Performance Feedback - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Professors Introduce Valuation Software

financial data to perform accounting analysis, ratio analysis, forecasted financials, and valuation. It also provides benchmarking for comparable firms. It was created by Harvard Business School faculty Krishna Palepu and Paul Healy, in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Jul 2020
Blog Post

How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

Even more surprising, even after participants were provided with feedback about how they performed, this gender gap in how well they perceived they did continued. In a second study participants were asked to guess how they View Details

Student-Profile

Patrick Ferguson

performance measurement and evaluation. He is interested in how and why firms use performance metrics for contracting and feedback purposes, as well as the limitations of... View Details

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Selling Luxury to Everyone

everybody is getting into the cosmetic business.— Tyler Morse, Bliss "We'll know exactly what brands are performing well, exactly what sizes are selling," she said. Instant Feedback Morse said... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products

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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog

decisions (e.g., through performance assessments), (c) promote peer-to-peer feedback (e.g., through enterprise social networks), and (d) engage employees in developing new ideas and best practices (e.g.,... View Details

23 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

Feedback in Tournament and Individual Performance Compensation Plans Authors:Lynn Hannan, Ranjani Krishnan, and Andrew Newman Publication: The Accounting Review 83, no. 4 (July 2008) Abstract This study... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2011
News

Alumni Book Briefs

loyalty) into a full-fledged management system that results in extraordinary financial and competitive results. They define the fundamental concept of Net Promoter; explain its connection to a company’s growth and sustained success; demonstrate the power of the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2016
News

Prima Datarina

were the first company in North America to perform the Mahler, because it requires an extraordinary orchestra and corps of dancers.” It also demands something of the viewer, in a way that more narrative works like The Nutcracker and Swan... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2000
News

Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time

encompassed a wide range of applications, including products, services, and development tools for both commercial and individual users. Because the undertakings were so diverse, the researchers couldn't measure each project against the same View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

15 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

about Coworkers' Effort Influences Individual Productivity Authors:Francesca Gino and Bradley R. Staats Abstract Drawing on theoretical insights from research on social comparison processes, this article explores how managers can use View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jan 2013
What Do You Think?

Should We Rethink the Promise of Teams?

society, extroversion is encouraged, developed, and recognized in so many ways that introverts—with their abilities to work alone, sometimes focusing on complex problems, not relying on feedback from others—may have fewer opportunities to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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1.7 Grading | MBA

Registrar the grade earned by the student on the basis of the student’s performance in the course. Feedback on Grades All requests for grade feedback should be directed to... View Details

03 Dec 2024
News

From One to Many

my research,” Ferrazzi recently wrote in Forbes online. “Work today happens fluidly in networked teams, and the performance of these teams is powered by purposeful relationships.” That realization powers Ferrazzi’s recently published... View Details

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Field Course: Value Creation in Small and Medium Firms - Course Catalog

field to the students”. Course Content and Organization: Selected course sessions: 1. First day speech role play and early actions post acquisition 2. Financial systems, accounting, and metrics 3. Difficult conversations: Demotion, termination, star View Details

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

worked with, many employees suggested that (a) "openness to input from below" should become a key component of each leader's 360-degree performance evaluation and (b) a cut-off score be set for this component, such that those... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

22 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems

and provided feedback to frontline workers on 24.5 percent. The researchers reviewed surveys taken before and after process improvement activities, supplementing them with in-person interviews with frontline staff, department managers,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

30 Aug 2016
First Look

August 30, 2016

variation generated by the experimental treatments, we model sales force performance to identify the effectiveness of various forms of conditional and unconditional compensation. We account for salesperson heterogeneity by using a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Judging | New Venture Competition

It will provide feedback to participants and narrow the pool of contestants to a group of semi-finalists. Semi-Final & Final Round These two rounds are based on the executive summary and live presentation to a mix of philanthropists,... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Transforming the IRS

traditional services on the telephones and in local offices, and offered new electronic services for filing, paying, and information. Why did you change the way the IRS measures employee performance? Performance measures have an enormous... View Details

Keywords: Ann Cullen; IRS; Many Unhappy Returns; reform; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

Blog

Inside the Learning: The Impact of a Personal Case

performing team member or a looming career decision. AMP provides a unique opportunity to address an important issue head-on. All participants choose one significant challenge as the topic of their Personal Case, which they work on... View Details

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