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  • 30 Apr 2024
  • Book

When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners

basis, were assigned daily sales quotas. For hitting their targets, employees could earn bonuses of up to $2,000 per quarter on top of their quarterly base salary of $7,500. Daily scorecards ranked individual employees against sales goals, and daily conference calls... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research

Organizational Behavior Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students 2016 Distinguished Scholar Award Organization Development & Change Division, Academy of Management By: Michael Tushman More Information Harvard Business View Details
  • 01 Nov 2021
  • What Do You Think?

How Long Does It Take to Improve an Organization’s Culture?

seem to be an obvious performance improvement effort? "An organization’s culture, among other things, touches every functional department ... and is often perceived as critical to its strategic direction." In my research on culture... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 08 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

ability to create value. Creating superior performance with strategies optimized for adaptation (adjusting to differences), aggregation (overcoming differences), and arbitrage (exploiting differences), and for compound objectives.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 1993 (Revised March 1995)
  • Case

Medical Products Co.

By: Robert H. Hayes
In early 1990, the company is contemplating changes in its European plant network for producing hypodermic products, including the total production capacity to be provided, the number and location of plants over which to spread this capacity, and which products should... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Decision Making; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Production; Performance Capacity; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Europe
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  • 16 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 16, 2008

city, state and federal level, and explores the role of economic and cluster performance through 2005. Detailed historical economic and social data allows for an evaluation of policy results. The case finishes with Mayor Michael Bloomberg... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Program

Compensation Committees

risks of cookie-cutter executive compensation solutions and external ratings systems Gain investor buy-in on compensation plans Get the most value from compensation consultants Understand and effectively utilize subjective and objective View Details
  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

review classical and contemporary research from organizational theory, sociology and economics that have focused on geographic influences on organizations. We adapt Scott's (2001) influential three pillars model, including regulative,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

Evaluating the Effects of Large-Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative

By: Nava Ashraf, Gunther Fink and David N. Weil
Since 2003, Zambia has been engaged in a large-scale, centrally coordinated national anti-malaria campaign which has become a model in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper aims at quantifying the individual and macro level benefits of this campaign, which involved mass... View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Developing Countries and Economies; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Performance Evaluation; Programs; Health Industry; Zambia
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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

treatment has been successful. Such an assessment depends on multiple factors, including the patient’s pretreatment status; the qualifications of personnel performing the treatment;... 01 Jan 2021 Article Integrated Practice Units: A... View Details
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Podcast - Business & Environment

testing the use of green concrete in its current construction projects as part of the university’s efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. They’ll also discuss various methods to measure carbon emissions, including the e-liability approach Bob Kaplan lays out in a... View Details
  • 31 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

customers can browse reviews and prices with ease, digitally mature companies aim to provide a unique, often more customized, end-to-end customer experience. “Understand your customer” has long been a business mantra, but even roundtable... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
  • 22 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

forthcoming American Economic Review Innovation, Reallocation and Growth By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Harun Alp, Nicholas Bloom, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth, and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Oct 2000
  • Research & Ideas

The Strategy-Focused Organization

far short of the budget. In April 1995, McCool led a meeting at headquarters to review the first quarter's results. People entered the room trembling, as they knew that financial performance would be below... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
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Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work

How Gen AI Could Change the Value of Expertise By: Joseph Fuller 10 Mar 2025 | Harvard Business Review The Surprising Truth About Low Performers Re: Sandra Sucher 10 Mar 2025 | Business Insider Read the... View Details
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Asia Pacific - Global

12, 2025, organized by the HBS Club of Shanghai and supported by the Harvard Club of Shanghai, celebrated the enduring connections within the School’s community. This year’s theme, “Blossoms Shanghai,” brought to life an immersive experience inspired by a Shanghai... View Details
  • 01 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

dramatically reconfigured. The Uncompromising Leader Authors:Russell A. Eisenstat, Michael Beer, Nathaniel Foote, Tobias Fredberg, and Flemming Norrgren Publication:HBS Centennial Issue. Harvard Business Review 86, nos. 7/8 (July - August... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Measure Outcomes & Cost for Every Patient - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

benchmarks. The data needs to be periodically openly reviewed and, through a frank discussion of results, identify ways for improving the outcomes and leverage best practices. When combined with care cycle cost data, opportunities for... View Details
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Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

expensive, complex system with multiple goals rather than a single unifying goal. Over the years there were many efforts to improve the system such as use of evidence-based medicine, safety initiatives, electronic records, ‘lean’ approaches to View Details
  • 14 Jun 2011
  • First Look

First Look: June 14

  PublicationsThe Paradox of Excellence Authors:Thomas J. DeLong and Sara DeLong Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 6 (June 2011) Abstract Why is it that so many smart, ambitious professionals are less productive and satisfied... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne