Monitoring - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Mar 2019
News

Helping Veterans Build Careers

a quarterly basis. We also aggressively monitor the quality of these job placements. Almost 90 percent of the vets placed through our grantees are in those same jobs six months later; and the salaries they get (averaging just under... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

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Stock Pitching: company, industry and market research

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Business Monitor International Industry Reports - Click "Browse" and in the "Industry and Market Reports" section select BMI... View Details

11 Jul 2012
News

A Man, and a Plan, in Africa

$70 million to almost $700 million—to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth. Then, with MCC assistance, countries take the lead in designing and implementing programs, with both the MCC and the recipient country conducting regular and rigorous View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Learning Curve

after its founding, Melcher became chair. Melcher also monitored the student lunchroom so that the teachers could all eat together. At first, that effort and the large amounts spent on teacher development seemed like a waste to Melcher.... View Details

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

this information. This provides us a very rare opportunity to monitor the performance of individual board members," says Ma. "In the United States you know this happens, but you don't get to observe it." Social Influences... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Build a Better Board

frameworks to decide exactly what they're going to do, what decisions they're going to make, what things they want to monitor and oversee, and also the areas in which they want to offer advice and counsel to their CEO. So given that fact,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

Should I Pay the Bribe?

Please tell us about your initiative to create a joint center between Harvard and Yale to monitor corruption. What will its mission be and how will it operate? A: In many countries corruption accusations are used politically. Thus, the... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell

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Field Course: Private Equity Projects and Ecosystems: Company, Industry, Market and Transaction Research

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10 Oct 2018
News

Building Paths to Success

thousands of children in his native country. He went on fact-finding missions, acquiring intel from Vanessa Kirsch, CEO of New Profit, a Boston-based venture philanthropy fund supported by the Monitor Group and HBS professor Michael... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Sep 2017
News

A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry

offset a decades-long slump in output. BCG finds that consumer preferences in different countries shape different purchasing habits: Kenyans prefer to purchase coffee and tea at supermarkets, while Ethiopians prefer kiosks. Learn more about hot drink markets in Africa... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg; cafe; Cafe Neo; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2014
News

Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

ideas was one of the most useful things I learned." Ideas with Promise Johnston identifies these as new growth areas—and they're about more than just health care: The "quantified senior"—wearable self-tracking and monitoring devices for... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

operational, financing, and investment decisions of firms. We develop a model in which product developers can play a useful role in monitoring the deployment of their technology abroad. The analysis demonstrates that when firms want to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

narrower span. She must focus on compliance with standard operating procedures, and she is monitored through detailed input and process measures. The span of influence. The third span corresponds to the width of the net that an individual... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

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Event Policies The event owner/host assumes full responsibility for all aspects of the event including: Adhering to all policies, rules, and guidelines Monitoring the actions and behavior of all attendees Ensuring complete payment for all... View Details

01 Aug 2001
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

the extraordinary work done by Conference Chair Don Hastings (MBA '53) and his organizing team, the Cleveland Conference received high marks all around. In addition to monitoring this conference's progress, the committee continued to... View Details

Keywords: John Hoffman

26 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 26

liquidity and duration. Comparison of the ex-post performance of bonds acquired by insurance companies does not show outperformance, but higher volatility of realized returns. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2065841 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

06 Dec 2021
News

New Wave

monitors the turbines from a nondescript cargo container packed with high-tech equipment. But when the RITE Project was first launched, the potential consequences of installing underwater power-generating turbines in the East River were... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen

13 Mar 2018
News

Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission

to snap the ball, but how about you just take a knee? Go on over to the sideline. I'll take the play, and you can just watch. About five minutes later, they took off, and they sped towards this crisis scenario. And I made my way to the Ops Center, and View Details

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