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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Advisory Boards Help HBS Assess and Attain Its Goals
bimonthly status reports in the Bulletin keep alumni informed about the board's ongoing work. The Board of the Directors of the Associates The Associates of Harvard Business School are individuals that have close personal and strategic... View Details
- 22 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Avant Ski Makes Turns in Ski Media Objectivity
It seems like a former life: Investment banking at Goldman Sachs. Healthcare equity research at Citi. Boutique leadership consulting for aspiring CEOs. While Morristown, New Jersey, native Alli Widman (MBA 2009) cut her teeth in finance View Details
- November 2017
- Case
Passion and Strategy: Novozymes' Embrace of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
By: Andy Zelleke and Emilie Billaud
This case explores the sustainability efforts at Novozymes, the world's largest and oldest producer of industrial enzymes. In 2015, the Danish company became the world’s first company known to have crafted a new corporate strategy based on the United Nations... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Transformation; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Biotechnology Industry; Europe; Denmark
Zelleke, Andy, and Emilie Billaud. "Passion and Strategy: Novozymes' Embrace of the UN Sustainable Development Goals." Harvard Business School Case 318-088, November 2017.
- 04 Jan 2019
- News
How Companies Can Balance Social Impact and Financial Goals
- 20 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How CEOs Sustain Higher-Ambition Goals
At a recent Harvard Business School conference, dozens of CEOs committed to the idea of working toward "higher-ambition" goals that go beyond just short-term shareholder value. Inspired by the book Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- July 9, 2019
- Article
Setting Better Sales Goals with Analytics
By: Doug J. Chung, Isabel Huber, Vinay Murthy, Varun Sunku and Marije Weber
Sales compensation is a critical lever in motivating a salesforce and driving growth in the business-to-business sector: Studies show that revising compensation in line with market trends can have a 50% greater impact on sales than advertisements have, for instance. A... View Details
Keywords: Analytics; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives
Chung, Doug J., Isabel Huber, Vinay Murthy, Varun Sunku, and Marije Weber. "Setting Better Sales Goals with Analytics." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 9, 2019).
- 2002
- Book
Low-Income Homeownership: Examining the Unexamined Goal
By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky
Retsinas, Nicolas P. and Eric S. Belsky, eds. Low-Income Homeownership: Examining the Unexamined Goal. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2002.
- Jul 09 2015
- Testimonial
Many Journeys, a Single Goal
- 05 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Intensive Bootcamp Kicked my Entrepreneurship Goals Into Gear
When I started at HBS in the fall of 2020, I had one goal in mind: to challenge myself. I previously worked in communications at Cloudflare, a security, performance and reliability company founded in 2009 by... View Details
- April 2023
- Article
A Field Experiment on Subgoal Framing to Boost Volunteering: The Trade-off Between Goal Granularity and Flexibility
By: Aneesh Rai, Marissa A. Sharif, Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman and Angela L. Duckworth
Research suggests that breaking overarching goals into more granular subgoals is beneficial for goal progress. However, making goals more granular often involves reducing the flexibility provided to complete them, and recent work shows that flexibility can also be... View Details
Rai, Aneesh, Marissa A. Sharif, Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman, and Angela L. Duckworth. "A Field Experiment on Subgoal Framing to Boost Volunteering: The Trade-off Between Goal Granularity and Flexibility." Journal of Applied Psychology 108, no. 4 (April 2023): 621–634.
- 09 Jul 2019
- News
Setting Better Sales Goals with Analytics
- 2003
- Book
Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times
By: Cathleen Benko and F. Warren McFarlan
Benko, Cathleen, and F. Warren McFarlan. Connecting the Dots: Aligning Projects with Objectives in Unpredictable Times. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
sense of co-creation and ensure engagement.” Do asrarqureshi and Jainn have something here? Do super stretch goals require more commitment than a large organization can muster?... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Supplement
PerlAvance: Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) at a Fintech Venture (C)
By: Brian K. Baik, Tatiana Sandino and Tricia Peralta
Baik, Brian K., Tatiana Sandino, and Tricia Peralta. "PerlAvance: Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) at a Fintech Venture (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 124-084, February 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Supplement
PerlAvance: Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) at a Fintech Venture (B)
By: Brian K. Baik, Tatiana Sandino and Tricia Peralta
Baik, Brian K., Tatiana Sandino, and Tricia Peralta. "PerlAvance: Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) at a Fintech Venture (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 124-083, February 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
PerlAvance: Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) at a Fintech Venture (A)
By: Brian K. Baik, Tatiana Sandino and Tricia Peralta
Baik, Brian K., Tatiana Sandino, and Tricia Peralta. "PerlAvance: Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) at a Fintech Venture (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-082, February 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- Article
'Matter Battles': Cognitive Representations, Boundary Objects, and the Failure of Collaboration in Two Smart Cities
By: Tiona Zuzul
In this paper, I present a longitudinal study of two smart city projects that brought together experts from diverse knowledge domains. Both projects structured collaboration around the development of boundary objects that could integrate actors’ expertise. In both... View Details
Zuzul, Tiona. "'Matter Battles': Cognitive Representations, Boundary Objects, and the Failure of Collaboration in Two Smart Cities." Academy of Management Journal 62, no. 3 (June 2019): 739–764.
- 02 Mar 2009
- News
The pitfalls of goals gone wild
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals
"There is today a great need for leaders who live their lives with integrity, courage, and commitment," declared Dean Kim B. Clark in his welcoming comments at the Women's Student Association's (WSA) eighth annual business leadership... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- Article
Colorblindness and Diversity: Conflicting Goals in Decisions Influenced by Race
By: Michael I. Norton, Joseph A. Vandello, Andrew Biga and John M. Darley
Norton, Michael I., Joseph A. Vandello, Andrew Biga, and John M. Darley. "Colorblindness and Diversity: Conflicting Goals in Decisions Influenced by Race." Social Cognition 26, no. 1 (2008): 102–111.