Goals and Objectives - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

A Smarter Way to Reduce Customer Defections

focused on reducing churn, but we contend the goal should be maximizing profits, rather than only reducing churn. People have been trying to refine and improve the method for the last 10 to 15 years, but... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Service

26 Jul 2017
Blog Post

“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”

with his friend to define his role and establish an objective for his summer, ten-week term. In addition to participating in the overall marketing plan for the Mexican Tim Hortons, Felipe is responsible for... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

17 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 17

affected when the choice of contract is misaligned with the scope and objectives of the partnering relationship? Our study addresses these questions using data from 172 R&D projects that involve... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

22 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

Recent articles have looked at research into the history, efficacy, and social responsibility found at the intersection of business and the environment. Here is a sample of some of the latest work from the... View Details

06 Dec 2022
Blog Post

Meet the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Club

and complement their skillsets. Additionally, the Club has the goal of educating the HBS community about Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition and promoting ETA as a viable... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

15 Dec 2020
Blog Post

MBA Voices Blog: A Year in Review

unprecedented times, HBS is grateful that these students will lead us into a better future filled with possibility, inclusivity, innovation, and collaboration. Read more about the Harvard Business School Class of 2021’s interests, fears,... View Details

18 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance

Whereas the for-profit capital markets provide transparent objective criteria for making early- and later-stage investment decisions, balance risks with return, and create a... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner

Profile

Lindsay Steinmetz

differing contexts. I also knew a degree from HBS would give me a network and foundation for stability in the future. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

15 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development

organizations and non-profits since I was child, and working in public service in New York City after college, my pivot to HBS was to dive into the hard skills and action-based... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

28 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 28, 2009

paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-098.pdf On Good Scholarship, Goal Setting, and Scholars Gone Wild Authors:Lisa D. Ordóñez, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Adam D. Galinsky, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

that mercantilism of invention should be the goal of the United States, as great good can come from ideas and innovation elsewhere that diffuse and spread. But the gains from... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

26 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Learning from Failed Political Leadership

international objectives are in jeopardy today. To the extent that business strategies are based on these same erroneous notions, they are also at great risk. Q: What can a business executive learn about leadership from your research? A:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

22 Mar 2016
First Look

March 22, 2016

luck. Together, these results raise the possibility that the American public views the allocations of taxes and pre-tax outcomes as morally relevant, a judgment that is inconsistent with conventional View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say (Part 2)

having the strength to update those principles when required—and an HBS MBA is the ultimate chance to do just that. Do you think you could have achieved your short-term goals without an MBA? Not a chance. The HBS network View Details

22 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles, Papers of the Decade

a great business plan is a Harvard Business Review classic, and has just been reissued in book form. We asked Sahlman what he would change if he wrote the article, now a decade old, today. Most Popular Working Papers 2008-2011 View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Feb 2017
Blog Post

3 Reasons I Chose to Attend HBS

leaders in their communities, successful financiers and strategists – and their career and personal goals inspiring. They were more open,... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

by: The leader's willingness to uphold organizational values especially when there is some perceived economic cost to doing so. (If values are violated when there is a perceived benefit in doing so, they are little more than guidelines View Details