Employee Performance Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship. Publisher's link: View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Alfred Chandler on the Electronic Century

electronics, the managers of five enterprises—Telefunken, RCA, Philips, Matsushita, and Sony—determined the direction in which the industry's paths of learning evolved from its beginnings in the 1920s until the 1990s. But in computers,... View Details

Keywords: by Alfred D. Chandler, Takashi Hikino & Andrew Von Nordenflycht; Computer; Consumer Products; Electronics; Manufacturing; Technology

28 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

Earth Day Reflections

on a company's financial, environmental, social, and governance performance and shows the relationships between them. This kind of Integrated reporting also involves leveraging the Internet to provide more detailed information to all a... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

commemorate the HBS milestone. Beyond moving the overarching topic of women and leadership, speakers examined the role academic research plays and how that research can be used for what Ely termed "a lever for change." “Better lives come through a redesign of... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

The Business of Biotech

coming of age of biotechnology. The disappearance of "blockbuster" drugs could create new management challenges for pharmaceutical companies. — Gary Pisano The prospect is exhilarating, but the road to this brave new biotech... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

12 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits

because of what they did, but because of what they are? That's the question that intrigued Jonas Heese, who recently joined Harvard Business School as an assistant professor in the Accounting and Management unit. While earning his PhD in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

Venture Competition Runner-Up, Alumni Track: FastLine FastLine is the first device to allow central venous catheters to be placed with continuous ultrasound guidance and to automatically perform gold-standard safety checks to prevent the... View Details

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy

largely autonomous national organizations presided over by a cadre of 1,500 elite expatriate managers who championed the country-oriented approach. But as competition emerged in the 1960s and 1970s from Japanese companies that were more... View Details

Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat

27 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 27

health care providers have devoted significant efforts to improve performance regarding patient safety and quality of care. To address the lagging involvement of health care providers in the cost component of the value equation, UCLA... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2007
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First Look: September 11, 2007

Many deliver disappointing performances. Companies can avoid this scenario, contends Joseph Bower in The CEO Within. Drawing on a decade's research (including interviews with leading CEOs) and experience managing the succession process,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation

they were quite special—which was a risk from other people's point of view. But she didn't see it as all that risky because she knew what they were made of." Swan ran the Latin America channel as general manager before moving to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

06 May 2002
Research & Ideas

A Toolkit for Customer Innovation

Thomke and Eric von Hippel Tapping into customer innovation can certainly generate tremendous value, but capturing that value is hardly a simple or straightforward process. Not only must companies develop the right tool kit, they must also revamp their business models... View Details

Keywords: by Stefan Thomke & Eric Von Hippel

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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in View Details

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

Mr. Smith do?" Today, as management has become more sophisticated, with a wider array of technical theories and tools, detailed analytical questions are the norm. Students still come to class with a recommended decision and... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18

Scale Global This case tracks Jerome Chouchan’s strategies and execution for a successful turnaround of Godiva Japan’s operations, which were experiencing a decline in sales when he became the managing director of the company in 2010.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007

(forthcoming) Abstract Abarbanell and Lehavy (2006) examine the effect of distributional properties of earnings and forecast data used by researchers who investigate 'Street' earnings. They perform a large number of analyses, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 1996
News

Lasting Impressions

until many years later that I came to appreciate the dissenting view of the Vietnam War." Ed Mathias, now a managing director of the Carlyle Group, a merchant bank in Washington, D.C., came to HBS after serving as an officer in the Navy... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

24 May 2023
News

Balancing Acts

stroke; a solo parent to two sons, 11 and 14 years old, she takes a very centered, practical approach to managing her time. Depelsha Thomas McGruder: I would say my top three tips for living a balanced life. Well, one thing I said very... View Details

Keywords: work-life balance; happiness; family

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Harvard Business School

Centennial One, a building services contracting company that grew to 1,200 employees in six states and over $20 million in revenue. She ran the enterprise for 25 years. Lambert received the Alumni Achievement Award, the highest honor... View Details

01 Mar 2019
News

The One That Got Away

capital management company and the first software-as-a-service application for enterprises to manage contract workers. It had $2 million in revenues at the time of investment. After a few fits and starts... View Details

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