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      • May 1998 (Revised February 2007)
      • Background Note

      Measuring Mutual Fund Performance

      By: Andre F. Perold and Markus Mullarkey
      Examines various approaches to measuring mutual fund performance. The approaches include the use of risk exposure and the Sharpe Ratio, as well as the Morningstar star system for rating mutual funds. Applies the approaches to a variety of mutual funds to demonstrate... View Details
      Keywords: Investment Funds; Performance
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      Perold, Andre F., and Markus Mullarkey. "Measuring Mutual Fund Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-139, May 1998. (Revised February 2007.)
      • May 1998 (Revised October 2001)
      • Case

      Taco Bell Inc. (1983-1994)

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Dave DeLong
      Details the actions of John Martin, newly named CEO, as he leads Taco Bell through a decade of incremental and radical changes. By the end of the case, total system sales within Taco Bell, a Mexican style fast-food restaurant chain and a division of PepsiCo, have grown... View Details
      Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Transformation; Economic Growth; Food; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Design; Performance Effectiveness; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry; Mexico
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      Applegate, Lynda M., Leonard A. Schlesinger, and Dave DeLong. "Taco Bell Inc. (1983-1994)." Harvard Business School Case 398-129, May 1998. (Revised October 2001.)
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      The Perils of Excellence: Barriers to Effective Process Improvement in Product-Driven Firms

      By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Jesus del Alamo, Todd Becker, James Lawton, Peter Moran, Saul Shapiro and Dean Vlasak
      Keywords: Product; Performance Improvement
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      Henderson, Rebecca M., Jesus del Alamo, Todd Becker, James Lawton, Peter Moran, Saul Shapiro, and Dean Vlasak. "The Perils of Excellence: Barriers to Effective Process Improvement in Product-Driven Firms." Production and Operations Management 7, no. 1 (Spring 1998): 2–18.
      • 1997
      • Chapter

      Effective Oversight: A Guide for Nonprofit Directors

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger
      Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Management; Performance Effectiveness
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      Herzlinger, Regina E. "Effective Oversight: A Guide for Nonprofit Directors." In Nonprofit Governance: The Executive's Guide, edited by V. Futter and G. Overton, 13–24. Chicago: American Bar Association, 1997.
      • May 1997
      • Teaching Note

      Managing Product Development: Matching Technology with Context, Instructor's Note

      By: Marco Iansiti
      This overview to Managing Product Development (MPD) both previews course material, cases, exercises, and lectures--and provides its conceptual and academic underpinnings. Additionally, this note links these materials to the activities students will be undertaking in... View Details
      Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Product Development; Knowledge Management; Performance; Projects; Management Practices and Processes; Opportunities; Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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      Iansiti, Marco. "Managing Product Development: Matching Technology with Context, Instructor's Note." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 697-103, May 1997.
      • March 1997 (Revised August 2017)
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      Compagnie du Froid, S.A.

      By: Robert Simons and Antonio Dávila
      The owner of an ice cream company must evaluate the performance of three regional businesses. To do the analysis, students must flex the budget by seasonal temperature; calculate revenue, volume, price, and efficiency variances; analyze the effects of transfer prices;... View Details
      Keywords: Analysis; Investment Return; Performance Evaluation; Revenue; Budgets and Budgeting; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; France; Spain; Italy
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      Simons, Robert, and Antonio Dávila. "Compagnie du Froid, S.A." Harvard Business School Case 197-085, March 1997. (Revised August 2017.)
      • February 1997 (Revised October 1999)
      • Case

      3M: Negotiating Air Pollution Credits (C)

      By: Michael A. Wheeler and Thomas Dretler
      An epilogue to the (A) and (B) cases, this describes the final steps in implementing the agreement 3M made with Procter and Gamble and with local public officials and interest groups. View Details
      Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Pollutants; Negotiation Participants; Performance Effectiveness; United States
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      Wheeler, Michael A., and Thomas Dretler. "3M: Negotiating Air Pollution Credits (C)." Harvard Business School Case 897-136, February 1997. (Revised October 1999.)
      • January 1997
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      Buy Low, Sell High: Creating and Extracting Customer Value by Enhancing Organizational Performance

      By: Benson P. Shapiro
      Provides an integrated framework for creating customer value and managing the firm profitably. Focuses on the use of product/service line management and effective customer service to achieve customer satisfaction and high profitability. View Details
      Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Framework; Performance Efficiency; Sales; Business Strategy; Customer Satisfaction; Profit; Product Marketing; Business or Company Management
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      Shapiro, Benson P. "Buy Low, Sell High: Creating and Extracting Customer Value by Enhancing Organizational Performance." Harvard Business School Background Note 597-071, January 1997.
      • October 1996
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      Building Effective One-on-One Work Relationships

      By: Linda A. Hill
      Addresses how to build effective one-on-one work relationships. Spells out the importance of analyzing your network and understanding on whom you are dependent. Also provides some criteria for assessing the quality of your relationships. Finally, it discusses how to... View Details
      Keywords: Performance Effectiveness; Quality; Networks; Conflict and Resolution
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      Hill, Linda A. "Building Effective One-on-One Work Relationships." Harvard Business School Background Note 497-028, October 1996.
      • June 1996 (Revised July 2004)
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      Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (C)

