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  • March 2010 (Revised March 2014)
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Roll Back Malaria and BCG: The Change Initiative

By: Nava Ashraf, Rachel Gordon and Catherine Ross
Roll Back Malaria, a global partnership dedicated to fighting malaria has not met its founders' expectations of effectively combatting malaria. In 2005, after several internal evaluations, RBM leadership has decided to engage the Boston Consulting Group to work on a... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Evaluation; Communication Strategy; Communication Intention and Meaning; Non-Governmental Organizations; Change Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Negotiation; Health Industry
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Ashraf, Nava, Rachel Gordon, and Catherine Ross. "Roll Back Malaria and BCG: The Change Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 910-023, March 2010. (Revised March 2014.) (Request a courtesy copy.)
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Finance for Senior Executives

divisional levels Recognize and address biases within financial systems and structures Identify the best performance metrics Forecast and monitor outcomes with greater confidence Improve collaboration with senior-level peers Become a more... View Details
  • 2006
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Too Motivated?

By: Eric J. Van den Steen

I show that an agent's motivation to do well (objectively) may be unambiguously bad in a world with differing priors, i.e., when people openly disagree on the optimal course of action. The reason is that an agent who is strongly motivated is more likely to follow... View Details

Keywords: Governance Controls; Employees; Wages; Measurement and Metrics; Outcome or Result; Performance; Agency Theory; Motivation and Incentives
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Van den Steen, Eric J. "Too Motivated?" Sloan School of Management Working Paper, No. 4547-05, April 2006. (Available at SSRN.)
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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

and biotechnology experience. Prior to joining Blueprint Medicines, she served as the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Business Unit Head, North America, at Sanofi Genzyme. In this role, she oversaw all aspects of the financial performance of... View Details

    Mastering the Management System

    From HBSP: " Companies have always found it hard to balance pressing operational concerns with long-term strategic priorities. The tension is critical: World-class processes won't lead to success without the right strategic direction, and... View Details
    • June 2018
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    Video Content Marketing: The Making of Clips

    By: Xuan Liu, Savannah Wei Shi, Thales S. Teixeira and Michel Wedel
    Consumers have an increasingly wide variety of options available to entertain themselves. This poses a challenge for content aggregators who want to effectively promote their video content online through original trailers of movies, sitcoms, and video games. Marketers... View Details
    Keywords: Film Entertainment; Marketing; Digital Marketing; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Improvement
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    Liu, Xuan, Savannah Wei Shi, Thales S. Teixeira, and Michel Wedel. "Video Content Marketing: The Making of Clips." Journal of Marketing 82, no. 4 (July 2018): 86–101.
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    The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports

    long-term competitive advantage. Key Benefits Emphasizing the obstacles facing entertainment industry decision-makers, this program will help you develop and execute more effective business strategies. You will debate and analyze the... View Details
    Keywords: Media & Entertainment; Media & Entertainment
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    Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

    challenges effectively to thrive in an uncertain world. 2025 Reunion Livestreams—June 6-7, 2025 WEEKEND 1 Tap into the energy and excitement of HBS Reunions from wherever you are around the world. Join livestreams with Dean Datar and HBS... View Details
    • April 2022
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    Consumers Value Effort over Ease When Caring for Close Others

    By: Ximena Garcia-Rada, Mary Steffel, Elanor F. Williams and Michael I. Norton
    Many products and services are designed to make caregiving easier, from premade meals for feeding families to robo-cribs that automatically rock babies to sleep. Yet, using these products may come with a cost: consumers may feel they have not exerted enough effort.... View Details
    Keywords: Effor; Caregiving; Close Relationships; Symbolic Meaning; Signaling; Relationships; Consumer Behavior; Perception
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    Garcia-Rada, Ximena, Mary Steffel, Elanor F. Williams, and Michael I. Norton. "Consumers Value Effort over Ease When Caring for Close Others." Journal of Consumer Research 48, no. 6 (April 2022): 970–990.
    • 10 Dec 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    State Owned Entity Reform in Absence of Privatization: Reforming Indian National Laboratories and Role of Leadership

    Keywords: by Prithwiraj Choudhury & Tarun Khanna
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    Course Development

    General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done.  Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details
    • 12 Apr 2004
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    Operations and the Competitive Edge

    and, second, that simply assigning a group of people to work together makes them a team. We point out that assigning a team to carry out a job may not always be the best way. Sometimes it's more effective to let a gifted individual do it... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • September 2024
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    Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences

    By: Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin and Suraj Srinivasan
    This paper examines determinants and consequences of hedge fund activism, focusing on activist directors, i.e., directors appointed in response to activist demands. Using a sample of 3,259 activism events from 2004 to 2016, we identify 1,623 activist directors.... View Details
    Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Investment Activism; Business and Shareholder Relations
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    Gow, Ian D., Sa-Pyung Sean Shin, and Suraj Srinivasan. "Activist Directors: Determinants and Consequences." Review of Accounting Studies 29, no. 3 (September 2024): 2578–2616.
    • 2013
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    Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

    By: Eric D. Werker
    This extended memorandum identifies episodes of sustained double-digit growth in real GDP, defined as a compound annual growth rate of 10 percent or more over a period of 8 years or longer. Using a measure of real GDP reported in the World Development Indicators, we... View Details
    Keywords: Growth; Liberia
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    Werker, Eric D. "Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences." International Growth Centre Working Paper, April 2013.
    • 24 Jun 2017
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    Should the Lions pick all 15 players from one team?

    • 09 Mar 2023
    • HBS Seminar

    Gerard Cachon, Wharton

    • 10 Jun 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

    the group of elite firms, you need to be a responsible actor. Q: What kinds of things should investors look to leverage from this study? What are the key performance indicators (KPIs) to pay attention to? A: KPIs are the Holy Grail. Since... View Details
    Keywords: Re: George Serafeim
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    Leading Professional Service Firms

    governance, decision-making, performance approaches, and metrics Optimize the use of your time and energy, achieve work-life balance, and help your colleagues to do the same Communicate your vision and strategy View Details
    Keywords: Professional Services; Professional Services
    • 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
    Keywords: CEOs; Management; Performance; Public Sector; Measurement and Metrics; Health Industry
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    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.)
    • March 2024
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    Investigation of Divergent Thinking among Surgeons and Surgeon Trainees in Canada (IDEAS): A Mixed-methods Study

    By: Alex Thabane, Tyler McKechnie, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W Busse, Ranil Sonnadara and Mohit Bhandari
    Objective: To assess the creative potential of surgeons and surgeon trainees, as measured by divergent thinking. The secondary objectives were to identify factors associated with divergent thinking, assess confidence in creative problem-solving and the perceived effect... View Details
    Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking; Surveys; Health Industry
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    Thabane, Alex, Tyler McKechnie, Vikram Arora, Goran Calic, Jason W Busse, Ranil Sonnadara, and Mohit Bhandari. "Investigation of Divergent Thinking among Surgeons and Surgeon Trainees in Canada (IDEAS): A Mixed-methods Study." BMJ Open 14, no. 3 (March 2024).
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