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  • Web

California - Global

growth. LinkedIn’s mission of “connecting the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful,” seemed more relevant than ever. A key question that was top of mind for senior executives was how to measure performance to... View Details
  • Web

Executive Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

This five-day program helps leaders from urban school systems drive improved performance by applying proven management concepts to the unique challenges of their districts. PELP Accelerating Board Capacity... View Details
  • Web

Klarman Hall | About

ideas into action at HBS, throughout Harvard University, and far beyond. With its 1,000-seat auditorium, soaring atrium, and spacious corridors, Klarman Hall combines the elements of a large-scale conference center, performance space, and... View Details
  • 2007
  • Other Unpublished Work

Implementing Technology

By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
We introduce a tractable model of endogenous growth in which the returns to innovation are determined by the technology adoption decisions of the users of new technologies. Technology adoption involves an implementation investment that determines the initial... View Details
Keywords: Learning; Investment; Investment Return; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Productivity; Technology Adoption
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Resolving Information Asymmetries in Markets: The Role of Certified Management Programs

By: Michael W. Toffel
Firms and regulators are increasingly relying on voluntary mechanisms to signal and infer quality of difficult-to-observe management practices. Prior evaluations of voluntary management programs have focused on those that lack verification mechanisms and have found... View Details
Keywords: Management Practices and Processes; Information; Standards; Performance Improvement; Programs; Environmental Sustainability; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • 04 Jan 2017
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?

concluded that, “Bureaucracy in those examples was very effective.” Among the few suggestions for improving the functioning of bureaucracies was this from Guy: “If you want to have an efficient and effective bureaucracy, then you need to... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
  • May 1991
  • Article

Presidential Commitment and the Veto

By: Daniel E. Ingberman and Dennis Yao
A president's power to veto is widely recognized as an important weapon in the struggle with Congress over legislation. In this paper we investigate the effectiveness of the veto weapon with a simple model of presidential powers that incorporates informal institutional... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Laws and Statutes; Financial Markets; Value; Taxation; Conflict and Resolution; Research; Performance Effectiveness; Legal Services Industry
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

portfolio companies, Ranger Energy Services, public. Founded in 2014, Ranger Energy was an oilfield service company providing high-spec rig services to E&P customers. With 150% growth in top line and improving margin View Details
  • 23 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Are Great Teams Less Productive?

learned to ride a bike, he was not the first person to ever ride a bike. His learning got him from being a non-bike rider into the population of bike riders. In this case, performance is improved by... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 05 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

not only believing the entrepreneur was deserving of success, but also feeling motivated to improve their own performance. How to share your faults The research puts more credence behind interpersonal emotion regulation—when one person... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

How to Demotivate Your Best Employees

productivity. More than 80 percent of companies dole out work-related awards like "employee of the month" or "top salesperson." Managers often view these awards as inexpensive ways to improve worker performance; many believe that when... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Service
  • 18 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

replacing one toxic worker, which is almost double the figure a company gains from hiring a “superstar.” A superstar in the top 1 percent of performers adds $5,303 in increased performance to a company’s... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • Web

Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Project at Harvard Business School, Michael Porter has leveraged his expertise on competition and strategy to analyze the disappointing performance of the American economy. Dr. Porter’s fact-based effort has identified the structural... View Details
  • April 2021
  • Case

Distinct Software

By: Das Narayandas, Arijit Sengupta and Jonathan Wray
Distinct Software (disguised name), a global enterprise software company, is at an important point in its growth trajectory where the luster of its mantra of “grow and win at any cost” has dimmed with increasing competition and margin pressures. To help navigate its... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Marketing; Sales; Performance Productivity; Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning
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  • 2013
  • Working Paper

The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field

By: Timothy Gubler, Ian I. Larkin and Lamar Pierce
Many scholars and practitioners have recently argued that corporate awards are a "free" way to motivate employees. We use field data from an attendance award program implemented at one of five industrial laundry plants to show that awards can carry significant... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Performance Productivity; Failure; Service Industry
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  • 28 Feb 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Master the Team Meeting

Dominating Leaders Kill Teams What do you think? Do you run a great team meeting? Do you have ideas on how to improve the team meetings you attend? Share your pro tips in the comments below. View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
  • 20 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

sales, inventory, and gross margin. We show that our model can be used to benchmark retailers' performance in sales, inventory, and gross margin simultaneously. Finally, we show that our model can be used to generate sales forecasts even... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Effectiveness (63) Performance Efficiency (6) Performance Evaluation (19) Performance Expectations (6) Performance View Details
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Profiles - MBA

all industries. I am specifically interested in the area of biological sensors and the power they have to convert a biological response into an electrical signal. Through this conversion, analysis and research can be performed for View Details
  • 24 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking Activity-Based Costing

profit-enhancement opportunities through the repricing of unprofitable customer relationships, process improvements on the shop floor, lower-cost product designs, and rationalized product variety. Its potential on a larger scale... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & Steven R. Anderson