Evaluating Business Performance - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2019
News

Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers

The Quantified Athlete “Athletes will always look to improve their performance and stay injury-free with technology. But the sports media industry is also starting to explore how to incorporate athlete data into their broadcasts. And as... View Details

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

chick” and said she performed surgery “like a girl.” Jurors ultimately awarded her $168 million, the largest judgment for a single victim of workplace harassment in United States history. Years later, sexual harassment remains a problem... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

June 2001
Supplement

GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (B)

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris

Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) has proved successful at GE. Yet, when Michael McIlwrath, new counsel at an Italian subsidiary, attempted to translate it to his company, problems arose. He had to gain internal acceptance, and explain the concept of early mediation to a... View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Globalization; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Problems and Challenges; Conflict of Interests; Complexity; Italy; New York (state, US)

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15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

point for Mendoza and she began to build a personal brand around performing while at HBS. She noted “For the first time I thought ‘Maybe these two things can coexist. Maybe I don’t need to be just one thing.’” Bringing Authenticity to... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Books

have implemented balanced scorecards, the performance management system that the pair developed in 1992. In The Strategy-Focused Organization: How Balanced Scorecard Companies Thrive in the New Business... View Details

Keywords: Rogelio Fussa; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog

master consulting and advisory skills. Educational Objectives: MCAS has the following key learning objectives: To equip students with the tools, skills, frameworks, and mindsets to quickly add value by tackling business challenges in a... View Details

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

restaurant to scaling to leadership of multinational chains, and evaluate opportunities inherent in typical restaurant business models as well as those created by disruptive changes affecting and shaping the... View Details

13 May 2025
News

If I Knew Then

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: On May 29, a fresh crop of MBAs will receive their diplomas and go off into the world to begin a new chapter in their lives. But before they walk across the stage on Baker Lawn, Dean Srikant... View Details

Keywords: challenges; failure; advice; experience

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Aggregate financial ratios: including private company data

How do I find aggregate industry ratios that include private companies? Industry ratios provide a way to compare and analyze the correlation of diverse financial data for an entire industry. They can be used to compare the performance of... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

Research Brief: Capitol Gains

In the two weeks after the bill became law, "the performance of the agriculture industry versus the market overall amounted to a difference of 320 basis points," Cohen notes. "That is massive." View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Dec 2022
News

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

Since its founding in 2010, the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) at HBS has worked to educate students and business leaders about the environmental challenges and opportunities confronting companies... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Aug 2016
News

The Future of GE

consumer businesses we were in. We’ve exited plastics and things like that. In the last 15 years, we’re one of the few leadership teams in history that’s sold $100 billion in businesses and bought $100... View Details

March 2011
Case

Insight Communications

By: Rajiv Lal and Natalie Kindred

After undertaking a multi-year, metrics-driven operational and cultural overhaul, in April 2010 Insight Communications was planning the next phase of its development. Insight was a New York-based provider of cable, landline phone, and high-speed Internet service to... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Competitive Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Improvement; Growth Management; Management Systems; Business Processes; Measurement and Metrics; Employees; Telecommunications Industry; New York (state, US)

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Educators

27 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work

the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School who studies the curious relationship between managerial incentives and motivation. “Family CEOs are a very interesting group” "Family CEOs are a very interesting group," says Sadun, coauthor of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Mar 2003
News

Rating Better

Three finance professors have devised a new mutual fund rating system that appears to do a better job of separating fund managers whose performance reflects genuine ability from those whose results depend on luck alone. The authors of the... View Details

Keywords: Randolph Cohen; Lubos Pastor; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

06 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

is enough interest to go further? Which is the better strategy for young innovators? What are the pros and cons of each? Can the risks be measured and mitigated? “The pitch or spec dilemma touches any independent inventor looking to sell a new product, technology, or... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking

01 Dec 2005
News

One-on-One with Peter Cuneo

person to lead a well-oiled machine. Typically I stay for three or four years and then move on. I was CEO at Marvel for three-and-a-half years, but I love the business and am still involved as vice chairman. My part-time role includes... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; comic books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

12 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 12, 2006

legally astute manager can use legal tools to assess opportunities, develop the firm's value proposition, and select and perform the activities in the value chain. Also, explains the social context in which View Details