      By: Krishna G. Palepu, V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarayu Srinivasan
      Discusses the resolution of the canceled power project in Maharashtra. The contract between the American gas giant and Indian state government is renegotiated. View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation Deal; Infrastructure; Outcome or Result; Performance Effectiveness; Energy Industry; United States
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      Palepu, Krishna G., V. Kasturi Rangan, and Sarayu Srinivasan. "Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (C)." Harvard Business School Case 596-101, June 1996. (Revised July 2004.)
      • May 1996 (Revised October 2001)
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      BAE Automated Systems (B): Implementing the Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, H. James Nelson, Ramiro Montealegre and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      Describes the negotiations between the City of Denver officials, airlines, consulting companies, and BAE for the construction of a backup baggage system to enable the Denver International Airport (DIA) to open. When DIA finally opens in February 1995, 16 months behind... View Details
      Keywords: Performance Effectiveness; Management Practices and Processes; Projects; Negotiation; Outcome or Result; Problems and Challenges; Air Transportation Industry; Construction Industry; Colorado
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      Applegate, Lynda M., H. James Nelson, Ramiro Montealegre, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "BAE Automated Systems (B): Implementing the Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System." Harvard Business School Case 396-312, May 1996. (Revised October 2001.)
      • November 1995 (Revised October 1996)
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      Expectations and Stereotypes: How Do They Affect the Deal?

      By: Kathleen L. McGinn
      Designed to provide students with a basic insight into recognizing the productive and destructive aspects of expectations and stereotypes, and their consequent effects on negotiation. View Details
      Keywords: Knowledge Acquisition; Management; Negotiation Deal; Performance Expectations; Prejudice and Bias
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      McGinn, Kathleen L. "Expectations and Stereotypes: How Do They Affect the Deal?" Harvard Business School Background Note 396-167, November 1995. (Revised October 1996.)
      • November 1995 (Revised April 1996)
      • Case

      ENTel and the Privatization of Argentine Telecommunications

      By: Willis M. Emmons III
      Growing fiscal deficits, persistent economic recession, and underinvestment in the nation's telecommunications infrastructure lead the Argentine government to privatize its state-owned monopoly provider of telecommunications services, ENTel, in late 1990. The... View Details
      Keywords: Opportunities; Risk and Uncertainty; Communication Technology; Privatization; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competition; Development Economics; Policy; Government and Politics; Performance Effectiveness; Telecommunications Industry; Argentina
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      Emmons, Willis M., III. "ENTel and the Privatization of Argentine Telecommunications." Harvard Business School Case 796-065, November 1995. (Revised April 1996.)
      • 01 Apr 1995
      • Conference Presentation

      The Effects of Evaluation and Technical Skill on Creativity

      By: H. Coon, D. Whitney and Teresa M. Amabile
      Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Creativity; Experience and Expertise
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      Coon, H., D. Whitney, and Teresa M. Amabile. "The Effects of Evaluation and Technical Skill on Creativity." Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Annual Convention, New York, NY, April 01, 1995.
      • 1995
      • Article

      The Positive Impact of Creative Activity: Effects of Creative Task Engagement and Motivational Focus on College Student's Learning

      By: R. Conti, T. M. Amabile and S. Pollack
      This study assessed the effectiveness of engaging students in a creative activity on a topic as a means of encouraging an active cognitive set toward learning that topic area. This technique was examined in three motivational contexts. Before reading a short... View Details
      Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Behavior; Performance; Motivation and Incentives; Training
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      Conti, R., T. M. Amabile, and S. Pollack. "The Positive Impact of Creative Activity: Effects of Creative Task Engagement and Motivational Focus on College Student's Learning." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 21 (1995): 1107–1116.
      • 1999
      • Chapter

      Organizing for Worldwide Effectiveness: The Transnational Solution

      By: C. A. Bartlett and S. Ghoshal
      Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Performance Effectiveness; Organizational Design
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      Bartlett, C. A., and S. Ghoshal. "Organizing for Worldwide Effectiveness: The Transnational Solution." In Global Marketing Management. 4th ed. by J. A. Quelch and C. A. Bartlett. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1999.
      • 1994
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      Focused Human Resources Management: Key to Logistics Effectiveness

      By: R. D. Shapiro and J. Byrnes
      Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Logistics; Performance Effectiveness
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      Shapiro, R. D., and J. Byrnes. "Focused Human Resources Management: Key to Logistics Effectiveness." In The Logistics Handbook, edited by J.F. Robeson and W. C. Copacino. New York: Free Press, 1994.
      • May 1994
      • Background Note

      Reorienting Channels of Distribution

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan
      Traditionally, distribution channels have been viewed as vertical marketing systems where responsibility was transferred from one layer to the next, like passing a baton in a relay race. Distribution channels in the future are likely to look more like horizontal... View Details
      Keywords: Distribution Channels; Customers; Supply and Industry; Alliances; Performance Efficiency; Performance Effectiveness; Change; Distribution Industry
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Reorienting Channels of Distribution." Harvard Business School Background Note 594-118, May 1994.
      • March 1994 (Revised March 1995)
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      Managing Your Team

      By: Linda A. Hill
      Designed as an overview note for the Managing Your Team module of the MBA second year elective course Power and Influence. Identifies some criteria for evaluating team effectiveness and outlines in detail the key areas of responsibility of team managers: managing the... View Details
      Keywords: Groups and Teams; Performance Evaluation; Management; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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      Hill, Linda A. "Managing Your Team." Harvard Business School Background Note 494-081, March 1994. (Revised March 1995.)
      • December 1993 (Revised March 1995)
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      Medical Products Co.

      By: Robert H. Hayes
      In early 1990, the company is contemplating changes in its European plant network for producing hypodermic products, including the total production capacity to be provided, the number and location of plants over which to spread this capacity, and which products should... View Details
      Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Decision Making; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost; Production; Performance Capacity; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Europe
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      Hayes, Robert H. "Medical Products Co." Harvard Business School Case 694-065, December 1993. (Revised March 1995.)
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