Performance Evaluations - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Mar 2009
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and develop a construction budget and financing plan. Students are asked to evaluate the prospective financials for this development and assess the viability of the development plan and its prospective returns. The case then ends with a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

performance evaluations by describing the effects of implicit penalties (rewards), whereby workers ranked at the top (bottom) of objective performance rankings fail to receive... View Details

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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Juliane Begenau & Erik Stafford NOV 2019 By decomposing bank activities into passive and active components and evaluate the performance of the active components of the bank business model, Juliane and Erik... View Details

02 Mar 2010
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disclosures, performance evaluations, self-regulation, participation, and adaptive learning. Nonprofit leaders must adapt any such mechanisms to suit their organization-be it a membership-based organization, a service-delivery nonprofit,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

how to apply design thinking and innovative problem-solving tools and exercises Practice empathy in applying a human-centered approach to design techniques, such as user research, user experience, prototyping, and journey mapping Assess group dynamics and improve team... View Details

18 Oct 2022
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When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

algorithm perpetuates this. Another source of bias is incomplete or unrepresentative information. A famous example is facial recognition. If I use mostly photos of white men to train the machine to learn facial recognition, the machine will View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

April 2006
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Competitive Advantage and the Value Network Configuration: Making Decisions at a Swedish Life Insurance Company

By: Øystein D. Fjeldstad and Christian H.M. Ketels

When the Swedish Life Insurers Förenade Liv found themselves in difficulties in a rapidly changing market, their response was to call in the consultants. And one of the consultant's first suggestions was to use the Value Network, not the Value Chain, as a new... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Fluctuation; Networks; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Value; Quality; Decision Making; Market Transactions; Performance Effectiveness; Customers; Insurance Industry; Sweden

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26 May 2003
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When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

to complain about the performance evaluation process. She felt that many of the lawyers weren't being fair in their evaluations of the library staff and that they shouldn't... View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

24 Jun 2014
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http://hbr.org/product/collective-genius-the-art-and-practice-of-leading-innovation/an/13296E-KND-ENG?referral=01240 August 2013 Harvard Business Law Review Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Evaluating the Impact of the Argentina Ruling By:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 1993 (Revised April 1995)
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Orientation to the Subarctic Survival Situation

By: Linda A. Hill

An orientation to the "Subarctic Survival Situation" (designed by and available from Human Synergistics, Inc., Plymouth, MI, tel. 313-459-1030), an experiental exercise that gives students an opportunity to learn about their personal influence style and their... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Style; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation; Decisions; Power and Influence; Groups and Teams; Decision Choices and Conditions

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Negotiating - Alumni

than money! Evaluate all aspects of an offer and prioritize those that are most important to you. These include: Organizational culture and values Paid vacation time Maternity/paternity leave Growth opportunities Career progression... View Details

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

Screening and Portfolio Tilts Engagement and Proxy Voting ESG Integration and Alpha Generation Sustainable Public Market Funds Featured Exercises Evaluate the ESG performance of various companies Match ESG... View Details

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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees - Recruiting

customers, company officials tapped black employees for their insight, which helped signal that race is important, the authors say. 6. Be mindful of the “mini me” phenomenon Managers should also check themselves when they evaluate their... View Details

28 Jul 2020
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Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination

up a task force to determine the extent of the problem and evaluate proposed fixes, some of which Luca had recommended and described in a Harvard Business Review article coauthored with Ray Fisman. The company has since made a series of... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Travel; Entertainment & Recreation; Service

2021
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An Empirical Study of Time Allotment and Delays in E-commerce Delivery

By: M. Balakrishnan, MoonSoo Choi and Natalie Epstein

Problem definition: We study how having more time allotted to deliver an order affects the speed of the delivery process. Furthermore, we seek to predict orders that are likely to be delayed early in the delivery process so that actions can be taken to avoid delays.... View Details

Keywords: Logistics; E-commerce; Mathematical Methods; AI and Machine Learning; Performance Productivity

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20 Oct 2015
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October 20, 2015

People Who Care About Others Cooperate More? Experimental Evidence from Relative Incentive Pay By: Hernandez, Pablo, Dylan B. Minor, and Dana Sisak Abstract—We experimentally study ways in which the social preferences of individuals and groups affect View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Exercises Identify ways to dial up performance and increase innovation within your team Evaluate the effectiveness of your organization’s core values 6-7 hrs Module 4 Measuring and Monitoring View Details

18 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 18

J.C. Cuddy, Caroline A. Wilmuth, and Dana R. Carney Abstract The current experiment tested whether changing one's nonverbal behavior prior to a high-stakes social evaluation could improve performance in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Nov 2022
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COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

May 1992 (Revised August 1996)
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NIKE in Transition (A): The Ascendancy of Bob Woodell

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Explores Bob Woodell's tenure as Nike's first COO. Describes development of Woodell's management style, his attempts to develop the organization, and his responses to unforeseen business problems. Changing market forces, new competitors, a build-up of low-end... View Details

Keywords: Conferences; Crisis Management; Management Style; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Evaluation; Competition

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