Performance Goals - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jul 2019
Book

Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence

year, with the goal of making the world of finance accessible to broader audiences by providing a rigorous but accessible overview of the biggest topics in finance. Finance is “the language of business, the lifeblood of the economy, and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Affiliated Organizations & Institutions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

through the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. U.S. Competitiveness Project The U.S. Competitiveness Project is a research-led effort by Harvard Business School to understand and improve the competitiveness of the United States. FSG FSG is a nonprofit... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

L.E. Simmons

of bank teller to become chairman of Zions Bancorporation in Salt Lake City, with teaching him that ethical standards are an intrinsic part of doing business. "He measures his performance in terms of doing the right thing and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

supplement: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809093 Iris Running Crane: March 2011 Harvard Business School Case 809-071 In Spring 2011, Iris Running Crane, a 2009 HBS MBA, has finally achieved her View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Companies Can Expand Their Talent Pool by Giving Ex-Convicts a Second Chance

hire workers with a criminal history, especially if crime and safety insurance is available, or if the worker can provide past work performance reviews. The findings were included in a working paper, Increasing the Demand for Workers with... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

14 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India

Professor Vikram Gandhi’s Immersive Field Course (IFC) “Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero" delved into the critical aspect of decarbonization and sustainability goals amid India's rapid development. The course... View Details

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

into World War II gave the steel industry a financial boost from the depths of the Great Depression as well as an opportunity for image burnishing. Large corporations and government worked together on the joint goal of supplying steel for... View Details

21 May 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Cissy Chen (MBA 2019)

environmental concerns (for example, water treatment and usage) that a company needed to pay more attention to. The goal was to work with portfolio companies to improve their ESG ratings. By doing so we believe they could potentially... View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

Thai Lee, MBA 1985

While her native country was not a friendly environment for a budding female entrepreneur, she made the best of the situation in order to meet her goal of saving enough money to attend business school. Similarly, when Lee applied to HBS,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

18 Dec 2019
Book

6 Skills That Wise Companies Harness for World-Changing Innovation

As a boy, Soichiro Honda, the eventual founder of Honda Motor Co., was infatuated with airplanes. At age 10 he biked 20 kilometers to see American pilots performing aerobatics near his home in Japan, climbing a tree to watch the show. It... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 May 2020
What Do You Think?

Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

without too much difficulty. It all suggests that responses to the virus may hasten a trend already in process, that of more delivery of work performed remotely. The pros and cons of working remotely have been hashed over repeatedly.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

with 10 percent of total revenues in fiscal 2021. HBS Online Although HBS Online revenue declined 3 percent to $74 million in fiscal 2022 from $76 million a year earlier, the group performed well in the face of increased competition and... View Details

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

journey at HBS. Having a go-to person to count on, whether to discuss cases, life challenges, or our goals and dreams, has been such a valuable part of this experience. Not to mention all the laughs from dealing with a faulty washing... View Details

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

Screening and Portfolio Tilts Engagement and Proxy Voting ESG Integration and Alpha Generation Sustainable Public Market Funds Featured Exercises Evaluate the ESG performance of various companies Match ESG use cases to corresponding... View Details

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

should be pruned altogether? Where do you add the most value to collective goals that you care about, whether that is through performing specialized individual tasks, managing projects, inspiring people... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Company Loyalty

"employees can give their employers 100 percent and provide great performance while furthering their own careers," says Joyce Gioia of The Herman Group, a consultancy based in Greensboro, North Carolina "The two aren't... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Keller Johnson

03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

03 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2010

specific, challenging goals motivate performance far better than "do your best" exhortations. Authors Lisa D. Ordóñez, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Adam D. Galinsky, and Max H. Bazerman argue that it is often... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

practice; a commitment to use specialized knowledge for the public good, and a renunciation of the goal of profit maximization, in return for professional autonomy and monopoly power; a code of ethics, with provisions for monitoring... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

29 Jan 2013
First Look

First Look: Jan. 29

Bibliographies in Management Abstract The goal of this annotated bibliography on technology and innovation is to organize and present the most important literature relevant to a scholar seeking to understand and advance the field. It... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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