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Unilever, Infosys, the Harvard Corporation Finance Committee, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. Paula Sneed MBA 1977 Paula Sneed is the chairperson and CEO of Phelps... View Details
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Industry Information - Alumni

national discussion about how technology and innovation are transforming the way government agencies serve citizens and perform vital functions." + – Health Care... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

for HBP’s three market groups—Corporate Learning, Education, and Harvard Business Review Group. As a result, total Publishing revenue increased 3 percent from the prior year to $310 million. Publishing’s growing worldwide influence was... View Details
  • August 1996
  • Case

Watermill Ventures

By: David A. Garvin and Artemis March
Watermill Ventures acquires and turns around an underperforming business. The case describes the criteria the company uses to identify acquisition candidates, its screening and selection process, and the way it introduces strategic thinking at the business it acquires.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Transformation; Standards; Performance Improvement; Business Strategy; Web Sites
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Garvin, David A., and Artemis March. "Watermill Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 397-010, August 1996.
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Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

  • July 1991 (Revised May 1993)
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Fairfield Inn (B)

By: James L. Heskett
The manager of a Fairfield Inn located near a family entertainment center is requesting special consideration for a falling quality rating caused, in his opinion, by unusually high occupancy rates at his unit. The case raises questions about quality measurement,... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Consistency; Quality; Strategy; Accommodations Industry
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Heskett, James L. "Fairfield Inn (B)." Harvard Business School Case 692-005, July 1991. (Revised May 1993.)
  • September 7, 2020
  • Article

Where ESG Ratings Fail: The Case for New Metrics

By: Mark R. Kramer, Nina Jais, Erin E. Sullivan, Carina Wendell, Kerry Rodriguez, Carlo Papa, Carlo Napoli and Filippo Forti
One agency’s A+ is another’s “laggard” — and neither links to financial performance. Hybrid metrics will change everything, argue Harvard Business School’s Mark Kramer and leaders in the shared-value movement. View Details
Keywords: ESG Ratings; Shared Value; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Performance; Measurement and Metrics
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Kramer, Mark R., Nina Jais, Erin E. Sullivan, Carina Wendell, Kerry Rodriguez, Carlo Papa, Carlo Napoli, and Filippo Forti. "Where ESG Ratings Fail: The Case for New Metrics." Institutional Investor (September 7, 2020).
  • March 2011
  • Case

Insight Communications

By: Rajiv Lal and Natalie Kindred
After undertaking a multi-year, metrics-driven operational and cultural overhaul, in April 2010 Insight Communications was planning the next phase of its development. Insight was a New York-based provider of cable, landline phone, and high-speed Internet service to... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Competitive Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Improvement; Growth Management; Management Systems; Business Processes; Measurement and Metrics; Employees; Telecommunications Industry; New York (state, US)
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Lal, Rajiv, and Natalie Kindred. "Insight Communications." Harvard Business School Case 511-005, March 2011.
  • 11 Oct 2004
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Four Ways to Create Lasting Change

systems and processes. Moreover, the firm had experienced a slight decline in performance and increasing competition from major rivals prior to his arrival. We were intrigued... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

plans and performance measurement systems to implement their strategy and explores the five organizational... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 1998
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Grupo Industrial Bimbo S.A. (1998)

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Srinivas Sunder
A leading Mexican agribusiness firm wants to expand in the United States and other locations. How to do so in a manner that utilizes the strengths of the company? View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Global Strategy; Strength and Weakness; Expansion; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Mexico
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Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Srinivas Sunder. "Grupo Industrial Bimbo S.A. (1998)." Harvard Business School Case 599-066, December 1998.
  • 14 Jul 2003
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Keeping Your Balance With Customers

A successful CM strategy must address each of the following processes. (Typical objectives and measures for customer management are shown in Figure 1.) 1. Customer selection.... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
  • 21 Jun 2004
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Racial Diversity Pays Off

the benefit of racial diversity alone, done right, pays off not just in a better company, but a more productive one. In new research that focuses specifically on racial diversity, Ely said they found measurable View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 18 Jun 2012
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Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

people are evaluated jointly rather than separately regarding their future performance. These findings are presented in the working paper When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint versus Separate Evaluation, coauthored by HKS Professor... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 16 Aug 2010
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HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

learn to measure market demand and calculate market penetration rates and market share. "Situation Analysis": Before managers can begin to formulate marketing View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
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Gap, Inc., 2000

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
From humble beginnings as a Levi jeans store, by 2000 Gap, Inc. had grown to become the world's leading specialist clothing retailer. Its CEO, Millard S. Drexler, the "merchant prince," was credited with transforming Gap into a global empire, leading the company... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Change; Fashion; Risk and Uncertainty; Competition; Performance Consistency; Problems and Challenges; Globalized Firms and Management; Competitive Strategy; Business Growth and Maturation; Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; United States
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Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Gap, Inc., 2000." Harvard Business School Case 713-508, May 2013. (Revised March 2014.)
  • June 1977 (Revised September 1992)
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Sorenson Research Co. (Abridged)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright
Presents the issues facing a high volume, high margin (but lightweight) medical products business. The company is trying to improve its inventory control to reduce inventory investment and improve service. The present multi-site inventory system is described and major... View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Investment; Volume; Service Delivery; Supply Chain; Performance Improvement; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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Wheelwright, Steven C. "Sorenson Research Co. (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 677-257, June 1977. (Revised September 1992.)
  • 24 Apr 2006
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Managing Alignment as a Process

outsourcers, and alliance partners are reflected in business unit strategies. Corporate support: The strategies of the local business support units reflect the priorities of the corporate support unit. Using... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Retail
  • September 2017
  • Teaching Note

The Productivity Decline: Demographics, Robots, or Globalization?

By: Laura Alfaro and Hayley Pallan
In the early 21st century, there was a noticeable trend of declining productivity growth. Despite the persistent decline in productivity growth, a consensus on its explanation had not been reached. Some of the debate focused on the technicalities of productivity... View Details
Keywords: Performance Productivity; Measurement and Metrics; Technological Innovation; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Globalization; Business and Government Relations
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Alfaro, Laura, and Hayley Pallan. "The Productivity Decline: Demographics, Robots, or Globalization?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 718-014, September 2017.
  • 09 Jun 2009
  • Research Event

Business Summit: Enterprise Risk Management

measurements for risk management and making managers accountable for these measures. Professor Robert S. Kaplan began the session by providing his perspective on why risk management plays an important role... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan
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