Partnering Performance - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

and that this difference is associated with significant performance differentials. We propose three possible reasons for the managerial gap of founder CEO firms: a) informational problems preventing a clear understanding of the weakness... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing

of the company's actual economics. Once managers see what causes them to make or lose money, they easily identify multiple actions that transform loss or break-even operations into profitable ones. The actions include improving internal processes and eliminating waste,... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

13 Feb 2014
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Managing the Family Business: Leadership Roles

business systems worldwide, including how leadership affects performance. As an example of very capable leadership of a high performing family enterprise, I introduced Nelson Sirotsky, Chairman of RBS, who two years ago successfully... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

in the past and now influence clinical trials and participate in regulatory decision-making. Yet these developments are far from universal and are taking very different forms around the world. Building on data showing that pharmaceutical firms headquartered in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Geography of Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

performed every procedure in an aim to provide a full set of services in every location. While that strategy was effective when hospitals had little to offer, the ever increasing complexity of medical care today means that every hospital... View Details

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

refinements or radical breakthroughs, improve the performance of established products and services along the dimensions that mainstream customers in major markets historically have valued. Examples: a microprocessor that enables personal... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

the money, or the need for more big science.) Solutions involving gray (built) or green (natural) infrastructure rely on the human infrastructure – the infrastructure for collaboration. Business leaders – from established companies to climatetech entrepreneurs – can... View Details

02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2

disclosures, performance evaluations, self-regulation, participation, and adaptive learning. Nonprofit leaders must adapt any such mechanisms to suit their organization-be it a membership-based organization, a service-delivery nonprofit,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Sep 2018
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How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

Medical records at a healthcare clinic in Lascahobas, Haiti. Ryan McBain A few years ago, the Boston-based nonprofit health care organization Partners in Health (PIH) set out to quantify the cost of primary care for its... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

12 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

level—major products within product lines and with clear, measurable outcomes. Your job is to set the tone at the top, and at fewer than 100 employees, you can stay pretty close to the details. Once teams get bigger, you will rely on this roadmap and the measurable... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Jun 2023
News

Bridging the ESG Data Gap

Megan Murday The idea for a digital platform to help venture capitalists calculate, benchmark, and improve portfolio ESG performance crystallized while Megan Murday (MBA 2021) was studying at HBS. Now the CEO of the software startup... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Partners Partners Teacher Profiles WA Lacey Aaker Kentwood High School Covington, WA TX Sam Abramson St. John's School Houston, TX Subjects: U.S. History RI Richard Abruzzini Cranston Career & Technical... View Details

22 Aug 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

component. However, defining clear performance metrics and experience levels was not an easy task. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/917020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 917-015 Webasto Roof Systems... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

Decision Rights: Who Gives the Green Light?

"happens all too often," says Michael Jensen, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and managing director of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Monitor Group's organizational strategy practice. "Allocating decision rights in ways that maximize... View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

technology into a commercially viable tool. Any sector that relies on computers for simulation, optimization, machine learning, or security—from finance to pharmaceuticals, logistics to web services—will be disrupted, with experts predicting that quantum machines will... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

Approach to Partner Choice in Mutualisms Authors:Marco Archetti, Francisco Ubeda, Drew Fudenberg, Jerry R. Green, Naomi E. Pierce, and Douglas W. Yu Publication:The American Naturalist 177, no. 1 (January 2011) Abstract One of the main... View Details

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Globalization - Faculty & Research

U.S. firms by analyzing detailed data on patent applications and on the operations of the foreign affiliates of U.S. multinational firms. The results indicate that increases in the share of a firm's innovation performed by inventors of a... View Details

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

and eating doughnuts in bikinis it is (mostly) not. But you keep trying and it slowly gets a little easier. You become a little more yourself with each passing day. You don’t perform your life for validation, you actually live it. You... View Details

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Cases & Teaching Notes - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Collection Partners In Health: Costing Primary Care in Haiti by Robert S. Kaplan and Mahek A. Shah Partners in Health, a global NGO focused on delivering health care to residents of rural underserved... View Details

23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

Kotsantonis, Sakis, Christopher Pinney, and George Serafeim Abstract—The authors’ aim in this article is to set the record straight on the financial performance of sustainable investing while also correcting a number of other widespread... View Details