail

02 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Casino Payoff: Hands-Off Management Works Best

management structures. So casino hosts in some units are more tightly watched than others, allowing the researchers to evaluate results in both loosely and tightly monitored environments. In what appears to be an industry standard, casino... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Entertainment & Recreation

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

incredibly intense competition," Stafford notes. "But students don't have much context to evaluate what that really means and to understand what types of frictions prevent markets from being competitive." "It's not so... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

The State of the Markets

scrutiny from various directions. "We foresee a world in which investors evaluate firms and exchanges in real time on their quality of execution. And as U.S. markets become more fragmented thanks to new technology, regulators will... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

15 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

We Have Better Ways to Break Habits Than Willpower. Why Don't We Use Them?

Zlatev. “One potential reason is that they might be saying something about who you are as a person that might lead others to evaluate you negatively, and that’s driving people’s hesitancy.” Zlatev coauthored the research with Ariella... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources

Walsh, “From Moral Evaluation to Rationalization: Accounting and the Shifting Technologies of Credit,” Accounting, Organizations and Society 27:8 (November 2002), 737-61. Full text available as a networked resource. (Harvard users only:... View Details

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1.16 Student Educational Records | MBA

Permanent and local addresses Admissions records Enrollment status Course grades Reports and evaluations Completion of requirements and progress toward the degree Records of disciplinary actions Letters of recommendation Access All... View Details

11 Oct 2022
News

Righting the Ship

First, there was no standard to evaluate the CIP managers at the division level, so a 60 percent execution rate, for instance, might conceivably seem “good enough.” Second, the way the money was being distributed at the headquarters... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

11 Aug 2014
News

The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)

with a healthy alternative.'" Which HBS case study had the greatest impact on you, and why? "'NuCor Steel' changed the way I evaluate innovation. I am now very much on the lookout for low-end disruptors as well as aware of incumbents'... View Details

July 2008 (Revised December 2009)
Case

Infosys' Relationship Scorecard: Measuring Transformational Partnerships

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, Robert S. Kaplan and Katherine Miller

This case analyzes Infosys' innovative approach to measuring performance in client relations. Infosys' strategy is evolving to build transformational partnerships from its original position as an outsourcer of end-to-end IT projects. A transformational partner helps... View Details