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- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
How can nonprofit leaders address such conflicting demands? Harvard Business School Working Knowledge recently spoke with two leaders in the field of nonprofit performance management. Mario Morino is cofounder and chairman of Venture... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Working Papers An Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions (revised) Authors: Craig J. Chapman and Thomas J. Steenburgh Abstract Prior research hypothesizes managers use "real actions," including the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 27, 2016
forthcoming Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges Venture Capital Data: Opportunities and Challenges By: Kaplan, Steven N., and Josh Lerner Abstract—This paper describes the available data and research on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
thinking to guide management decisions. Thus, Peter Drucker argued that "management is not just passive, adaptive behavior; it means taking action to make the desired results come to pass." He noted that economic theory had long... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
plan doesn’t do enough to recapitalize banks. The Treasury’s view, he said, is that creating a market for distressed assets will help recapitalize the banks to the extent that its actions make these assets more liquid and more easily... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
organizational strategy focused on attaining high performance, bring those elements into a coherent relationship with the strategy and each other, and help guide the actions of people throughout an organization in the pursuit of high... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
that's the interesting part. It is those intentional activities. What can we do to influence our actions and thoughts every single day when we get out of bed to flip our brain into a positive mindset? And that's what I've been trying to... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
led to the distressed sale of the firm in 1996. This essay offers new source material about the actions at both Encarta and Britannica, and it offers a novel interpretation of events. Britannica’s management did not misperceive the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
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Whitney Museum of American Art Lilian Dodd Environmental Defense Fund William Dong Hebrew SeniorLife Eric Horne Megafire Action Joel Hurd City of Detroit Kazumi Kanagawa The Shed Sebastian Negron-Reichard City of Boston Mayor's Office... View Details
- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
gains from multinational production has been a vital topic of economic research. Positive productivity gains are often attributed to knowledge spillover from multinational to domestic firms. An alternative, less stressed explanation is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5
functions that are thrust to the center of concern during such crisis events. Pursuing Public Value: Frameworks for Strategic Analysis and Action Authors:Leonard, Herman B., and Mark H. Moore Publication:Ports in a Storm: Public... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009
China were also a chief culprit of the crisis. Policymakers around the world recognized that the scope and scale of the financial crisis required a coordinated global response. Yet there were conflicting views on what kind of action was... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace