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Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery
By: Rebecca M. Henderson and Ian Cockburn
Henderson, Rebecca M., and Ian Cockburn. "Measuring Competence? Exploring Firm Effects in Drug Discovery." Strategic Management Journal 15 (Winter 1994): 63–84. (Winner of Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Prize To honor substantial work published in the Strategic Management Journal presented by Strategic Management Society.)
- 20 Nov 2001
- Lecture
A Higher Standard: Corporate Performance in the Global Era." Speaker. "Transparency Within the Uruguayan Society: Responsibility of the State, the Firm, and the University
By: L. S. Paine
Paine, L. S. A Higher Standard: Corporate Performance in the Global Era." Speaker. "Transparency Within the Uruguayan Society: Responsibility of the State, the Firm, and the University. Lecture at the Transparency Within the Uruguayan Society: Responsibility of the State, the Firm, and the University, Universidad de Montevideo, Escuela de Negocios, Montevideo, Uruguay, November 20, 2001.
- 16 July 1999
- Article
Measuring Aggregate Process Performance Using AHP
By: Frances X. Frei and Patrick T. Harker
Frei, Frances X., and Patrick T. Harker. "Measuring Aggregate Process Performance Using AHP." European Journal of Operational Research 116, no. 2 (16 July 1999): 436–442.
- June 1993 (Revised September 1994)
- Case
GenRad, 1990 (B): The VXIbus Standard
By: Raphael R. Carty and Benson P. Shapiro
Carty, Raphael R., and Benson P. Shapiro. "GenRad, 1990 (B): The VXIbus Standard." Harvard Business School Case 593-005, June 1993. (Revised September 1994.)
- 1982
- Article
The Contraction Mapping Approach to the Perron-Frobenius Theory: Why Hilbert's Metric?
By: Elon Kohlberg and John W. Pratt
Kohlberg, Elon, and John W. Pratt. "The Contraction Mapping Approach to the Perron-Frobenius Theory: Why Hilbert's Metric?" Mathematics of Operations Research, no. 7 (1982): 198–210.
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
Just try to convert someone weaned on ERA—earned run average, a calculation of how many runs a pitcher allows per nine innings, and a long-favored way to evaluate efficacy—to FIP (fielding independent pitching), which helps evaluate a hurler independent of the defense... View Details
- 23 Jul 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action
adds a metric that summarizes customer profitability. The ability to measure profitability at the individual customer level allows companies to consider new customer profitability metrics such as "percentage... View Details
- October 1980 (Revised December 1986)
- Case
Ernie Budding (A)
Details an instructor's attempt to motivate his section to raise its classroom performance standards. Outlines the situation when the section was performing well, the decline in standards, the action the professor took to revise the situation, and the final outcome. View Details
Christensen, C. Roland, and Abby J. Hansen PHD. "Ernie Budding (A)." Harvard Business School Case 381-038, October 1980. (Revised December 1986.)
- April 2023
- Article
The Preference Survey Module: A Validated Instrument for Measuring Risk, Time, and Social Preferences
By: Armin Falk, Anke Becker, Thomas Dohmen, David B. Huffman and Uwe Sunde
Incentivized choice experiments are a key approach to measuring preferences in economics but are also costly. Survey measures are a low-cost alternative but can suffer from additional forms of measurement error due to their hypothetical nature. This paper seeks to... View Details
Keywords: Survey Validation; Experiment; Preference Measurement; Surveys; Economics; Behavior; Measurement and Metrics
Falk, Armin, Anke Becker, Thomas Dohmen, David B. Huffman, and Uwe Sunde. "The Preference Survey Module: A Validated Instrument for Measuring Risk, Time, and Social Preferences." Management Science 69, no. 4 (April 2023): 1935–1950.
- 2021
- Article
Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the U.S. Economy: Measurement and Growth Issues in the Digital Era
By: Alvin J. Silk and Ernst R. Berndt
The two components of the advertising industry—the creative sector that develops and produces messages, and the communications sector that transmits messages via various media—have each been greatly affected by advances in creative design and communications... View Details
Keywords: Industry Evolution; Advertising; Spending; Measurement and Metrics; Mathematical Methods; Media; Advertising Industry; United States
Silk, Alvin J., and Ernst R. Berndt. "Aggregate Advertising Expenditure in the U.S. Economy: Measurement and Growth Issues in the Digital Era." Foundations and Trends® in Marketing 15, no. 1 (2021): 1–85.
- September 3, 2020
- Article
How to Measure a Company’s Real Impact
By: Ronald Cohen and George Serafeim
Impact transparency will reshape capitalism. By shifting the pursuit of profit away from negligently creating problems to purposefully creating valuable solutions for the world, it will redefine success, so that its measure is not just money, but the positive impact we... View Details
Keywords: Impact; Impact Investing; Impact Measurement; Impact Investment; Impact Investment Funds; Accountability; Accounting Information; Corporate Performance; Sustainability; Social Impact; Capitalism; Accounting; Corporate Accountability; Performance; Measurement and Metrics; Social Enterprise; Society
Cohen, Ronald, and George Serafeim. "How to Measure a Company's Real Impact." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 3, 2020).
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Earnings Dynamics and Measurement Error in Matched Survey and Administrative Data
By: Dean Hyslop and Wilbur Townsend
This article analyzes earnings dynamics and measurement error using a matched longitudinal sample of individuals’ survey and administrative earnings. In line with previous literature, the reported differences are characterized by both persistent and transitory factors.... View Details
Keywords: Earnings Dynamics; Measurement Error; Panel Data; Validation Study; Business Earnings; Measurement and Metrics; Forecasting and Prediction
Hyslop, Dean, and Wilbur Townsend. "Earnings Dynamics and Measurement Error in Matched Survey and Administrative Data." Journal of Business & Economic Statistics 38, no. 2 (2020).
- December 1999 (Revised December 2010)
- Background Note
Accounting for Income Taxes
By: David F. Hawkins
Accounting for Income taxes under US-GAAP and IFRS. Analysis of income tax information in financial statements. View Details
Hawkins, David F. "Accounting for Income Taxes." Harvard Business School Background Note 100-035, December 1999. (Revised December 2010.)
- winter 1985
- Article
The Nonpecuniary Costs of Automobile Emissions Standards
By: Timothy F. Bresnahan and Dennis Yao
An important component of the costs of automotive air-pollution control has been nonpecuniary: a decline in vehicle performance characteristics. This regulatory impact on what the auto industry calls "drivability" has never been quantified, although there is... View Details
Bresnahan, Timothy F., and Dennis Yao. "The Nonpecuniary Costs of Automobile Emissions Standards." RAND Journal of Economics 16, no. 4 (winter 1985): 437–455. ((reprinted in W. Harrington and V. McConnell (eds.) Controlling Automobile Air Pollution, 2007)
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- November 2023
- Article
Effects of Remote Patient Monitoring Use on Care Outcomes Among Medicare Patients with Hypertension
By: Mitchell Tang, Carter Nakamoto, Ariel Dora Stern, Jose Zubizarreta, Felippe Marcondes, Lori Uscher-Pines, Lee Schwamm and Ateev Mehrotra
Background: Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a promising tool for improving chronic disease management. Use of RPM for hypertension monitoring is growing rapidly, raising concerns about increased spending. However, the effects of RPM are still... View Details
Tang, Mitchell, Carter Nakamoto, Ariel Dora Stern, Jose Zubizarreta, Felippe Marcondes, Lori Uscher-Pines, Lee Schwamm, and Ateev Mehrotra. "Effects of Remote Patient Monitoring Use on Care Outcomes Among Medicare Patients with Hypertension." Annals of Internal Medicine 176, no. 11 (November 2023): 1465–1475.
- 2020
- Working Paper
The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS
By: Katharina Janke, Carol Propper and Raffaella Sadun
Abstract
Governments worldwide have sought to reform the delivery of public services by mimicking private sector governance models that grant CEOs greater autonomy and give them responsibility for meeting key government targets. We examine the effectiveness of this... View Details
Janke, Katharina, Carol Propper, and Raffaella Sadun. "The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-075, March 2018. (Revised September 2020.)
- July 2011 (Revised October 2012)
- Case
Adoption of IFRS in Ethiopia
By: David F. Hawkins and Shani Senbetta
Ethiopia's decision to adopt IFRS. The motivation to adopt IFRS and the challenges to implement the decision. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Shani Senbetta. "Adoption of IFRS in Ethiopia." Harvard Business School Case 112-010, July 2011. (Revised October 2012.)
- September 2007
- Supplement
Silic (B): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS
By: David F. Hawkins, Vincent Marie Dessain and Andrew Barron
Hawkins, David F., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Andrew Barron. "Silic (B): Choosing Cost or Fair Value on Adoption of IFRS." Harvard Business School Supplement 108-031, September 2007.
- June 2001 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Accounting for the Intel Pentium Chip Flaw
By: Gregory S. Miller, V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Investigates the 1994 Intel Pentium plan. View Details
Miller, Gregory S., V.G. Narayanan, and Lisa Brem. "Accounting for the Intel Pentium Chip Flaw." Harvard Business School Case 101-072, June 2001. (Revised October 2002.)
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