Evaluations - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

interests of society to engage in self-serving behaviors, often simply for the sake of winning a high-profile political battle. We hope that our book gives our readers the tools they need to evaluate politicians on the extent to which... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

15 Mar 2019
Blog Post

PART 3: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Getting on the JD/MBA Path

many well-qualified veterans are not admitted to HLS and HBS every year. Evaluate the strength of your application relative to other veterans. Other than your military record, what makes you special or unique relative to everyone else?... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire

herself, which is a very American thing to do. Bruce Llewellyn, an African-American entrepreneur of outstanding talent, also comes to mind. As a historian, my only advantage over other scholars in other disciplines is perspective. I have to wait until someone is no... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

07 Jun 2019
Book

Are You a Digital Manager?

the people providing it, you cannot evaluate what they say or interpret its implications. Do You Use Your Network to Link The Work of Your Group and the Rest of the Organization? [ ] Here you troubleshoot problems: speak for, protect, and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

immigrants favored the increase in industrialization as well as the establishment of more and larger firms, and then grew over time. “After 1880, parts of the US West that were more impacted by the Chinese Exclusion Act grew at considerably lower rates than the rest of... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Tabellini

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

viable business out of their groundbreaking technology. The case raises issues in entrepreneurship and B2B marketing such as analyzing economic value to the customer, designing optimal price metrics, aligning pricing with marketing strategy, View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals

leadership roles. The top executives agreed that it was important to put the right people in leadership positions, particularly those who support the mission and spread the word. Performance evaluations can be a useful tool to help find... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

chips. But the 1990 priority date, retained from the original application, meant that the novelty of these claims was evaluated relative to the "prior art" of a decade earlier. In a rapidly evolving field such as semiconductors,... View Details

Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

If people smile, nod, and say "yes" at your company, maybe it's time to start an argument. According to HBS professor Michael Roberto, the lack of good conflict—constructive conflict—within an organization makes it that much harder to accurately View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Research Resources | Baker Library

Training Program. Report of the Radcliffe College Committee on the Management Training Program. [Cambridge, Mass.]: The College, 1952. Full text available. This 1952 report evaluates the entire Management Training Program "experiment"... View Details

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

company. Digitizing Disclosure: The Case of Restaurant Hygiene Scores By: Dai, Weijia (Daisy), and Michael Luca Abstract— Collaborating with Yelp and the city of San Francisco, we revisit a canonical example of quality disclosure by View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817061-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-067 Basecamp: Pricing A data analyst at Basecamp is evaluating the results of pricing research and its potential... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Web

Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

University of Chicago Press, 1987. Merton, Robert C. , and R. D. Henriksson. "On Market Timing and Investment Performance Part II: Statistical Procedures for Evaluating Forecasting Skills." In Journal of Business 54 (October 1981).... View Details

12 Dec 2018
News

Lesson Plan

trying to go the right way,” Cognetti says. “There’s evidence of that in partnerships like this one.” With one year left in her term, Cognetti is evaluating the lessons she is learning and weighing options for the future. Seeing an... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

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

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Performance Evaluation; Attorney and Client Relationships; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Balanced Scorecard; Competitive Strategy; Commercialization; Competitive Advantage; Economic Growth; Growth and Development Strategy; Consulting Industry; Information Technology Industry; India

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21 Jan 2014
First Look

First Look: January 21

avoid information about their relative ability. August 2013 NBER Volume on African Economic Successes Evaluating the Effects of Large Scale Health Interventions in Developing Countries: The Zambian Malaria Initiative By: Ashraf, Nava,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

every technique with a broader perspective. That began early in the semester, when Hart challenged students to ask, "What is opportunity, how do I either discover it or create it, how do I evaluate it in the framework of others that... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

01 Apr 1999
News

An Eye to the East

Jacinto C. Gavino of the Asian Institute of Management in Manila suggested that, given such constraints, there should be an evaluation mechanism developed to help focus research on the most important issues. “In developing economies, we... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes

01 Mar 2007
News

The Winning Season

pretty businesslike in your judgments,” he says, noting that even a backup player generally earns an annual salary of $1 to $2 million. “The financial skills I learned at HBS have been extremely useful in that sense. You need to be able to View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

12 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

forthcoming World Happiness Report Happiness and Prosocial Behavior: An Evaluation of the Evidence By: Aknin, Lara B., A.V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W. Dunn Abstract— Humans are an extremely prosocial species. Compared... View Details