Goals and Objectives - Publications - Faculty & Research

1981
Other Unpublished Work

Housing Regulation in Cambridge: Its Goals and Effects

Keywords: Housing; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms

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

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; boards; alumni; planning; leadership; advice; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

November 2017
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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

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July 9, 2019
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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

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2002
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Low-Income Homeownership: Examining the Unexamined Goal

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Eric S. Belsky

Keywords: Poverty; Housing; Goals and Objectives

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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

04 Jan 2019
News

How Companies Can Balance Social Impact and Financial Goals

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

February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
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PerlAvance: Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) at a Fintech Venture (C)

By: Brian K. Baik, Tatiana Sandino and Tricia Peralta

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February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
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PerlAvance: Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) at a Fintech Venture (B)

By: Brian K. Baik, Tatiana Sandino and Tricia Peralta

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February 2024 (Revised June 2024)
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PerlAvance: Using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) at a Fintech Venture (A)

By: Brian K. Baik, Tatiana Sandino and Tricia Peralta

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Jul 09 2015
Testimonial

Many Journeys, a Single Goal

April 2023
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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

Keywords: Goals and Objectives; Outcome or Result; Performance Improvement

13 Jun 2025
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Set Goals That Are Meaningful and Will Keep You Motivated

09 Jul 2019
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Setting Better Sales Goals with Analytics

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'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

Keywords: Smart Cities; Interpersonal Conflict; Boundary Objects; Cooperation; Failure

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01 Jul 2019
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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

02 Mar 2009
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The pitfalls of goals gone wild

01 Apr 1999
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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