Goal Setting - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 17

a unique aspect of the research setting allows tests of who is responsible for the earnings management. While firms appear unable to increase the frequency of aisle display promotions in the short run, they can reallocate these promotions... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

or set of related conditions to be served, as well as defining patient needs across the care cycle and mapping... 01 Jul 2020 Assessing the Training Costs and Work of Diagnostic Radiology Residents Using Key Performance Indicators – An... View Details

13 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

research suggests there was something at work beyond simple greed, setting the stage for deeper exploration of how incentives shape not only what we do, but also how we perceive reality. “The question of incentives is fundamental to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

project that affects the daily work of a few thousand employees. Knowing how to read financial statements or look at data sets and understand them has helped me make major decisions on future state reporting. Kali Pfaff What You Earn... View Details

20 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 20

are two mechanisms by which this can happen: engaging the periphery may either change the information set of the core or help align incentives of multiple core actors. Engaging the periphery might be particularly relevant in View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Deconstructing LEGO’s Decarbonization

2050? The LEGO Group’s goals and benchmarks include 100% “sustainable elements” by 2030, a 37% baseline emissions reduction by 2032, and net zero by 2050. Even for Scope 1 emissions (generated onsite) and Scope 2 emissions (associated... View Details

06 Jun 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

of strategy as “the smallest set of choices to optimally guide (or force) other choices.” The paper shows that this definition coincides with the equilibrium outcome of a “strategy formulation game,” in which such strategy endogenously... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

the board, that regulate family activity with the business. Guard against family interference with the business while seeing that the family's key goals are satisfied. Develop loyal, informed, contributing family shareholders. Scout the... View Details

07 Jul 2023
News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

Every evening on the streets of Pune, in western India, a 67-year-old man offers food to the people in his community in need of a meal. He’s a community leader in the Robin Hood Army, a no-funds volunteer organization with a massive goal to end world hunger, community... View Details

04 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Shackleton: An Entrepreneur of Survival

a new business case called Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance. Shackleton, who died in 1922 at the age of forty-seven, never achieved his goal of traversing the continent of Antarctica. He is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 Aug 2006
HBS Case

On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”

way, and setting high goals while maintaining standards. "If you believe people are fundamentally bad—if you believe people are constantly looking to get over and get by and won't do anything unless... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports

09 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time to Reset Decision-Making in Your Organization

acknowledgement of the awkward and tricky working situation. Assessing short-term goals keeps everyone on the same page and pushing forward together. As employees start to shift gradually back into the office (with hybrid... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott

21 Mar 2019
HBS Case

The Ferrari Way

drivers in pure, unadulterated pleasure. “The overarching goal is to create an experience—a sensual experience,” says Harvard Business School Professor Stefan Thomke, who wrote a case study about the company in 2018. While many companies... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Auto

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Rising Leaders for Social Impact Forum | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

exclusively for MBA students with a social enterprise focus – those who have a demonstrated commitment prior to HBS (could be any sector) and a goal of continued exploration or commitment to social enterprise. The Forum provides deeper... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

A More Accommodating Approach

rapidly. In addition to its core program formats, HBS Online has developed Pathways to Business, a free program that introduces young college students from underrepresented communities to a dynamic set of leadership and management stories... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

25 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Collaborating Across Cultures

Working on a $30 million historical epic about the Tang Dynasty to be set in China, Hollywood screenwriter David Franzoni struggled to make the story appeal to Western audiences. Then Franzoni hit upon an idea: tell the tale through the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

of directors, the family council and the family assembly generally are more effective forums for shareholders for setting direction and creating policies. Fundamental to the effective governance of these complicated systems is the proper... View Details

05 Jul 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?

purpose. K. Anders Ericsson, in the recently published Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance, has concluded in addition that the most effective ways of developing this kind of capability involve constant exposure to specific View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

workers and managers in what to expect, 4) set up a support system, 5) tailor methods for managing careers, 6) scale the program, 7) mainstream the program. The work for managers will be harder, but the payoff to companies will be... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

06 Jul 2023
News

Home Economics

In a remote village in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 13 women gather in an open-air community space. Each has arrived at their weekly meeting with a small deposit for El Banco—“the bank”—as the women have named the savings club they’ve formed with the assistance of... View Details

Keywords: April White

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